AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)June 26, 2023MeditationBut its object is always the same: to improve our conscious contact with God, with His grace, wisdom, and love. And let's always remember that meditation is in reality intensely practical. One of its first fruits is emotional balance. With it we can broaden and deepen the channel between ourselves and God as we understand Him.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Eleven) pp. 101 - 102Thought to Ponder . . .Prayer asks the question. Meditation list ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)June 25, 2023~ Scroll Down for Share ~SponsoringIf he is sincerely interested and wants to see you again, ask him to read this book in the interval. After doing that, he must decide for himself whether he wants to go on. He should not be pushed or prodded by you, his wife, or his friends. If he is to find God, the desire must come from within.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Working With Others) p. 95Thought to PonderAA is not for people who need it, it's not even for people who want ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)June 24, 2023Constructively ReviewWhen we retire at night, we constructively review our day. Were we resentful, selfish, dishonest or afraid? Do we owe an apology? Have we kept something to ourselves which should be discussed with another person at once? Were we kind and loving toward all? What could we have done better? . . . After making our review we ask God’s forgiveness and inquire what corrective measures should be taken.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 86Though ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)June 23, 2023Great ObsessionTherefore, it is not surprising that our drinking careers have been characterized by countless vain attempts to prove we could drink like other people. The idea that somehow, someday he will control and enjoy his drinking is the great obsession of every abnormal drinker. The persistence of this illusion is astonishing. Many pursue it into the gates of insanity or death.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (More About Alcoholism) p. 30Thought to Ponder . . .When ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)June 22, 2023Ceased FightingAnd we have ceased fighting anything or anyone—even alcohol. For by this time sanity will have returned. We will seldom be interested in liquor. If tempted, we recoil from it as from a hot flame. We react sanely and normally, and we will find that this has happened automatically. We will see that our new attitude toward liquor has been given us without any thought or effort on our part. It just comes! That is the miracle of it.- Alcoholics Anonymou ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)June 21, 2023These BedevilmentsWe were having trouble with personal relationships, we couldn’t control our emotional natures, we were a prey to misery and depression, we couldn’t make a living, we had a feeling of uselessness, we were full of fear, we were unhappy, we couldn’t seem to be of real help to other people—was not a basic solution of these bedevilments more important than whether we should see newsreels of lunar flight? Of course it was.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (We A ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)June 20, 2023Enjoying LifeWe have been speaking to you of serious, sometimes tragic things. We have been dealing with alcohol in its worst aspect. But we aren't a glum lot. If newcomers could see no joy or fun in our existence, they wouldn't want it. We absolutely insist on enjoying life.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (The Family Afterward) p. 132Thought to Ponder . . .As long as you can laugh at yourself, you will never cease to be amused.AA-related 'Alconym'H J F  =   Ha ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)June 19, 2023Relationship With GodLet no alcoholic say he cannot recover unless he has his family back. This just isn’t so. In some cases the wife will never come back for one reason or another. Remind the prospect that his recovery is not dependent upon people. It is dependent upon his relationship with God.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Working With Others) pp. 99 - 100Thought to Ponder . . .Dependence on God is our chief source of strength.AA-related 'Alconym'G I F T  = &nb ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)June 18, 2023~ Scroll Down for Share ~Dependence on GodWhen we developed still more, we discovered the best possible source of emotional stability to be God Himself. We found that dependence upon His perfect justice, forgiveness, and love was healthy, and that it would work where nothing else would.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Twelve) p. 116Thought to PonderWe will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.AA-related 'Alconym' ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)June 17, 2023To Try Repeatedly"This is the Step that separates the men from the boys." So declares a well-loved clergyman who happens to be one of A.A.'s greatest friends. He goes on to explain that any person capable of enough willingness and honesty to try repeatedly Step Six on all his faults—without any reservations whatever—has indeed come a long way spiritually, and is therefore entitled to be called a man who is sincerely trying to grow in the image and liken ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)June 16, 2023We Ask Each MorningWe ought to sit down with the family and frankly analyze the past as we now see it, being very careful not to criticize them. Their defects may be glaring, but the chances are that our own actions are partly responsible. So we clean house with the family, asking each morning in meditation that our Creator show us the way of patience, tolerance, kindliness and love. The spiritual life is not a theory. We have to live it.- Alcoholics Anonymous, ( ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)June 15, 2023Step EightWe shall want to hold ourselves to the course of admitting the thingswe have done, meanwhile forgiving the wrongs done us, real or fancied. We should avoid extreme judgments, both of ourselves and of others involved. We must not exaggerate our defects or theirs. A quiet, objective view will be our steadfast aim.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Eight) pp. 81 - 82Thought to Ponder . . .The 3 A's -- Awareness, Acceptance, Action.AA-related 'Alco ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)June 14, 2023Defensive EmotionsThe moment we ponder a twisted or broken relationship with another person, our emotions go on the defensive. To escape looking at the wrongs we have done another, we resentfully focus on the wrong he has done us. This is especially true if he has, in fact, behaved badly at all. Triumphantly we seize upon his misbehavior as the perfect excuse for minimizing or forgetting our own. Right here we need to fetch ourselves up sharply.- Twelve Steps and ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)June 13, 2023Realism and HonestyMore realism and therefore more honesty about ourselves are the great gains we make under the influence of Step Five. As we took inventory, we began to suspect how much trouble self- delusion had been causing us. This had brought a disturbing reflection. If all our lives we had more or less fooled ourselves, how could we now be so sure that we weren't still self-deceived?- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Five) pp. 58 - 59Thought to Po ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)June 12, 2023Better and HappierThe emphasis on inventory is heavy only because a great many of us have never really acquired the habit of accurate self-appraisal. Once this healthy practice has become grooved, it will be so interesting and profitable that the time it takes won't be missed. For these minutes and sometimes hours spent in self-examination are bound to make all the other hours of our day better and happier.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Ten) pp. 89 - ...Continue Reading