AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)September 29, 2024~ Scroll Down for Share ~  In God's HandsWhen we look back, we realize that the things which came to us when we put ourselves in God’s hands were better than anything we could have planned. Follow the dictates of a Higher Power and you will presently live in a new and wonderful world, no matter what your present circumstances!- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Working With Others) p. 100  Thought to PonderReliance on God enables me to match calamity with ser ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)September 28, 2024  Destructive ObsessionsSo far as alcoholics are concerned, A.A. would go even further. Most of us would declare that without a fearless admission of our defects to another human being we could not stay sober. It seems plain that the grace of God will not enter to expel our destructive obsessions until we are willing to try this.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Five) pp. 56 - 57  Thought to Ponder . . .If we skip this vital step, we may ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)September 27, 2024  Wish To Be HelpfulWe are not an organization in the conventional sense of the word. There are no fees or dues whatsoever. The only requirement for membership is an honest desire to stop drinking. We are not allied with any particular faith, sect or denomination, nor do we oppose anyone. We simply wish to be helpful to those who are afflicted.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Foreward to First Edition) pp. xiii - xiv  Thought to Ponder . . .To be helpful i ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)September 26, 2024  A Wider MeaningBut when we have taken a square look at some of these defects, have discussed them with another, and have become willing to have them removed, our thinking about humility commences to have a wider meaning. By this time in all probability we have gained some measure of release from our more devastating handicaps. We enjoy moments in which there is something like real peace of mind.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Seven) p. 74 ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)September 25, 2024  It Really WorkedThere is a solution. Almost none of us liked the self-searching, the leveling of our pride, the confession of shortcomings which the process requires for its successful consummation. But we saw that it really worked in others, and we had come to believe in the hopelessness and futility of life as we had been living it.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (There Is A Solution) p. 25  Thought to Ponder . . .We need to uncover to recover.  A ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)September 24, 2024  Reliance"When we encountered A.A., the fallacy of our defiance was revealed. At no time had we asked what God's will was for us; instead we had been telling Him what it ought to be. No man, we saw, could believe in God and defy Him, too. Belief meant reliance, not; defiance."- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Two) p. 31  Thought to Ponder . . .We had always said, "Grant me my wishes" instead of "Thy will be done. ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)September 23, 2024  In the StillnessIn all times of emotional disturbance or indecision, we can pause, ask for quiet, and in the stillness simply say: "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference. Thy will, not mine, be done."- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Three) pp. 40 - 41  Thought to Ponder . . .Reliance on God enables me to match calamity with serenit ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)September 22, 2024~ Scroll Down for Share ~  The Dark PastShowing others who suffer how we were given help is the very thing which makes life seem so worth while to us now. Cling to the thought that, in God's hands, the dark past is the greatest possession you have—the key to life and happiness for others. With it you can avert death and misery for them.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (The Family Afterward) p. 124  Thought to PonderWe will not regret the past nor wish to sh ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)September 21, 2024  What an Order!Many of us exclaimed, “What an order! I can’t go through with it." Do not be discouraged. No one among us has been able to maintain anything like perfect adherence to these principles. We are not saints. The point is, that we are willing to grow along spiritual lines.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 60  Thought to Ponder . . .We claim spiritual progress rather than spiritual perfection.  AA-related 'Alconym'A R T ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)September 20, 2024  The Great FactAsk Him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. The answers will come, if your own house is in order. But obviously you cannot transmit something you haven’t got. See to it that your relationship with Him is right, and great events will come to pass for you and countless others. This is the Great Fact for us.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (A Vision For You) p. 164  Thought to Ponder . . .Trust God ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)September 19, 2024  A Spiritual AwakeningIn a very real sense he has been transformed, because he has laid hold of a source of strength which, in one way or another, he had hitherto denied himself. He finds himself in possession of a degree of honesty, tolerance, unselfishness, peace of mind, and love of which he had thought himself quite incapable.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Twelve) p. 107  Thought to Ponder . . .The greatest gift that can come to a ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)September 18, 2024  Prayer and MeditationThose of us who have come to make regular use of prayer would no more do without it than we would refuse air, food, or sunshine. And for the same reason. When we refuse air, light, or food, the body suffers. And when we turn away from meditation and prayer, we likewise deprive our minds, our emotions, and our intuitions of vitally needed support. As the body can fail its purpose for lack of nourishment, so can the soul.- Twelve St ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)September 17, 2024  Step TenMore experienced people, of course, in all times and places have practiced unsparing self-survey and criticism. For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching becomes a regular habit, until he is able to admit and accept what he finds, and until he patiently and persistently tries to correct what is wrong.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Ten) p. 88  Thought to Ponder . . .I can’t fix ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)September 16, 2024  Making AmendsWe are there to sweep off our side of the street, realizing that nothing worth while can be accomplished until we do so, never trying to tell him what he should do. His faults are not discussed. We stick to our own. If our manner is calm, frank, and open, we will be gratified with the result.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) pp. 77 - 78  Thought to Ponder . . .It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)September 15, 2024~ Scroll Down for Share ~  AmendsWe have a list of all persons we have harmed and to whom we are willing to make amends. We made it when we took inventory. We subjected ourselves to a drastic self-appraisal. Now we go out to our fellows and repair the damage done in the past.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 76  Thought to PonderDon't mess up an amend with an excuse.  AA-related 'Alconym'A A  =  Accountable Actions.  A Me ...Continue Reading