AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 18, 2024Extravagant Promises?We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us. We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves. Are these extravagant promises? We think not. They are being fulfilled among us —sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. They will always materialize if we work for them.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 84Thought to Ponder . . .Sobriety is not a destination, but an everlasting ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 17, 2024Living Just For TodayWhen I joined A.A., I did so for the sole purpose of getting sober and staying sober. I didn’t realize I would find so much more, but a new and different outlook on life started opening up almost immediately. Each day seems to be so much more productive and satisfying. I get so much more enjoyment out of living. I find an inner pleasure in simple things. Living just for today is a pleasant adventure.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (It Might Have B ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 16, 2024Honestly Sought HimEven so has God restored us all to our right minds. To this man, the revelation was sudden. Some of us grow into it more slowly. But He has come to all who have honestly sought Him. When we drew near to Him He disclosed Himself to us!- Alcoholics Anonymous, (We Agnostics) p. 57Thought to Ponder . . .I came; I came to; I came to believe.AA-related 'Alconym'G O D  =   Good Orderly Direction.To Unsubscribe - Click Here_Subscription Re ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 15, 2024To Be WelcomedNo one is too discredited or has sunk too low to be welcomed cordially—if he means business. Social distinctions, petty rivalries and jealousies—these are laughed out of countenance. Being wrecked in the same vessel, being restored and united under one God, with hearts and minds attuned to the welfare of others, the things which matter so much to some people no longer signify much to them. How could they?- Alcoholics Anonymous, (A Vision For You) ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)January 14, 2024~ Scroll Down for Share ~A Sick FriendThough we did not like their symptoms and the way these disturbed us, they, like ourselves, were sick too. We asked God to help us show them the same tolerance, pity, and patience that we would cheerfully grant a sick friend. When a person offended we said to ourselves, "This is a sick man. How can I be helpful to him? God save me from being angry. Thy will be done."- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 67Tho ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 13, 2024Confiding Our DefectsAnother great dividend we may expect from confiding our defects to another human being is humility—a word often misunderstood. To those who have made progress in A.A., it amounts to a clear recognition of what and who we really are, followed by a sincere attempt to become what we could be.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Five) p. 58Thought to Ponder . . .Learning is the very essence of humility; the two walk hand in hand.AA-rela ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 12, 2024Bright Promise and MeaningThe notion that we would still live our own lives, God helping a little now and then, began to evaporate. Many of us who had thought ourselves religious awoke to the limitations of this attitude. Refusing to place God first, we had deprived ourselves of His help. But now the words “Of myself I am nothing, the Father doeth the works” began to carry bright promise and meaning.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Seven) p. 75Thoug ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 11, 2024ConditionsWe thought “conditions” drove us to drink, and when we tried to correct these conditions and found that we couldn’t to our entire satisfaction, our drinking went out of hand and we became alcoholics. It never occurred to us that we needed to change ourselves to meet conditions, whatever they were. But in A.A. we slowly learned that something had to be done about our vengeful resentments, self-pity, and unwarranted pride.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Trad ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 10, 2024Healer of PainWe heard story after story of how humility had brought strength out of weakness. In every case, pain had been the price of admission into a new life. But this admission price had purchased more than we expected. It brought a measure of humility, which we soon discovered to be a healer of pain. We began to fear pain less, and desire humility more than ever.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Seven) p. 75Thought to Ponder . . .With humility ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 9, 2024Happy and Purposeful LivesBut upon entering A.A. we soon take quite another view of this absolute humiliation. We perceive that only through utter defeat are we able to take our first steps toward liberation and strength. Our admissions of personal powerlessness finally turn out to be firm bedrock upon which happy and purposeful lives may be built.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step One) p. 21Thought to Ponder . . .Avoidance is not the key; surrender op ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 8, 2024PerspectiveWe had lacked the perspective to see that character-building and spiritual values had to come first, and that material satisfactions were not the purpose of living. Quite characteristically, we had gone all out in confusing the ends with the means. Instead of regarding the satisfaction of our material desires as the means by which we could live and function as human beings, we had taken these satisfactions to be the final end and aim of life.- Twelve ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)January 7, 2024~ Scroll Down for Share ~Review Our DayWhen we retire at night, we constructively review our day. Were we resentful, selfish, dishonest or afraid? Do we owe an apology? Have we kept something to ourselves which should be discussed with another person at once? Were we kind and loving toward all? What could we have done better? . . . After making our review we ask God’s forgiveness and inquire what corrective measures should be taken.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 6, 2024UnselfishnessThe unselfishness of these men as we have come to know them, the entire absence of profit motive, and their community spirit, is indeed inspiring to one who has labored long and wearily in this alcoholic field. They believe in themselves, and still more in the Power which pulls chronic alcoholics back from the gates of death.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (The Doctor's Opinion) p. xxvii (*Fully explained—Appendix II)Thought to Ponder . . .Serving God by s ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 5, 2024The Central Fact of Our LivesThe great fact is just this, and nothing less: That we have had deep and effective spiritual experiences* which have revolutionized our whole attitude toward life, toward our fellows and toward God’s universe. The central fact of our lives today is the absolute certainty that our Creator has entered into our hearts and lives in a way which is indeed miraculous. He has commenced to accomplish those things for us which we could never ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 4, 2024There Is A SolutionThere 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. 25Thought to Ponder . . .We need to uncover to recover.AA-related 'Alconym'W ...Continue Reading