AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)February 17, 2025  True PerspectiveThe moral inventory is a cool examination of the damages that occurred to us during life and a sincere effort to look at them in a true perspective. This has the effect of taking the ground glass out of us, the emotional substance that still cuts and inhibits.- As Bill Sees It, (Defects and Repairs) No. 140  Thought to Ponder . . .The gritty pain of alcoholism is the traction of recovery.  AA-related 'Alconym'A C T I O N   ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)February 16, 2025~ Scroll Down for Share ~  ComplacencyIn the first days of A.A., I wasn't much bothered about the areas of life in which I was standing still. There was always the alibi: "After all," I said to myself, "I'm far too busy with much more important matters." That was my near perfect prescription for comfort and complacency.- As Bill Sees It, (We Cannot Stand Still) No. 25  Thought to PonderWe grow or we go.  AA-related 'Alconym' ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)February 15, 2025  Exceptions are FewIt boils right down to this: No man should be fired just because he is alcoholic. If he wants to stop, he should be afforded a real chance. If he cannot or does not want to stop, he should be discharged. The exceptions are few.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (To Employers) p. 148  Thought to Ponder . . .You can't think yourself into good living. You must live yourself into good thinking.  AA-related 'Alconym'A A  =   Accou ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)February 14, 2025  Immunity From DrinkingPractical experience shows that nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics. It works when other activities fail. This is our twelfth suggestion: Carry this message to other alcoholics! You can help when no one else can. You can secure their confidence when others fail. Remember they are very ill.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Working With Others) p. 89  Thought to Ponder . . .Get it - ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)February 13, 2025  A Single PurposeIt has also been learned that there is no possible way to make nonalcoholics into A.A. members. We have to confine our membership to alcoholics, and we have to confine our A.A. groups to a single purpose. If we don’t stick to these principles, we shall almost surely collapse. And if we collapse, we cannot help anyone.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (P-35 Problems Other Than Alcohol) p. 4  Thought to Ponder . . .If you want to drink, that's ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)February 12, 2025  We Ask GodIn thinking about our day we may face indecision. We may not be able to determine which course to take. Here we ask God for inspiration, an intuitive thought or a decision. We relax and take it easy. We don’t struggle. We are often surprised how the right answers come after we have tried this for a while.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 86  Thought to Ponder . . .The Three "P's" -- Pause, Pray, Proceed.  AA-related ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)February 11, 2025  Believe in the PowerThe unselfishness of these men as we have come to know them, the entire absence of profit motive, and their community spirit, is indeed inspiring to one who has labored long and wearily in this alcoholic field. They believe in themselves, and still more in the Power which pulls chronic alcoholics back from the gates of death.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (The Doctor's Opinion) p. xxvii  Thought to Ponder . . .Trust God, Clean House, ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)February 10, 2025  Common SymptomsThe most common symptoms of emotional insecurity are worry, anger self-pity, and depression. These stem from causes which sometimes seem to be within us, and at other times to come from without. To take inventory in this respect we ought to consider carefully all personal relationships which bring continuous or recurring trouble. It should be remembered that this kind of insecurity may arise in any area where instincts are threatened.- T ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)February 9, 2025~ Scroll Down for Share ~  Self-reliance Failed UsWasn’t it because self-reliance failed us? Self-reliance was good as far as it went, but it didn’t go far enough. Some of us once had great self-confidence, but it didn’t fully solve the fear problem, or any other. When it made us cocky, it was worse. Perhaps there is a better way—we think so. For we are now on a different basis; the basis of trusting and relying upon God.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Wo ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)February 8, 2025  A Spiritual Awakening"It was only when I came fully to believe I was powerless over alcohol, only when I appealed to a God who just might exist, that I experienced a spiritual awakening. This freedom-giving experience came first, and then faith followed afterward -- a gift indeed!"- As Bill Sees It, No. 152  Thought to Ponder . . .Avoidance is not the key; surrender opens the door.  AA-related 'Alconym'A A  =   Amazing Awak ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)February 7, 2025  FaithIn 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.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) pp. 70 - 71  Thought to Ponder . . .Faith is like a muscle, the more we use it, the more it grow ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)February 6, 2025  Director, Principal, FatherFirst of all, we had to quit playing God. It didn’t work. Next, we decided that hereafter in this drama of life, God was going to be our Director. He is the Principal; we are His agents. He is the Father, and we are His children. Most good ideas are simple, and this concept was the keystone of the new and triumphant arch through which we passed to freedom.- - Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 62  Thought to Ponder . ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)February 5, 2025  Faith Which Really WorksBy discovering what our emotional deformities are, we can move toward their correction. Without a willing and persistent effort to do this, there can be little sobriety or contentment for us. Without a searching and fearless moral inventory, most of us have found that the faith which really works in daily living is still out of reach.- - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Four) p. 43  Thought to Ponder . . .In order t ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)February 4, 2025  More Useful to OthersMost of us sense that real tolerance of other people’s shortcomings and viewpoints and a respect for their opinions are attitudes which make us more useful to others. Our very lives, as ex-problem drinkers, depend upon our constant thought of others and how we may help meet their needs.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (There Is A Solution) pp. 19 - 20  Thought to Ponder . . .What if I were caring rather than judgmental?  AA-related ...Continue Reading

AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)February 3, 2025  Major Human FailingsLet's take a universally recognized list of major human failings—the Seven Deadly Sins of pride, greed, lust, anger, gluttony, envy, and sloth. It is not by accident that pride heads the procession. For pride, leading to self-justification, and always spurred by conscious or unconscious fears, is the basic breeder of most human difficulties, the chief block to true progress.- - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Four) p. 48 &n ...Continue Reading