*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 19, 2016* *Faith* The world is changing constantly, and I am no longer afraid of this change. I want to be a part of it and its new developments. I have been shown, and fully believe today, that faith can move mountains. I once encountered many blind alleys, but today, as long as I have faith, my path is clear. /- Came To Believe . . .,/ p. 60 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Faith dares the soul to go beyond what the eyes can see. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *F A ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 18, 2016* *The Keys of the Kingdom* There is no more aloneness, with that awful ache, so deep in the heart of every alcoholic that nothing, before, could ever reach it. That ache is gone and never need return again. Now there is a sense of belonging, of being wanted and needed and loved. In return for a bottle and a hangover, we have been given the Keys of the Kingdom. /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 276 *Thought to Ponder . . .* The sense of belonging is tremend ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 17, 2016 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Relapse We have tried every imaginable remedy. In some instances there has been brief recovery, followed always by a still worse relapse. Physicians who are familiar with alcoholism agree there is no such thing as making a normal drinker out of an alcoholic. Science may one day accomplish this, but it hasn't done so yet.* /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 31 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *This thing we call "failure" is not ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 16, 2016* *Each One Counts* I doubt very much that there is a single one of us on our way through the years who does not leave some faint imprint of his creative thinking, some meaningful expression, some small inspired insight as an addition to our healing body of thought. And each contribution is the life-stuff of the AA program.  Ours is a living program. /- Thank You For Sharing,/ p. 200 *Thought to Ponder . . .* To the world, you may be just one pers ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 15, 2016* *A Lesson* I've learned since being in AA that the more I worry about me loving you, and the less I worry about you loving me, the happier I'll be. /- Experience, Strength and Hope,/ p. 218 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Learning is the very essence of humility; the two walk hand in hand. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *A A* = **A**lways **A**wesome. Thanks to all of you for sharing so generously of your experience, strength and hope in carrying the AA me ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 14, 2016* *The Costume and the Mask* I realized I'd been living outside myself for so long I'd almost become a walking vacancy. In my prized AA sobriety, I was still running a kind of circus which had numerous, highly believable posters plastered all over its outside -- /See the Spectacular Non-Drinking Person!  Watch How Movingly He Can Recite the Twelve Steps!/ -- but had nothing much going on inside the tent. I've been working hard to shut that circus d ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 13, 2016 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Step Four* /"Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves."/ *Once we have complete willingness to take inventory, and exert ourselves to do the job thoroughly, a wonderful light falls upon the foggy scene. As we persist, a brand-new kind of confidence is born, and the sense of relief at finally facing ourselves is indescribable. These are the first fruits of Step Four.* /- Tweve Steps and Twelve Tradi ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 12, 2016* *Courage* Before we could recognize the illness in ourselves, we had to unload this tired old myth: It would be a sign of weakness to admit we couldn't handle the sauce any more (if we ever could). Weakness?  Actually, it takes considerable courage to stare unblinkingly at the hard truth, sparing nothing, without glossing over anything, without excuses, and without kidding ourselves. /- Living Sober,/ p. 72 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Courage is f ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 11, 2016* *Communication* From the beginning, communication in AA has been no ordinary transmission of helpful ideas and attitudes. It has been unusual and sometimes unique.  Because of our kinship in suffering, and because our common means of delivery are effective for ourselves only when carried to others, our channels of contact have always been charged with /the language of the heart./ /- The Language of the Heart,/ p. 243 *Thought to Ponder . . .* A ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 10, 2016 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ A New Beginning Each day I can measure my life by trying to do a little better, by following God's will and by making an effort to put the principles of our AA program into action.* /- Daily Reflections,/ p. 374 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *What have I been given today?  Am I willing to reach out and grasp it? AA-related 'Alconym' . . . *K C B** = **K**eep **C**oming **B**ack. ** *A Member Shares: I'm Lori, an alcoholic. ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 9, 2016* *Perspective* The moral inventory is a cool examination of the damages that occurred to us during life and a sincere effort to look at them in a true perspective. This has the effect of taking the ground glass out of us, the emotional substance that still cuts and inhibits. /- As Bill Sees It,/ p. 140 *Thought to Ponder . . .* My perspective will change my perception.  My perception will change my experience. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *O D A ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 8, 2016* *Self-pity* Its essence is total self-absorption. We can get so stridently concerned about me-me-me that we lose touch with virtually everyone else. It's not easy to put up with anyone who acts that way, except a sick infant. So when we get into the poor-me bog, we try to hide it, particularly from ourselves. . . Once we recognize self-pity for what it is, we can start to do something about it other than drink. /- Living Sober/ p. 57 *Thought to Ponde ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 7, 2016* *Humility* The subject of humility is a difficult one.  Humility is not thinking less of myself than I ought to; it is acknowledging that I do certain things well, it is accepting a compliment graciously. God can only do /for/ me what He can do /through/ me. Humility is the result of knowing that God is the doer, not me. /- Daily Reflections,/ p. 199 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Humility is not a station we arrive at; it's a way of traveling. *AA-r ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 6, 2016 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Hope Each day, somewhere in the world, recovery begins when one alcoholic talks with another alcoholic, sharing experience, strength, and hope.* /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. xxii *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible. AA-related 'Alconym' . . . *E S H** = **E**xperience, **S**trength and **H**ope. ** *A Member Shares: I'm Deb, and I am an alcoholic.  In AA ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 5, 2016* *Dropping Blame* Where other people were concerned, we had to drop the word "blame" from our speech and thought. This required great willingness even to begin. But once over the first two or three high hurdles, the course ahead began to look easier. /- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions,/ pp. 47-48 *Thought to Ponder . . .* Praise loudly; blame softly. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *A A* = **A**ltruistic **A**ction. Thanks to all of you for ...Continue Reading