*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *May 13, 2013* *Forgiveness* *I must forgive injuries, not just in words, or as a matter of form, but in my heart. I do this not for the other persons' sake, but for my own sake. Resentment, anger, or a desire to see someone punished, are things that rot my soul.* /- Daily Reflections,/ p. 88 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *To be forgiven we must forgive.* *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *T U F* = **T**olerance, **U**nderstanding, **F**orgiveness. Thanks to all of you for ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *May 12, 2013 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ A New Freedom If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it.* /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 83 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Within our wonderful new world, we have found freedom from our fatal obsession. AA-related 'Alconym' . . . ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *May 11, 2013* *Responsibility* *As a recovering alcoholic I need only have two concerns. The first is to maintain my sobriety on a daily basis and to practice the program of AA one day at a time. The second is to ensure that what was here yesterday will be here tomorrow for the next alcoholic who walks through the doors of this Fellowship. And for that I am responsible.* /- Thank You For Sharing,/ p. 181 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Life didn't end when I got sober -- ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *May 10, 2013* *Honesty* *Having trouble with the First Step? Relax. All the program asks is enough honesty to get started -- just what you are capable of at the moment. At the beginning, that's very little honesty. Each day, there will be a little more. It will come. Because, you see, the AA program works for anyone who wants it.* /- The Best of the Grapevine/ [Vol. 2], p. 34 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Easy Does It.* *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *O D A A T* = **O** ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *May 9, 2013* *Laughter* *Then I began to see the miracles that happen only in AA. People who would nearly crawl in the doors, sick and broken, and who in a few weeks of meetings and not drinking one day at a time would get their health back, find a little job and friends who cared, and then discover a God in their lives. But the most compelling part of AA, the part that made me want to try this sober thing, was the laughter, the pure joy of the laughter that I heard ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *May 8, 2013 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Belief "Believe more deeply. Hold your face up to the Light, even though for the moment you do not see."* /- As Bill Sees It,/ p. 3 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *I came; I came to; I came to believe. AA-related 'Alconym' . . . **A B C** = **A***cceptance, **B**elief, **C**hange. * A Member Shares: Joannie here and I am an alcoholic. When I first came to Alcoholics Anonymous I had no idea there would be a ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *May 7, 2013* *The /Possible/ Dream* *Perfection would limit me; imperfection offers me the freedom of a million potentials. All the excitement and interest and wonder of adventure are mine to explore, ever-new, ever-changing, ever becoming. Thank God, as a result of AA and sobriety, I am free from /dreaming/ the impossible dream and free, finally, to start /living/ the possible dream.* /- The Best of the Grapevine/ [Vol. 1], p. 61 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Give me ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *May 6, 2013* *Attitude* *I can wish the past never was, but if I change my actions in regard to what I have done, my attitude will change, I won't have to wish the past away. I can change my feelings and attitudes, but only through my actions and the help of my fellow alcoholics.* /- Daily Reflections,/ p. 141 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Attitudes are contagious. Is yours worth catching?* *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *A A* = **A**ltered **A**ttitudes. Thanks to all ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *May 5, 2013 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Gratitude I 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,/ p. 37 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy. AA-related 'Alconym' . . . **A A** = **A***lways **A**live. ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *May 4, 2013* *Today* *Today is the day. Doing our best to the fullest is the art of living. Yesterday is gone, and we don't know whether we will be here tomorrow. If we do a good job of living today, and if tomorrow comes for us, then the chances are we will do a good job when it arrives -- so why worry about it?* /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 357 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *What have I been given today? Am I willing to reach out and grasp it?* *AA-related 'Alconym' ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *May 3, 2013* *Footprints* *Stepping into the first footprint that led from the dismal swamp of alcoholism toward the sunlight of sobriety would not take me far enough. Would I muddle along on some little trail of my own in the weeds, vaguely paralleling the clearly marked AA trail? Or would I choose to follow in the exact footsteps of the AA's who had preceded? The choice was up to me. I could do either, but I had to cover the whole trail if I wanted to get where the ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *May 2, 2013* *Step Five* */"Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs."/ When we are honest with another person, it confirms that we have been honest with ourselves and with God.* /- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions,/ p. 60 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Trust God. Clean house. Help others.* *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *H O P E* = **H**eart **O**pen; **P**lease **E**nter. Thanks to all of you for sharing so ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *May 1, 2013 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Step One Who cares to admit complete defeat? Practically no one, of course. Every natural instinct cries out against the idea of personal powerlessness. It is truly awful to admit that, glass in hand, we have warped our minds into such an obsession for destructive drinking that only an act of Providence can remove it from us.* /- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions,/ p. 21 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *If I think I a ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 30, 2013* *Choice* *The compulsion among most of us to survive and to grow soon becomes far stronger than the temptation to drink or to misbehave. Literally, we must "do or die." So we make the choice to live. This, in turn, means the choice of AA principles, practices, and attitudes that can salvage us from total disaster by insuring our sobriety. This is our first great and critical choice.* /- As Bill Sees It,/ pp. 301-302 *Thought to Ponder . . . ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 29, 2013* *Selfishness* *So our troubles, we think, are basically of our own making. They arise out of ourselves, and the alcoholic is an extreme example of self-will run riot, though he usually doesn't think so. Above everything, we alcoholics must be rid of this selfishness. We must, or it kills us! God makes that possible.* /Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 62 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Into action, out of self.* *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *N O W* = **N**o **O* ...Continue Reading