AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)May 10, 2025  Insist On Enjoying LifeWe have been speaking to you of serious, sometimes tragic things. We have been dealing with alcohol in its worst aspect. But we aren't a glum lot. If newcomers could see no joy or fun in our existence, they wouldn't want it. We absolutely insist on enjoying life.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (The Family Afterward) p. 132  Thought to Ponder . . .Laughter is medicine for the sober spirit.  AA-related 'Alconym'H J F  =   Ha ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)May 9, 2025 I'm sorry for the late arrival of your Daily Thought today. We'll be back on track tomorrow.  FaithWe have no desire to convince anyone that there is only one way by which faith can be acquired. If what we have learned and felt and seen means anything at all, it means that all of us, whatever our race, creed, or color are the children of a living Creator with whom we may form a relationship upon simple and understandable terms as soon as we are willing and ho ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)May 8, 2025  Think About OthersOne of the most fundamental things I have learned is to pass on our message to other alcoholics. That means I must think more about others than about myself. The most important thing is to practice these principles in all my affairs. In my opinion, that is what Alcoholics Anonymous is all about.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Gratitude in Action) p. 199  Thought to Ponder . . .Into service - out of self.  AA-related 'Alconym'A A  = ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)May 7, 2025  New AttitudeAnd 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. We react sanely and normally, and we will find that this has happened automatically. We will see that our new attitude toward liquor has been given us without any thought or effort on our part. It just comes! That is the miracle of it.- Alcoholics Anonym ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)May 6, 2025  Being WillingMy friend suggested what then seemed a novel idea. He said, "Why don’t you choose your own conception of God?" That statement hit me hard. It melted the icy intellectual mountain in whose shadow I had lived and shivered many years. I stood in the sunlight at last. It was only a matter of being willing to believe in a Power greater than myself. Nothing more was required of me to make my beginning.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Bill's Story) p ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)May 5, 2025  Results of PrayerIn A.A. 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 have increasingly found a peace of mind which can stand firm in the face of difficult circumstances.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Eleven) p. 104  Thought to Pon ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)May 4, 2025~ Scroll Down for Share ~  The Foundation PrincipleIndeed, the attainment of greater humility is the foundation principle of each of A.A.'s Twelve Steps. For without some degree of humility, no alcoholic can stay sober at all. Nearly all A.A.'s have found, too, that unless they develop much more of this precious quality than may be required just for sobriety, they still haven't much chance of becoming truly happy. Without it, they cannot live to much useful pu ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)May 3, 2025  RestoredAt 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 A.A.'s, these distorted drives have been restored to something like their true purpose and direction.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)May 2, 2025  Religion and Spirituality"When I first came to A.A., I thought that religion and spirituality were the same thing. But I’ve come to realize that religion means being committed to a practice of belief, and being spiritual means actively living life through a life-giving force. I believe this is any power greater than myself, whether I choose to call it God, Allah, Higher Power, Creative Intelligence, or the Power of Good."- Many Paths to Spiritualit ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)May 1, 2025  AcceptanceOur very first problem is to accept our present circumstances as they are, ourselves as we are, and the people about us as they are. This is to adopt a realistic humility without which no genuine advance can even begin.- As Bill Sees It, (Daily Acceptance) No, 44  Thought to Ponder . . .The 3 A’s -- Awareness, Acceptance, Action.  AA-related 'Alconym'S W A T  =   Surrender, Willingness, Acceptance, Trust.  To Unsubscribe - ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)April 30, 2025  Foolish IdeaHe had much knowledge about himself as an alcoholic. Yet all reasons for not drinking were easily pushed aside in favor of the foolish idea that he could take whiskey if only he mixed it with milk! Whatever the precise definition of the word may be, we call this plain insanity. How can such a lack of proportion, of the ability to think straight, be called anything else?- Alcoholics Anonymous, (More About Alcoholism) pp. 36 - 37  Thought t ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)April 29, 2025  Corrective MeasuresWhen we retire at night, we constructively review our day. Were we resentful, selfish, dishonest or afraid? . . . What could we have done better? . . . After making our review we ask God's forgiveness and inquire what corrective measures should be taken.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 86  Thought to Ponder . . .I want the gift of an untroubled mind.  AA-related 'Alconym'A G O  =   Another Growth Opportunity. ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)April 28, 2025  Alcoholic and Non-AlcoholicWe hope we have made clear the distinction between the alcoholic and the non-alcoholic. If, when you honestly want to, you find you cannot quit entirely, or if when drinking, you have little control over the amount you take, you are probably alcoholic. If that be the case, you may be suffering from an illness which only a spiritual experience will conquer.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (We Agnostics) p. 44  Thought to Ponder . . . ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)April 27, 2025~ Scroll Down for Share ~  RecoveredWE, OF Alcoholics Anonymous, are more than one hundred men and women who have recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body. To show other alcoholics precisely how we have recovered is the main purpose of this book.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Foreward to the First Edition) p.xiii  Thought to PonderWhen all else fails, the directions are in the Big Book.  AA-related 'Alconym'G I F T S  =  Gett ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)April 26, 2025  GivingThese men had found something brand new in life. Though they knew they must help other alcoholics if they would remain sober, that motive became secondary. It was transcended by the happiness they found in giving themselves for others.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (A Vision For You) p. 159  Thought to Ponder . . .In AA, we discover that it is impossible to give without receiving or receive without giving.  AA-related 'Alconym'H J F  =   ...Continue Reading