AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)February 11, 2023MotivesBut in other instances only the closest scrutiny will reveal what our true motives were. There are cases where our ancient enemy, rationalization, has stepped in and has justified conduct which was really wrong. The temptation here is to imagine that we had good motives and reasons when we really didn't.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Ten) p. 94Thought to Ponder . . .Don't believe everything you think.AA-related 'Alconym'J A D E  = &nb ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)February 10, 2023Problems of LifeLike most people, we have found that we can take our big lumps as they come. But also like others, we often discover a greater challenge in the lesser and more continuous problems of life. Our answer is in still more spiritual development. Only by this means can we improve our chances for really happy and useful living.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Twelve) p. 114Thought to Ponder . . .Life is a steady drizzle of small things -- c ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)February 9, 2023Lessons for LivingAlmost any experienced A.A. will tell how his affairs have taken remarkable and unexpected turns for the better as he tried to improve his conscious contact with God. He will also report that out of every season of grief or suffering, when the hand of God seemed heavy or even unjust, new lessons for living were learned, new resources of courage were uncovered, and that finally, inescapably, the conviction came that God does "move in a my ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)February 8, 2023Step 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. 63Thought to Ponder . . .Let Go and Let God.AA ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)February 7, 2023Old IdeasWe thought we could find an easier, softer way. But we could not. With all the earnestness at our command, we beg of you to be fearless and thorough from the very start. Some of us have tried to hold on to our old ideas and the result was nil until we let go absolutely.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 58Thought to Ponder . . .Sobriety without action is fantasy.AA-related 'Alconym'S T E P S  =   Solutions Through Each Powerful Step.T ...Continue Reading

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