*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) AA-Alive will be having a Christmas Eve & Day Alkathon! For the Christmas Alkathon schedule and to sign up to help with a meeting, go to.... http://www.aa-alive.net/christmas-alkathon.html *December 16, 2016* *Reborn* For the first time, I began to understand that I couldn't drink like other people, that I wasn't like other people, and that I no longer had to try to be. I felt like Scrooge in the Dickens classic, "The Christmas Carol," when he awakes to ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) AA-Alive will be having a Christmas Eve & Day Alkathon! For the Christmas Alkathon schedule and to sign up to help with a meeting, go to.... http://www.aa-alive.net/christmas-alkathon.html *December 15, 2016* *“In All our Affairs”* I interpret “in all our affairs” to mean that we can have a sane, sober, rewarding life outside our AA meetings. We do not have to be introverted AAs, safe from the lurking horrors only when among fellow alcoholics.  AA is our ser ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 14, 2016* AA-Alive will be having a Christmas Eve & Day Alkathon! For the Christmas Alkathon schedule and to sign up to help with a meeting, go to.... http://www.aa-alive.net/christmas-alkathon.html ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ *Resentment* “If you have a resentment you want to be free of, if you will pray for the person or the thing that you resent, you will be free. Ask for their health, their prosperity, their happiness, and you will be free. Even when ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 13, 2016* *Principles above Personalities* As I’ve grown in the Fellowship, I’ve learned to love everyone just from listening to what they had to say. That person over there, or the one right here, may be the one God has chosen to give me the message I need for today. I must always remember to place principles above personalities. /- Daily Reflections,/ p. 365 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Learn to listen; listen to learn. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *H O W* ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 12, 2016* *If* Alcoholism respects no ifs.  It does not go away, not for a week, for a day, or even for an hour, leaving us nonalcoholic and able to drink again on some special occasion or for some extraordinary reason—not even if it is a once-in-a-lifetime celebration, or if a big sorrow hits us, or if it rains in Spain or the stars fall on Alabama. Alcoholism is for us unconditional, with no dispensations available at any price. /- Living Sober,/ p, 6 ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 11, 2016 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ *Pray** Prayer has become a habit with me.  Anytime is the time for prayer: in the street, in the factory, sitting still, walking about, or actively engaged upon some task. I must always bear in mind, like a good parent, God often says no. And the simplest prayer is “God, thank you, thank you.” I have so much to be thankful for, and sobriety tops the list. /- Thank You for Sharing,/ p. 192 *Thought to Ponder . . .* P ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 10, 2016* *Progression* The progression of this disease catapulted me into outer space. An excess of chemical propellant overworked my sensory mechanism; like the crippled Apollo 13 spacecraft, I was almost stranded on the dark side of the moon. I could not manage the added power; I was not able to control this by myself. I needed a helping Hand, the spiritual reserve of a Higher Power. I felt like a man in a tunnel with no opening at the other end, or like ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 9, 2016* *Tradition Twelve* /“Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.”/ Moved by the spirit of anonymity, we try to give up our natural desires as AA members both among fellow alcoholics and before the general public. . . We are sure that humility, as expressed by anonymity, is the greatest safeguard Alcoholics Anonymous can ever have. /- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions,/ p, ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 8, 2016* *The Mirror* Today I reside among the living, no better, no worse than any of God’s other children. Today I look in the mirror when putting on my makeup and smile, rather than shy away from looking myself in the eye. Today I fit in my skin.  I am at peace with myself and the world around me. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p, 318 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Smile, it's a free facelift. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *A A* = **A**lways **A**wesome. Tha ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 7, 2016* *Freedom of Truth* Today, I am counting my blessings instead of my troubles. When I walked into the friendly atmosphere of my first AA meeting, I knew I was where I belonged. Here were the people who had thought and felt as I had. Here was the understanding I’d been searching for all my life. These people were my friends, and I felt their sincere interest in me. With these new and enlightening doors opening up to me, I was able to make the eventual ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 6, 2016* *Reaching Out* I must examine myself whenever I meet a newcomer to make sure that I am carrying the message with simplicity, humility and generosity. The one who still suffers from the terrible disease of alcoholism must find in me a friend who will allow him to get to know the AA way, because I had such a friend when I arrived in AA.  Today it is my turn to hold out my hand, with love. /- Daily Reflections,/ p, 357 *Thought to Ponder . . .* A ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 5, 2016* *Faith* When I was driven to my knees by alcohol, I was made ready to ask for the gift of faith. And all was changed. Never again, my pains and problems notwithstanding, would I experience my former desolation. I saw the universe to be lighted by God's love; I was alone no more. /- As Bill Sees It,/ p, 51 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Faith dares the soul to go beyond what the eyes can see. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *F A I T H* = **F**ear **A**nd * ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 4, 2016 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ *Ask for Help** I believe that God found me, more than I found Him. . . I had gotten myself into a position where I had no other place to turn; I was at the point of almost complete despair. Then, and only then, did I honestly and simply ask God to help me. He came to me instantly, and I could feel His presence, even as I do this moment. /- Came To Believe . . .,/ p. 24 *Thought to Ponder . . .* I asked from the heart, and ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 3, 2016* *Instincts* We have learned that the satisfaction of instincts cannot be the sole end and aim of our lives. If we place instincts first, we have got the cart before the horse; we shall be pulled backward into disillusionment. But when we are willing to place spiritual growth first—then and only then do we have a real chance. /- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions,/ p, 114 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Get it - Give it - Grow in it. *AA-related 'Alconym ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 2, 2016* *The Twelve Steps* I often say and shall always say that the Twelve Steps are one of the very great summaries and organic collections of spiritual truth known to history. They have an almost universal relevance (not a relevance for alcoholics alone). They will offer a way out for many a person who knows nothing personally of alcoholism. They will point up the way for those who have known it and lost it. Thank God for the Twelve Steps and for a man w ...Continue Reading