AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)December 4, 2024  Inventory of My BlessingsOne exercise that I practice is to try for a full inventory of my blessings and then for a right acceptance of the many gifts that are mine -- both temporal and spiritual. Here I try to achieve a state of joyful gratitude. When such a brand of gratitude is repeatedly affirmed and pondered, it can finally displace the natural tendency to congratulate myself on whatever progress I may have been enabled to make in some areas of liv ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)December 3, 2024  A GlimpseThe 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 surrounds us in purely human affairs. We know that God lovingly watches over us. We know that when we turn to Him, all will be well with us, here and hereafter.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Eleven) p. 105 &nbs ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)December 2, 2024  DefectsSelf-righteous anger also can be very enjoyable. In a perverse way we can actually take satisfaction from the fact that many people annoy us, for it brings a comfortable feeling of superiority. Gossip barbed with our anger, a polite form of murder by character assassination, has its satisfactions for us, too. Here we are not trying to help those we criticize; we are trying to proclaim our own righteousness.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (S ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)December 1, 2024  Building an ArchReturning home we find a place where we can be quiet for an hour, carefully reviewing what we have done. We thank God from the bottom of our heart that we know Him better. Taking this book down from our shelf we turn to the page which contains the twelve steps. Carefully reading the first five proposals we ask if we have omitted anything, for we are building an arch through which we shall walk a free man at last.- Alcoholics Anonymous, ( ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)November 30, 2024  HarmonyCourtesy, kindness, justice, and love are the keynotes by which we may come into harmony with practically anybody. When in doubt we can always pause, saying, "Not my will, but Thine, be done." And we can often ask ourselves, "Am I doing to others as I would have them do to me—today?"- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Ten) p. 93  Thought to Ponder . . .The Three "C's" -- Concern, Compassion, Considerati ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)November 29, 2024  Tradition Eleven“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 Fellowship.- ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)November 28, 2024  A Full and Thankful HeartI try to hold fast to the truth that a full and thankful heart cannot entertain great conceits. When brimming with gratitude, one's heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love, the finest emotion that we can ever know.- As Bill Sees It, (A Full and Thankful Heart) No. 37  Thought to Ponder . . .When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.  AA-related 'Alconym'H J F  =   Happy, Joyous, ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)November 27, 2024  Help Us Be WillingWe 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. 76  Thought to Ponder . . .Avoidance is not the key; surrender opens the door.  AA-related 'Alconym'L E T   ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)November 26, 2024  Self-deceivedIn no deep or meaningful sense had we ever taken stock of ourselves, made amends to those we had harmed, or freely given to any other human being without any demand for reward. We had not even prayed rightly. We had always said, "Grant me my wishes" instead of "Thy will be done." The love of God and man we understood not at all. Therefore we remained self-deceived, and so incapable of receiving enough grace to restore u ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)November 25, 2024  Step EightEvery A.A. has found that he can make little headway in this new adventure of living until he first backtracks and really makes an accurate and unsparing survey of the human wreckage he has left in his wake. To a degree, he has already done this when taking moral inventory, but now the time has come when he ought to redouble his efforts to see how many people he has hurt, and in what ways.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Eight) p. ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)November 24, 2024~ Scroll Down for Share ~  A Common SolutionThe feeling of having shared in a common peril is one element in the powerful cement which binds us. But that in itself would never have held us together as we are now joined. The tremendous fact for every one of us is that we have discovered a common solution. We have a way out on which we can absolutely agree, and upon which we can join in brotherly and harmonious action.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (There Is A So ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)November 23, 2024  Every Imaginable RemedyWe are like men who have lost their legs; they never grow new ones. Neither does there appear to be any kind of treatment which will make alcoholics of our kind like other men. We have tried every imaginable remedy. In some instances there has been brief recovery, followed always by a still worse relapse.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (More About Alcoholism) pp. 30 - 31  Thought to Ponder . . .Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)November 22, 2024  The Drinking GameWhen he sees you know all about the drinking game, commence to describe yourself as an alcoholic. Tell him how baffled you were, how you finally learned that you were sick. Give him an account of the struggles you made to stop. Show him the mental twist which leads to the first drink of a spree.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Working With Others) pp. 91 - 92  Thought to Ponder . . .I am responsible for the effort -- not the outcome. &nbs ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)November 21, 2024  A Useful ProgramMany could recover if they had the opportunity we have enjoyed. How then shall we present that which has been so freely given us? We have concluded to publish an anonymous volume setting forth the problem as we see it. We shall bring to the task our combined experience and knowledge. This should suggest a useful program for anyone concerned with a drinking problem.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (There Is A Solution) p. 19  Thought to Pond ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)November 20, 2024  AngerIf we were to live, we had to be free of anger. The grouch and the brainstorm were not for us. They may be the dubious luxury of normal men, but for alcoholics these things are poison.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 66  Thought to Ponder . . .Anger is just one letter away from danger.  AA-related 'Alconym'C A L M  =   Cause Anger Left Me.  To Unsubscribe - Click Here_Subscription Reminder_   You're Subs ...Continue Reading