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Thursday, February 12, 2015

AA Thought for the Day - February 13, 2015

AA Thought for the Day
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February 13, 2015

Humility
Humility is a personal achievement, it cannot be given away.
It comes in glimmers and grows like an ice crystal. It is fragile, too, thus requiring constant care and protection.
Maintaining anonymity insures that the focus of our efforts is on the program and not the personalities.
- The Home Group: Heartbeat of AA, p. 126

Thought to Ponder . . .
Humility is not a station we arrive at; it's a way of traveling.

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

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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Wednesday, February 11, 2015

AA Thought for the Day - February 12, 2015

AA Thought for the Day
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February 12, 2015

Infallible Heartbeat
We need each other's experience, strength, and hope, regardless of age or length of sobriety.
The shining grace of God doesn't come like a bolt out of the blue.
It comes through, in, and from other suffering, as well as rescued, souls like you and me.
I am happy to be part of a living and growing fellowship with an infallible heartbeat.
Divine power is the pulse of AA, and it doesn't change, no matter how foolish and errant we mortals be.
- Came To Believe . . ., p. 94

Thought to Ponder . . .
Together we can do what we could never do alone.

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
E S H = Experience, Strength and Hope.

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

AA Thought for the Day - February 11, 2015

AA Thought for the Day
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February 11, 2015

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Clear Ideas
Our 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, p. 60

Thought to Ponder . . .
Hold your face up to the Light, even though for the moment you do not see.

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
A B C = Accept, Begin, Continue.

A Member Shares:
Hello folks, nice to be here with you. I'm Charlie J., and I have Alcoholism. Welcome, if you're new. A bit of AA history: The early AA members were all "low-bottom" alcoholics. Combined, they had gone to extremes to stay stopped, and many were on their way to be locked up for good because of "Alcoholic Insanity." So, that's one of the reasons God is in the book, Alcoholics Anonymous. Nothing else had ever worked for these early AA's. Then AA #1 had a "vital spiritual experience," and a God entered his life and dispelled his, 'need' to drink. So we have these three pertinent ideas. And as a result of God doing what no human had done in the cases of the early AA members, they found a solution that did work ... "God could and would if sought." 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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Monday, February 9, 2015

AA Thought for the Day - February 10, 2015

AA Thought for the Day
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February 10, 2015

Tolerance
I try to practice tolerance in small ways,
putting aside the little resentments, making light of that stealthy foe, self-pity, which will keep creeping in.
I know if I succeed, then I'm more likely to beat that great big resentment which nothing has been able to pry from its roots deep in my soul.
- Thank You For Sharing, pp. 42-43

Thought to Ponder . . .
Flexible people do not get bent out of shape.

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
P U T = Patience, Understanding, Tolerance. Presence.

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, February 8, 2015

AA Thought for the Day - February 9, 2015

AA Thought for the Day
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February 9, 2015

Selfishness
So our troubles, we think, are basically of our own making. They arise out of ourselves,
and the alcoholic is an extreme example of self-will run riot, though he usually doesn't think so.
Above everything, we alcoholics must be rid of this selfishness. We must, or it kills us!
God makes that possible.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 62

Thought to Ponder . . .
Reliance on God enables me to match calamity with serenity.

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
H E L P = His Ever - Loving Presence.

Saturday, February 7, 2015

AA Thought for the Day - February 8, 2015

AA Thought for the Day
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February 8, 2015

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Willingness
A beginning, even the smallest, is all that is needed.
Once we have placed the key of willingness in the lock and have the door ever so slightly open, we find that we can always open it some more.
Though self-will may slam it shut again, as it frequently does, it will always respond the moment we again pick up the key of willingness.
- As Bill Sees It, p. 122

Thought to Ponder . . .
If I have the courage to begin, I have the courage to succeed.

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
H O P E = Heart Open; Please Enter.

A Member Shares:
I'm Beth, an alcoholic. It's an interesting thing, this willingness, because willingness really is the key. We come in here beaten and scared as only "the dying" can be, and we are willing as hell. Then something happens. We forget the pain, get a little arrogant, and then decide, (and this is a phrase I've heard a lot from people who pick up again) the thought process that results in, "I've got this!" More so than honesty, more so than open-mindedness, if I can remain willing to walk toward sobriety the solution, although they go hand-in-hand, and if I can keep that seed of willingness to do what you tell me, then I have a chance one day at a time to lead a sober, somewhat sane, life. Thank you.
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In love and service,
joanna b
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Friday, February 6, 2015

AA Thought for the Day - February 7, 2015

AA Thought for the Day
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February 7, 2015

Discovery
AA has accomplished so many things in my life today. It has given me my sanity and an all-around sense of balance.
Now willing to listen and take suggestions, I have found that the process of discovering who I really am
begins with knowing who I really don't want to be.
And although the disease of alcoholism inside of me is like gravity, just waiting to pull me down,
AA and the Twelve Steps are like the power that causes an airplane to become airborne:
It only works when the pilot is doing the right things to make it work.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 456-457

Thought to Ponder . . .
Recovery is discovery.

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