*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 14, 2013* *Love* *Love will teach us values in life. It shows us that the things that count are never held in the hand but always in the heart. . . The love we find in AA is always warm, never cold. It is firm, never loose. Companionship is a result of love.* /- The Best of The Grapevine/ [Vol. 3], p, 297 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Love is a gift that must keep on giving to be kept.* *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *O D A A T* = **O**ne * ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 13, 2013 *~ Scroll Down for Share ~* *Self-forgetting* Grant that I may seek rather to comfort than to be comforted -- to understand, than to be understood -- to love, than to be loved. For it is by self-forgetting that one finds.* /- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions,/ p. 99 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *If I self-forget I find. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *W I S D O M* = **W**hen **I**nto **S**elf, **D**iscover **O**ur **M**otives.* * *A Memb ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 12, 2013* *Emotional Sobriety* *If we examine every disturbance we have, great or small, we will find at the root of it some unhealthy dependency and its consequent unhealthy demand. Let us, with God's help continually surrender these hobbling demands. Then we can be set free to live and love; we may then be able to Twelfth Step ourselves and others into emotional sobriety.* /- The Language of the Heart,/ p. 238 *Thought to Ponder . . .* ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 11, 2013* *Perfection* *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 liberated 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 P ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 10, 2013 *~ Scroll Down for Share ~* *Gratitude* How much better it would have been had I felt /gratitude/ rather than self-satisfaction -- /gratitude/ that I had suffered the pains of alcoholism, /gratitude/ that a miracle of recovery had been worked upon me from above, /gratitude/ for the privilege of serving my fellow alcoholics.* /- The Language of the Heart,/ p. 36 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *I am grateful for this minute; my eternity may ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 9, 2013* *Truth* *I began with blind faith, but the proof of truth is that /it works./ I believed those who said they had suffered from alcoholism, but, through AA were now enjoying sobriety. So the truth was there for me to see.* /- Came To Believe . . .,/ p. 3 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Truth is to inner space what sunshine is to a garden.* *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *F A I T H* = **F**acing **A**n **I**nner **T**ruth **H**eals. Tha ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 8, 2013* *Self-centeredness* *Simple, but not easy; a price had to be paid. It meant destruction of self-centeredness. I must turn in all things to the Father of Light who presides over us all.* /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 14 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *If I self-forget I find.* *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *H O W* = **H**onesty, **O**pen-mindedness, **W**illingness. Thanks to all of you for sharing so generously of your experience, stren ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 7, 2013* *Prayer* *Prayer has become a habit with me. Anytime is the time for prayer: in the street, in the factory, sitting still, walking about, or actively engaged upon some task. I must always bear in mind that, like a good parent, God often says no. And the simplest prayer is "God, thank you, thank you." I have so much to be thankful for, and sobriety tops the list.* /- Thank You For Sharing,/ p. 192 *Thought to Ponder . . . ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 6, 2013 *~ Scroll Down for Share ~* *Surrender* On the face of it, /surrendering/ certainly doesn't sound like /winning./ But it is in AA. . . We must, and we do, surrender to win.* /- Experience, Strength and Hope,/ pp. 155-156 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Avoidance is not the key; surrender opens the door. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *K I S S* = **K**eep **I**t **S**imple; **S**urrender.* * *A Member Shares:* **I’m Pete, an alkie in recovery. Surrender ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 5, 2013* *Habits* *Our drinking was connected to many habits -- big and little. Some of them were thinking habits, or things we felt inside ourselves. Others were doing habits -- things we did, actions we took. In getting used to not drinking, we found that we needed new habits to take the place of the old ones.* /- Living Sober,/ p. 1 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Habits are like cork or lead -- they tend to keep you up or hold you down.* *AA-related 'Alcon ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 4, 2013* *Belief* *I can't say upon what occasion or upon what day I came to believe in a Power greater than myself, but I certainly have that belief now. To acquire it, I only had to stop fighting and practice the rest of AA's program as enthusiastically as I could.* /- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions,/ p. 27 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Belief is a continuing action.* *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *A B C* = **A**cceptance, **B**elief, **C**hange. Than ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 3, 2013 *~ Scroll Down for Share ~* *The Gift* "Gratitude should go forward, rather than backward. In other words, if you carry the message to still others, you will be making the best possible repayment for the help given to you."* /- As Bill Sees It,/ p. 29 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Sobriety is a gift. *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *G I F T S* = **G**etting **I**t **F**rom **T**he **S**teps.* * *A Member Shares:* **Hi, I am Jim an ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 2, 2013* *Think* *I can't afford resentments against anyone, because they are the build-up of another drunk. I must live and let live. And "think" -- that one important word means so much to me. My life was always act and react. I never stopped to think. I just didn't give a whoop about myself or anyone else.* /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 293 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *The Seven T's -- Take Time To Think The Thing Through.* * ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 1, 2013* *Humility for Today* *Guilt is really the reverse side of the coin of pride. Guilt aims at self-destruction and pride aims at the destruction of others. /This is why I see humility for today as that safe and secure stance midway between these violent emotional extremes. to take my next small step up the clearly marked road that points to eternal values./* /- The Best of Bill,/ p. 47 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Many people haven't even a nodding ac ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 31, 2013* *Control* *We alcoholics are men and women who have lost the ability to control our drinking. We know that no real alcoholic /ever/ recovers control.* /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 30 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *When we try to control our drinking, we have already lost control.* *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *A A* = **A**bsolute **A**bstinence. Thanks to all of you for sharing so generously of your experience, strength and hope in carrying the AA m ...Continue Reading