AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)November 24, 2024~ Scroll Down for Share ~  A Common SolutionThe feeling of having shared in a common peril is one element in the powerful cement which binds us. But that in itself would never have held us together as we are now joined. The tremendous fact for every one of us is that we have discovered a common solution. We have a way out on which we can absolutely agree, and upon which we can join in brotherly and harmonious action.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (There Is A So ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)November 23, 2024  Every Imaginable RemedyWe are like men who have lost their legs; they never grow new ones. Neither does there appear to be any kind of treatment which will make alcoholics of our kind like other men. We have tried every imaginable remedy. In some instances there has been brief recovery, followed always by a still worse relapse.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (More About Alcoholism) pp. 30 - 31  Thought to Ponder . . .Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)November 22, 2024  The Drinking GameWhen he sees you know all about the drinking game, commence to describe yourself as an alcoholic. Tell him how baffled you were, how you finally learned that you were sick. Give him an account of the struggles you made to stop. Show him the mental twist which leads to the first drink of a spree.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Working With Others) pp. 91 - 92  Thought to Ponder . . .I am responsible for the effort -- not the outcome. &nbs ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)November 21, 2024  A Useful ProgramMany could recover if they had the opportunity we have enjoyed. How then shall we present that which has been so freely given us? We have concluded to publish an anonymous volume setting forth the problem as we see it. We shall bring to the task our combined experience and knowledge. This should suggest a useful program for anyone concerned with a drinking problem.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (There Is A Solution) p. 19  Thought to Pond ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)November 20, 2024  AngerIf we were to live, we had to be free of anger. The grouch and the brainstorm were not for us. They may be the dubious luxury of normal men, but for alcoholics these things are poison.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 66  Thought to Ponder . . .Anger is just one letter away from danger.  AA-related 'Alconym'C A L M  =   Cause Anger Left Me.  To Unsubscribe - Click Here_Subscription Reminder_   You're Subs ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)November 19, 2024  Countless Vain AttemptsTherefore, it is not surprising that our drinking careers have been characterized by countless vain attempts to prove we could drink like other people. The idea that somehow, someday he will control and enjoy his drinking is the great obsession of every abnormal drinker. The persistence of this illusion is astonishing. Many pursue it into the gates of insanity or death.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (More About Alcoholism) p. 30  T ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)November 18, 2024  A Sick ManWhen a person offended we said to ourselves, "This is a sick man. How can I be helpful to him? God save me from being angry. Thy will be done." We avoid retaliation or argument. We wouldn’t treat sick people that way. If we do, we destroy our chance of being helpful. We cannot be helpful to all people, but at least God will show us how to take a kindly and tolerant view of each and every one.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)November 17, 2024~ Scroll Down for Share ~  True IndependenceAnd the facts seem to be these: The more we become willing to depend upon a Higher Power, the more independent we actually are. Therefore dependence, as A.A. practices it, is really a means of gaining true independence of the spirit.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Three) p. 36  Thought to PonderAvoidance is not the key; surrender opens the door.  AA-related 'Alconym'F A I T H  =  ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)November 16, 2024  Ghosts of YesterdayIf we have swept the searchlight of Step Four back and forth over our careers, and it has revealed in stark relief those experiences we'd rather not remember, if we have come to know how wrong thinking and action have hurt us and others, then the need to quit living by ourselves with those tormenting ghosts of yesterday gets more urgent than ever. We have to talk to somebody about them.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Five ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)November 15, 2024  Make a DecisionTherefore, we who are alcoholics can consider ourselves fortunate indeed. Each of us has had his own near-fatal encounter with the juggernaut of self-will, and has suffered enough under its weight to look for something better. So it is by circumstance rather than any virtue that we have been driven to AA, have admitted defeat, have acquired the rudiments of faith, and now want to make a decision to turn our will and our lives over to a H ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)November 14, 2024  A RequestPrayer, as commonly understood, is a petition to God. Having opened our channel as best we can, we try to ask for those right things of which we and others are in the greatest need. And we think that the whole range of our needs is well defined by that part of Step Eleven which says: “. . . knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.” A request for this fits in any part of our day.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step E ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)November 13, 2024  Program of ActionThough I had been only a nominal churchman, their proposals were not, intellectually, hard to swallow. But the program of action, though entirely sensible, was pretty drastic. It meant I would have to throw several lifelong conceptions out of the window. That was not easy. But the moment I made up my mind to go through with the process, I had the curious feeling that my alcoholic condition was relieved, as in fact it proved to be.- Alc ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)November 12, 2024  Are We Ready?If we would gain any real advantage in the use of this Step on problems other than alcohol, we shall need to make a brand new venture into open- mindedness. We shall need to raise our eyes toward perfection, and be ready to walk in that direction. It will seldom matter how haltingly we walk. The only question will be "Are we ready?"- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Six) p. 68  Thought to Ponder . . .What have I bee ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)November 11, 2024  True KinshipWe thought the isolation problem had been solved. But we soon discovered that while we weren't alone any more in a social sense, we still suffered many of the old pangs of anxious apartness. Until we had talked with complete candor of our conflicts, and had listened to someone else do the same thing, we still didn't belong. Step Five was the answer. It was the beginning of true kinship with man and God.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)November 10, 2024~ Scroll Down for Share ~  Our Own ConceptionMuch to our relief, we discovered we did not need to consider another’s conception of God. Our own conception, however inadequate, was sufficient to make the approach and to effect a contact with Him. As soon as we admitted the possible existence of a Creative Intelligence, a Spirit of the Universe underlying the totality of things, we began to be possessed of a new sense of power and direction, provided we to ...Continue Reading