AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) October 31, 2022 Meditation and Prayer Perhaps 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. The moment we catch even a glimpse of God's will, the moment we begin to see truth, justice, and love as the real and eternal things in life, we are no longer deeply disturbed by all the seeming evidence to the contrary that sur ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) October 30, 2022 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Sanity One night after a Step Two meeting, I decided to find out what those courageous early members who put our Twelve Steps together really meant by sanity. I was a little surprised to find that my dictionary defined it as the quality of being sound of mind, sound of judgment, reasonable and rational in one's thoughts ... As I sat there mulling over the definition, an idea occurred to me: "This is what I’m to be restored ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) October 29, 2022 A Real Chance We have learned that the satisfaction of instincts cannot be the sole end and aim of our lives. If we place instincts first, we have got the cart before the horse; we shall be pulled backward into disillusionment. But when we are willing to place spiritual growth first—then and only then do we have a real chance. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Twelve) p. 114 Thought to Ponder Get it - Give it - Grow in it. AA-related 'Alconym ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) October 28, 2022 Divine Paradox Even the newest of newcomers finds undreamed rewards as he tries to help his brother alcoholic, the one who is even blinder than he. This is indeed the kind of giving that actually demands nothing. He does not expect his brother sufferer to pay him, or even to love him. And then he discovers that by the divine paradox of this kind of giving he has found his own reward, whether his brother has yet received anything or not. - Twelve Steps an ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) October 27, 2022 Nightly Review When 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. ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) October 26, 2022 Meditation There's nothing the matter with constructive imagination; all sound achievement rests upon it. After all, no man can build a house until he first envisions a plan for it. Well, meditation is like that, too; it helps to envision our spiritual objective before we try to move toward it. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Eleven) p. 100 Thought to Ponder Meditation is our step out into the sun. AA-related 'Alconym' K I S S  =   ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) October 25, 2022 Practice These Principles The A.A. answer to these questions about living is “Yes, all of these things are possible.” We know this because we see monotony, pain, and even calamity turned to good use by those who keep on trying to practice A.A.'s Twelve Steps. And if these are facts of life for the many alcoholics who have recovered in A.A., they can become the facts of life for many more. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Twelve) p. 112 Though ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) October 24, 2022 Causes and Conditions Next we launched out on a course of vigorous action, the first step of which is a personal housecleaning, which many of us had never attempted. Though our decision was a vital and crucial step, it could have little permanent effect unless at once followed by a strenuous effort to face, and to be rid of, the things in ourselves which had been blocking us. Our liquor was but a symptom. So we had to get down to causes and conditions. - ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) October 23, 2022 More Urgent If we have swept the searchlight of Step Four back and forth over our careers, and it has revealed in stark relief those experiences we'd rather not remember, if we have come to know how wrong thinking and action have hurt us and others, then the need to quit living by ourselves with those tormenting ghosts of yesterday gets more urgent than ever. We have to talk to somebody about them. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Five) p. 55 ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy aa-alive.net) October 22, 2022 Results of Prayer In A.A. we have found that the actual good results of prayer are beyond question. They are matters of knowledge and experience. All those who have persisted have found strength not ordinarily their own. They have found wisdom beyond their usual capability. And they have increasingly found a peace of mind which can stand firm in the face of difficult circumstances. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Eleven) p. 104 Thought to Po ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) October 21, 2022 Our First Need We had to see that when we harbored grudges and planned revenge for such defeats, we were really beating ourselves with the club of anger we had intended to use on others. We learned that if we were seriously disturbed, our first need was to quiet that disturbance, regardless of who or what we thought caused it. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Four) p. 47 Thought to Ponder The road to resentment is paved with expectations. AA ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) October 20, 2022 Spiritual Experience Most of our experiences are what the psychologist William James calls the "educational variety" because they develop slowly over a period of time. Quite often friends of the newcomer are aware of the difference long before he is himself. He finally realizes that he has undergone a profound alteration in his reaction to life; that such a change could hardly have been brought about by himself alone. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (A ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) October 19, 2022 We Searched If the owner of the business is to be successful, he cannot fool himself about values. We did exactly the same thing with our lives. We took stock honestly. First, we searched out the flaws in our make-up which caused our failure. Being convinced that self, manifested in various ways, was what had defeated us, we considered its common manifestations. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 64 Thought to Ponder Each day, I can ask God to re ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) October 18, 2022 Blessings Having so considered our day, not omitting to take due note of things well done, and having searched our hearts with neither fear nor favor, we can truly thank God for the blessings we have received and sleep in good conscience. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Ten) p. 95 Thought to Ponder Gratitude is a most effective painkiller for the alcoholic. AA-related 'Alconym' B E S T  =   Been Enjoying Sobriety Today? Thank&nbs ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) I am delighted to tell you were are now on a new server with a new hosting company. I will put an update on the website also. (See link below) My deepest apologies for the frustration and mess this has been and that I made the wrong decision on the timing of moving to a new hosting company.  I'm sending out the October 17 Daily Thought again as the old server did not complete the sending to you.  I will be sending out the Daily Thought for Oc ...Continue Reading