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Sunday, March 8, 2015

AA Thought for the Day - March 9, 2015

AA Thought for the Day
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March 9, 2015

Courage
Having come to believe that I keep what I share, every time I encourage, I receive courage.
It is with others that, with the grace of God and the Fellowship of AA, I trudge the road of happy destiny.
May I always remember that the power within me is far greater than any fear before me.
May I always have patience, for I am on the right road.
- Daily Reflections, p. 70

Thought to Ponder . . .
May the road always lead where you need to be.

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
A A = Always Awesome.

Thanks to all of you for sharing so generously of your experience, strength and hope in carrying the AA message.
Blessings in sobriety to all,
In love and service,
joanna b
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AA Thought for the Day - March 8, 2015

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March 8, 2015

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Communication
In any meeting, anywhere, AA's share experience, strength, and hope with each other,
in order to stay sober and help other alcoholics.
Modem-to-modem or face-to-face, AA's speak the language of the heart in all its power and simplicity.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. xxiv

Thought to Ponder . . .
We need to share our problems to find our solutions.

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
H E A R T = Healing, Enjoying, And Recovering Together.

A Member Shares:
Rose here, an alcoholic. When I very first started figuring out just how bad my problem was, I turned to the Internet. This room in particular was my first real dose of AA. I learned so much from each and every one of you. Just words on a screen? It was a whole lot more than that. With enough encouragement here, I finally dragged myself into face-to-face meetings and learned even more there. But my communication started right here, as well as my recovery. I could not be more grateful for this room. Thank you for being a huge part of my sobriety.
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Thanks to all of you for sharing so generously of your experience, strength and hope in carrying the AA message.
Blessings in sobriety to all,
In love and service,
joanna b
dailythought@aa-alive.org

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Thursday, March 5, 2015

AA Thought for the Day - March 6, 2015

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March 6, 2015

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 . . .
If we want to quit drinking, we are going to have to quit drinking.

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
K C B = Keep Coming Back.

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Wednesday, March 4, 2015

AA Thought for the Day - March 5, 2015

AA Thought for the Day
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March 5, 2015

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 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 and in peace,
as in a deep sea of calmness, when all around and about is seeming trouble."
- Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers, p. 222

Thought to Ponder . . .
Humility is not thinking less of myself, but thinking of myself less.

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
C H A N G E = Choosing Humility Allows New Gifts and Energy.

Thanks to all of you for sharing so generously of your experience, strength and hope in carrying the AA message.
Blessings in sobriety to all,
In love and service,
joanna b
dailythought@aa-alive.org

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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

AA Thought for the Day - March 4, 2015

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March 4, 2015

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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.
- Living Sober, Foreword

Thought to Ponder . . .
The joy is in the journey, so enjoy the ride.

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
H J F = Happy, Joyous, Free.

A Member Shares:
Good evening dear ones, Ellen here, alkie and blessed. It took a while for this concept to sink into my addled brain. I was just too excited with my new way of living. Then reality hit. What had I been doing to myself and those around me? For me, it wasn't so much missing the drink as it was how my life was changing. I was so clueless (denial), that after a while it became embarrassing. I learned about the tools of AA -- the two most important being the Twelve Steps and the Twelve Traditions. They are absolutely essential in order to change and become the person God meant me to be. Thank you and God bless.
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In love and service,
joanna b
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Monday, March 2, 2015

AA Thought for the Day - March 3, 2015

AA Thought for the Day
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March 3, 2015

Tradition Three
"The only requirement for AA membership is a desire to stop drinking."

This Tradition is packed with meaning. For AA is really saying to every serious drinker, "You are an AA member if you say so.
You can declare yourself in; nobody can keep you out, no matter how low you've gone,
no matter how grave your emotional complications -- even your crimes -- we still can't deny you AA.
We don't want to keep you out. . .
We just want to make sure that you get the same great chance for sobriety that we've had.
So you're an AA member the minute you declare yourself."
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 139

Thought to Ponder . . .
The Twelve Steps tell us how it works; the Twelve Traditions tell us why it works.

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
A A = All Accepted.

Sunday, March 1, 2015

AA Thought for the Day - March 2, 2015

AA Thought for the Day
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March 2, 2015

Made a Decision
My whole way of life followed decisions predicated on convenience and expedience, as well as willfulness.
If I continued to bungle my decisions, there would be more suffering,
and perhaps one of these days I might even forget and pick up the first drink, because everything was lousy anyway. . .
I didn't want to go back to the binges, the blackouts, the hallucinations, the awful hangovers, and the guilt of past days.
The only thing left to do was to try for the first time to turn my will over to some Intelligence,
to become "willing to grow along spiritual lines." . . .
And so I "made a decision" to turn my will and my life over to the care of God as I understood Him.
- The Best of the Grapevine [Vol. 2], p. 146

Thought to Ponder . . .
I can't do His will my way.

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
G R O W T H = God Reveals Other Ways To Heal.