*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 11, 2014* *Fear* *At heart we had all been abnormally fearful. It mattered little whether we had sat on the shore of life drinking ourselves into forgetfulness or had plunged in recklessly and willfully beyond our depth and ability. The result was the same -- all of us had nearly perished in a sea of alcohol. But today, in well-matured AA's, these distorted drives have been restored to something like their true purpose and direction.* /- Twelve Steps and Twel ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 10, 2014* *Impatience* *The slogan "Easy Does It" is one way we AA's remind each other that many of us have tendencies at times to overdo things, to rush heedlessly along, impatient with anything that slows down. We find it hard to relax and savor life. When one of us is in a dither to get something done or get somewhere in a hurry, a friend may gently remonstrate,"'Easy Does It,' remember?" Then there's often a flash of annoyance at the a ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 9, 2014* *Peace of Mind* *AA has taught me that I will have peace of mind in exact proportion to the peace of mind I bring into the lives of other people, and it has taught me the true meaning of the admonition "happy are ye who know these things /and do them."/ For the only problems I have now are those I create when I break out in a rash of self-will.* /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ pp. 550-551 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *A candle loses nothing by ligh ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 8, 2014 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Change The essence of all growth is a willingness to change for the better and then an unremitting willingness to shoulder whatever responsibility this entails.* /- As Bill Sees It,/ p. 115 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Learn to change, change to learn.* *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* **A B C** = **A**cceptance, **B**elief, **C**hange. ** *A Member Shares: Joannie here, an alkie for sure.  I woke up this morning rememberi ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 7, 2014* *No Reservations* *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 . . .* *Times change, alcoholism doesn't.* * ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 6, 2014* *Unmanageability* *All the laws that are at work in the world are going to make every life unmanageable to one degree or another from time to time. But for the alcoholic there is not only an additional danger, but also an additional opportunity. AA offers us a program of recovery from our past feelings about the unmanageability of life, a program that put life's unmanageability into perspective. That's more than most of the rest of the people in the ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 5, 2014* *Fantasy* *The more I drank, the more I fantasized everything. I imagined getting even for hurts and rejections. In my mind's eye I played and replayed scenes in which I was plucked magically from the bar where I stood nursing a drink and was instantly exalted to some position of power and prestige. I lived in a dream world. AA led me gently from this fantasizing to embrace reality with open arms. And I found it beautiful!  For, at last, I was a ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 4, 2014 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Promises We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. . . We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not to for ourselves.* /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ pp. 83-84 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *It works -- it really does.* *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* **H J F** = **H**appy, **J**oyous, **F**ree. **E**enter. ** *A Member Shares: Terry her ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 3, 2014* *Powerlessness* *Who cares to admit complete defeat?  Practically no one, of course. Every natural instinct cries out against the idea of personal powerlessness. It is truly awful to admit that, glass in hand, we have warped our minds into such an obsession for destructive drinking that only an act of Providence can remove it from us.* /- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions,/ p. 21 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Within our wonderful new world, we ha ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 2, 2014* *Living Sober* *Somewhat to our surprise, staying sober turns out not to be the grim, wet-blanket experience we had expected! While we were drinking, a life without alcohol seemed like no life at all. But for most members of AA, living sober is /really/ living -- a joyous experience. We much prefer it to the troubles we had with drinking. One more note: anyone can /get/ sober.  We have all done it lots of times. The trick is to stay and to /live ...Continue Reading

*~~~~ New Year's Alkathon! ~~~~* http://www.aa-alive.net/new-year-alkathon.html *January 1, 2014:* 3:00 AM. 5:00 AM, 8:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 2:00 PM, 8:00 PM, 11:00 PM (all Eastern U.S. Time) Please celebrate with us! *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* *AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 1, 2014 ~ 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 Anon ...Continue Reading

*~~~~ New Year's Alkathon! ~~~~* http://www.aa-alive.net/new-year-alkathon.html *December 31, 2013:* 8:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 2:00 PM, 5:00 PM, 8:00 PM, 11:00 PM *January 1, 2014:* 3:00 AM. 5:00 AM, 8:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 2:00 PM, 8:00 PM, 11:00 PM (all Eastern U.S. Time) Please celebrate with us! *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* *AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 31, 2013* *Self-concern* *If we cannot or will not achieve sobriety, then we become truly lost, right in the here and n ...Continue Reading

*~~~~ New Year's Alkathon! ~~~~* http://www.aa-alive.net/new-year-alkathon.html *December 31, 2013:* 8:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 2:00 PM, 5:00 PM, 8:00 PM, 11:00 PM *January 1, 2014:* 3:00 AM. 5:00 AM, 8:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 2:00 PM, 8:00 PM, 11:00 PM (all Eastern U.S. Time) Please celebrate with us! *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* *AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 30, 2013* *Surrender* *Beaten into complete defeat by alcohol, confronted by the living proof of release, and surround ...Continue Reading

*~~~~ New Year's Alkathon! ~~~~* http://www.aa-alive.net/new-year-alkathon.html *December 31, 2013:* 8:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 2:00 PM, 5:00 PM, 8:00 PM, 11:00 PM *January 1, 1014:* 3:00 AM. 5:00 AM, 8:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 2:00 PM, 8:00 PM, 11:00 PM (all Eastern U.S. Time) Please celebrate with us! *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* *AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 29, 2013 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Gratitude We have been not only mentally and physically ill, we have been spiritual ...Continue Reading

*~~~~ New Year's Eve/Day Alkathon! ~~~~* http://www.aa-alive.net/new-year-alkathon.html *December 31, 2013:* 8:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 2:00 PM, 5:00 PM, 8:00 PM, 11:00 PM *January 1, 1014:* 3:00 AM. 5:00 AM, 8:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 2:00 PM, 8:00 PM, 11:00 PM (all Eastern U.S. Time) Please celebrate with us! *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* *AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 28, 2013* *Acceptance* *Nothing, absolutely nothing, happens in God's world by mistake. Until I could accept my ...Continue Reading