AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)October 20, 2024~ Scroll Down for Share ~  ChangeChange is the characteristic of all growth. From drinking to sobriety, from dishonesty to honesty, from conflict to serenity, from hate to love, from childish dependence to adult responsibility -- all this and infinitely more represent change for the better.- As Bill Sees It, (Only God is Unchanging) No. 76  Thought to PonderChange is inevitable, growth is optional.  AA-related 'Alconym'A B C  =  Accept ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 19, 2024  The Chilling VaporThe less people tolerated us, the more we withdrew from society, from life itself. As we became subjects of King Alcohol, shivering denizens of his mad realm, the chilling vapor that is loneliness settled down. It thickened, ever becoming blacker.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (A Vision for You) p. 151  Thought to Ponder . . .Alcoholic drinking's three stages: Impulsive, Compulsive, Repulsive.  AA-related 'Alconym'C H A O S  = ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 18, 2024  Facts of LifeThe 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  Thought to Pon ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 17, 2024  Off the BeamWithout necessarily taking that first drink, we often get quite far off the beam. Our troubles sometimes begin with indifference. We are sober and happy in our A.A. work. Things go well at home and office. We naturally congratulate ourselves on what later proves to be a far too easy and superficial point of view. We temporarily cease to grow because we feel satisfied that there is no need for all of A.A.’s Twelve Steps for us. We are doing f ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 16, 2024  Thoroughness and HonestyWe went back through our lives. Nothing counted but thoroughness and honesty. When we were finished we considered it carefully. The first thing apparent was that this world and its people were often quite wrong. To conclude that others were wrong was as far as most of us ever got.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) pp. 65 - 66  Thought to Ponder . . .It takes strength and courage to admit the truth.  AA-related 'Alco ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 15, 2024  Practice These Principles"Sobriety is my sole responsibility. After all, I'm a pretty fine chap, expect for my drinking. Give me sobriety, and I've got it made!" As long as our friend clings to this comfortable alibi, he will make so little progress with his real life problems and responsibilities that he stands in a fair way to get drunk again. This is why A.A.'s Twelfth Step urges that we 'practice these principles in all our affairs.' - As ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 14, 2024  An IllnessContinue to speak of alcoholism as an illness, a fatal malady. Talk about the conditions of body and mind which accompany it. Keep his attention focussed mainly on your personal experience. Explain that many are doomed who never realize their predicament.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Working With Others) p. 92  Thought to Ponder . . .For his sake, we do recount and almost relive the horrors of our past.  AA-related 'Alconym'E S H  = ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)October 13, 2024~ Scroll Down for Share ~  A Better WayPerhaps there is a better way—we think so. For we are now on a different basis; the basis of trusting and relying upon God. We trust infinite God rather than our finite selves. We are in the world to play the role He assigns. Just to the extent that we do as we think He would have us, and humbly rely on Him, does He enable us to match calamity with serenity.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 68  Thought t ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 12, 2024  Practice These PrinciplesOur 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. 114  Thought to Ponder . . .Faith is like a muscle, the more we use it, the more it gr ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 11, 2024  Precious QualityIndeed, the attainment of greater humility is the foundation principle of each of A.A.'s Twelve Steps. For without some degree of humility, no alcoholic can stay sober at all. Nearly all A.A.'s have found, too, that unless they develop much more of this precious quality than may be required just for sobriety, they still haven't much chance of becoming truly happy.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Seven) p. 70  Thought to P ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 10, 2024  Soundness of Mind"Sanity" is defined as "soundness of mind." Yet no alcoholic, soberly analyzing his destructive behavior, whether the destruction fell on the dining-room furniture or his own moral fiber, can claim "soundness of mind" for himself. Therefore, Step Two is the rallying point for all of us. Whether agnostic, atheist, or former believer, we can stand together on this Step.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (S ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 9, 2024  Remarkable and UnexpectedAlmost 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 " ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 8, 2024  ExperienceHenry Ford once made a wise remark to the effect that experience is the thing of supreme value in life. That is true only if one is willing to turn the past to good account. We grow by our willingness to face and rectify errors and convert them into assets.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (The Family Afterward) p. 124  Thought to Ponder . . .If you want to change who you are, change what you do.  AA-related 'Alconym'A C T  =   Action ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 7, 2024  A Waste of TimeDo not be discouraged if your prospect does not respond at once. Search out another alcoholic and try again. You are sure to find someone desperate enough to accept with eagerness what you offer. We find it a waste of time to keep chasing a man who cannot or will not work with you. If you leave such a person alone, he may soon become convinced that he cannot recover by himself. To spend too much time on any one situation is to deny some ot ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 6, 2024  Misuse of WillpowerIt 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.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Three) p. 40  Thought to Ponder . . .I can't do His will my way.  AA-rela ...Continue Reading