AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)December 24, 2024  Act of Will"Personally, I take the attitude that I intend never to drink again. This is somewhat different from saying, 'I will never drink again.' The latter attitude sometimes gets people in trouble because it is undertaking on a personal basis to do what we alcoholics never could do. It is too much an act of will and leaves us too little room for the idea that God will release us from the drink obsession provided we follow the A.A. program.&quo ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)December 23, 2024  Reliance"Belief meant reliance, not defiance. In A.A. we saw the fruits of this belief: men and women spared from alcohol's final catastrophe. We saw them meet and transcend their other pains and trials. We saw them calmly accept impossible situations, seeking neither to run nor to recriminate. This was not only faith; it was faith that worked under all conditions."- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Two) p. 31  Thought to Ponder ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)December 22, 2024~ Scroll Down for Share ~  All PowerWithout help it is too much for us. But there is One who has all power—that One is God. May you find Him now! Half measures availed us nothing. We stood at the turning point. We asked His protection and care with complete abandon.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 59  Thought to PonderWe will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.  AA-related 'Alconym'F A I T H&nb ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)December 21, 2024  Over and OverAfter they have succumbed to the desire again, as so many do, and the phenomenon of craving develops, they pass through the well-known stages of a spree, emerging remorseful, with a firm resolution not to drink again. This is repeated over and over, and unless this person can experience an entire psychic change there is very little hope of his recovery.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (The Doctors Opinion,) p. xxix  Thought to Ponder . . .Insa ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)December 20, 2024  My DisturbanceDid these perplexities beset me because of selfishness or unreasonable demands? Or, if my disturbance was seemingly caused by the behavior of others, why do I lack the ability to accept conditions I cannot change? These are the sort of fundamental inquiries that can disclose the source of my discomfort and indicate whether I may be able to alter my own conduct and so adjust myself serenely to self-discipline.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Trad ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)December 19, 2024  Admission and CorrectionBut there is another kind of hangover which we all experience whether we are drinking or not. That is the emotional hangover, the direct result of yesterday's and sometimes today's excesses of negative emotion—anger, fear, jealousy, and the like. If we would live serenely today and tomorrow, we certainly need to eliminate these hangovers. This doesn't mean we need to wander morbidly around in the past. It requires an admission a ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)December 18, 2024  Solid Spiritual GroundSo our rule is not to avoid a place where there is drinking,if we have a legitimate reason for being there. . . Go or stay away, whichever seems best. But be sure you are on solid spiritual ground before you start and that your motive in going is thoroughly good. Do not think of what you will get out of the occasion. Think of what you can bring to it. But if you are shaky, you had better work with another alcoholic instead!- Alcoh ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)December 17, 2024  Any ConceptionTell him exactly what happened to you. Stress the spiritual feature freely. If the man be agnostic or atheist, make it emphatic that he does not have to agree with your conception of God. He can choose any conception he likes, provided it makes sense to him. The main thing is that he be willing to believe in a Power greater than himself and that he live by spiritual principles.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Working With Others) p. 93  Thou ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)December 16, 2024  AmendsWe should be sensible, tactful, considerate and humble without being servile or scraping. As God’s people we stand on our feet; we don’t crawl before anyone.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 83  Thought to Ponder . . .It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them.  AA-related 'Alconym'A A  =   Accountable Actions.  To Unsubscribe - Click Here_Subscription Reminder_   ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)December 15, 2024~ Scroll Down for Share ~  PauseIn all times of emotional disturbance or indecision, we can pause, ask for quiet, and in the stillness simply say: "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference. Thy will, not mine, be done."- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Three) pp. 40 - 41  Thought to PonderThe stillness of God speaks louder than a choir of ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)December 14, 2024  Painful PastThis painful past may be of infinite value to other families still struggling with their problem. We think each family which has been relieved owes something to those who have not, and when the occasion requires, each member of it should be only too willing to bring former mistakes, no matter how grievous, out of their hiding places.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (The Family Afterward) p. 124  Thought to Ponder . . .Showing others who suffer ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)December 13, 2024  A Vision of HumilityTo get completely away from our aversion to the idea of being humble, to gain a vision of humility as the avenue to true freedom of the human spirit, to be willing to work for humility as something to be desired for itself, takes most of us a long, long time. A whole lifetime geared to self-centeredness cannot be set in reverse all at once.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Seven) p. 73  Thought to Ponder . . .Rebellio ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)December 12, 2024  Progress is Our Aim"Day by day, we try to move a little toward God's perfection. So we need not be consumed by maudlin guilt for failure to achieve His likeness and image by Thursday next. Progress is our aim, and His perfection is the beacon, light-years away, that draws us on."- As Bill Sees It, No. 15  Thought to Ponder . . .Sobriety is not a destination, but an everlasting journey.  AA-related 'Alconym'A B C  =   Accep ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)December 11, 2024  First AcceptedWe know that little good can come to any alcoholic who joins A.A. unless he has first accepted his devastating weakness and all its consequences. Until he so humbles himself, his sobriety—if any—will be precarious. Of real happiness he will find none at all. Proved beyond doubt by an immense experience, this is one of the facts of A.A. life.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step One) p. 21  Thought to Ponder . . .The Three A's . ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)December 10, 2024  An UnderstandingStrangely enough, wives, parents and intimate friends usually find us even more unapproachable than do the psychiatrist and the doctor.But the ex-problem drinker who has found this solution, who is properly armed with facts about himself, can generally win the entire confidence of another alcoholic in a few hours. Until such an understanding is reached, little or nothing can be accomplished.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (There Is A Solution) ...Continue Reading