AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)June 4, 2025  BogeymenWhen AA suggests a fearless moral inventory, it must seem to every newcomer that more is being asked of him than he can do. Both his pride and his fear beat him back every time he tries to look inside himself. Pride says, "You need not pass this way," and Fear says, "You dare not look!" But the testimony of AA's who have really tried a moral inventory is that pride and fear of this sort turn out to be bogeymen, nothing else.- Twe ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)June 4, 2025  Agitated or DoubtfulAs we go through the day we pause, when agitated or doubtful, and ask for the right thought or action. We constantly remind ourselves we are no longer running the show, humbly saying to ourselves many times each day "Thy will be done." We are then in much less danger of excitement, fear, anger, worry, self-pity, or foolish decisions.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) pp. 87 - 88  Thought to Ponder . . .A question to mys ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)June 3, 2025  Greatest RewardsPerhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and prayer is the sense of belonging that comes to us. We no longer live in a completely hostile world. We are no longer lost and frightened and purposeless.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Eleven) p. 105  Thought to Ponder . . ."We know that God lovingly watches over us."  AA-related 'Alconym'Y A N A  =   You Are Not Alone.  To Unsubscribe - Clic ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)June 2, 2025  Above Everything ElseI decided I must place this program above everything else, even my family, because if I did not maintain my sobriety, I would lose my family anyway. If I did not maintain my sobriety, I would not have a job. If I did not maintain my sobriety, I would have no friends left. I had few enough at that time.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (He Sold Himself Short) p. 264  Thought to Ponder . . .Keep your sobriety first to make it last.  AA-re ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)June 1, 2025~ Scroll Down for Share ~  Step ThreeMany of us said to our Maker, as we understood Him: "God, I offer myself to Thee—to build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt. Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do Thy will. Take away my difficulties, that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of Thy Power, Thy Love, and Thy Way of life. May I do Thy will always!"- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 63  Thought t ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)May 31, 2025  Never Be The SameIt was then discovered that when one alcoholic had planted in the mind of another the true nature of his malady, that person could never be the same again. Following every spree, he would say to himself, “Maybe those A.A.'s were right . . . .”- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step One) p. 23  Thought to Ponder . . .I have learned that I did not get here a day early or a drink short.  AA-related 'Alconym'A B C  =   A ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)May 30, 2025  An Active Guardian"Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, and films." To us, however, it represents far more than a sound public relations policy. It is more than a denial of self-seeking. This Tradition is a constant and practical reminder that personal ambition has no place in A.A. In it, each member becomes an active guardian of our Fello ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)May 29, 2025  True AmbitionTrue 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 Traditions, (Step Twelve) p. 125  Thought to Ponder . . .Life will take on new meaning.  AA-related 'Alconym'A A W O L  =   A A Way Of Life.  To Unsubscribe - Click HereYou are currently subscribed to:     Daily Thought Using the address: &nbs ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)May 28, 2025  A Prayer. . . repeat to ourselves, a particular prayer or phrase that has appealed to us in our reading or meditation. Just saying it over and over will often enable us to clear a channel choked up with anger, fear, frustration, or misunderstanding, and permit us to return to the surest help of all—our search for God's will, not our own, in the moment of stress.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Eleven) p. 103  Thought to Ponder . . .I can't d ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)May 27, 2025  Right Living. . .the surety 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.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Twelve) p. 124  Thought to Ponder . . .What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters comp ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)May 26, 2025  Willing to BelieveTell him exactly what happened to you. Stress the spiritual feature freely. If the man be agnostic or atheist, make it emphatic that he does not have to agree with your conception of God. He can choose any conception he likes, provided it makes sense to him. The main thing is that he be willing to believe in a Power greater than himself and that he live by spiritual principles.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Working With Others) p. 93  Thoug ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)May 25, 2025  FocusWhen I focus on what’s good today, I have a good day, and when I focus on what’s bad, I have a bad day. If I focus on a problem, the problem increases; if I focus on the answer, the answer increases.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Acceptance Was The Answer) p. 419  Thought to Ponder . . .When I change the way I look at things, the things I look at change.  AA-related 'Alconym'G R A C E  =   Gently Releasing All Conscious Expectations. &nbs ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)May 24, 2025  First ObjectiveOur 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. 91   ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)May 23, 2025  His RecoveryLet 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 - 100  Thought to Ponder . . .Dependence on God is our chief source of strength.  AA-related 'Alconym'F A I T ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)May 22, 2025  More Problems Than AlcoholSo how, exactly, can the willing person continue to turn his will and his life over to the Higher Power? He made a beginning, we have seen, when he commenced to rely upon A.A. for the solution of his alcohol problem. By now, though, the chances are that he has become convinced that he has more problems than alcohol, and that some of these refuse to be solved by all the sheer personal determination and courage he can muster.- Twelve ...Continue Reading