District 9

Thursday, May 7, 2015

AA Thought for the Day - May 8, 2015

AA Thought for the Day
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May 8, 2015

Growth
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 . . .
When in doubt, be silent. Grow where you are planted.

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

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Blessings in sobriety to all,
In love and service,
joanna b
dailythought@aa-alive.org

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Wednesday, May 6, 2015

AA Thought for the Day - May 7, 2015

AA Thought for the Day
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May 7, 2015

Willpower
We know for sure that alcoholics do have tremendous willpower.
Consider the ways we could manage to get a drink in defiance of all visible possibilities.
Merely to get up some mornings -- with a rusting cast-iron stomach, all your teeth wearing tiny sweaters, and each hair electrified --
takes willpower many nondrinkers rarely dream of.
Once you've gotten up with your head, on those certain mornings, the ability to carry it all through the day
is further evidence of fabulous strength of will. Oh yes, real drinkers have real willpower.
The trick we learned was to put that will to work for our health, and to make ourselves explore recovery ideas at great length.
- Living Sober, p. 84

Thought to Ponder . . .
I had to get sober to be amazed.

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
H O W = Honesty, Open-mindedness, Willingness.

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

AA Thought for the Day - May 6, 2015

AA Thought for the Day
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May 6, 2015

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Anonymity
Once one is fairly sober, and sure of this, there seems to be no reason for failing to talk about AA membership in the right places.
This has a tendency to bring in other people. Word of mouth is one of our most important communications.
- As Bill Sees It, p. 120

Thought to Ponder . . .
Anonymity is real humility at work.

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
A N O N Y M O U S = Actions, Not Our Names, Yield Maintenance Of Unity & Service.

A Member Shares:
I'm Pammy, an alcoholic. For me, I don’t really care who knows I'm in AA, but I value others' anonymity to the degree that keeps me humble. For example, I don't name others who have helped other than calling them my fellows, since I value their recovery so much I dare not tempt their egos. I know in essence they do the same for me. As for people telling others I'm in AA doesn't faze me. I would rather be known as someone in recovery than a drunken so-and-so passed out in an alley any day. It shows those who are in a state of utter hopelessness that we can be saved by seeing it in others.
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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

For further information about AA-Alive, including:

Meeting Schedule
The Daily Thought Discussion Board
Service Opportunities
AA Birthday Signups
Helpful links and much more
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Monday, May 4, 2015

AA Thought for the Day - May 5, 2015

AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy AA-Alive.net)

May 5, 2015

Today
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 tomorrow comes for us, then the chances are we will do a good job when it arrives
-- so why worry about it? The AA way of life is the way we always should have tried to live.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 357

Thought to Ponder . . .
What have I been given today? Am I willing to reach out and grasp it?

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
O D A A T = One Day At A Time.

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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Sunday, May 3, 2015

AA Thought for the Day - May 4, 2015

AA Thought for the Day
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May 4, 2015

Unity
To those now in its fold, AA has made the difference between misery and sobriety, and often the difference between life and death.
AA can, of course, mean just as much to uncounted alcoholics not yet reached.
Therefore, no society of men and women ever had a more urgent need for continuous effectiveness and permanent unity.
We alcoholics see that we must work together and hang together, else most of us will finally die alone.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 561

Thought to Ponder . . .
There is no strength without unity.

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

Saturday, May 2, 2015

AA Thought for the Day - May 3, 2015

AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy AA-Alive.net)

May 3, 2015

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Freedom from Bondage
"God, I offer myself to thee -- to build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt.
Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do Thy will."
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 63

Thought to Ponder . . .
Prayer is neither black magic nor is it a form of demand note. Prayer is a relationship.

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
P U S H = Pray Until Something Happens.

A Member Shares:
I'm, Eric, an alcoholic. I was chained by the mental and physical demands alcohol put on me. I saw, said, felt, and went places never thinkable sober. I first knew this long before I actually got here, but this alkie had to be 100% beaten in every aspect of my life before I could admit complete defeat and surrender. In the end it was drink and die or ask for help. The life I have been outgrowing is making room for even more blessings. It takes me working the Steps, trusting God's will and trying my best. Easy? Hell no! But I am free of the bondage of alcohol. That's what I ask for every morning. Peace and blessings to all. Thank you.
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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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Friday, May 1, 2015

AA Thought for the Day - May 2, 2015

AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy AA-Alive.net)

May 2, 2015

Step Five
"Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs."
Even AA oldtimers, sober for years, often pay dearly for skimping this Step. They will tell how they tried to carry the load alone;
how much they suffered of irritability, anxiety, remorse, and depression; and how, unconsciously seeking relief,
they would sometimes accuse their best friends of the very character defects they themselves were trying to conceal.
They always discovered that relief never came by confessing the sins of other people.
Everybody had to confess his own.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 56

Thought to Ponder . . .
I want the gift of an untroubled mind.

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
A A = Accountable Actions.