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AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)July 30, 2023~ Scroll Down for Share ~Thy Will, Not MineEvery 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 us constantly. We can exercise our will power along this line all we wish. It is the proper use of the will.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 85Thought to PonderAA is not something we join; it's a way of life.AA-related ' AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 2, 2023Three Pertinent IdeasOur description of the alcoholic, the chapter to the agnostic, and our personal adventures before and after make clear three pertinent ideas: (a) That we were alcoholic and could not manage our own lives. (b) That probably no human power could have relieved our alcoholism. (c) That God could and would if He were sought.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 60Thought to Ponder . . .If I can't and God can, am I willing to ask Him to?AA-re
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AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)August 3, 2023The Ex-problem DrinkerBut the ex-problem drinker who has found this solution, who is properly armed with facts about himself, can generally win the entire confidence of another alcoholic in a few hours. Until such an understanding is reached, little or nothing can be accomplished.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (There Is A Solution) p. 18Thought to Ponder . . .Together we can do what we could never do alone.AA-related 'Alconym'E S & H = Experience, Stre AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)August 24, 2023True KinshipBut we soon discovered that while we weren't alone any more in a social sense, we still suffered many of the old pangs of anxious apartness. Until we had talked with complete candor of our conflicts, and had listened to someone else do the same thing, we still didn't belong. Step Five was the answer. It was the beginning of true kinship with man and God. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Five) p. 57Thought to Ponder . . .To the world, you In all of us there is an inner consciousness that tells of God, an inner voice that speaks to our hearts. It is a voice that speaks to us intimately, personally, in a time of quiet meditation. It is like a lamp unto our feet and a light unto your path. We can reach out into the darkness and figuratively touch the hand of God. As the Big Book puts it: “Deep down in every man, woman and child is the fundamental idea of God. We can find the Great Reality deep down within us. And when we find it, it changes our whole attitude toward life.” Addiction Resource is an educational platform for sharing and disseminating information about addiction and substance abuse recovery centers. Addiction Resource is not a healthcare provider, nor does it claim to offer sound medical advice to anyone. Addiction Resource does not favor or support any specific recovery center, nor do we claim to ensure the quality, validity, or effectiveness of any particular treatment center. No one should assume the information provided on Addiction Resource as authoritative and should always defer to the advice and care provided by a medical doctor.
AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)September 7, 2023Accept RealityAbove all, we reject fantasizing and accept reality. . . I lived in a dream world. A.A. led me gently from this fantasizing to embrace reality with open arms. And I found it beautiful! For, at last, I was at peace with myself. And with others. And with God.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (To Handle Sobriety) p. 559Thought to Ponder . . .The Twelve Steps -- a manuscript for rational living.AA-related 'Alconym'A G O = Another Growth Opportuni AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)August 14, 2023Misuse of WillpowerAll of the Twelve Steps require sustained and personal exertion to conform to their principles and so, we trust, to God's will. It is when we try to make our will conform with God's that we begin to use it rightly. To all of us, this was a most wonderful revelation. Our whole trouble had been the misuse of willpower. We had tried to bombard our problems with it instead of attempting to bring it into agreement with God's intention for us.- Twe AddictionResource aims to present the most accurate, trustworthy, and up-to-date medical content to our readers. Our team does their best for our readers to help them stay informed about vital healthcare decisions. AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)August 17, 2023Prepare OurselvesThis feeling of being at one with God and man, this emerging from isolation through the open and honest sharing of our terrible burden of guilt, brings us to a resting place where we may prepare ourselves for the following Steps toward a full and meaningful sobriety.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Five) p. 62Thought to Ponder . . .Once we clear a hurdle, it doesn't seem so high.AA-related 'Alconym'C H A N G E D = Choosi
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However, several studies have found the 12-steps to treat alcohol and substance abuse to be as effective as other types of treatment, although they have found it does not work for everyone in every setting. Another positive aspect of the 12-step program is that it is more economically viable for participants who otherwise cannot afford treatment at private facilities. AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 4, 2023Unnatural ActWhen men and women pour so much alcohol into themselves that they destroy their lives, they commit a most unnatural act. Defying their instinctive desire for self-preservation, they seem bent upon self-destruction. They work against their own deepest instinct. As they are humbled by the terrific beating administered by alcohol, the grace of God can enter them and expel their obsession.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Six) p. 64Thought to AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)August 9, 2023True PartnershipBut it is from our twisted relations with family, friends, and society at large that many of us have suffered the most. We have been especially stupid and stubborn about them. The primary fact that we fail to recognize is our total inability to form a true partnership with another human being.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Four) p. 53Thought to Ponder . . .We're not living just to be sober; we are living to learn, to serve, and to loAA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 19, 2023To Be HelpfulMinisters and doctors are competent and you can learn much from them if you wish, but it happens that because of your own drinking experience you can be uniquely useful to other alcoholics. So cooperate; never criticize. To be helpful is our only aim.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Working With Others) p. 89Thought to Ponder . . .You can help when no one else can.AA-related 'Alconym'S P O N S O R = Sober Person Offering Newcomers Suggestions AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 12, 2023A Genuine RelianceWe could actually have earnest religious beliefs which remained barren because we were still trying to play God ourselves. As long as we placed self-reliance first, a genuine reliance upon a Higher Power was out of the question. That basic ingredient of all humility, a desire to seek and do God's will, was missing.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Seven) p. 72Thought to Ponder . . .I can't do His will my way.AA-related 'Alconym'E G I thank God for those who came before me, those who told me not to forget the Three Legacies: Recovery, Unity and Service. In my home group, the Three Legacies were described on a sign which said: "You take a three-legged stool, try to balance it on only one leg, or two. Our Three Legacies must be kept intact. In Recovery, we get sober together; in Unity, we work together for the good of our Steps and Traditions; and through Service—we give away freely what has been given to us." Ask your questions to a professional treatment provider. Free and confidential consultations about:
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Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities. AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)August 7, 2023Two AlternativesIf you are as seriously alcoholic as we were, we believe there is no middle-of-the-road solution. We were in a position where life was becoming impossible, and if we had passed into the region from which there is no return through human aid, we had but two alternatives: One was to go on to the bitter end, blotting out the consciousness of our intolerable situation as best we could; and the other, to accept spiritual help.- Alcoholics Anonymous, ( AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)August 1, 2023The ParadoxSuch is the paradox of AA regeneration: strength arising out of complete defeat and weakness, the loss of one's old life as a condition for finding a new one. But we of AA do not have to understand this paradox, we have only to be grateful for it.- Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age, p. 46Thought to Ponder . . .Paradox: We surrender to win; we give away to keep; we suffer to get well; we die to live.AA-related 'Alconym'T H I N K = Thank He AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 11, 2023A Continuous LookBut when we approach Step Ten we commence to put our A.A. way of living to practical use, day by day, in fair weather or foul. Then comes the acid test: can we stay sober, keep in emotional balance, and live to good purpose under all conditions? A continuous look at our assets and liabilities, and a real desire to learn and grow by this means, are necessities for us.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Ten) p. 88Thought to Ponder . . .I
AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)September 30, 2023No More AlonenessThere is no more aloneness, with that awful ache, so deep in the heart of every alcoholic that nothing, before, could ever reach it. That ache is gone and never need return again. Now there is a sense of belonging, of being wanted and needed and loved. In return for a bottle and a hangover, we have been given the Keys of the Kingdom.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (The Keys Of The Kingdom) p. 276Thought to Ponder . . .Together we can do what we coul AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)October 25, 2023State of ReasonablenessFaced 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. Sometimes this was a tedious process; we hope no one else will be prejudiced for as long as some of us were.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (We Agnostics) p. 48Thought to Ponder . . .Open your mind, your brain won't fall out AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)August 6, 2023~ Scroll Down for Share ~Step SevenThe whole emphasis of Step Seven is on humility. It is really saying to us that we now ought to be willing to try humility in seeking the removal of our other shortcomings just as we did when we admitted that we were powerless over alcohol, and came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Seven) p. 76Thought to PonderI can't. God can. I'll ask Him to.
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AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)August 8, 2023Once An Alcoholic . . .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, (More About Alcoholism) p. 33Thought to Ponder . . .If you want to drink, that's yo AA-approved literature is available in several formats and languages and is often distributed to participating chapters worldwide. Newcomers can ask their AA sponsors about it or find them either online or in hard copy versions at local bookstores, meetings, or institutional settings. AA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)September 13, 2023The MaladyIf you are satisfied that he is a real alcoholic, begin to dwell on the hopeless feature of the malady. Show him, from your own experience, how the queer mental condition surrounding that first drink prevents normal functioning of the will power.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Working With Others) p. 92Thought to Ponder . . .Willpower ... our will-ingness to use a Higher Power.AA-related 'Alconym'H E A L = Helping Every Alcoholic Live.To Unsu Our addiction caused us to think almost exclusively of ourselves. Even our prayers-if we prayed at all-were self-centered. We asked God to fix things for us or get us out of trouble. Why? Because we didn't want to live with the problems we'd created for ourselves. We were insecure. We thought life was about getting, and we always wanted more. AA Thought for the Day(courtesy AA-Alive.net)August 13, 2023~ Scroll Down for Share ~Are We Ready?If we would gain any real advantage in the use of this Step on problems other than alcohol, we shall need to make a brand new venture into open- mindedness. We shall need to raise our eyes toward perfection, and be ready to walk in that direction. It will seldom matter how haltingly we walk. The only question will be "Are we ready?"- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Six) p. 68Thought to PonderIf I want GoAA Thought for the Day(courtesy aa-alive.net)August 29, 2023If We Are PainstakingIf 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. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace.- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) pp. 83 - 84Thought to Ponder . . .We cannot find peace by avoiding life.AA-related 'Alconym'H J F = Happy,
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