AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)May 12, 2024The Quick InventoryIn all these situations we need self-restraint, honest analysis of what is involved, a willingness to admit when the fault is ours, and an equal willingness to forgive when the fault is elsewhere. We need not be discouraged when we fall into the error of our old ways, for these disciplines are not easy. We shall look for progress, not for perfection.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Ten) p. 91Thought to Ponder . . .Forgiveness is anoth ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)May 11, 2024Came to BelieveThe minute I stopped arguing, I could begin to see and feel. Right there, Step Two gently and very gradually began to infiltrate my life. I can't say upon what occasion or upon what day I came to believe in a Power greater than myself, but I certainly have that belief now. To acquire it, I had only to stop fighting and practice the rest of A.A.'s program as enthusiastically as I could.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Two) p. 27Thought to ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)May 10, 2024A TornadoThe alcoholic is like a tornado roaring his way through the lives of others. Hearts are broken. Sweet relationships are dead. Affections have been uprooted. Selfish and inconsiderate habits have kept the home in turmoil. We feel a man is unthinking when he says that sobriety is enough. He is like the farmer who came up out of his cyclone cellar to find his home ruined. To his wife, he remarked, "Don’t see anything the matter here, Ma. Ain’t it grand ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)May 9, 2024An Easier, Softer WayAt some of these we balked. We thought we could find an easier, softer way. But we could not. With all the earnestness at our command, we beg of you to be fearless and thorough from the very start. Some of us have tried to hold on to our old ideas and the result was nil until we let go absolutely.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 58Thought to Ponder . . .If I always do what I've always done, I'll always get what I've always gotten.AA-re ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)May 8, 2024IndecisionIn thinking about our day we may face indecision. We may not be able to determine which course to take. Here we ask God for inspiration, an intuitive thought or a decision. We relax and take it easy. We don’t struggle. We are often surprised how the right answers come after we have tried this for a while.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 86Thought to Ponder . . .Life is fragile, handle with prayer.AA-related 'Alconym'P A U S E  =   Pray A ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)May 7, 2024InventoryBy discovering what our emotional deformities are, we can move toward their correction. Without a willing and persistent effort to do this, there can be little sobriety or contentment for us. Without a searching and fearless moral inventory, most of us have found that the faith which really works in daily living is still out of reach.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Four) p. 43Thought to Ponder . . .In order to recover we have to uncover.AA-rela ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)May 6, 2024Holding Back NothingWe'd have to have outside help if we were surely to know and admit the truth about ourselves—the help of God and another human being. Only by discussing ourselves, holding back nothing, only by being willing to take advice and accept direction could we set foot on the road to straight thinking, solid honesty, and genuine humility.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Five) p. 59Thought to Ponder . . .We need to share our problems to find o ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)May 5, 2024Higher PowerIn our personal stories you will find a wide variation in the way each teller approaches and conceives of the Power which is greater than himself. Whether we agree with a particular approach or conception seems to make little difference. Experience has taught us that these are matters about which, for our purpose, we need not be worried. They are questions for each individual to settle for himself.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (We Agnostics) p. 50Thought to P ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)May 4, 2024HumilityIt was only by repeated humiliations that we were forced to learn something about humility. It was only at the end of a long road, marked by successive defeats and humiliations, and the final crushing of our self-sufficiency, that we began to feel humility as something more than a condition of groveling despair.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Seven) p. 72Thought to Ponder . . .Humility is born of the spirit, humiliation of the ego.AA-related 'Al ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)May 3, 2024Our Own PowerMany of us had moral and philosophical convictions galore, but we could not live up to them even though we would have liked to. Neither could we reduce our self-centeredness much by wishing or trying on our own power. We had to have God’s help.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 62Thought to Ponder . . .I can't think my way into right acting, but I can act my way into right thinking.AA-related 'Alconym'F A I T H  =   Found Always In Tru ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)May 2, 2024Our Next StepWe usually conclude the period of meditation with a prayer that we be shown all through the day what our next step is to be, that we be given whatever we need to take care of such problems.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 87Thought to Ponder . . .Life is fragile, handle with prayer.AA-related 'Alconym'P R A Y E R  =   Praying Regularly Allows Your Everyday Recovery.To Unsubscribe - Click Here_Subscription Reminder_   You're ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)May 1, 2024Road of Happy DestinyAbandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to Him and to your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and join us. We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny. May God bless you and keep you—until then.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (A Vision For You) p. 164Thought to Ponder . . .Trust God. Clean house. Help o ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)April 30, 2024The ImpossibleIn 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. 101Thought to Ponder . . .Sobriety without action is fantasy.AA-rel ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)April 29, 2024Step Three PrayerMany of us said to our Maker, as we understood Him: "God, I offer myself to Thee—to build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt. Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do Thy will. Take away my difficulties, that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of Thy Power, Thy Love, and Thy Way of life. May I do Thy will always."- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 63Thought to Ponder . . .I can't do God's ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)April 28, 2024~ Scroll Down for Share ~A Daily ReprieveIt 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.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 85Thought to PonderWe will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.AA-re ...Continue Reading