November 15th 2013 CST
*~~~* Holiday Alkathon! *~~~* Come celebrate with us! http://www.aa-alive.net/thanksgiving-alkathon.html November 28 Thanksgiving Day Alkathon Meeting Times (Eastern Time) 5:00am, 8:00am,11:00am, 2:00pm, 5:00pm, 8:00pm,11:00pm. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* *AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 16, 2013* *Meditation* *Meditation is where I learn to be a child again. Not a noisy brat, but a child of a sort I always admired but rarely was: quiet, serene, loving, trusting, teachable. ...Continue Reading
November 14th 2013 CST
*~~~* Holiday Alkathon! *~~~* Come celebrate with us! http://www.aa-alive.net November 28 Thanksgiving Day Alkathon Meeting Times (Eastern Time) 5:00am, 8:00am,11:00am, 2:00pm, 5:00pm, 8:00pm,11:00pm. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* *AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 15, 2013* *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 ...Continue Reading
November 13th 2013 CST
*~~~* Holiday Alkathon! *~~~* Come celebrate with us! http://www.aa-alive.net November 28 Thanksgiving Day Alkathon Meeting Times (Eastern Time) 5:00am, 8:00am,11:00am, 2:00pm, 5:00pm, 8:00pm,11:00pm. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* *AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 14, 2013* *Humanness* *Why is it that the alcoholic is so unwilling to accept responsibility? I used to drink because of the things that other people did to me. Once I came to AA, I was told to look at where I had been wron ...Continue Reading
November 12th 2013 CST
*~~~* Holiday Alkathon! *~~~* Come celebrate with us! http://www.aa-alive.net November 28 Thanksgiving Day Alkathon Meeting Times (Eastern Time) 5:00am, 8:00am,11:00am, 2:00pm, 5:00pm, 8:00pm,11:00pm. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* *AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 13, 2013 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Promises We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves. Are these extravagant promises? We think not. They are being fulfilled among us -- s ...Continue Reading
November 11th 2013 CST
*~~~* Holiday Alkathon! *~~~* Come celebrate with us! http://www.aa-alive.net November 28 Thanksgiving Day Alkathon Meeting Times (Eastern Time) 5:00am, 8:00am,11:00am, 2:00pm, 5:00pm, 8:00pm,11:00pm. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* *AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 11, 2013* *Only One Reason* *I believe we are all sober and alive for only one reason. God has a job for us to do. I have also come to believe that I must please God first, myself second, and everybody else third. Whe ...Continue Reading
November 10th 2013 CST
*~~~* Holiday Alkathon! *~~~* Come celebrate with us! http://www.aa-alive.net November 28 Thanksgiving Day Alkathon Meeting Times (Eastern Time) 5:00am, 8:00am,11:00am, 2:00pm, 5:00pm, 8:00pm,11:00pm. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* *AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 11, 2013* *Listening* *Sometimes, the body can speak an eloquent language all its own. I see and feel that in meetings. So coming to regular meetings of AA is a priceless gift on a great many levels -- mental, spiritual, s ...Continue Reading
November 9th 2013 CST
*~~~* Holiday Alkathon! *~~~* Come celebrate with us! http://www.aa-alive.net November 28 Thanksgiving Day Alkathon Meeting Times (Eastern Time) 5:00am, 8:00am,11:00am, 2:00pm, 5:00pm, 8:00pm,11:00pm. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* *AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 10, 2013 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Half Measures 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 ...Continue Reading
November 9th 2013 CST
*~~~* Holiday Alkathon! *~~~* Come celebrate with us! http://www.aa-alive.net November 28 Thanksgiving Day Alkathon Meeting Times (Eastern Time) 5:00am, 8:00am,11:00am, 2:00pm, 5:00pm, 8:00pm,11:00pm. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* *AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 10, 2013 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Half Measures 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 ...Continue Reading
November 8th 2013 CST
*~~~* Holiday Alkathon! *~~~* Come celebrate with us! http://www.aa-alive.net November 28 Thanksgiving Day Alkathon Meeting Times (Eastern Time) 5:00am, 8:00am,11:00am, 2:00pm, 5:00pm, 8:00pm,11:00pm. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* *AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 9, 2013* *Experiments* *We liked AA all right, and were quick to say that it had done miracles. But we recoiled from meditation and prayer as obstinately as the scientist who refused to perform a certain experiment lest it ...Continue Reading
November 7th 2013 CST
*~~~* Holiday Alkathon! *~~~* Come celebrate with us! http://www.aa-alive.net November 28 Thanksgiving Day Alkathon Meeting Times (Eastern Time) 5:00am, 8:00am,11:00am, 2:00pm, 5:00pm, 8:00pm,11:00pm. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* *AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 8, 2013* *Faith* *I am grateful for whatever faith I have now, even though it is little more than a seedling -- far, so very far, from the kind of faith that moves mountains. There is so much more to know, and no limit to ...Continue Reading
November 6th 2013 CST
*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *~~~* Holiday Alkathons! *~~~* Come celebrate with us! http://www.aa-alive.net November 28 Thanksgiving Day Alkathon Meeting Times (Eastern Time) 5:00am, 8:00am,11:00am, 2:00pm, 5:00pm, 8:00pm,11:00pm. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* *November 7, 2013* *Making Plans* *On awakening, let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. We consider our plans for the day. Before we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced ...Continue Reading
November 5th 2013 CST
*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *~~~* Holiday Alkathons! *~~~* Come celebrate with us! http://www.aa-alive.net November 28 Thanksgiving Day Alkathon Meeting Times (Eastern Time) 5:00am, 8:00am,11:00am, 2:00pm, 5:00pm, 8:00pm,11:00pm. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* *November 6, 2013 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Adventure Learning how to live in the greatest peace, partnership, and brotherhood with all men and women of whatever description is a moving and fascinating adventure.* /- Twelve S ...Continue Reading
November 4th 2013 CST
*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *~~~* Holiday Alkathons! *~~~* Come celebrate with us! http://www.aa-alive.net November 28 Thanksgiving Day Alkathon Meeting Times (Eastern Time) 5:00am, 8:00am,11:00am, 2:00pm, 5:00pm, 8:00pm,11:00pm. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* *November 5, 2013* *The First One* *If we do not take the first drink, we never get drunk. Therefore, instead of planning never to get drunk, or trying to limit the number of drinks or the amount of alcohol, we have learned to conce ...Continue Reading
November 3rd 2013 CST
*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 4, 2013* *Prayer* *In AA, we have found that the actual good results of prayer are beyond question. They are matters of knowledge and experience. All those who have persisted have found strength not ordinarily their own. They have found wisdom beyond their usual capability. And they increasingly found a peace of mind which can stand firm in the face of difficult circumstances.* /- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions,/ p. 105 *Thought to Ponder ...Continue Reading
November 2nd 2013 CST
*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 3, 2013 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Acceptance Until 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 my attitudes.* /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 417 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Ask yourself, "What would an adult do in this situation?"* *AA-rel ...Continue Reading
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