AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)April 5, 2024NonsenseHe clamors for this or that, claiming he cannot master alcohol until his material needs are cared for. Nonsense. Some of us have taken very hard knocks to learn this truth: Job or no job—wife or no wife—we simply do not stop drinking so long as we place dependence upon other people ahead of dependence on God.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Working With Others) p. 98Thought to Ponder . . .In AA we don't carry the alcoholic; we carry the message.AA-related 'Alcony ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)April 4, 2024Insanity and DenialThey are always "going on the wagon for keeps." They are over- remorseful and make many resolutions, but never a decision. There is the type of man who is unwilling to admit that he cannot take a drink. He plans various ways of drinking. He changes his brand or his environment. There is the type who always believes that after being entirely free from alcohol for a period of time he can take a drink without danger.- Alcoholics Anonymou ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)April 3, 2024Reviewed Our Own ConductWe reviewed our own conduct over the years past. Where had we been selfish, dishonest, or inconsiderate? Whom had we hurt? Did we unjustifiably arouse jealousy, suspicion or bitterness? Where were we at fault, what should we have done instead? We got this all down on paper and looked at it.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 69Thought to Ponder . . .The first step in overcoming mistakes is to admit them.AA-related 'Alconym'A A   ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)April 2, 2024Fundamental Idea of GodActually we were fooling ourselves, for deep down in every man, woman, and child, is the fundamental idea of God. It may be obscured by calamity, by pomp, by worship of other things, but in some form or other it is there. For faith in a Power greater than ourselves, and miraculous demonstrations of that power in human lives, are facts as old as man himself.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (We Agnostics) p. 55Thought to Ponder . . .People of faith ha ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)April 1, 2024Arch to FreedomThis is the how and why of it. First of all, we had to quit playing God. It didn’t work. Next, we decided that hereafter in this drama of life, God was going to be our Director. He is the Principal; we are His agents. He is the Father, and we are His children. Most good ideas are simple, and this concept was the keystone of the new and triumphant arch through which we passed to freedom.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 62Thought to Ponder . ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)March 31, 2024~ Scroll Down for Share ~ExpectationsI must keep my magic magnifying mind on my acceptance and off my expectations, for my serenity is directly proportional to my level of acceptance. When I remember this, I can see I’ve never had it so good. Thank God for A.A.!- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Acceptance Was The Answer) p. 420Thought to PonderMy disappointments are equal to my expectations.AA-related 'Alconym'A A  =  Acknowledge Acceptance. ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)March 30, 2024Our FamiliesWe 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, (Into A ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)March 29, 2024Fit Spiritual ConditionWe are not fighting it, neither are we avoiding temptation. We feel as though we had been placed in a position of neutrality—safe and protected. We have not even sworn off. Instead, the problem has been removed. It does not exist for us. We are neither cocky nor are we afraid. That is our experience. That is how we react so long as we keep in fit spiritual condition.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 85Thought to Ponder . . .Spiritua ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)March 28, 2024Willing to BelieveI stood in the sunlight at last. It was only a matter of being willing to believe in a Power greater than myself. Nothing more was required of me to make my beginning. I saw that growth could start from that point. Upon a foundation of complete willingness I might build what I saw in my friend. Would I have it? Of course I would!- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Bill's Story) p. 12Thought to Ponder . . .Hope leads to faith if you let it.AA-related 'Alco ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)March 27, 2024DisciplineIt works—it really does. We alcoholics are undisciplined. So we let God discipline us in the simple way we have just outlined. But this is not all. There is action and more action. "Faith without works is dead."- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 88Thought to Ponder . . .Motivation may get you going, but discipline keeps you growing.AA-related 'Alconym'F A I T H  =   For All I Trust Him.To Unsubscribe - Click Here_Subscription ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)March 26, 2024Yes, I Am OneFurther on, clear-cut directions are given showing how we recovered. These are followed by forty-two personal experiences. . . Our hope is that many alcoholic men and women, desperately in need, will see these pages, and we believe that it is only by fully disclosing ourselves and our problems that they will be persuaded to say, "Yes, I am one of them too; I must have this thing."- Alcoholics Anonymous, (There Is A Solution) p. 29Thought t ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)March 25, 2024Great NewsThe tremendous fact for every one of us is that we have discovered a common solution. We have a way out on which we can absolutely agree, and upon which we can join in brotherly and harmonious action. This is the great news this book carries to those who suffer from alcoholism.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (There Is A Solution) p. 17Thought to Ponder . . .Together we can do what we could never do alone.AA-related 'Alconym'A C T I O N  =   Any Chang ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)March 24, 2024This SolutionBut the ex-problem drinker who has found this solution, who is properly armed with facts about himself, can generally win the entire confidence of another alcoholic in a few hours. Until such an understanding is reached, little or nothing can be accomplished.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (There Is A Solution) p. 18Thought to Ponder . . ."He talked my language."AA-related 'Alconym'E S & H  =   Experience, Strength and Hope.To Unsubs ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)March 23, 2024Beyond Their Mental ControlThey took a drink a day or so prior to the date, and then the phenomenon of craving at once became paramount to all other interests so that the important appointment was not met. These men were not drinking to escape; they were drinking to overcome a craving beyond their mental control.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (The Doctor's Opinion) pp. xxix - xxxThought to Ponder . . .The first drink has the last say.AA-related 'Alconym'A A  = &nb ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)March 22, 2024The Primary CauseBy now the newcomer has probably arrived at the following conclusions: that his character defects, representing instincts gone astray, have been the primary cause of his drinking and his failure at life; that unless he is now willing to work hard at the elimination of the worst of these defects, both sobriety and peace of mind will still elude him; that all the faulty foundation of his life will have to be torn out and built anew on bedrock.- Tw ...Continue Reading