AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)December 21, 2023A ThunderboltOur friend’s gorge rose as he bitterly cried out: "If there is a God, He certainly hasn’t done anything for me!’’ But later, alone in his room, he asked himself this question: "Is it possible that all the religious people I have known are wrong?" While pondering the answer he felt as though he lived in hell. Then, like a thunderbolt, a great thought came. It crowded out all else: "Who are you to say there is no God?"- Alc ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)December 20, 2023Accurate Unsparing SurveyLearning how to live in the greatest peace, partnership, and brotherhood with all men and women, of whatever description, is a moving and fascinating adventure. Every A.A. has found that he can make little headway in this new adventure of living until he first backtracks and really makes an accurate and unsparing survey of the human wreckage he has left in his wake.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Eight) p. 77Thought to Pon ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)December 19, 2023TroublesOur 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. 114Thought to Ponder . . .Faith is like a muscle, the more we use it, the more it grows.AA-related 'Alconym'F A I ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)December 18, 2023Social OccasionsSo our rule is not to avoid a place where there is drinking,if we have a legitimate reason for being there. . . Go or stay away, whichever seems best. But be sure you are on solid spiritual ground before you start and that your motive in going is thoroughly good. Do not think of what you will get out of the occasion. Think of what you can bring to it. But if you are shaky, you had better work with another alcoholic instead!- Alcoholics An ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)December 17, 2023~ Scroll Down for Share ~Simple ProgramIn the following chapter, there appears an explanation of alcoholism, as we understand it, then a chapter addressed to the agnostic. Many who once were in this class are now among our members. Surprisingly enough, we find such convictions no great obstacle to a spiritual experience. Further on, clear-cut directions are given showing how we recovered.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (There Is A Solution) pp. 28 - 29Thought to Pond ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)December 16, 2023Cope With LifeBut all who are in the least reasonable will agree upon one point: that there is plenty wrong with us alcoholics about which plenty will have to be done if we are to expect sobriety, progress, and any real ability to cope with life.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Four) p. 48Thought to Ponder . . .We have to uncover to recover.AA-related 'Alconym'W O R K  =   What Our Recovery Knows.To Unsubscribe - Click Here_Subscription R ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)December 15, 2023UnityThe unity of Alcoholics Anonymous is the most cherished quality our Society has. Our lives, the lives of all to come, depend squarely upon it. We stay whole, or A.A. dies. Without unity, the heart of A.A. would cease to beat; our world arteries would no longer carry the life-giving grace of God; His gift to us would be spent aimlessly.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Tradition One) p. 129Thought to Ponder . . .There is no streng ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)December 14, 2023Practicing AlcoholicsFew indeed are the practicing alcoholics who have any idea how irrational they are, or seeing their irrationality, can bear to face it. Some will be willing to term themselves "problem drinkers," but cannot endure the suggestion that they are in fact mentally ill. They are abetted in this blindness by a world which does not understand the difference between sane drinking and alcoholism.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)December 13, 2023The Acid TestWe are certain that our intelligence, backed by willpower, can rightly control our inner lives and guarantee us success in the world we live in. This brave philosophy, wherein each man plays God, sounds good in the speaking, but it still has to meet the acid test: how well does it actually work? One good look in the mirror ought to be answer enough for any alcoholic.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Three) p. 37Thought to Ponder . . .Pr ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)December 12, 2023Meditation and PrayerOf course we finally did experiment, and when unexpected results followed, we felt different; in fact we knew different; and so we were sold on meditation and prayer. And that, we have found, can happen to anybody who tries. It has been well said that "almost the only scoffers at prayer are those who never tried it enough."- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Eleven) p. 97Thought to Ponder . . .To ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)December 11, 2023Terror, Bewilderment, Frustration, DespairAs we became subjects of King Alcohol, shivering denizens of his mad realm, the chilling vapor that is loneliness settled down. It thickened, ever becoming blacker. Some of us sought out sordid places, hoping to find understanding companionship and approval. Momentarily we did—then would come oblivion and the awful awakening to face the hideous Four Horsemen—Terror, Bewilderment, Frustration, Despair. Unhappy drinkers ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)December 10, 2023~ Scroll Down for Share ~ResentmentResentment is the "number one" offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything else. From it stem all forms of spiritual disease, for we have been not only mentally and physically ill, we have been spiritually sick. When the spiritual malady is overcome, we straighten out mentally and physically.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 64Thought to PonderResentment is like taking poison and waiting for the oth ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)December 9, 2023AmendsWe 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 - 78Thought to Ponder . . .It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them.AA-relat ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)December 8, 2023Admit Complete DefeatProved beyond doubt by an immense experience, this is one of the facts of A.A. life. The principle that we shall find no enduring strength until we first admit complete defeat is the main taproot from which our whole Society has sprung and flowered.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step One) pp. 21 - 22Thought to Ponder . . .Times change, alcoholism doesn't.AA-related 'Alconym'K I S S  =   Keep It Simple; Surrender.To Unsubs ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)December 7, 2023HappinessThese men had found something brand new in life. Though they knew they must help other alcoholics if they would remain sober, that motive became secondary. It was transcended by the happiness they found in giving themselves for others.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (A Vision For You) p. 159Thought to Ponder . . .Trust God. Clean house. Help others.AA-related 'Alconym'H J F  =   Happy, Joyous, Free.To Unsubscribe - Click Here_Subscription Reminder_& ...Continue Reading