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

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)April 25, 2025  Basic TroubleAdmitting he may be somewhat at fault, he is sure that other people are more to blame. He becomes angry, indignant, self-pitying. What is his basic trouble? Is he not really a self-seeker even when trying to be kind? Is he not a victim of the delusion that he can wrest satisfaction and happiness out of this world if he only manages well?- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 61  Thought to Ponder . . .When I choose the behavior, I cho ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)April 24, 2025  Stability, Happiness and UsefulnessPeople of faith have a logical idea of what life is all about. Actually, we used to have no reasonable conception whatever. We used to amuse ourselves by cynically dissecting spiritual beliefs and practices when we might have observed that many spiritually-minded persons of all races, colors, and creeds were demonstrating a degree of stability, happiness and usefulness which we should have sought ourselves.- Alcoholics A ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)April 23, 2025  The Hopeless FeatureIf you are satisfied that he is a real alcoholic, begin to dwell on the hopeless feature of the malady. Show him, from your own experience, how the queer mental condition surrounding that first drink prevents normal functioning of the will power.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Working With Others) p. 92  Thought to Ponder . . .The first drink has the last say.  AA-related 'Alconym'H O P E  =   Help Open People's Eyes. &nbs ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)April 22, 2025  A Bigger ExplosionIn our belief any scheme of combating alcoholism which proposes to shield the sick man from temptation is doomed to failure. If the alcoholic tries to shield himself he may succeed for a time, but he usually winds up with a bigger explosion than ever. We have tried these methods. These attempts to do the impossible have always failed.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Working With Others) p. 101  Thought to Ponder . . .God can do for us what ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)April 21, 2025  The Spiritual MaladyResentment is the "number one" offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything else. From it stem all forms of spiritual disease, for we have been not only mentally and physically ill, we have been spiritually sick. When the spiritual malady is overcome, we straighten out mentally and physically.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 64  Thought to Ponder . . .We are prisoners of our own resentments. Forgiveness u ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)April 20, 2025~ Scroll Down for Share ~  Remove Our FearThe verdict of the ages is that faith means courage. All men of faith have courage. They trust their God. We never apologize for God. Instead we let Him demonstrate, through us, what He can do. We ask Him to remove our fear and direct our attention to what He would have us be. At once, we commence to outgrow fear.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 68  Thought to PonderFear is not an admission of weakness ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)April 19, 2025  The Simple WayWe do not tire so easily, for we are not burning up energy foolishly as we did when we were trying to arrange life to suit ourselves. It works—it really does. We alcoholics are undisciplined. So we let God discipline us in the simple way we have just outlined.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 88  Thought to Ponder . . .Into action, out of self.  AA-related 'Alconym'W I S D O M  =   When Into Sel ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)April 18, 2025  It Did MatterWe could cheerfully perform humble labor without worrying about tomorrow. If our circumstances happened to be good, we no longer dreaded a change for the worse, for we had learned that these troubles could be turned into great values. It did not matter too much what our material condition was, but it did matter what our spiritual condition was.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Twelve) pp. 121 - 122  Thought to Ponder . . .When ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)April 17, 2025  Face Life SuccessfullyMore and more we became interested in seeing what we could contribute to life. As we felt new power flow in, as we enjoyed peace of mind, as we discovered we could face life successfully, as we became conscious of His presence, we began to lose our fear of today, tomorrow or the hereafter. We were reborn.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 63  Thought to Ponder . . .From darkness comes light.  AA-related 'Alconym'G I ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)April 16, 2025  Some Trivial ReasonThey had said that though I did raise a defense, it would one day give way before some trivial reason for having a drink. Well, just that did happen and more, for what I had learned of alcoholism did not occur to me at all. I knew from that moment that I had an alcoholic mind.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (More About Alcoholism) p. 42  Thought to Ponder . . .The ultimate defense against the first drink is a spiritual one.  AA-relate ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)April 15, 2025  Tradition FiveEach Alcoholics Anonymous group ought to be a spiritual entity having but one primary purpose—that of carrying its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Appendix I, The AA Tradition) p. 563  Thought to Ponder . . .We're not living just to be sober; we are living to learn, to serve, and to love.  AA-related 'Alconym'P R O G R A M  =   People Relying On God Relaying A Message.  To Unsubscr ...Continue Reading