*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *March 10, 2017* *Change* In one form or another, many of my character defects appear daily: self-condemnation, anger, running away, being prideful, wanting to get even, or acting out of grandiosity.  Attempting half measures to eliminate these defects merely paralyzes my efforts to change.  It is only when I ask God for help, with complete abandon, that I become willing—and able—to change. /~ Daily Reflections,/ p 15 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Pain is th ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *March 9, 2017* *Discovery* “Quite as important was the discovery that spiritual principles would solve all my problems. I have since been brought into a way of living infinitely more satisfying and, I hope, more useful than the life I lived before. My old manner of life was by no means a bad one, but I would not  exchange its best moments for the worst I have now. I would not go back to it even if I could.’’ /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ pp. 42 - 43 *Thought to ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *March 8, 2017* *Willingness* When I am willing to do the right thing, I am rewarded with an inner peace no amount of liquor could ever provide. When I am unwilling to do the right thing, I become restless, irritable and discontent. It is always my choice. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 317 *Thought to Ponder . . .* When I choose the behavior, I choose the consequences. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *W H O* = **W**illingness, **H**onesty, **O**pen-mindedness. Thank ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *March 7, 2017* *No Reservation* We have seen the truth demonstrated again and again: "Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic." Commencing to drink after a period of sobriety, we are in a short time as bad as ever. If we are planning to stop drinking, there must be no reservation of any kind, nor any lurking notion that someday we will be immune to alcohol. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 33 *Thought to Ponder . . .* If we want to quit drinking, we are go ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *March 6, 2017* *Ceased Fighting* And we have ceased fighting anything or anyone—even alcohol. For by this time sanity will have returned. We will seldom be interested in liquor. If tempted, we recoil from it as from a hot flame. We react sanely and normally, and we will find that this has happened automatically. /~ Alcoholics Anonymous,/ pp. 84 - 85 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Today, my brain has cleared with the grace of clarity. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* S O ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *March 5, 2017 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Ambition* True ambition is not what we thought it was. True ambition is the deep desire to live usefully and walk humbly under the grace of God. - /12 & 12,/ p. 124 - 125 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Life will take on new meaning. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* P R I D E  =  Personal Recovery Involves Deflating Ego. *A Member Shares: Hi everyone, Robin alcoholic.  I was a very driven, competit ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *March 4, 2017 The Greatest Possession* Showing others who suffer how we were given help is the very thing which makes life seem so worth while to us now. Cling to the thought that, in God’s hands, the dark past is the greatest possession you have—the key to life and happiness for others. With it you can avert death and misery for them. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 124 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Through adversity, we find strength. AA-related 'Alcony ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *March 3, 2017 Enjoyment* But we aren’t a glum lot. If newcomers could see no joy or fun in our existence,. they wouldn’t want it. We absolutely insist on enjoying life. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 132 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Laughter is the sound of recovery. AA-related 'Alconym' . . . B E S T  =  Been Enjoying Sobriety Today? Thanks to all of you for sharing so generously of your experience, strength and hope in carrying the AA mess ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *March 2, 2017 Answers* We realize we know only a little. God will constantly disclose more to you and to us. Ask Him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. The answers will come, if your own house is in order. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 164 *Thought to Ponder . . .* The Three "P's" -- Pause, Pray, Proceed. AA-related 'Alconym' . . . P R A Y E R  =  Praying Regularly Allows Your Every ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *March 1, 2017 Pass It On* But the ex-problem drinker who has found this solution, who is properly armed with facts about himself, can generally win the entire confidence of another alcoholic in a few hours. Until such an understanding is reached, little or nothing can be accomplished. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 18 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Together we can do what we could never do alone. AA-related 'Alconym' . . . A L C O H O L I C S  =&nb ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 28, 2017* *One Condition* Burn the idea into the consciousness of every man that he can get well . regardless of anyone.  The only condition is that he trust in God and clean house. /~ Alcoholics Anonymous, p 98/ *Thought to Ponder . . .* Who we are is not dependent upon someone else's opinion. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* T R U S T  =  Try Relying Upon Steps and Traditions. Blessings in sobriety to all. In grateful service, ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 27, 2017* *Powerless* There was a tremendous urge to cease forever. Yet we found it impossible. This is the baffling feature of alcoholism as we know it—this utter inability to leave it alone, no matter how great the necessity or the wish. /~ Alcoholics Anonymous, p 34/ *Thought to Ponder . . .* Alcohol -- cunning, baffling, powerful! *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* A A  =  Alcoholic's Answer. Blessings in sobriety to all. In grateful service, ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 26, 2017* *Acceptance* *And acceptance is the answer to /all/ my problems today.  When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing, or situation -- some fact of my life -- unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment. Nothing, absolutely nothing, happens in God's world by mistake. Until I could accept my alcoholism, ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 25, 2017 Fellowship* There you will find release from care, boredom and worry. Your imagination will be fired. Life will mean something at last. The most satisfactory years of your existence lie ahead. Thus we find the fellowship, and so will you. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 152 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Alcoholics Anonymous is the only place in the world where you can walk into a room full of total strangers and reminisce. AA-related ' ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 24, 2017 Fearless and Thorough* At some of these we balked. We thought we could find an easier, softer way. But we could not. With all the earnestness at our command, we beg of you to be fearless and thorough from the very start. Some of us have tried to hold on to our old ideas and the result was nil until we let go absolutely. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 58 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Sobriety without action is fantasy. AA-related 'Alcony ...Continue Reading