New Post on The Official Blog of The Way Out Podcast! Thoughts For The Day~*~Action ^*^*^ January 9

​​ ​​ ​​ ~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day*~ ​​​^*^*^*^*^ (\    ~~    /) (    \(AA)/    ) (_ /AA\ _) / AA \ ^*^*^*^*^ Action "Then they outlined the spiritual answer and program of action which a hundred of them had followed successfully. Though I had been only a nominal churchman, their proposals were not, intellectually, hard to swallow. But the program of action, though entirely sensible, was pretty drastic. It meant I would have to throw several lifelong conceptions out of the window. That was not easy. But the moment I made up my mind to go through with the process, I had the curious feeling that my alcoholic condition was relieved, as in fact it proved to be." c. 1976, 2001 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous,  p. 42  Thought to Consider . . .  Willingness without action is fantasy. *~*AACRONYMS*~* A C T I O N = Any Change Toward Improving One's Nature ​​ ​​ *~Just For Today~*Solutions From "The Housewife Who Drank at Home" "I had problems. We all have them, and I thought a little brandy or a little wine now and then could certainly hurt no one. I don't believe, when I started, that I even had in mind the thought that I was drinking. I had to sleep. I had to clear my mind and free it from worry, and I had to relax. But from one or two drinks of an afternoon or evening, my intake mounted, and mounted fast. It wasn't long before I was drinking all day. I had to have that wine. The only incentive that I had, toward the end, for getting dressed in the morning was to get out and get 'supplies' to help me get my day started. But the only thing that got started was my drinking." 2001 AAWS, Inc., Fourth EditionAlcoholics Anonymous, pg. 296 *^Daily Reflections^* AN ACT OF PROVIDENCE  It is truly awful to admit that, glass in hand, we have warped our minds into such an obsession for destructive drinking that only an act of Providence can remove it from us.  TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p.  21  My act of Providence, (a manifestation of divine care and direction), came as I experienced the total bankruptcy of active alcoholism

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