AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)March 17, 2024~ Scroll Down for Share ~The Alcoholic IllnessBut not so with the alcoholic illness, for with it there goes annihilation of all the things worth while in life. It engulfs all whose lives touch the sufferer's. It brings misunderstanding, fierce resentment, financial insecurity, disgusted friends and employers, warped lives of blameless children, sad wives and parents—anyone can increase the list.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (There Is A Solution) p. 18Thought to Ponder ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)March 16, 2024Set On A PathWhen a man or a woman has a spiritual awakening, the most important meaning of it is that he has now become able to do, feel, and believe that which he could not do before on his unaided strength and resources alone. He has been granted a gift which amounts to a new state of consciousness and being. He has been set on a path which tells him he is really going somewhere, that life is not a dead end, not something to be endured or mastered.- Twelve St ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)March 15, 2024A Design for LivingI was not too well at the time, and was plagued by waves of self-pity and resentment.This sometimes nearly drove me back to drink, but I soon found that when all other measures failed, work with another alcoholic would save the day. Many times I have gone to my old hospital in despair. On talking to a man there, I would be amazingly lifted up and set on my feet. It is a design for living that works in rough going.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Bill' ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)March 14, 2024Faith Means CourageThe 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. 68Thought to Ponder . . .Courage is not the absence of fear, but taking action in spite of ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)March 13, 2024Quickly Diagnose YourselfWe 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)March 12, 2024Kit of Spiritual ToolsYou will be most successful with alcoholics if you do not exhibit any passion for crusade or reform. Never talk down to an alcoholic from any moral or spiritual hilltop; simply lay out the kit of spiritual tools for his inspection. Show him how they worked with you. Offer him friendship and fellowship. Tell him that if he wants to get well you will do anything to help.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Working With Others) p. 95Thought to Ponder . . ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)March 11, 2024Self-Centered FearThe chief activator of our defects has been self-centered fear—primarily fear that we would lose something we already possessed or would fail to get something we demanded. Living upon a basis of unsatisfied demands, we were in a state of continual disturbance and frustration. Therefore, no peace was to be had unless we could find a means of reducing these demands. The difference between a demand and a simple request is plain to anyone.- Twelve ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)March 10, 2024~ Scroll Down for Share ~Describe Yourself As An AlcoholicWhen he sees you know all about the drinking game, commence to describe yourself as an alcoholic. Tell him how baffled you were, how you finally learned that you were sick. Give him an account of the struggles you made to stop. Show him the mental twist which leads to the first drink of a spree. We suggest you do this as we have done it in the chapter on alcoholism. If he is alcoholic, he will understand ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)March 9, 2024Children of a Loving CreatorWe have no desire to convince anyone that there is only one way by which faith can be acquired. If what we have learned and felt and seen means anything at all, it means that all of us, whatever our race, creed, or color are the children of a living Creator with whom we may form a relationship upon simple and understandable terms as soon as we are willing and honest enough to try.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (There Is A Solution) p. 28Thoug ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)March 8, 2024The Insane IdeaBut there was always the curious mental phenomenon that parallel with our sound reasoning there inevitably ran some insanely trivial excuse for taking the first drink. Our sound reasoning failed to hold us in check. The insane idea won out. Next day we would ask ourselves, in all earnestness and sincerity, how it could have happened.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (More About Alcoholism) p. 37Thought to Ponder . . .One is too many and 100 is not enough.AA- ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)March 7, 2024No Effective Mental DefenseOnce more: The alcoholic at certain times has no effective mental defense against the first drink. Except in a few cases, neither he nor any other human being can provide such a defense. His defense must come from a Higher Power.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (More About Alcoholism) p. 43Thought to Ponder . . .The first drink has the last say.AA-related 'Alconym'F R O G  =   Fully Rely On God.To Unsubscribe - Click Here_Subscription ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)March 6, 2024The Full ConsequencesAbove all, we should try to be absolutely sure that we are not delaying because we are afraid. For the readiness to take the full consequences of our past acts, and to take responsibility for the well-being of others at the same time, is the very spirit of Step Nine.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Nine) p. 87Thought to Ponder . . .It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them.AA-related 'Alco ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)March 5, 2024Contented, Useful LifeMore sobriety brought about by the admission of alcoholism and by attendance at a few meetings is very good indeed, but it is bound to be a far cry from permanent sobriety and a contented, useful life. That is just where the remaining Steps of the A.A. program come in. Nothing short of continuous action upon these as a way of life can bring the much-desired result.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Three) pp. 39 - 40Thought to Ponde ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)March 4, 2024Carefully ReviewingReturning home we find a place where we can be quiet for an hour, carefully reviewing what we have done. We thank God from the bottom of our heart that we know Him better. Taking this book down from our shelf we turn to the page which contains the twelve steps. Carefully reading the first five proposals we ask if we have omitted anything, for we are building an arch through which we shall walk a free man at last.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Ac ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)March 3, 2024~ Scroll Down for Share ~A Sufficient Substitute"I know I must get along without liquor, but how can I? Have you a sufficient substitute?" Yes, there is a substitute and it is vastly more than that. It is a fellowship in Alcoholics Anonymous. There you will find release from care, boredom and worry. Your imagination will be fired. Life will mean something at last. The most satisfactory years of your existence lie ahead.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (A Vision ...Continue Reading