AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)January 22, 2023~ Scroll Down for Share ~Absolute CertaintyThe 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 do by ourselves.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (There Is A Solution) p. 25  Thought to PonderI can't, God can, I'll ask Him to.  AA-related 'Alconym'W I L L I N G  =  When I Live Li ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 21, 2023SelfishnessSo our troubles, we think, are basically of our own making. They arise out of ourselves, and the alcoholic is an extreme example of self-will run riot, though he usually doesn't think so. Above everything, we alcoholics must be rid of this selfishness. We must, or it kills us! God makes that possible. And there often seems no way of entirely getting rid of self without His aid.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 62Thought to Ponder . . .Avoida ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 20, 2023FaithLeaving aside the drink question, they tell why living was so unsatisfactory. They show how the change came over them. When many hundreds of people are able to say that the consciousness of the Presence of God is today the most important fact of their lives, they present a powerful reason why one should have faith.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (We Agnostics) p. 51Thought to Ponder . . .Faith dares the soul to go beyond what the eyes can see.AA-related 'Alconym' ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 19, 2023Our TroublesSelfishness—self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles. Driven by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self-seeking, and self-pity, we step on the toes of our fellows and they retaliate. Sometimes they hurt us, seemingly without provocation, but we invariably find that at some time in the past we have made decisions based on self which later placed us in a position to be hurt. So our troubles, we think, are basically of our o ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 18, 2023The Entire FamilyCessation of drinking is but the first step away from a highly strained, abnormal condition. A doctor said to us, "Years of living with an alcoholic is almost sure to make any wife or child neurotic. The entire family is, to some extent, ill." Let families realize, as they start their journey, that all will not be fair weather. Each in his turn may be footsore and may straggle.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (The Family Afterward) p. 122Thou ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)My apologies for the error in yesterday's reading.  It should have read: "Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave us."January 17, 2023Meditation and PrayerWe liked A.A. all right, and were quick to say that it had done miracles. But we recoiled from meditation and prayer as obstinately as the scientist who refused to perform a certain experiment lest it prove his pet theory wrong. Of course we finally did experiment, and when unexpected result ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 16, 2023Attitude and OutlookThat feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear. We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows. Self-seeking will slip away. Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change. Fear of people and economic insecurity will leave us. 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.- Alcoholics An ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)January 15, 2023~ Scroll Down for Share ~Your Own ConceptionWhen, therefore, we speak to you of God, we mean your own conception of God. This applies, too, to other spiritual expressions which you find in this book. Do not let any prejudice you may have against spiritual terms deter you from honestly asking yourself what they mean to you.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (We Agnostics) p. 47  Thought to PonderHold your face up to the Light, even though for the moment you do not se ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 14, 2023New and Wonderful WorldBoth you and the new man must walk day by day in the path of spiritual progress. If you persist, remarkable things will happen. When we look back, we realize that the things which came to us when we put ourselves in God’s hands were better than anything we could have planned. Follow the dictates of a Higher Power and you will presently live in a new and wonderful world, no matter what your present circumstances!- Alcoholics Anonymous, (W ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 13, 2023Change in AttitudeDuring this process of learning more about humility, the most profound result of all was the change in our attitude toward God. And this was true whether we had been believers or unbelievers. We began to get over the idea that the Higher Power was a sort of bush-league pinch hitter, to be called upon only in an emergency. The notion that we would still live our own lives, God helping a little now and then, began to evaporate.- Twelve Steps an ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 12, 2023A TornadoThe alcoholic is like a tornado roaring his way through the lives of others. Hearts are broken. Sweet relationships are dead. Affections have been uprooted. Selfish and inconsiderate habits have kept the home in turmoil. We feel a man is unthinking when he says that sobriety is enough. He is like the farmer who came up out of his cyclone cellar to find his home ruined. To his wife, he remarked, "Don’t see anything the matter here, Ma. Ain’t it gr ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 11, 2023WillingOur stories disclose in a general way what we used to be like, what happened, and what we are like now. If you have decided you want what we have and are willing to go to any length to get it—then you are ready to take certain steps.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 58 Thought to Ponder . . .Willingness is doing the next right thing whether I want to or not.AA-related 'Alconym'H O W  =   Honesty, Open-mindedness, Willingness.Thank ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 10, 2023LaughterSo we think cheerfulness and laughter make for usefulness. Outsiders are sometimes shocked when we burst into merriment over a seemingly tragic experience out of the past. But why shouldn’t we laugh? We have recovered, and have been given the power to help others. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (The Family Afterward) p. 132Thought to Ponder . . .Laughter is the sound of recovery.AA-related 'Alconym'A L O H A  =   A Lot Of Happy Alcoholics.Thank  ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)January 9, 2023Step FiveWe have admitted certain defects; we have ascertained in a rough way what the trouble is; we have put our finger on the weak items in our personal inventory. Now these are about to be cast out. This requires action on our part, which, when completed, will mean that we have admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being, the exact nature of our defects.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 72Thought to Ponder . . .The Three A's .. Awarenes ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)January 8, 2023~ Scroll Down for Share ~My InventoryPutting out of our minds the wrongs others had done, we resolutely looked for our own mistakes. Where had we been selfish, dishonest, self-seeking and frightened? Though 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. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 67  Thought to PonderBless them. Change ...Continue Reading