*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *August 18, 2016* *Something* In my view, some of the evidences of a spiritual awakening are: maturity; an end to habitual hatred; the ability to love and to be loved in return; the ability to believe, even without understanding, that Something lets the sun rise in the morning and set at night, makes the leaves come out in the spring and drop off in the fall, and gives the birds song. Why not let this Something be God? /- Came To Believe . . .,/ p. 48 *Thought to Pon ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *August 17, 2016 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Carrying the Message We know we can seldom keep the precious gift of sobriety unless we give it away. . . For us, if we neglect those who are still sick, there is unremitting danger to our own lives and sanity. . . . . . our Society has concluded that it has but one high mission — to carry the AA message to those who don’t know there’s a way out.* /- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions,/ p. 151 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Onl ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *August 16, 2016* *Pride and Ego* I began to feel like a clown juggling too many balls. Each ball represented a problem I was keeping up in the air. My arms were weary and I knew I couldn’t keep on much longer, but I was not about to give up. My pride and ego wouldn’t let me.  Bosses, judges, co-workers, lawyers, car notes, bar tabs, loan sharks, utility payments, landlords, my girlfriend, people I had double-crossed— I looked to all these as the source of my pro ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *August 15, 2016* *Daily Reprieve* 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. What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition. Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of God’s will into all of our activities. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 85 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Talking about the spiritual part of the pro ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *August 14, 2016 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Persistence If you persist, remarkable things will happen.  When we look back, we realize that the things which came to us when we put ourselves in God’s hands were better than anything we could have planned.* /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 100 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *The Three P's -- Patience, Persistence, Peace. AA-related 'Alconym' . . . *B E S T** = **B**een **E**njoying **S**obriety **T**oday? ** *A Member Share ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *August 13, 2016* *Possibilities* I have come to believe that hard times are not just meaningless suffering and that something good might turn up at any moment.  That’s a big change for someone who used to come to in the morning feeling sentenced to another day of life. When I wake up today, there are lots of possibilities. I can hardly wait to see what’s going to happen next.  I keep coming back because it works. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 374 *Thought t ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *August 12, 2016* *Traditions* Unless there is approximate conformity to AA’s Twelve Traditions, the group, too, can deteriorate and die. So we of AA do obey spiritual principles, first because we must, and ultimately because we love the kind of life such obedience brings. Great suffering and great love are AA’s disciplinarians; we need no others. /- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions,/ p. 174 *Thought to Ponder . . .* The Twelve Steps tell us how it works; the Twelv ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *August 11, 2016* *Action* When we first come around AA, we’re urged to do just what we are told. We might not like it, we might not even agree with it: just do it. When the action gets the predicted result, we’re astonished and sometimes a little annoyed. But almost against our will, we come to understand and believe. /- The Best of the Grapevine/ [Vol. 3], p. 107 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Never mistake motion for action. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *A B C* = **A* ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *August 10, 2016 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ The Shared Gift We must carry the message, else we ourselves can wither and those who haven’t been given the truth may die.* /- As Bill Sees It,/ p. 13 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle. AA-related 'Alconym' . . . *A A** = **A**lways **A**live. ** *A Member Shares: Hi all, I'm Lori, an alcoholic.  I remember when I first came into this program, I was consumed with the "t ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *August 9, 2016* *Selfishness* So our troubles, we think, are basically of our own making.  They arise out of ourselves, and the alcoholic is an example of self-will run riot, though he usually doesn’t think so. Above everything, we alcoholics must be rid of this selfishness.  We must, or it kills us! God makes that possible. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 62 *Thought to Ponder . . .* God can only do for me what He can do through me. *AA-related 'Alconym' . ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *August 8, 2016 Anger If we were to live, we had to be free of anger.  The grouch and the sudden rage were not for us. Anger is the dubious luxury of normal men, but for us alcoholics it is poison.* /- As Bill Sees It,/ p. 5 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Anger is the wind that blows out the light of reason.* *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *A A* = **A**void **A**nger. 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) *August 7, 2016 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Truth Truth liberates.  Truth heals. Truth unlocks the door to the glory of reality, and gives us the means to live in harmony with reality. In return, it asks only that we surrender all lies and illusions and love what is. Why do we wait so long?* /- The Best of the Grapevine/ [Vol. 1], p. 138 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Truth is to inner space what sunshine is to a garden.* *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *A A* = **A** ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *August 5, 2016* *AA Miracle* The miracle is that one beautiful man -- without funds or financial aid, without benefit of publicity and great advertising campaigns -- quietly, /anonymously/ spread a message from one man in one room in one city to reach millions of persons in thousands of rooms clear around the world. /- The Best of the Grapevine/ [Vol. 2], p. 255 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Together we can do what we could never do alone. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *August 4, 2016* *On the Right Track* Human beings are never quite alike, so each of us when making an inventory, will need to determine what his individual character defects are. Having found the shoes that fit, he ought to step into them and walk with new confidence that he is at last on the right track. /- As Bill Sees It,/ p. 281 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Inventory-taking is not always done in red ink. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *A A* = **A**ttitude **A**djust ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *August 3, 2016 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Turning Point Half measures availed us nothing.  We stood at the turning point. We asked His protection and care with complete abandon.* /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 59 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Life will take on new meaning. AA-related 'Alconym' . . . *O D A A T** = **O**ne **D**ay **A**t **A** **T**me. ** *A Member Shares: Hiya all, Claudia here, an alcoholic.  I am very blessed to have made it back to this lif ...Continue Reading