AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)May 7, 2023~ Scroll Down for Share ~Prayer and MeditationStep Eleven suggests prayer and meditation. We shouldn’t be shy on this matter of prayer. Better men than we are using it constantly. It works, if we have the proper attitude and work at it.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) pp. 85 - 86Thought to PonderPrayer asks the question. Meditation listens for the answer.AA-related 'Alconym'P A U S E  =  Pay Attention, Use Step Eleven.A Member Shares:Good morning. My ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)May 6, 2023Strenuous WorkBut when the broker gave him Dr. Silkworth’s description of alcoholism and its hopelessness, the physician began to pursue the spiritual remedy for his malady with a willingness he had never before been able to muster. He sobered, never to drink again up to the moment of his death in 1950. This seemed to prove that one alcoholic could affect another as no nonalcoholic could. It also indicated that strenuous work, one alcoholic with another, was vital ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)May 5, 2023A Vale of TearsWe are sure God wants us to be happy, joyous, and free. We cannot subscribe to the belief that this life is a vale of tears, though it once was just that for many of us. But it is clear that we made our own misery. God didn't do it. Avoid then, the deliberate manufacture of misery, but if trouble comes, cheerfully capitalize it as an opportunity to demonstrate His omnipotence.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (The Family Afterward) p. 133Thought to Ponder . . ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)May 4, 2023Priceless AssetsUntil now, our lives have been largely devoted to running from pain and problems. We fled from them as from a plague. We never wanted to deal with the fact of suffering. Escape via the bottle was always our solution. Character-building through suffering might be all right for saints, but it certainly didn't appeal to us. Then, in A.A., we looked and listened. Everywhere we saw failure and misery transformed by humility into priceless assets.- Twelve ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)May 3, 2023Beyond the PointAs we look back, we feel we had gone on drinking many years beyond the point where we could quit on our will power. If anyone questions whether he has entered this dangerous area, let him try leaving liquor alone for one year. If he is a real alcoholic and very far advanced, there is scant chance of success.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (More About Alcoholism) p. 34Thought to Ponder . . .Alcoholism - Cunning, Baffling, Powerful, Patient.AA-related 'Alcony ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)May 2, 2023Good Results of PrayerIn A.A. we have found that the actual good results of prayer are beyond question. They are matters of knowledge and experience. All those who have persisted have found strength not ordinarily their own. They have found wisdom beyond their usual capability. And they have increasingly found a peace of mind which can stand firm in the face of difficult circumstances.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Eleven) p. 104Thought to Ponder . . . ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)May 1, 2023Spiritual Growth FirstWe have learned that the satisfaction of instincts cannot be the sole end and aim of our lives. If we place instincts first, we have got the cart before the horse; we shall be pulled backward into disillusionment. But when we are willing to place spiritual growth first—then and only then do we have a real chance.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Twelve) p. 114Thought to Ponder . . .A spiritual awakening is our greatest gift.AA-relate ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)April 30, 2023~ Scroll Down for Share ~Immense ExperienceWe know that little good can come to any alcoholic who joins A.A. unless he has first accepted his devastating weakness and all its consequences. Until he so humbles himself, his sobriety—if any—will be precarious. Of real happiness he will find none at all. Proved beyond doubt by an immense experience, this is one of the facts of A.A. life.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step One) p. 21Thought to PonderIf you wa ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)April 29, 2023PoisonIf we were to live, we had to be free of anger. The grouch and the brainstorm were not for us. They may be the dubious luxury of normal men, but for alcoholics these things are poison.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 66Thought to Ponder . . ."God save me from being angry. Thy will be done."AA-related 'Alconym'C A L M  =   Cause Anger Left Me.Thank you for sharing so generously of your experience, strength and hope in carry ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)April 28, 2023The Main ProblemTherefore, the main problem of the alcoholic centers in his mind, rather than in his body. If you ask him why he started on that last bender, the chances are he will offer you any one of a hundred alibis. Sometimes these excuses have a certain plausibility, but none of them really makes sense in the light of the havoc an alcoholic’s drinking bout creates.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (There Is A Solution) p. 23Thought to Ponder . . .I want the gift of ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)April 27, 2023Progress"Day by day, we try to move a little toward God's perfection. So we need not be consumed by maudlin guilt for failure to achieve His likeness and image by Thursday next. Progress is our aim, and His perfection is the beacon, light-years away, that draws us on."- As Bill Sees It, No. 15Thought to Ponder . . .Sobriety is not a destination, but an everlasting journey.AA-related 'Alconym'A A W O L  =   A A Way Of Life.Thank you for s ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)April 26, 2023PrayerThose of us who have come to make regular use of prayer would no more do without it than we would refuse air, food, or sunshine. And for the same reason. When we refuse air, light, or food, the body suffers. And when we turn away from meditation and prayer, we likewise deprive our minds, our emotions, and our intuitions of vitally needed support. As the body can fail its purpose for lack of nourishment, so can the soul.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)April 25, 2023The Right To Be WrongThe head promoter wrote the Foundation office. He said he wished he'd paid some attention to A.A. experience. Then he did something else that was to become an A.A. classic. It all went on a little card about golf-score size. The cover read: “Middleton Group #1. Rule #62.” Once the card was unfolded, a single pungent sentence leaped to the eye: “Don't take yourself too damn seriously.” Thus it was that under Tradition Four an A.A. group had e ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)April 24, 2023Our InventoryThough a situation had not been entirely our fault, we tried to disregard the other person involved entirely. Where were we to blame? The inventory was ours, not the other man’s. When we saw our faults we listed them. We placed them before us in black and white. We admitted our wrongs honestly and were willing to set these matters straight.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 67Thought to Ponder . . .The first step in overcoming mistakes is to ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)April 23, 2023~ Scroll Down for Share ~ToleranceMost of us sense that real tolerance of other people’s shortcomings and viewpoints and a respect for their opinions are attitudes which make us more useful to others. Our very lives, as ex-problem drinkers, depend upon our constant thought of others and how we may help meet their needs.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (There is a Solution) pp. 19 - 20  Thought to PonderLove and tolerance of others is our code.  AA-related 'Alco ...Continue Reading