AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)February 6, 2023ContinueWe have entered the world of the Spirit. Our next function is to grow in understanding and effectiveness. This is not an overnight matter. It should continue for our lifetime. Continue to watch for selfishness, dishonesty, resentment, and fear. When these crop up, we ask God at once to remove them. We discuss them with someone immediately and make amends quickly if we have harmed anyone.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 84Thought to Ponder . . . ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)February 5, 2023~ Scroll Down for Share ~Daily ReprieveIt is easy to let up on the spiritual program of action and rest on our laurels. We are headed for trouble if we do, for alcohol is a subtle foe. We are not cured of alcoholism. What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition. Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of God’s will into all of our activities. "How can I best serve Thee—Thy will (not mine) be don ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)February 4, 2023IndispensableWe have emphasized willingness as being indispensable. Are we now ready to let God remove from us all the things which we have admitted are objectionable? Can He now take them all—every one? If we still cling to something we will not let go, we ask God to help us be willing.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 76Thought to Ponder . . .What have I been given today? Am I willing to reach out and grasp it?AA-related 'Alconym'K I S S  =   ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)February 3, 2023ThoroughnessBecause our surface record hasn’t looked too bad, we have frequently been abashed to find that this is so simply because we have buried these selfsame defects deep down in us under thick layers of self-justification. Whatever the defects, they have finally ambushed us into alcoholism and misery. Therefore, thoroughness ought to be the watchword when taking inventory.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Four) pp. 53 - 54Thought to Ponder . . ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)February 2, 2023Something HappensWe know that while the alcoholic keeps away from drink, as he may do for months or years, he reacts much like other men. We are equally positive that once he takes any alcohol whatever into his system, something happens, both in the bodily and mental sense, which makes it virtually impossible for him to stop. The experience of any alcoholic will abundantly confirm this.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (There is a Solution) pp. 22 - 23Thought to Ponder ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)February 1, 2023FearSometimes we think fear ought to be classed with stealing. It seems to cause more trouble. We reviewed our fears thoroughly. We put them on paper, even though we had no resentment in connection with them. We asked ourselves why we had them. Wasn’t it because self-reliance failed us? Self-reliance was good as far as it went, but it didn’t go far enough.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) pp. 67 - 68Thought to Ponder . . .What I fear I create.AA-related ' ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 31, 2023A.A. LiteratureLiterature has played a major role in A.A.’s growth, and a striking phenomenon of the past quarter-century has been the explosion of translations of our basic literature into many languages and dialects. In country after country where the A.A. seed was planted, it has taken root, slowly at first, then growing by leaps and bounds when literature has become available. Currently, "Alcoholics Anonymous" has been translated into forty-three ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 30, 2023Mental Blank SpotsThey had said that though I did raise a defense, it would one day give way before some trivial reason for having a drink. Well, just that did happen and more, for what I had learned of alcoholism did not occur to me at all. I knew from that moment that I had an alcoholic mind. I saw that will power and self-knowledge would not help in those strange mental blank spots. I had never been able to understand people who said that a problem had them ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)January 29, 2023~ Scroll Down for Share ~Spiritual AwakeningWhen a man or a woman has a spiritual awakening, the most important meaning of it is that he has now become able to do, feel, and believe that which he could not do before on his unaided strength and resources alone.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Twelve) pp. 106 - 107  Thought to PonderA spiritual awakening is our greatest gift.  AA-related 'Alconym'S O B E R  =  Spiritually On Beam; ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 28, 2023FaithOur 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 . . .Breathe in faith, breathe out fear.AA-related 'Alconym'F A I T H  =   Found Always ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 27, 2023Soundness of Mind"Sanity" is defined as "soundness of mind." Yet no alcoholic, soberly analyzing his destructive behavior, whether the destruction fell on the dining-room furniture or his own moral fiber, can claim "soundness of mind" for himself. Therefore, Step Two is the rallying point for all of us.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Two) p. 33Thought to Ponder . . .Today, my brain has cleared with the grace of clarity ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 26, 2023We Stand ReadyUnder the lash of alcoholism, we are driven to A.A., and there we discover the fatal nature of our situation. Then, and only then, do we become as open-minded to conviction and as willing to listen as the dying can be. We stand ready to do anything which will lift the merciless obsession from us.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step One) p. 24Thought to Ponder . . .Learn to listen; listen to learn.AA-related 'Alconym'H O W  =   Ho ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 25, 2023We Ask GodIn thinking about our day we may face indecision. We may not be able to determine which course to take. Here we ask God for inspiration, an intuitive thought or a decision. We relax and take it easy. We don’t struggle. We are often surprised how the right answers come after we have tried this for a while.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 86Thought to Ponder . . .The Three "P's" -- Pause, Pray, Proceed.AA-related 'Alconym'A S A P &nbs ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 24, 2023We Trust GodPerhaps there is a better way—we think so. For we are now on a different basis; the basis of trusting and relying upon God. We trust infinite God rather than our finite selves. We are in the world to play the role He assigns. Just to the extent that we do as we think He would have us, and humbly rely on Him, does He enable us to match calamity with serenity.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 68Thought to Ponder . . .Serenity isn't freedom fr ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 23, 2023Justified and ReasonableWe also clutch at another wonderful excuse for avoiding an inventory. Our present anxieties and troubles, we cry, are caused by the behavior of other people—people who really need a moral inventory. We firmly believe that if only they'd treat us better, we'd be all right. Therefore we think our indignation is justified and reasonable—that our resentments are the "right kind." We aren't the guilty ones. They are!- Twelve Steps ...Continue Reading