*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 14, 2013 *~ Scroll Down for Share ~* *Steps* If you have decided you want what we have and are willing to go to any length to get it -- then you are ready to take certain steps. At some of these we balked. We 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.* /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 58 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *The Twelve ...Continue Reading

Dear Gentle Readers, the problem with the Daily Thought Server sending out the Daily Thought has been resolved. We again apologize for the inconvenience caused to you. We thank you, and are grateful for your patience, understanding, support and prayer during this frustrating time. *AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 13, 2013* *Reprieve* *It 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 cur ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 11, 2013* *Change* *It never occurred to us that we needed to change ourselves to meet conditions, whatever they were. But in AA, we slowly learned that something had to be done about our vengeful resentments, self-pity, and unwarranted pride. . . 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,/ p. 47 *Thought to Ponder . ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 10, 2013 *~ Scroll Down for Share ~* *Do No Harm* It is only by accepting and solving our problems that we can begin to get right with ourselves and with the world about us, and with Him who presides over us all. Understanding is the key to right principles and attitudes, and right action is the key to good living.* /- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions,/ p. 125 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Serenity is not the absence of conflict but the ability ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 10, 2013 *~ Scroll Down for Share ~* *Do No Harm* It is only by accepting and solving our problems that we can begin to get right with ourselves and with the world about us, and with Him who presides over us all. Understanding is the key to right principles and attitudes, and right action is the key to good living.* /- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions,/ p. 125 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Serenity is not the absence of conflict but the ability to cope with i ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 9, 2013* *Prayer* *Pray. Whether you believe it or not, pray to a higher power. If we were able to stay sober on our own power, we wouldn't be here tonight. It takes a power greater than ourselves, and prayer is how we contact that higher power. You can use a religious one or one of your own choosing. If the God word bothers you, pray to an anonymous higher power or even "to whom it may concern." In the morning, ask this Higher Power to keep you ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 8, 2013* *Humility* *"Perpetual quietness of the heart. It is to have no trouble. It is never to be fretted or vexed, irritable or sore; to wonder at nothing that is done to me. It is to be at rest when nobody praises me, and when I am blamed or despised, it is to have a blessed home in myself where I can go in and close the door and kneel to my Father in secret and be at peace, as in a deep sea of calmness, when all around and about is seeming trouble ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 7, 2013 *~ Scroll Down for Share ~* *Acceptance* Until I could accept my alcoholism, I could not stay sober; unless I accept life completely on life's terms, I cannot be happy. I need to concentrate not so much on what needs to be changed in the world as on what needs to be changed in me and in my attitudes.* /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 417 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Acceptance is the answer to /all/ my problems today. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *A B C* = ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 6, 2013* *A Way of Life* *It was a great relief to know I didn't /have/ to drink any more. I was told that I must want sobriety for my own sake, and I am convinced this is true. There may be many reasons that bring one to AA for the first time, but the lasting one must be to want sobriety and the AA way of life.* /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ pp. 354-355 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *AA is not something we join; it's a way of life.* *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* * ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 5, 2013* *Inventory* *By discovering what my emotional deformities are, I can move toward their correction. Without a willing and persistent effort to do this, there can be little sobriety or contentment for me.* /- Daily Reflections,/ p. 100 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Inventory-taking is not all in red ink.* *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *N O W* = **N**o **O**ther **W**way. Thanks to all of you for sharing so generously of your experience, strength and ho ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 4, 2013* *Seduction* *It can still occur to me what a good drink tastes like and what it can do for me, from my stand-at-attention alcoholic taste buds right down to my stretched out tingling toes. . . ... such thoughts are like red flags, telling me that something is not right, that I am stretched beyond my sober limit. That special relationship with alcohol will always be there, waiting to seduce me again.* /Alcoholics Anonymous,/ pp. 396-397 *Thought to ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 3, 2013 *~ Scroll Down for Share ~* *Aloneness* Almost without exception, alcoholics are tortured by loneliness. Even before our drinking got bad and people cut us off, nearly all of us suffered the feeling that we didn't quite belong.* /- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions,/ p. 57 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *God enters us through our wounds. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *Y A N A* = **Y**ou **A**re **N**ot **A**lone.* * *A Member Shares:* **Hi, I'm Slam, and I ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 2, 2013* *Anger* *Perhaps "justifiable" resentment is the trickiest of all to handle. It's the end product of "righteous" anger, after long cherishing, and if it is allowed to continue, it will slowly undermine our defenses against taking a drink. Even if we actually have been treated shabbily or unjustly, resentment is a luxury that, as alcoholics, we cannot afford. For us, all anger is self-destructive.* /Living Sober,/ p. 39 *Thought ...Continue Reading

Gentle Reader, Please accept our apologies for an error in yesterday's Daily Thought. It should have been dated March 31, 2013 instead of April 1. Thank you for understanding. In loving service, joanna b *AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 1, 2013* *A Living Program* *I doubt very much there is a single one of us through the years who does not leave some faint imprint of his creative thinking, some meaningful expression, some small inspired insight as an addition to our healing b ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *April 1, 2013 *~ Scroll Down for Share ~* *A Path to Faith* True humility and an open mind can lead us to faith, and every AA meeting is an assurance that God will restore us to sanity if we rightly relate ourselves to Him.* /- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions,/ p. 246 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Believe more deeply. Hold your face up to the Light, even though for the moment you do not see. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *F A I T H* = **F**inding **A**ns ...Continue Reading