AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 17, 2025  Steps Eight and NineSteps Eight and Nine are concerned with personal relationships. First, we take a look backward and try to discover where we have been at fault; next we make a vigorous attempt to repair the damage we have done; and third, having thus cleaned away the debris of the past, we consider how, with our newfound knowledge of ourselves, we may develop the best possible relations with every human being we know.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditi ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 16, 2025  These PerplexitiesDid these perplexities beset me because of selfishness or unreasonable demands? Or, if my disturbance was seemingly caused by the behavior of others, why do I lack the ability to accept conditions I cannot change? These are the sort of fundamental inquiries that can disclose the source of my discomfort and indicate whether I may be able to alter my own conduct and so adjust myself serenely to self-discipline.- Twelve Steps and Twelve T ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 15, 2025  Tradition Five“Each group has but one primary purpose—to carry the message to the alcoholic who still suffers.” The unique ability of each A.A. to identify himself with, and bring recovery to, the newcomer in no way depends upon his learning, eloquence, or on any special individual skills. The only thing that matters is that he is an alcoholic who has found a key to sobriety.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Tradition Five) pp. 150-151  Though ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 14, 2025  Our Own MakingSelfishness—self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles. Driven by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self-seeking, and self-pity, we step on the toes of our fellows and they retaliate. Sometimes they hurt us, seemingly without provocation, but we invariably find that at some time in the past we have made decisions based on self which later placed us in a position to be hurt. So our troubles, we think, are basically ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 13, 2025  Changed In MeUntil I could accept my alcoholism, I could not stay sober; unless I accept life completely on life’s terms, I cannot be happy. I need to concentrate not so much on what needs to be changed in the world as on what needs to be changed in me and in my attitudes.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Acceptance Was The Answer) p. 417  Thought to Ponder . . .Acceptance is the soil where change can actually take root.  AA-related 'Alconym'A B C &nbs ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 12, 2025~ Scroll Down for Share ~  Discover the TruthA business which takes no regular inventory usually goes broke. Taking a commercial inventory is a fact-finding and a fact-facing process. It is an effort to discover the truth about the stock-in trade. One object is to disclose damaged or unsalable goods, to get rid of them promptly and without regret. . . . We did exactly the same thing with our lives. We took stock honestly.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Wo ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 11, 2025  Daily Ups and DownsThe quick inventory is aimed at our daily ups and downs, especially those where people or new events throw us off balance and tempt us to make mistakes. In 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.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Ten) p. 91  Thought to Ponder . . .Forgi ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 10, 2025  IsolationIsolation sneaks up on us. We can mask it with familiar props that are not in themselves bad. . . . The list is long. The nicest way to end it is the way you and I do: together. Reach out—people can't read your mind. Say ouch! Someone hears. Always.- The Best of the Grapevine, (Vol. 1) pp. 84–85  Thought to Ponder . . .Together we can do what we could never do alone.  AA-related 'Alconym'Y A N A  =   You Are Not Alone.   ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 9, 2025  The Spiritual Approach"As to two of you men, whose stories I have heard, there is no doubt in my mind that you were 100% hopeless, apart from divine help. . . Though not a religious person, I have profound respect for the spiritual approach in such cases as yours. For most cases, there is virtually no other solution."- Alcoholics Anonymous, (More About Alcoholism) p. 43  Thought to Ponder . . .Faith makes the impossible possible.  AA- ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 8, 2025  A Bit of Good and BadA.A. and acceptance have taught me that there is a bit of good in the worst of us and a bit of bad in the best of us; that we are all children of God and we each have a right to be here. When I complain about me or about you, I am complaining about God’s handiwork. I am saying that I know better than God.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Acceptance Was The Answer) p. 417  Thought to Ponder . . .My serenity is directly proportional to my ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 7, 2025  Demonstrations of FaithOur basic troubles are the same as everyone else's, but when an honest effort is made "to practice these principles in all our affairs," well-grounded A.A.'s seem to have the ability, by God's grace, to take these troubles in stride and turn them into demonstrations of faith.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Twelve) p. 114  Thought to Ponder . . .It is when you act on faith that you actually have it.   ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 6, 2025  Business of ResentmentBut with the alcoholic, whose hope is the maintenance and growth of a spiritual experience, this business of resentment is infinitely grave. We found that it is fatal. For when harboring such feelings we shut ourselves off from the sunlight of the Spirit. The insanity of alcohol returns and we drink again. And with us, to drink is to die.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 66  Thought to Ponder . . .Anger will never disap ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 5, 2025~ Scroll Down for Share ~  Took Stock HonestlyIf the owner of the business is to be successful, he cannot fool himself about values. We did exactly the same thing with our lives. We took stock honestly. First, we searched out the flaws in our make-up which caused our failure. Being convinced that self, manifested in various ways, was what had defeated us, we considered its common manifestations.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 64  Thought to ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 4, 2025  Tradition TenAlcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy.We conceive the survival and spread of Alcoholics Anonymous to be something of far greater importance than the weight we could collectively throw back of any other cause. Since recovery from alcoholism is life itself to us, it is imperative that we preserve in full strength our means of survival.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Tr ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 3, 2025  Our Own DesiresWhen we habitually try to manipulate others to our own willful desires, they revolt, and resist us heavily. Then we develop hurt feelings, a sense of persecution, and a desire to retaliate. As we redouble our efforts at control, and continue to fail, our suffering becomes acute and constant. We have not once sought to be one in a family, to be a friend among friends, to be a worker among workers, to be a useful member of society.- Twelve S ...Continue Reading