*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *June 17, 2014* *Changing* *I am changing, and there are more like me starting this process every day, so AA must be changing. Yet the process and direction in which we are moving is the same. The more it changes, the more it stays the same. . . This Fellowship is like a diamond whose message flashes toward me every time I hold it up to the light and turn it around.* /- Thank You For Sharing,/ p. 182 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Times change, alcoholism doesn't.* *AA ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *June 16, 2014* *Solitude* *In solitude, we take our inventories. In solitude, we admit to ourselves the exact nature of our wrongs. In solitude, our spirits seek that Power greater than we are; in solitude, we seek through prayer and meditation to be aware of God's will for us. . . We are alone, but not lonely.* /- Came To Believe . . .,/ p. 109 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *An open heart is never a lonely one.* *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *G R A C E* = **G**ently * ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *June 15, 2014 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Miracles How can they rise out of such misery, bad repute and hopelessness? The practical answer is that since these things have happened among us, they can happen with you. Should you wish them above all else, and be willing to make use of our experience, we are sure they will come. The age of miracles is still with us.  Our own recovery proves that!* /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 153 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Don't giv ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *June 14, 2014* *Stay Here* *If you want to Get Ahead with any degree of peace, you must first learn to Stay Here. It takes guts to Stay Here; it takes self-discipline and resolution. Anyone with a one-track mind can Get Ahead. . . But to Stay Here, you must know where you are before you can know where you are going. You must seek before you can find, and you must ask before you really learn to seek. It takes humility to ask, patience to wait for the answer, and faith ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *June 14, 2014* *Stay Here* *If you want to Get Ahead with any degree of peace, you must first learn to Stay Here. It takes guts to Stay Here; it takes self-discipline and resolution. Anyone with a one-track mind can Get Ahead. . . But to Stay Here, you must know where you are before you can know where you are going. You must seek before you can find, and you must ask before you really learn to seek. It takes humility to ask, patience to wait for the answer, and faith ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *June 13, 2014* *A New Direction* *Where my life had been full of mental turmoil there is now an ever-increasing depth of calmness. Where there was a hit or miss attitude toward living there is now new direction and force.* /- Experience, Strength and Hope,/ p. 134 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *In the depth of winter I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.* *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *A A* = **A**ttitude **A**djustment. Thanks to all of you ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *June 12, 2014* *Defects* *We shall have to come to grips with some of our worst character defects and take action toward their removal as quickly as we can.* /- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions,/ p. 69 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Make a change, move a muscle.* *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *S W A T* = **S**urrender, **W**illingness, **A**ction, **T**rust. Thanks to all of you for sharing so generously of your experience, strength and hope in carrying the AA messa ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *June 11, 2014 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Powerlessness Every newcomer in AA is told, and soon learns for himself, that his humble admission of powerlessness over alcohol is his first step toward liberation from its paralyzing grip.* /- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions,/ pp. 72-73 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Learning is the very essence of humility; the two walk hand in hand.* *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* **O D A A T** = **O**ne **D**ay **A**t **A** **T**ime. ** *A ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *June 10, 2014* *Action* *In shame and despair, I went to my first AA meeting. By some minor miracle, I was able to suspend opinion, analysis, judgment, and criticism, and instead to listen and hear. I heard someone say that AA works for those who work for it, those who put /action/ into the program. . . I heard that I should forget about yesterday and instead concentrate on today and staying away from the first drink today -- now. I tried it and it worked.* /- Came T ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *June 9, 2014* *Responsibility* *We found that all progress, material or spiritual, consisted of finding out what our responsibilities actually were and then proceeding to do something about them.  These activities began to pay off. We found that we didn't always have to be /driven/ by our own discomforts as, more willingly, we picked up the burdens of living and growing.* /- The Language of the Heart,/ p. 329 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *I am responsible for the ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *June 8, 2014 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Release From Fear The practice of AA's Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions in our personal lives also brought incredible releases from fear of every description, despite the wide prevalence of formidable personal problems. When fear did persist, we knew it for what it was, and under God's grace we became able to handle it.* /- The Language of the Heart,/ p. 268 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *A fear faced is a fear erased.* *AA-rel ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *June 7, 2014* *Sanity* *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.* /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 84 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Alcohol -- cunning, baffling, powerful!* *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *S O B E R* = **S**taying **O**ff **B**ooze **E**njoying **R**ecovery. Thanks to all of you for sharing so g ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *June 6, 2014* *Awakening* *I think I have had a spiritual awakening, as undramatic as it may have been, and that it will go on and on as long as I continue to practice this program in my daily affairs. To me, there is no "spiritual side" to the program of Alcoholics Anonymous; the entire program is spiritual.* /- Came To Believe . . .,/ p. 48 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *A spiritual awakening is our greatest gift.* *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *G I F T S* ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *June 5, 2014* *Magic* *When I couldn't find an easier, softer way, I looked for the person with the magic wand, the one person in AA who could make me all better, right now. This was a frustrating task, and I finally realized that if I wanted this life, I was going to have to do what the others had done. No one made me drink, and no one was going to make me sober. This program is for people who want it, not people who need it.* /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 315 *Tho ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *June 4, 2014 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Obstinacy Besides a seeming inability to accept much on faith, we often found ourselves handicapped by obstinacy, sensitiveness, and unreasoning prejudice. Many of us have been so touchy that even casual reference to spiritual things made us bristle with antagonism. . . Faced with alcoholic destruction, we soon became as open minded on spiritual matters as we had tried to be on other questions. In this respect alcohol was a gre ...Continue Reading