AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)October 8, 2023~ Scroll Down for Share ~FaithIt 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 PonderIf faith without works is dead; then willingness without action is fantasy.AA-related 'Alconym'F A I T H  =  For All I Trust Him.A Member Shares ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 7, 2023Rigorous HonestyWho wishes to be rigorously honest and tolerant? Who wants to confess his faults to another and make restitution for harm done? . . . No, the average alcoholic, self-centered in the extreme, doesn't care for this prospect—unless he has to do these things in order to stay alive himself.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step One) p. 24 Thought to Ponder . . .Honesty is the absence of the intent to deceive.AA-related 'Alconym'C H A N G E D &nb ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 6, 2023*True Ambition*That we need no longer be square pegs in round holes but can fit and belong in God's scheme of things—these are the permanent and legitimate satisfactions of right living for which no amount of pomp and circumstance, no heap of material possessions, could possibly be substitutes. True ambition is not what we thought it was. True ambition is the deep desire to live usefully and walk humbly under the grace of God.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Tradition ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 5, 2023The DebrisNow we go out to our fellows and repair the damage done in the past. We attempt to sweep away the debris which has accumulated out of our effort to live on self-will and run the show ourselves. If we haven’t the will to do this, we ask until it comes. Remember it was agreed at the beginning we would go to any lengths for victory over alcohol.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 76Thought to Ponder . . .It is the highest form of self-respect to adm ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 4, 2023Unnatural ActWhen men and women pour so much alcohol into themselves that they destroy their lives, they commit a most unnatural act. Defying their instinctive desire for self-preservation, they seem bent upon self-destruction. They work against their own deepest instinct. As they are humbled by the terrific beating administered by alcohol, the grace of God can enter them and expel their obsession.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Six) p. 64Thought to ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 3, 2023His Sanity ReturnedMusic and gay chatter still floated to him from the bar. But what about his responsibilities—his family and the men who would die because they would not know how to get well, ah—yes, those other alcoholics? There must be many such in this town. He would phone a clergyman. His sanity returned and he thanked God.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (A Vision For You) pp. 154 - 155Thought to Ponder . . .Intensive work with other alcoholics works when other a ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 2, 2023Three Pertinent IdeasOur description of the alcoholic, the chapter to the agnostic, and our personal adventures before and after make clear three pertinent ideas: (a) That we were alcoholic and could not manage our own lives. (b) That probably no human power could have relieved our alcoholism. (c) That God could and would if He were sought.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 60Thought to Ponder . . .If I can't and God can, am I willing to ask Him to?AA-re ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)October 1, 2023~ Scroll Down for Share ~AmazedIf we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) pp. 83 - 84Thought to PonderIn God's hands, the dark past is the greatest possession you have.AA-related 'Alco ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)September 30, 2023No More AlonenessThere is no more aloneness, with that awful ache, so deep in the heart of every alcoholic that nothing, before, could ever reach it. That ache is gone and never need return again. Now there is a sense of belonging, of being wanted and needed and loved. In return for a bottle and a hangover, we have been given the Keys of the Kingdom.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (The Keys Of The Kingdom) p. 276Thought to Ponder . . .Together we can do what we coul ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)September 29, 2023Apples and OrangesI had my first awakening in A.A. The speaker said, "If you’re an apple, you can be the best apple you can be, but you can never be an orange." I was an apple all right, and for the first time I understood that I had spent my life trying to be an orange. I looked around at a room filled with apples and, if I was understanding the speaker, most of them were no longer trying to be oranges.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Window Of Opportunit ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)September 28, 2023But You CanThus we grow. And so can you, though you be but one man with this book in your hand. We believe and hope it contains all you will need to begin. We know what you are thinking. You are saying to yourself: “I’m jittery and alone. I couldn’t do that.” But you can. You forget that you have just now tapped a source of power much greater than yourself. To duplicate, with such backing, what we have accomplished is only a matter of willingness, patience a ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)September 27, 2023A Novel IdeaMy friend suggested what then seemed a novel idea. He said, "Why don’t you choose your own conception of God?" That statement hit me hard. It melted the icy intellectual mountain in whose shadow I had lived and shivered many years. I 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.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Bill's Story) p. ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)September 26, 2023Check OurselvesNow that we're in A.A. and sober, and winning back the esteem of our friends and business associates, we find that we still need to exercise special vigilance. As an insurance against "big-shot-ism" we can often check ourselves by remembering that we are today sober only by the grace of God and that any success we may be having is far more His success than ours.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Ten) p. 92Thought to Ponder . ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)September 25, 2023Self RestraintOur first objective will be the development of self-restraint. This carries a top priority rating. When we speak or act hastily or rashly, the ability to be fair-minded and tolerant evaporates on the spot. One unkind tirade or one willful snap judgment can ruin our relation with another person for a whole day, or maybe a whole year. Nothing pays off like restraint of tongue and pen.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Ten) p. 91Thought t ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)September 24, 2023~ Scroll Down for Share ~Too Much TimeWe find it a waste of time to keep chasing a man who cannot or will not work with you. If you leave such a person alone, he may soon become convinced that he cannot recover by himself. To spend too much time on any one situation is to deny some other alcoholic an opportunity to live and be happy.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Working With Others) p. 96Thought to PonderIf you want to drink, that's your business. If you want to ...Continue Reading