AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 15, 2025  Instincts In CollisionWe might next ask ourselves what we mean when we say that we have "harmed" other people. What kinds of "harm" do people do one another, anyway? To define the word "harm" in a practical way, we might call it the result of instincts in collision, which cause physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual damage to people.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Eight) p. 80  Thought to Ponder . . .The ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 14, 2025  FaithFaith has to work twenty-four hours a day in and through us, or we perish. Most of us feel we need look no further for Utopia. We have it with us right here and now. Each day my friend’s simple talk in our kitchen multiplies itself in a widening circle of peace on earth and good will to men.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Bill's Story) p. 16  Thought to Ponder . . .It is when you act on faith that you actually have it.  AA-related 'Alconym'F A I ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 13, 2025  Safe GuidanceThe persistent use of meditation and prayer, we found, did open the channel so that where there had been a trickle, there now was a river which led to sure power and safe guidance from God as we were increasingly better able to understand Him.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Twelve) p. 109  Thought to Ponder . . .Praying is asking God for help, meditating is listening for God's answer.  AA-related 'Alconym'A S A P   ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 12, 2025  HumilityWhere humility had formerly stood for a forced feeding on humble pie, it now begins to mean the nourishing ingredient which can give us serenity. This improved perception of humility starts another revolutionary change in our outlook. Our eyes begin to open to the immense values which have come straight out of painful ego-puncturing.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Seven) p. 74  Thought to Ponder . . .The difference between pride ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 11, 2025  Attitudes and ActionsWhy all this insistence that every A.A. must hit bottom first? The answer is that few people will sincerely try to practice the A.A. program unless they have hit bottom. For practicing A.A.'s remaining eleven Steps means the adoption of attitudes and actions that almost no alcoholic who is still drinking can dream of taking.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step One) p. 24  Thought to Ponder . . .Sobriety without action is ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 10, 2025  Our Real PurposeAt the moment we are trying to put our lives in order. But this is not an end in itself. Our real purpose is to fit ourselves to be of maximum service to God and the people about us.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 77  Thought to Ponder . . .Service puts feet on my prayers.  AA-related 'Alconym'B E S T  =   Been Enjoying Sobriety Today?  To Unsubscribe - Click Here_Subscription Reminder_   You'r ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 9, 2025  Not a TheoryWe ought to sit down with the family and frankly analyze the past as we now see it, being very careful not to criticize them. Their defects may be glaring, but the chances are that our own actions are partly responsible. So we clean house with the family, asking each morning in meditation that our Creator show us the way of patience, tolerance, kindliness and love. The spiritual life is not a theory. We have to live it.- Alcoholics Anonymous, ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 8, 2025  GuidanceWe discover that we do receive guidance for our lives to just about the extent that we stop making demands upon God to give it to us on order and on our terms. Almost any experienced A.A. will tell how his affairs have taken remarkable and unexpected turns for the better as he tried to improve his conscious contact with God.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Eleven) pp. 104 - 105  Thought to Ponder . . .The Three "P's" -- ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 7, 2025  Controlled DrinkingWe do not like to pronounce any individual as alcoholic, but you can quickly diagnose yourself. Step over to the nearest barroom and try some controlled drinking. Try to drink and stop abruptly. Try it more than once. It will not take long for you to decide, if you are honest with yourself about it. It may be worth a bad case of jitters if you get a full knowledge of your condition.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (More About Alcoholism) pp. 31 ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 6, 2025  Spiritual ConditionIt is easy to let up on the spiritual program of action and rest on our laurels. We are headed for trouble if we do, for alcohol is a subtle foe. We are not cured of alcoholism. What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition. Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of God’s will into all of our activities. "How can I best serve Thee—Thy will (not mine) be done."- Alco ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)January 5, 2025~ Scroll Down for Share ~  To Run the ShowMost people try to live by self-propulsion. Each person is like an actor who wants to run the whole show; is forever trying to arrange the lights, the ballet, the scenery and the rest of the players in his own way. If his arrangements would only stay put, if only people would do as he wished, the show would be great. Everybody, including himself, would be pleased. Life would be wonderful.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Ho ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 4, 2025  Again and AgainWe have seen the truth demonstrated again and again: “Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic.’’ Commencing to drink after a period of sobriety, we are in a short time as bad as ever. If we are planning to stop drinking, there must be no reservation of any kind, nor any lurking notion that someday we will be immune to alcohol.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (More About Alcoholism) p. 33  Thought to Ponder . . .When we try to control our drinki ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 3, 2025  Depth and WeightFrothy emotional appeal seldom suffices. The message which can interest and hold these alcoholic people must have depth and weight. In nearly all cases, their ideals must be grounded in a power greater than themselves, if they are to re-create their lives.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (The Doctor's Opinion) p. xxviii  Thought to Ponder . . .Hope leads to faith if you let it.  AA-related 'Alconym'A B C  =   Acceptance, Belief ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 2, 2025  A.A.'s MessageThis brought a rush of 800 frantic inquiries into the little New York office which meanwhile had been established. Each inquiry was painstakingly answered; pamphlets and books were sent out. Businessmen, traveling out of existing groups, were referred to these prospective newcomers. New groups started up and it was found, to the astonishment of everyone, that A.A.’s message could be transmitted in the mail as well as by word of mouth.- Alco ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 1, 2025  A Higher PowerIn Step Eleven we saw that if a Higher Power had restored us to sanity and had enabled us to live with some peace of mind in a sorely troubled world, then such a Higher Power was worth knowing better, by as direct contact as possible.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Twelve) pp. 108 - 109  Thought to Ponder . . .Relationships are built with communication; so we pray.  AA-related 'Alconym'A S A P  =   Always Say ...Continue Reading