AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)November 23, 2022FaithActually we were fooling ourselves, for deep down in every man, woman, and child, is the fundamental idea of God. It may be obscured by calamity, by pomp, by worship of other things, but in some form or other it is there. For faith in a Power greater than ourselves, and miraculous demonstrations of that power in human lives, are facts as old as man himself.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (We Agnostics) p. 55Thought to Ponder . . .Faith is like a muscle, the more ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)November 22, 2022ResentmentsIn dealing with resentments, we set them on paper. We listed people, institutions or principles with whom we were angry. We asked ourselves why we were angry. In most cases it was found that our self-esteem, our pocketbooks, our ambitions, our personal relationships (including sex) were hurt or threatened. So we were sore. We were "burned up."- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) pp. 64 - 65Thought to Ponder . . .Anger is the wind that b ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)November 21, 2022MeditationBut 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 ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)November 20, 2022~ Scroll Down for Share ~Step ElevenSought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 59 Thought to PonderRelationships are built with communication; so we pray. AA-related 'Alconym'P A U S E  =  Pay Attention, Use Step Eleven.A Member Shares:I am Eddy and scared to share ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)November 19, 2022AmendsThe question of how to approach the man we hated will arise. It may be he has done us more harm than we have done him and, though we may have acquired a better attitude toward him, we are still not too keen about admitting our faults. Nevertheless, with a person we dislike, we take the bit in our teeth. It is harder to go to an enemy than to a friend, but we find it much more beneficial to us.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 77Thought to Ponder ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)November 18, 2022The Only ConditionBurn the idea into the consciousness of every man that he can get well regardless of anyone. The only condition is that he trust in God and clean house.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Working With Others) p. 98Thought to PonderWhen all else fails, try following directions.AA-related 'Alconym'T R U S T  =   Try Relying Upon Steps and Traditions.Thank you for sharing so generously of your experience, strength and hope in carrying the A ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)November 17, 2022Carry This MessagePractical experience shows that nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics. It works when other activities fail. This is our twelfth suggestion: Carry this message to other alcoholics! You can help when no one else can. You can secure their confidence when others fail.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Working With Others) p. 89Thought to PonderGet it - Give it - Grow in it.AA-related 'Alconym'S P O N S ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)November 16, 2022Deep ResentmentIt is plain that a life which includes deep resentment leads only to futility and unhappiness. To the precise extent that we permit these, do we squander the hours that might have been worth while. But with the alcoholic, whose hope is the maintenance and growth of a spiritual experience, this business of resentment is infinitely grave. We found that it is fatal.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 66Thought to PonderResentment is like tak ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)November 15, 2022Emphasize and Re-emphasizeBut the actual or potential alcoholic, with hardly an exception, will beabsolutely unable to stop drinking on the basis of self-knowledge. This is a point we wish to emphasize and re-emphasize, to smash home upon our alcoholic readers as it has been revealed to us out of bitter experience.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (More About Alcoholism) p. 39Thought to PonderPride in my intelligence blinded me to how much I did not know.AA-related 'Al ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)November 14, 2022Abandoned ThinkingBesides a seeming inability to accept much on faith, we often found ourselves handicapped by obstinacy, sensitiveness, and unreasoning prejudice. Many of us have been so touchy that even casual reference to spiritual things made us bristle with antagonism. This sort of thinking had to be abandoned. Though some of us resisted, we found no great difficulty in casting aside such feelings.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (We Agnostics) pp. 47 - 48Thought ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) Hello Everyone.  I'm not sure what happened with the sending of today's Daily Thought. I've contacted the developer of the program we use to send it and will get him to see if we have a glitch from our move to the new server host.  This has happened once quite a few years ago. So I'm sending it again.  My apologies for the lateness. November 13, 2022 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Amends Simply we tell him that we will never get over drinking until w ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) November 12, 2022 Entire Confidence But the ex-problem drinker who has found this solution, who is properly armed with facts about himself, can generally win the entire confidence of another alcoholic in a few hours. Until such an understanding is reached, little or nothing can be accomplished. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (There Is A Solution) p. 18 Thought to Ponder Together we can do what we could never do alone. AA-related 'Alconym' E S H  =   Experience, Stre ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) November 11, 2022 Willpower All of the Twelve Steps require sustained and personal exertion to conform to their principles and so, we trust, to God's will. It is when we try to make our will conform with God's that we begin to use it rightly. To all of us, this was a most wonderful revelation. Our whole trouble had been the misuse of willpower. We had tried to bombard our problems with it instead of attempting to bring it into agreement with God's intention for us. - Twe ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) November 10, 2022 Became Willing “Sure, I was beaten, absolutely licked. My own willpower just wouldn’t work on alcohol. Change of scene, the best efforts of family, friends, doctors, and clergymen got no place with my alcoholism. I simply couldn’t stop drinking, and no human being could seem to do the job for me. But when I became willing to clean house and then asked a Higher Power, God as I understood Him, to give me release, my obsession to drink vanished. It was lif ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) November 9, 2022 No Defense Once more: The alcoholic at certain times has no effective mental defense against the first drink. Except in a few rare cases, neither he nor any other human being can provide such a defense. His defense must come from a Higher Power. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (More About Alcoholism) p. 43 Thought to Ponder I can't, He can, I'll ask Him to. AA-related 'Alconym' F R O G  =   Fully Rely On God. Thank you for sharing so generously ...Continue Reading