*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *March 2, 2014 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Tradition Two "For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority -- a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants, they do not govern."* /- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions,/ p. 132 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *The Twelve Steps tell us how it works; the Twelve Traditions tell us why it works. * *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* **T R U S T** = **T**ry **R** ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *March 1, 2014* *Step Three* "Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God _as we understood Him._" *I was at one of my meetings when I suddenly realized that the pivotal word in this Step is .. care. So I looked it up.  Foremost, the word has no shame to it. There is no control, servitude, or any other form of denigration, humiliation or degradation implied by that word. But I had chosen to infer that there was.  I reali ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 28, 2014* *Happy, Joyous, and Free* *We are sure God wants us to be happy, joyous, and free. We cannot subscribe to the belief that this life is a vale of tears, though it once was just that for many of us. But it is clear that we made our own misery.  God didn't do it. Avoid then, the deliberate manufacture of misery, but if trouble comes, cheerfully capitalize it as an opportunity to demonstrate His omnipotence.* /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 133 *Tho ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 27, 2014* *Rallying Point* *Step Two is the rallying point for all of us. Whether agnostic, atheist, or former believer, we can stand together on this Step. 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. 33 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *I sit at a meeting until the bus of sanity comes by; then, I climb ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 26, 2014 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Peace of Mind As we felt new power flow in, as we enjoyed peace of mind, as we discovered we could face life successfully, as we became conscious of His presence, we began to lose our fear of today, tomorrow or the hereafter.* /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 63 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Happiness and peace of mind are always here, open and free to anyone.* *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* **A A** = **A**lways **A**wesome. ** ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 25, 2014* *Humility First* *We who had won so handsomely in a walk turned into all-time losers. We saw that we had to reconsider or die. We found many in AA who once thought as we did. They helped us to get down to our right size. By their example they showed us that humility and intellect could be compatible, provided we placed humility first.* /- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions,/ p. 30 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Learning is the very essence of humility ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 24, 2014* *A Spiritual Program* *I finally began to separate the religious aspects of my life from AA's spiritual program. Now the big difference to me is that religion is the ritual, and we all differ there, and spirituality is the way we feel about what we do. It's about my personal contact with my personal Higher Power as I understand Him.* /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 406 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *True religion is the life we lead, not the creed we pro ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 23, 2014 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Gratitude 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 . . .* *Grateful is a feeling.  Gratitude is an action.* *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* **A A** = **A**lways **A**wesome. ** *A Member Shares: Hi all, l am Kevin, an alcoholic and ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 22, 2014* *Laughter* *When my AA sponsor began to laugh and point out my self-pity and ego-feeding deceptions, I was annoyed and hurt, but it taught me to lighten up and focus on my recovery. I soon learned to laugh at myself and eventually I taught those I sponsor to laugh also. Every day I ask God to help me stop taking myself too seriously.* /- Daily Reflections,/ p. 59 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Take time to laugh -- it is the music of the soul.* *AA-r ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 21, 2014* *Selfishness* *Selfishness -- self-centeredness!  That, we think, is the root of our troubles. Driven by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self-seeking, and self-pity, we step on the toes of our fellows and they retaliate. Sometimes they hurt us, seemingly without provocation, but we invariably find that at some time in the past we have made decisions based on self which later put us in a position to be hurt.* /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 20, 2014* *Action* *I heard someone say that AA works for those who work for it, those who put /action/ into the program. . . I heard that I should forget about yesterday and instead concentrate on today and staying away from the first drink today -- now. I tried it and it worked.* /- Came To Believe . . .,/ p. 42 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Learn to listen; listen to learn.* *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *A R T* = **A**lways **R**emain **T**eachable. Thank ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 19, 2014 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Coming Home I returned to AA, but I was reluctant for a long time to tell of my experience. I was afraid that no one would believe me and that they would laugh. Later, I learned that others had had the same experiences.* /- Came To Believe . . .,/ p. 17 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Recovery is discovery.* *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* **N E W** = **N**othing **E**lse **W**orked. ** *A Member Shares: Hi, I'm Dave, an alcoho ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 18, 2014* *Obsession* *It is not surprising that our drinking careers have been characterized by countless vain attempts to prove we could drink like other people. The idea that somehow, someday he will control and enjoy his drinking is the great obsession of every abnormal drinker. The persistence of this illusion is astonishing. Many pursue it into the gates of insanity or death.* /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 30 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *When we try to c ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 17, 2014* *Power* *Power is a key word in this program, and its importance is underlined repeatedly in the Twelve Steps.  We admitted in the beginning that "we were /powerless/ over alcohol -- that our lives had become unmanageable." Then we "came to believe that a /Power/ greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity." And in the Eleventh Step, we pray "for the knowledge of His will for us and the /power/ to carry that out. ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 16, 2014 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Easy Does It We find it hard to relax and savor life. When one of us is in a dither to get something done or get somewhere in a hurry, a friend may gently remonstrate, "'Easy Does It,' remember?" Then there's often a flash of annoyance at the adviser. And that indicates the advice must have hit home, wouldn't you say?* /- Living Sober,/ p. 44 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *While it isn't always easy, if I keep it s ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 15, 2014* *Change* *It never occurred to us that we needed to change ourselves to meet conditions, whatever they were. 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) *February 14, 2014* *Love* *Love is always positive and constructive.  It does not tolerate negativism. It must be given and received unconditionally, without reservations, with no strings attached. When we love, we will see in others what we wish to have in ourselves. We will know that love is a privilege given to us by God. When we love, we will never be bored with life or our program. . . It shows us that the things that count are never held in the hand but al ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 13, 2014* *An Open Mind* *First, AA does not demand that you believe anything. All of its Twelve Steps are but suggestions.  Second, to get sober and stay sober, you don't have to swallow all of Step Two right now. . . . Third, all you need is a truly open mind. Just resign from the debating society and quit bothering yourself with such deep questions as whether it was the chicken or the egg that came first. Again I say, all you need is the open mind.* ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 12, 2014 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Helping Others When trying to help a fellow alcoholic, I've given in to an impulse to give advice, and perhaps that's inevitable. But allowing others the right to be wrong reaps its own benefits. The best I can do -- and it sounds easier than it is to put into practice -- is to listen, share personal experience, and pray for others.* /- Daily Reflections,/ p. 364 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Learn to listen; listen to lear ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 11, 2014* *Discovery* *I learned that when I stopped trying to analyze AA or God I found both sobriety and a Higher Power. I also realized that I could easily have found sobriety and God by honestly saying, "God, I am so confused -- please help me."* /- Thank You For Sharing,/ p. 41 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Recovery is discovery.* *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *A A* = **A**lways **A**ware. Thanks to all of you for sharing so generously of your ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 10, 2014* *The Ladder* *No one who drank as I did wakes up on the edge of the abyss one morning and says: Things look pretty scary; I think I'd better stop drinking before I fall in. I was convinced I could go as far as I wanted, and then climb back out when it wasn't fun anymore.  What happened was, I found myself at the bottom of the canyon thinking I'd never see the sun again. AA didn't pull me out of that hole. It did give me the tools to construct ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 9, 2014* *Twenty-four Hours* *They asked, "You can quit twenty-four hours, can't you?" I said, "Sure, yes, anybody can do that, for twenty-four hours." They said, "That's what we're talking about.  Just twenty-four hours at a time." That sure did take a load off my mind.  Every time I'd start thinking about drinking, I would think of the long, dry years ahead without having a drink; but this idea of twenty-four hours, ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 8, 2014 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Guilt Day by day, we try to move a little toward God's perfection. So we need not to be consumed by maudlin guilt for failure to achieve His likeness and image by Thursday next. Progress is our aim, and His perfection is the beacon, light-years away, that draws us on.* /- As Bill Sees It,/ p. 15 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Guilt is in the past; worry is the future.  Both are manifestations of ego.* *AA-related 'Alcon ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 7, 2014* *Step Two* /"Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity."/ *We have acquired a belief in some force that is external, more powerful than we are, and capable of helping us return to sanity. This implies that the external, more powerful force is a force for good, an orderly force capable of making sense out of the chaos of reality, and bringing order to our own chaotic lives. The final stage in a full acc ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 6, 2014* *Step Two* /"Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity."/ *"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.* /- Twelve Steps and Twelve ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 5, 2014 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Unity The unity of AA is the most cherished quality our Society has. Our lives, the lives of all to come, depend squarely upon it. Without unity, the heart of AA would cease to beat.* /- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions,/ p. 129 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *There is no strength without unity.* *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* **U S** = **U**nited **S**pirits. ** *A Member Shares: I'm Jim, an alcoholic from Ohio.  My fir ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 4, 2014* *Open-mindedness* *Faced with alcoholic destruction, we soon became as open minded on spiritual matters as we had tried to be on other questions. In this respect alcohol was a great persuader. It finally beat us into a state of reasonableness.* /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 48 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Keep an open mind.* *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *W H O* = **W**illingness, **H**onesty, **O**pen-mindedness. Thanks to all of you for sharing so ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 3, 2014* *Paradox* *4. WE DIE TO LIVE. That is a beautiful paradox straight out of the Biblical idea of being "born again" or "in losing one's life to find it."  When we work at our Twelve Steps, the old life of guzzling and fuzzy thinking, and all that goes with it, gradually dies, and we acquire a different and a better way of life. As our shortcomings are removed, one life of us dies, and another life of us lives. We in AA die to ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 2, 2014 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Service While practicing service to others, if my successes rise to grandiosity, I must reflect on what brought me to this point. What has been given joyfully, with love, must be passed on without reservation and without expectation. For as I grow, I find that no matter how much I give with love, I receive much more in spirit.* /- Daily Reflections,/ p. 279 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Service is gratitude in action.* *AA- ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *February 1, 2014* *Paradox* *3. WE SUFFER TO GET WELL. There is no way to escape the terrible suffering of remorse and regret and shame and embarrassment which starts us on the road to getting well from our affliction. There is no new way to shake out a hangover.  It's painful.  And for us, necessarily so. . . We suffer to get well.* /- Experience, Strength & Hope,/ p. 156 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *We surrender to win; we give away to keep; we suffer ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 31, 2014* *Paradox* *2. We GIVE AWAY TO KEEP. That seems absurd and untrue. How can you keep something if you give it away? But in order to keep whatever it is we get in AA, we must go about giving it away to others, for no fees or rewards of any kind.* /- Experience, Strength & Hope,/ p. 154 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *We surrender to win; we give away to keep; we suffer to get well; we die to live.* *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *N O W* = **N**o **O**th ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 30, 2014* *Paradox* *1. We SURRENDER TO WIN. On the face of it, /surrendering/ certainly does not seem like /winning./ But it is in AA.  Only after we have come to the end of our rope, hit a stone wall in some aspect of our lives beyond which we can go no further; only when we hit "bottom" in despair and surrender, can we accomplish sobriety, which we could never accomplish before. We must, and we do, surrender in order to win.* /- Experience, ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 29, 2014 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Peace of Mind More and more we became interested in seeing what we could contribute to life. As we felt new power flow in, as we enjoyed peace of mind, as we discovered we could face life successfully, we became conscious of His presence, we began to lose our fear of today, tomorrow, or the hereafter.  We were reborn.* /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 63 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Happiness and peace of mind are always h ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 28, 2014* *Isolation* *Isolation sneaks up on us. We can mask it with familiar props that are not in themselves bad. We can isolate ourselves in an attempt to clean up our apartments (and then not do the cleaning); we can isolate ourselves in churches or in sleep; we can use family, sweethearts, compulsive working, television.  The list is long. The nicest way to end it is the way you and I do: together. Reach out -- people can't read your mind. Say /ouc ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 27, 2014* *Housecleaning* *Time after time newcomers have tried to keep to themselves certain facts about their lives. Trying to avoid this humbling experience, they have turned to easier methods. Almost invariably they got drunk.  Having persevered with the rest of the program, they wondered why they fell. We think the reason is that they never completed their housecleaning.* /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ pp. 72-73 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *I cannot mend ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 26, 2014 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Acceptance When I stopped living in the problem and began living in the answer, the problem went away. From that moment on, I have not had a single compulsion to drink. And acceptance is the answer to /all/ my problems today.* /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 417 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *My serenity is directly proportional to my level of acceptance.* *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* **A A** = **A**cknowledge **A**cceptance. * ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 25, 2014* *Bankruptcy* *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. No other kind of bankruptcy is like this one.* /- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions,/ p. 21 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Avoidance is not the key; surrender opens the door.* *AA-related ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 25, 2014* *Divine Mystery* *My memories no longer fill me with shame and remorse. On the contrary, they fill me with gratitude and joy. My whole story is a sort of divine mystery to me. I don't know how an intelligent human being ever could have got into such a mess, and the more firmly established in sanity I become, the more amazed I am that I ever got out of the mess.* /- Came to Believe . . .,/ pp. 98-99 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *I saw, I felt, I believ ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 23, 2014* *Persuasion* *The Twelve Steps of our AA program are not crammed down anybody's throat. They are not sustained by any human authority.  Yet we powerfully unite around them because the truth they contain has saved our lives, has opened the door to a new world. Our experience tells us these universal truths work. The anarchy of the individual yields to their persuasion.* /- The Language of the Heart,/ p. 8 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *A new world ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 22, 2014 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ The Big Book In this book you read again and again that faith did for us what we could not do for ourselves. We hope you are convinced now that God can remove whatever self-will has blocked you off from Him. If you have already made a decision, and an inventory of your grosser handicaps, you have made a good beginning. That being so you have swallowed and digested some big chunks of truth about yourself.* /- Alcoholics Anon ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 21, 2014* *Not Afraid* *The First Step and I have always been great friends. I repeated it every five seconds and thanked God each day for my sobriety -- the only grace, maybe, for that day. Gradually, I began to see another part of me emerging -- a grateful me, expecting nothing, but sure that another power was beginning to guide me, counsel me, and direct my ways.  I was not afraid.* /- Came To Believe . . .,/ p. 45 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Take the ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 20, 2014* *Great Reality* *Deep down in every man, woman, and child, is the fundamental idea of God. It may be obscured by calamity, by pomp, by worship of other things, but in some form or other it is there. For faith in a Higher Power greater than ourselves, and miraculous demonstrations of that power in human lives, are facts as old as man himself. . . We found the Great Reality deep down within us.* /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 55 *Thought to Ponder . . ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 19, 2014 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Complacency 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 cured of alcoholism.  What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition.* /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 85 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *The alcoholic is in no greater peril than when he takes sobriety for gr ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 18, 2014* *Spiritual Growth* *Growth and understanding came slowly, but they came steadily. And finally, I could feel gratitude for my sobriety -- for the saving grace of God. Now I feel totally free, because I know the truth about myself. I learned about /people/ in AA, and this brought me to an understanding about myself. I know that spiritual growth is a great, wide, beautiful thing and that I have only stepped up to the open door.* /- Came To Believe . . ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 17, 2014* *Convincing Evidence* *The most convincing evidence I have today that I'm an alcoholic is not how much or how long I drank, nor how drunk I got; the most convincing evidence I have is that Alcoholics Anonymous is working for me.* /- Thank You For Sharing,/ p. 181 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *I would rather go through life sober, believing I am an alcoholic, than go through life drunk, trying to convince myself that I am not. * *AA-related 'Alconym' ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 15, 2014* *Expectations* *Until I could honestly look at myself and see that I was the problem in many situations and react appropriately inside and out; until I could discard my expectations and understand that my serenity was directly proportional to them, I could not experience serenity and sound sobriety.* /- Daily Reflections,/ p. 71 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Expectations are resentments 'under construction.'* *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *G R A C E* ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 15, 2014 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Promises We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves. Are these extravagant promises?  We think not. They are being fulfilled among us -- sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. They will always materialize if we work for them.* /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 84 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Never mistake motion for action.* *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* **W O R K** = **W**hat **O**ur ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 14, 2014* *Obsession* *The idea that somehow, someday he will control and enjoy his drinking is the great obsession of every abnormal drinker. The persistence of this illusion is astonishing. Many pursue it into the gates of insanity or death.* /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 30 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Within our wonderful new world, we have found freedom from our fatal obsession.* *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *H J F* = **H**appy, **J**oyous, **F**ree. Tha ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 13, 2014* *Our Gateway* *None of us can fathom the glories and the uncharted regions of the universe. But we /can/ live on earth and love one another. We can let in the beginnings of /concern, compassion, consideration,/ and watch ourselves grow. With the tools and guideposts of AA, we can learn a little of this precious gift -- our gateway to human spirituality.* /- Came To Believe . . .,/ p. 120 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *The Three "C's" -- /Conc ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 12, 2014 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Self-pity I began to understand why, when I first came into AA, the most frequent warnings from some of the old-timers were against self-pity. All those sensations I'd been wallowing in with such enjoyment -- of being aggrieved, of being wronged, of being victimized, of being (for once!) in the right -- added up to the heady brew of self-pity.  And I then comprehended fully why self-pity, leading to isolation, was pres ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 11, 2014* *Fear* *At heart we had all been abnormally fearful. It mattered little whether we had sat on the shore of life drinking ourselves into forgetfulness or had plunged in recklessly and willfully beyond our depth and ability. The result was the same -- all of us had nearly perished in a sea of alcohol. But today, in well-matured AA's, these distorted drives have been restored to something like their true purpose and direction.* /- Twelve Steps and Twel ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 10, 2014* *Impatience* *The slogan "Easy Does It" is one way we AA's remind each other that many of us have tendencies at times to overdo things, to rush heedlessly along, impatient with anything that slows down. We find it hard to relax and savor life. When one of us is in a dither to get something done or get somewhere in a hurry, a friend may gently remonstrate,"'Easy Does It,' remember?" Then there's often a flash of annoyance at the a ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 9, 2014* *Peace of Mind* *AA has taught me that I will have peace of mind in exact proportion to the peace of mind I bring into the lives of other people, and it has taught me the true meaning of the admonition "happy are ye who know these things /and do them."/ For the only problems I have now are those I create when I break out in a rash of self-will.* /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ pp. 550-551 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *A candle loses nothing by ligh ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 8, 2014 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Change The essence of all growth is a willingness to change for the better and then an unremitting willingness to shoulder whatever responsibility this entails.* /- As Bill Sees It,/ p. 115 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Learn to change, change to learn.* *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* **A B C** = **A**cceptance, **B**elief, **C**hange. ** *A Member Shares: Joannie here, an alkie for sure.  I woke up this morning rememberi ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 7, 2014* *No Reservations* *We have seen the truth demonstrated again and again: "Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic." Commencing to drink after a period of sobriety, we are in a short time as bad as ever. If we are planning to stop drinking, there must be no reservation of any kind, nor any lurking notion that someday we will be immune to alcohol.* /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 33 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Times change, alcoholism doesn't.* * ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 6, 2014* *Unmanageability* *All the laws that are at work in the world are going to make every life unmanageable to one degree or another from time to time. But for the alcoholic there is not only an additional danger, but also an additional opportunity. AA offers us a program of recovery from our past feelings about the unmanageability of life, a program that put life's unmanageability into perspective. That's more than most of the rest of the people in the ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 5, 2014* *Fantasy* *The more I drank, the more I fantasized everything. I imagined getting even for hurts and rejections. In my mind's eye I played and replayed scenes in which I was plucked magically from the bar where I stood nursing a drink and was instantly exalted to some position of power and prestige. I lived in a dream world. AA led me gently from this fantasizing to embrace reality with open arms. And I found it beautiful!  For, at last, I was a ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 4, 2014 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Promises 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. . . We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not to for ourselves.* /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ pp. 83-84 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *It works -- it really does.* *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* **H J F** = **H**appy, **J**oyous, **F**ree. **E**enter. ** *A Member Shares: Terry her ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 3, 2014* *Powerlessness* *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 . . .* *Within our wonderful new world, we ha ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 2, 2014* *Living Sober* *Somewhat to our surprise, staying sober turns out not to be the grim, wet-blanket experience we had expected! While we were drinking, a life without alcohol seemed like no life at all. But for most members of AA, living sober is /really/ living -- a joyous experience. We much prefer it to the troubles we had with drinking. One more note: anyone can /get/ sober.  We have all done it lots of times. The trick is to stay and to /live ...Continue Reading

*~~~~ New Year's Alkathon! ~~~~* http://www.aa-alive.net/new-year-alkathon.html *January 1, 2014:* 3:00 AM. 5:00 AM, 8:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 2:00 PM, 8:00 PM, 11:00 PM (all Eastern U.S. Time) Please celebrate with us! *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* *AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *January 1, 2014 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Hope Each day, somewhere in the world, recovery begins when one alcoholic talks with another alcoholic sharing experience, strength, and hope.* /- Alcoholics Anon ...Continue Reading

*~~~~ New Year's Alkathon! ~~~~* http://www.aa-alive.net/new-year-alkathon.html *December 31, 2013:* 8:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 2:00 PM, 5:00 PM, 8:00 PM, 11:00 PM *January 1, 2014:* 3:00 AM. 5:00 AM, 8:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 2:00 PM, 8:00 PM, 11:00 PM (all Eastern U.S. Time) Please celebrate with us! *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* *AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 31, 2013* *Self-concern* *If we cannot or will not achieve sobriety, then we become truly lost, right in the here and n ...Continue Reading

*~~~~ New Year's Alkathon! ~~~~* http://www.aa-alive.net/new-year-alkathon.html *December 31, 2013:* 8:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 2:00 PM, 5:00 PM, 8:00 PM, 11:00 PM *January 1, 2014:* 3:00 AM. 5:00 AM, 8:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 2:00 PM, 8:00 PM, 11:00 PM (all Eastern U.S. Time) Please celebrate with us! *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* *AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 30, 2013* *Surrender* *Beaten into complete defeat by alcohol, confronted by the living proof of release, and surround ...Continue Reading

*~~~~ New Year's Alkathon! ~~~~* http://www.aa-alive.net/new-year-alkathon.html *December 31, 2013:* 8:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 2:00 PM, 5:00 PM, 8:00 PM, 11:00 PM *January 1, 1014:* 3:00 AM. 5:00 AM, 8:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 2:00 PM, 8:00 PM, 11:00 PM (all Eastern U.S. Time) Please celebrate with us! *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* *AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 29, 2013 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Gratitude We have been not only mentally and physically ill, we have been spiritual ...Continue Reading

*~~~~ New Year's Eve/Day Alkathon! ~~~~* http://www.aa-alive.net/new-year-alkathon.html *December 31, 2013:* 8:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 2:00 PM, 5:00 PM, 8:00 PM, 11:00 PM *January 1, 1014:* 3:00 AM. 5:00 AM, 8:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 2:00 PM, 8:00 PM, 11:00 PM (all Eastern U.S. Time) Please celebrate with us! *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* *AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 28, 2013* *Acceptance* *Nothing, absolutely nothing, happens in God's world by mistake. Until I could accept my ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 27, 2013* *Serenity* *That word "serenity" looked like an impossible goal when we first saw the prayer. In fact, if serenity meant apathy, bitter resignation, or stolid endurance, then we didn't even want to aim at it. But we found that serenity meant no such thing. When it comes to us now, it is more as plain recognition -- a clear-eyed, realistic way of seeing the world, accompanied by inner peace and strength.* /- Living Sober,/ p. 19 *Thought ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 26, 2013* *"Easy Does It"* *Relax a little.  Try for inner contentment.  No one individual can carry all the burdens of the world. Everyone has problems.  Getting drunk won't solve them. "Twenty-four hours a day."  Today is the day. Doing our best, living each day 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 tomor ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 25, 2013 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Peace Most of us feel we need look no further for Utopia. We have it right here and now. Each day in my friend's kitchen multiplies itself in a widening circle of peace on earth and good will to men.* /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 16 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Joy is in knowing there is an answer.* *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* **A A** = **A**lways **A**live. ** *A Member Shares: Good morning!  I'm Marco, a grateful ...Continue Reading

~~~ Holiday Alkathon! ~~~ Come celebrate with us! http://www.aa-alive.net/christmas-alkathon.html December 25 Christmas Alkathon Meeting Times (Eastern Time) 3:00am, 5:00am, 8:00am,11:00am, 2:00pm, 5:00pm, 8:00pm,11:00pm. *AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 24, 2013* *Carrying the Vision* *Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of God's will into all of our activities. "How can I best serve Thee -- Thy will (not mine) be done." These are thoughts which must go with u ...Continue Reading

~~~ Holiday Alkathon! ~~~ Come celebrate with us! http://www.aa-alive.net/christmas-alkathon.html December 25 Christmas Alkathon Meeting Times (Eastern Time) 3:00am, 5:00am, 8:00am,11:00am, 2:00pm, 5:00pm, 8:00pm,11:00pm. *AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 23, 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, va ...Continue Reading

~~~ Holiday Alkathon! ~~~ Come celebrate with us! http://www.aa-alive.net/christmas-alkathon.html December 25 Christmas Alkathon Meeting Times (Eastern Time) 3:00am, 5:00am, 8:00am,11:00am, 2:00pm, 5:00pm, 8:00pm,11:00pm. *AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 22, 2013 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Forgiveness I did not know that if I had just forgiven myself for some of my past deeds, God would forgive me also. I was always taught to prepare for the journey through life, never realizing unti ...Continue Reading

~~~ Holiday Alkathon! ~~~ Come celebrate with us! http://www.aa-alive.net/christmas-alkathon.html December 25 Christmas Alkathon Meeting Times (Eastern Time) 3:00am, 5:00am, 8:00am,11:00am, 2:00pm, 5:00pm, 8:00pm,11:00pm. *AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 21, 2013* *Remembering the Last Drunk* *The blunt, physiological truth for us, as of today, is that a drink pretty surely means a drunk sooner or later, and that spells trouble. Drinking /for us/ no longer means music and gay laughte ...Continue Reading

~~~ Holiday Alkathon! ~~~ Come celebrate with us! http://www.aa-alive.net/christmas-alkathon.html December 25 Christmas Alkathon Meeting Times (Eastern Time) 3:00am, 5:00am, 8:00am,11:00am, 2:00pm, 5:00pm, 8:00pm,11:00pm. *AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 20, 2013* *Carrying the Message* *What message?  Hope.  Example.  The way out.  The way back. A handful of simple principles to unravel most our snarled-up problems. A touch of humor -- not taking ourselves so dam ...Continue Reading

~~~ Holiday Alkathon! ~~~ Come celebrate with us! http://www.aa-alive.net/christmas-alkathon.html December 25 Christmas Alkathon Meeting Times (Eastern Time) 3:00am, 5:00am, 8:00am,11:00am, 2:00pm, 5:00pm, 8:00pm,11:00pm. *AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 19, 2013* *The Journey* *The beauty of AA lies in knowing that my life, with God's help, will improve. The AA journey becomes richer, the understanding becomes truth, the dreams become realities -- and today becomes forever. As I ste ...Continue Reading

~~~ Holiday Alkathon! ~~~ Come celebrate with us! http://www.aa-alive.net/christmas-alkathon.html December 25 Christmas Alkathon Meeting Times (Eastern Time) 3:00am, 5:00am, 8:00am,11:00am, 2:00pm, 5:00pm, 8:00pm,11:00pm. *AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 18, 2013 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Willingness My level of comfort is in direct relationship to the degree of willingness I possess at any given moment to give up my self-will, and allow God's will to be manifested in my life. With ...Continue Reading

~~~ Holiday Alkathon! ~~~ Come celebrate with us! http://www.aa-alive.net/christmas-alkathon.html December 25 Christmas Alkathon Meeting Times (Eastern Time) 3:00am, 5:00am, 8:00am,11:00am, 2:00pm, 5:00pm, 8:00pm,11:00pm. *AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 17, 2013* */There is a Solution/* *Almost none of us liked the self-searching, the leveling of our pride, the confession of shortcomings which the process requires for its successful consummation. But we saw that it really worked in ...Continue Reading

~~~ Holiday Alkathon! ~~~ Come celebrate with us! http://www.aa-alive.net/christmas-alkathon.html December 25 Christmas Alkathon Meeting Times (Eastern Time) 3:00am, 5:00am, 8:00am,11:00am, 2:00pm, 5:00pm, 8:00pm,11:00pm. *AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 16, 2013* *"Reborn"* *For the first time, I began to understand that I couldn't drink like other people, that I wasn't like other people, and that I no longer had to try to be. I felt like Scrooge in the Dickens classic, &q ...Continue Reading

~~~ Holiday Alkathon! ~~~ Come celebrate with us! http://www.aa-alive.net/christmas-alkathon.html December 25 Christmas Alkathon Meeting Times (Eastern Time) 3:00am, 5:00am, 8:00am,11:00am, 2:00pm, 5:00pm, 8:00pm,11:00pm. *AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 15, 2013 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Twelve Steps AA's Twelve Steps are a group of principles, spiritual in their nature, which, if practiced as a way of life, can expel the obsession to drink and enable the sufferer to become happily ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 14, 2013* *Humility* /On his desk, Dr. Bob had a plaque defining humility:/ *"Perpetual quietness of 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, to feel nothing done against 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 shut the door and kneel to my Father in secret an ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 13, 2013* *Fear* *I was backed into a corner that I could not fight, lie, cheat, steal, or buy my way out of. I was trapped.  For the first time in my life, I uttered a sincere prayer: "God, please help me." I didn't bargain with Him, nor did I suggest how or when He should help. Immediately, I became calm and relaxed.  There was no flash of lightning or clap of thunder, not even a still, small voice.  I was scared.  I didn't kn ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 12, 2013* *Responsible* *Being responsible is my way of expressing my gratefulness to God for what He has given me. When we have new friends at our meeting, I do everything I can to make them feel wanted. Another pleasure that I receive is seeing newcomers return the following week and watching them slowly grow in the Fellowship and embrace a host of new friends who care. I once heard this definition at a meeting: "AA is people helping people." I'm ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 11, 2013 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Going to Any Length 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 . . .* *L ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 10, 2013* *Miracle* *Then the miracle happened -- to /me!/  It isn't always so sudden with everyone, but I ran into a personal crisis that filled me with a raging and righteous anger. And as I fumed helplessly and planned to get good and drunk and /show them,/ my eye caught a sentence in the book lying open on my bed: "We cannot live with anger." The walls crumpled -- and the light streamed in.  I wasn't trapped.  I wasn't helpless. ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 9, 2013* *A Simple Program* *You are free to disagree or disregard any or all portions of this simple program.  That's your choice. But if you cannot stay sober or have not found happiness, joy, and freedom outlined in chapter five of the Big Book, I offer this suggestion: "Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple prog ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 8, 2013 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Step Three* /"Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him."/ *To every worldly and practical beginner, this Step looks hard, even impossible. No matter how much one wishes to try, exactly how /can/ he turn his own will and his own life over to the care of whatever God he thinks there is? Fortunately, we who have tried it, and with equal misgivings, can testify that a ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 7, 2013* *Faith* *When I was driven to my knees by alcohol, I was made ready to ask for the gift of faith. And all was changed. Never again, my pains and problems notwithstanding, would I experience my former desolation. I saw the universe to be lighted by God's love; I was alone no more.* /- As Bill Sees It,/ p. 51 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Faith dares the soul to go beyond what the eyes can see.* *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *F A I T H* = **F**ear **A** ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 6, 2013* *Ecstatic* *I now know that what is involved in taking the AA program entire, as the early AA's gave it to us, is not the prospect of turning into some sort of repulsive goody-goody. It's the threat of being truly alive, aware, and even perhaps /ecstatic./ I'm coming to believe that if I do not accept all of what this program offers (demands?), but instead walk away from it as somehow more than I bargained for, I might get drunk.* /- Came To Believe ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 5, 2013* *Suggestions* *I remember my sponsor's answer when I told him that the Steps were "suggested." He replied that they are "suggested" in the same way that, if you were to jump out of an airplane with a parachute, it is "suggested" that you pull the ripcord to save your life. So I try to remember daily that I have a whole program of recovery based on all Twelve of the "suggested" Steps.* /- Daily Reflections,/ p. ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 4, 2013 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Turning Point Remember that we deal with alcohol -- cunning, baffling, powerful! Without help, it is too much for us. But there is One who has all power -- that One is God.  May you find Him now! Half measure availed us nothing.  We stood at the turning point. We asked His care and protection with complete abandon.* /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ pp. 58-59 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *We were at the jumping-off place.* ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 3, 2013* *Smile!* *I smile because in my organization I am unorganized. I smile because I need not be a professional who has opinions he must cram down your throat. I smile because I can at last be myself, and if I don't attract anyone, at least I won't promote anyone. But mainly I smile because you -- all of you in AA -- have given me the opportunity to fight for your principles rather than my personality.* /-The Best of the Grapevine/ [Vol. 1], p. 104 *Th ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 2, 2013* *"Pass It On"* *I'll never forget the first time I met Bill Wilson.  I was a couple of months sober and so excited, so thrilled to actually meet the co-founder that I gushed all over him with what my sobriety meant to me and my undying gratitude for his starting AA. When I ran down, he took my hand in his and said simply, "Pass it on."* /- 'Pass It On,' The Story of Bill Wilson and How the AA Message Reached the World,/ Pref ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *December 1, 2013 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Fellowship Life will take on new meaning. To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you, to have a host of friends, -- this is an experience you must not miss. We know you will not want to miss it.* /- Alcoholics Anonymous,/ p. 89 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Life will take on new meaning.* *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* **T L C** = **T**ears, **L**aughter ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 30, 2013* *An Unshakable Foundation* *There is a direct link among self-examination, meditation, and prayer. Taken separately, these practices can bring much relief and benefit. But when they are logically related and interwoven, the result is an unshakable foundation for life.* /- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions,/ p. 98 *Thought to Ponder . . .* *Meditation is our step out into the sun.* *AA-related 'Alconym' . . .* *A A* = **A**lways **A**wesome. Tha ...Continue Reading

*AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 29, 2013* *Meditating* *I've heard more silence than messages from God while praying or meditating. At this stage in my development, I think God is trying to teach me something I could not learn otherwise about patience and trust. . . Whatever I learn during meditation applies to me in my life, not necessarily to anyone else. The messages are usually what I need to hear at a particular time, whether I agree or not.* /- The Best Of The Grapevine/ [Vol. 3], p. ...Continue Reading

*~~~* Holiday Alkathon! *~~~* Come celebrate with us! http://www.aa-alive.net/thanksgiving-alkathon.html November 28 Thanksgiving Day Alkathon Meeting Times (Eastern Time) 5:00am, 8:00am,11:00am, 2:00pm, 5:00pm, 8:00pm,11:00pm. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* *AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 28, 2013* *Gratitude* *I am grateful not only for sobriety, but the quality of life my sobriety has brought. God has been gracious enough to give me sober days /and/ a life blessed with peace and c ...Continue Reading

*~~~* Holiday Alkathon! *~~~* Come celebrate with us! http://www.aa-alive.net/thanksgiving-alkathon.html November 28 Thanksgiving Day Alkathon Meeting Times (Eastern Time) 5:00am, 8:00am,11:00am, 2:00pm, 5:00pm, 8:00pm,11:00pm. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* *AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 27, 2013 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ Why? He admits he cannot drink like other people, but does not see why. He clings to the notion that he will yet find a way to do so.* /- Alcoholics Anonymous ...Continue Reading

*~~~* Holiday Alkathon! *~~~* Come celebrate with us! http://www.aa-alive.net/thanksgiving-alkathon.html November 28 Thanksgiving Day Alkathon Meeting Times (Eastern Time) 5:00am, 8:00am,11:00am, 2:00pm, 5:00pm, 8:00pm,11:00pm. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* *AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 26, 2013* *Giving Thanks* *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 outgoi ...Continue Reading

*~~~* Holiday Alkathon! *~~~* Come celebrate with us! http://www.aa-alive.net/thanksgiving-alkathon.html November 28 Thanksgiving Day Alkathon Meeting Times (Eastern Time) 5:00am, 8:00am,11:00am, 2:00pm, 5:00pm, 8:00pm,11:00pm. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* *AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 25, 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 ...Continue Reading

*~~~* Holiday Alkathon! *~~~* Come celebrate with us! http://www.aa-alive.net/thanksgiving-alkathon.html November 28 Thanksgiving Day Alkathon Meeting Times (Eastern Time) 5:00am, 8:00am,11:00am, 2:00pm, 5:00pm, 8:00pm,11:00pm. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* *AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 24, 2013 ~ Scroll Down for Share ~ No Regrets 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 ...Continue Reading

*~~~* Holiday Alkathon! *~~~* Come celebrate with us! http://www.aa-alive.net/thanksgiving-alkathon.html November 28 Thanksgiving Day Alkathon Meeting Times (Eastern Time) 5:00am, 8:00am,11:00am, 2:00pm, 5:00pm, 8:00pm,11:00pm. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* *AA Thought for the Day* (courtesy AA-Alive.net) *November 23, 2013* *Riddle* *Opinions vary considerably as to why the alcoholic reacts differently from normal people. We are not sure why, once a certain point is reached, little can be done for him. We c ...Continue Reading