*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 30, 2017* *Surrender* On the face of it, surrendering certainly does not seem like winning. But it is in AA.  Only after we have come to the end of our rope, hit a stone wall in some aspect of our lives beyond which we can go no further; only when we hit "bottom" in despair and surrender, can we accomplish sobriety, which we could never accomplish before. We must, and we do, surrender in order to win. /- Experience, Strength & Hope,/ pp. 15 ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 29, 2017 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ *Step One** /“We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable.”/ /- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions,/ p. 21 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Take the first step in faith.  You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . . *S T E P S** = **S**olutions **T**hrough **E**ach **P**ositive **S**tep. **A Member Shares:** Hello Family, my name is La ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 28, 2017* *Peace of Mind* More and more we became interested in seeing what we could contribute to life. As we felt new power flow in, as we enjoyed peace of mind, as we discovered we could face life successfully, we became conscious of His presence, we began to lose our fear of today, tomorrow, or the hereafter.  We were reborn. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 63 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Happiness and peace of mind are always here, open and free to anyon ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) We apologize for the long delay in you receiving your Daily Thought today. The work on the server to correct the problem has been completed. We appreciate your understanding and hope you will extend your understanding if you receive the Daily Thought twice today. *January 26, 2017* Housecleaning Time after time newcomers have tried to keep to themselves certain facts about their lives. Trying to avoid this humbling experience, they have turned to easier methods. ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 27, 2017* *Housecleaning* Time after time newcomers have tried to keep to themselves certain facts about their lives. Trying to avoid this humbling experience, they have turned to easier methods. Almost invariably they got drunk.  Having persevered with the rest of the program, they wondered why they fell. We think the reason is that they never completed their housecleaning. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ pp. 72-73 *Thought to Ponder . . .* I cannot mend if ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 26, 2017* *Inner Security* As faith grows, so does inner security.  The vast underlying fear of nothingness commences to subside. We of AA find that our basic antidote for fear is a spiritual awakening. /- As Bill Sees It,/ p. 196 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Turn fear into faith. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *F A I T H* = **F**inding **A**nswers **I**n **T**he **H**eart. Thanks to all of you for sharing so generously of your experience, strength and hop ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 25, 2017 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ *Inheritance** Remember, AA is not going to preserve itself automatically. What are we, each one of us, doing with the gift of sobriety, so freely and lovingly given? Will we squander our magnificent inheritance? /- The Home Group: Heartbeat of AA,/ p. 60 *Thought to Ponder . . .* There is no strength without unity. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . . *A A** = **A**lways **A**live. **A Member Shares:** Ellen here, alkie, and bles ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 24, 2017* *Blessings* I have shortcomings and defects of character.  I never have been and never can be perfect. As that realization became a part of me—and it took time—it brought me one of the greatest of the many blessings that have come to me from AA. I learned to accept myself as a fallible human being. /- The Best of the Grapevine/ [Vol. 2], p. 167 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Give me the courage to be imperfect. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *K C B* ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 23, 2017* *Persuasion* The Twelve Steps of our AA program are not crammed down anybody's throat. They are not sustained by any human authority.  Yet we powerfully unite around them because the truth they contain has saved our lives, has opened the door to a new world. Our experience tells us these universal truths work. The anarchy of the individual yields to their persuasion. /- The Language of the Heart,/ p. 8 *Thought to Ponder . . .* A new world cam ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 22, 2017 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ *Prayer** Those of us who have come to make regular use of prayer would no more do without it than we would refuse air, food or sunshine. /- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions,/ p. 97 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Life is fragile, handle with prayer. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . . *P U S H** = **P**ray **U**ntil **S**omething **H**appens. **A Member Shares:** I’m Sue, an alcoholic.  When I was new in AA, and later, when I c ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 21, 2017* *Not Afraid* The First Step and I have always been great friends. I repeated it every five seconds and thanked God each day for my sobriety —the only grace, maybe, for that day. Gradually, I began to see another part of me emerging—a grateful me, expecting nothing, but sure that another power was beginning to guide me, counsel me, and direct my ways.  I was not afraid. /- Came To Believe . . .,/ p. 45 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Take the first s ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 20, 2017* *Laughter* I began to see the miracles that happen only in AA. People who would nearly crawl in the doors, sick and broken, and in a few weeks of meetings and not drinking one day at a time would get their health back, find a little job and friends who really cared, and then discover a God in their lives. But the most compelling part of AA, the part that made me want to try this sober thing, was the laughter, the pure joy of the laughter that I hear ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 19, 2017* *Complacency* It is easy to let up on the spiritual program of action and rest on our laurels. We are headed for trouble if we do, for alcohol is a subtle foe. We are not cured of alcoholism.  What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 85 *Thought to Ponder . . .* The alcoholic is in no greater peril than when he takes sobriety for granted. *AA-related 'Alcony ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 18, 2017 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ *Awakening** When a man or a woman has a spiritual awakening, the most important meaning of it is that he has now become able to do, feel, and believe that which he could not do on his unaided strength and resources alone. /- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions,/ pp. 106-107 *Thought to Ponder . . .* A spiritual awakening is our greatest gift. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . . *G I F T** = **G**od **I**s **F**orever **T**here. * ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 17, 2017* *Convincing Evidence* The most convincing evidence I have today that I'm an alcoholic is not how much or how long I drank, nor how drunk I got; the most convincing evidence I have is that Alcoholics Anonymous is working for me. /- Thank You For Sharing,/ p. 181 *Thought to Ponder . . .* I would rather go through life sober, believing I am an alcoholic, than go through life drunk, trying to convince myself that I am not. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . . ...Continue Reading