AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)March 25, 2025  Really Worked In OthersBut we saw that it really worked in others, and we had come to believe in the hopelessness and futility of life as we had been living it. When, therefore, we were approached by those in whom the problem had been solved, there was nothing left for us but to pick up the simple kit of spiritual tools laid at our feet.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (There Is A Solution) p. 25  Thought to Ponder . . .What have I been given today? Am I ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)March 24, 2025  We Are SureWe are sure God wants us to be happy, joyous, and free. We cannot subscribe to the belief that this life is a vale of tears, though it once was just that for many of us. But it is clear that we made our own misery. God didn’t do it.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (The Family Afterward) p. 133  Thought to Ponder . . .Happiness is part of the journey, not some distant destination.  AA-related 'Alconym'A L O H A  =   A Lot Of Happy Alc ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)March 23, 2025~ Scroll Down for Share ~  SimpleBelief 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. I must turn in all things to the Father of Light who presides over us all.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Bill's Story) pp. 13 - 14  Thought to PonderWhile it isn't always easy, if I ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)March 22, 2025  A Basic SolutionWe were having trouble with personal relationships, we couldn’t control our emotional natures, we were a prey to misery and depression, we couldn’t make a living, we had a feeling of uselessness, we were full of fear, we were unhappy, we couldn’t seem to be of real help to other people—was not a basic solution of these bedevilments more important than whether we should see newsreels of lunar flight? Of course it was.- Alcoholics Anonymous, ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)March 21, 2025  PerspectiveNever was there enough of what we thought we wanted. In all these strivings, so many of them well-intentioned, our crippling handicap had been our lack of humility. We had lacked the perspective to see that character-building and spiritual values had to come first, and that material satisfactions were not the purpose of living.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Seven) p. 71  Thought to Ponder . . .Humility is not thinking less of ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)March 20, 2025 Dearest Readers, there was a problem with the delivery of today's Daily Thought. It did not deliver to part of our subscribers. I'm resending it now to all of you. I'm sorry for the delay and I will contact the support department at our server provider.  AcceptanceUntil I could accept my alcoholism, I could not stay sober; unless I accept life completely on life’s terms, I cannot be happy. I need to concentrate not so much on what needs to be changed ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)March 20, 2025  AcceptanceUntil I could accept my alcoholism, I could not stay sober; unless I accept life completely on life’s terms, I cannot be happy. I need to concentrate not so much on what needs to be changed in the world as on what needs to be changed in me and in my attitudes.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Acceptance Was The Answer) p. 417  Thought to Ponder . . .My serenity is directly proportional to my level of acceptance.  AA-related 'Alconym'A B C   ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)March 19, 2025  Questions About LivingFurthermore, how shall we come to terms with seeming failure or success? Can we now accept and adjust to either without despair or pride? Can we accept poverty, sickness, loneliness, and bereavement with courage and serenity? . . . The A.A. answer to these questions about living is "Yes, all of these things are possible."- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Twelve) p. 112  Thought to Ponder . . .Reliance on God ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)March 18, 2025  Step ThreeMany of us said to our Maker, as we understood Him: "God, I offer myself to Thee—to build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt. Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do Thy will. Take away my difficulties, that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of Thy Power, Thy Love, and Thy Way of life. May I do Thy will always!"- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 63  Thought to Ponder . . .Let Go an ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)March 17, 2025  Two AlternativesIf you are as seriously alcoholic as we were, we believe there is no middle-of- the-road solution. 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 Anon ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)March 16, 2025  Tomorrow's ChallengesOur inventory enables us to settle with the past. When this is done, we are really able to leave it behind us. When our inventory is carefully taken, and we have made peace with ourselves, the conviction follows that tomorrow's challenges can be met as they come.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Ten) p. 89  Thought to Ponder . . .Don't fear tomorrow. God is already there.  AA-related 'Alconym'A A  =   Ach ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)March 15, 2025  Path of Spiritual ProgressBoth you and the new man must walk day by day in the path of spiritual progress. 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, (Working With Others) p. 100  Thought to Ponder . . .Spiritual progress isn't what gets us sober, it's what keeps us sober. &nbs ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)March 14, 2025  Unreasonable DemandsWe can try to stop making unreasonable demands upon those we love. We can show kindness where we had shown none. With those we dislike we can begin to practice justice and courtesy, perhaps going out of our way to understand and help them.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Ten) p. 93  Thought to Ponder . . .Love and tolerance of others is our code.  AA-related 'Alconym'A A  =   Attitude Adjustment.  To ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)March 13, 2025  Simple RequestWe ask simply that throughout the day God place in us the best understanding of His will that we can have for that day, and that we be given the grace by which we may carry it out. As the day goes on, we can pause where situations must be met and decisions made, and renew the simple request: "Thy will, not mine, be done."- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Eleven) pp. 102 - 103  Thought to Ponder . . .I can't do God's ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)March 12, 2025  More and More EvidentFinally, we begin to see that all people, including ourselves, are to some extent emotionally ill as well as frequently wrong, and then we approach true tolerance and see what real love for our fellows actually means. It will become more and more evident as we go forward that it is pointless to become angry, or to get hurt by people who, like us, are suffering from the pains of growing up.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Te ...Continue Reading