*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 23, 2017 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Pause* In thinking about our day we may face indecision. We may not be able to determine which course to take. Here we ask God for inspiration, an intuitive thought or a decision. We relax and take it easy. We don’t struggle. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p 86  *Thought to Ponder . . .* The Three "P's" -- Pause, Pray, Proceed. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* A S A P = Always Say A Prayer. *A Memb ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 22, 2017* *Faith in Action* But he will be curious to learn why his own convictions have not worked and why yours seem to work so well.  He may be an example of the truth that faith alone is insufficient. To be vital, faith must be accompanied by self sacrifice and unselfish, constructive action. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 93 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Faith is mighty.  Action with faith is mightier. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 21, 2017* *Willing to Grow* Many of us exclaimed, “What an order! I can’t go through with it." Do not be discouraged. No one among us has been able to maintain anything like perfect adherence to these principles. We are not saints. The point is, that we are willing to grow along spiritual lines. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p.60 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Spiritual progress isn't what gets us sober, it's what keeps us sober. *AA-related 'Alc ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 20, 2017* *Willpower* If you are satisfied that he is a real alcoholic, begin to dwell on the hopeless feature of the malady. Show him, from your own experience, how the queer mental condition surrounding that first drink prevents normal functioning of the will power. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 92 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Willpower ... our will-ingness to use a Higher Power. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* H E A L =  Helping Every Alcoholic ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 19, 2017 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Acceptance* We learned that we had to fully concede to our innermost selves that we were alcoholics. This is the first step in recovery. The delusion that we are like other people, or presently may be, has to be smashed. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p.30  *Thought to Ponder . . .* My serenity is directly proportional to my level of acceptance. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* A B C  =  Accept, Beg ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 18, 2017* *Hitting Bottom* Why all this insistence that every A.A. must hit bottom first?  The answer is that few people will sincerely try to practice the A.A. program unless they have hit bottom. For practicing A.A.'s remaining eleven Steps means the adoption of attitudes and actions that almost no alcoholic who is still drinking can dream of taking. /- 12 Steps & 12 Traditions,/ p. 24 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Sobriety without acti ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 17, 2017* *Relief* Provided you hold back nothing, your sense of relief will mount from minute to minute. The dammed-up emotions of years break out of their confinement, and miraculously vanish as soon as they are exposed. As the pain subsides, a healing tranquility takes its place. /- 12 Steps & 12 Traditions,/ p. 62 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Clear vision for tomorrow comes only after a real look at yesterday. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . . ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 16, 2017 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Laughter* ... important tasks that make good Twelfth Step work possible, perhaps arranging for the coffee and cake after the meetings, where so many skeptical, suspicious newcomers have found confidence and comfort in the laughter and talk. /- 12 Steps & 12 Traditions,/ p 110  *Thought to Ponder . . .* Laughter is the sound of recovery. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* B E S T  =  Been Enjo ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 15, 2017* *A Price to Pay* Belief in the power of God, plus enough willingness, honesty and humility to establish and maintain the new order of things, were the essential requirements. Simple, but not easy; a price had to be paid.  It meant destruction of self-centeredness. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 14 *Thought to Ponder . . .* God grant that AA may ever stay simple. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* P A I D  =  Pitiful And Incomprehensible Dem ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 14, 2017* *Honesty* We went back through our lives. Nothing counted but thoroughness and honesty. When we were finished we considered it carefully. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 65 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Honesty is the absence of the intent to deceive. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* C H A N G E  =  Choosing Honesty Allows New Growth Everyday. Thanks to all of you for sharing so generously of your experience, strength and hope in c ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 13, 2017* *Isolation* Isolation sneaks up on us.  We can mask it with familiar props that are not in themselves bad. We can isolate ourselves in an attempt to clean up our apartments (and then not do the cleaning); we can isolate ourselves in churches or in sleep; we can use family, sweethearts, compulsive working, television.  The list is long. The nicest way  to end it is the way you and I do: together. Reach out -- people can't ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 12, 2017 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Laughter* So we think cheerfulness and laughter make for usefulness. Outsiders are sometimes shocked when we bust into merriment over a seemingly tragic experience out of the past. But why shouldn’t we laugh? We have recovered, and have been given the power to help others. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p 132  *Thought to Ponder . . .* Laughter is the sound of recovery. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* H J F& ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 11, 2017* *Dependence* Some of us have taken very hard knocks to learn this truth: Job or no job -- wife or no wife -- we simply do not stop drinking so long as we place dependence upon other people ahead of dependence on God. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 98 *Thought to Ponder . . .* I cannot mend if I bend the truth. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . . *G I F T** = **G**od **I**s **F**orever **T**here. Thanks to all of you for sharing so generousl ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 10, 2017* *Two Alternatives* We were in a position where life was becoming impossible, and if we had passed into the region from which there is no return through human aid, we had but two alternatives: One was to go on to the bitter end, blotting out the consciousness of our intolerable situation as best we could; and the other, to accept spiritual help. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 25 *Thought to Ponder . . .* I have learned that I did not ge ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 9, 2017 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Humility* To those of us who have hitherto known only excitement, depression, or anxiety—in other words, to all of us—this newfound peace is a priceless gift. Something new indeed has been added. Where humility had formerly stood for a forced feeding on humble pie, it now begins to mean the nourishing ingredient which can give us serenity. /- 12 Steps & 12 Traditions,/ p. 74  *Thought to Ponder . . ...Continue Reading