Your Daily Reprieve 04.28.14

Your Daily Reprieve for Monday April  28, 2014 From Stuart, Florida

"Patience is the ability to count down before you blast off. " ~Anonymous Why is the world? Why are we here? What is the purpose? Why must we live and suffer and die? Without God there would be no answer. We do not know the great extent of God’s purpose, but we do know that we as individuals, each and every one, must somehow fit into that purpose. We can only know God as He has revealed Himself to us. We know His principle attribute is goodness. Therefore His purpose must be good and we can best serve that purpose by aspiring to the highest standard of goodness that we can conceive. ~The Eye Opener "Pray not because you need something but because you have a lot to thank God for." ~Anonymous "If I want to be of some use to someone (my family, my employer, my community) then I can be a leader by becoming a servant. This is one of those crazy paradoxes we find all over the AA program: being a servant to be a leader." ~Grapevine: Humbolt, Saskatchewan, February 1996 Heard in a Meeting I just sort of ratcheted my way down.

Big Book Quote "When we became alcoholics, crushed by a self imposed crisis we could not postpone or evade, we had to fearlessly face the proposition that either God is everything or else He is nothing. God either is or He isn’t." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, We Agnostics, pg. 53~

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Celebrate Your Anniversary Here SHOW HOW IT WORKS!!! If you are celebrating an anniversary this month, please send along the date and any message you would like to share with the other 2200 people on this email list and perhaps as many as 10000 others who have it forwarded. You need to remind me every year! Send your day, your location and number of years to: txm1@comcast.net April 2014 Anniversaries 4/1 David W. (Cape Cod/Hobe Sound FL)…..27 4/1 Kevin B. (Godshill, New Forest, UK)…..26 4/1 Capt. Larry S. (Phillipines)…..30 4/1 Beth T. (Portsmouth, NH)…..3 4/1 Cary W. (Stuart, FL)…..7 4/1 Jack D. (Hampton, NH)…..45 4/2 Gerry T. (Bronx, NY)…..9 4/3 Brent B. (NYC, NY)…..9 4/3 Paul F. (Tampa, FL)…..18 4/4 Arthur W. (San Juan, Puerto Rico)…..1 4/4 Nick F. (NYC, NY)…..12 4/4 Chris K. (Franklin, MA)…..21 4/4 Jennifer W. (Plaistow, NH)…..3 4/5 Irish John H. (Stuart, FL)…..9 4/5 Brian F. (Vancouver, BC)…..5 4/5 Samantha  B. (Dothan, AL)…..1 4/5 Alan B. (Stuart, FL)…..4 4/5 Bob C. (Akron, OH)…..12 4/6 Central Orlando Group…..70 4/6 Bob C. (Cincinnati, OH)…..24 4/6 Kate B. (Sturminster Newton, UK)…..6 4/6 Nick E. (Twickenham, UK)…..15 4/6 Patrick A. (Sausalito, CA)…..12 Johanna L. (Tom’s River, NJ/Woodhaven, NY)…..3 4/7 Maddie M. (Haverhill, MA)…..31 4/7 Susie C. (NYC, NY)…..23 4/8 Paul K. (Akron, OH)…..10 4/8 Ashley G. (Miami, FL)…..2 4/9 Dayton H. (NYC, NY)…..24 4/9 Helen S. (La Jolla CA/Loreto, BCS, Mexico)…..28 4/10 Woodhaven (NY) Group…..65 4/10  Chas T. (Bernardsville, NJ)…..2 *4/11 Diane A. (Stuart, FL)…..6* 4/11 Jeremy S. (NYC, NY)…..2 4/11 Jerry W. (Houma, LA)…..41 4/11 Christine P. (Succasunna, NJ)…..5 4/11 Michael M. (Tortola, BVI)…..2 4/12 Kathleen M. ( Naples, FL)…..26 4/12 Ed G. (Haverhill, MA)…..39 4/13 Lauren C. (NYC, NY)…..1 4/14 Caitlin F. (Berkeley Heights, NJ)…..1 4/14 Steve E. (Barrington, NH)…..4 4/14 Scott M. (NYC, NY)…..90 Days 4/15 Larry R. (Westchester, NY)…..35 4/15 Erin S. (Wayland/Nantucket MA)…..9 4/15 Dennis S. (Woodhaven, NY)…..21 4/16 Scott M. (Atlantic City, NJ/Hutchinson Is., FL)…..27 4/17 Frank T. (Rocky Point, NY)…..5 4/17 Vince K. (Palm City, FL)…..32 4/17 Elissa S. (Malverne, NY)…..90 days 4/18 Brad G. (St. Louis, MO)…..13 4/18 Jamie G. (Indianapolis, IN)…..4 4/18 Martin (Hobe Sound, FL)…..18 4/18 Steve Q. (Kauai, HI)…..6 4/21 Phil O. (Tortola, BVI)…..1 4/21 Andy M. (Stuart, FL)…..23 4/22 Jeannie C. (Nantucket, MA)…..22 4/23 Dorothy O-D.(Chester, NJ)…..10 4/23 Cat S. (Sumter, SC)…..2 4/24 Dorothy V. (Placida, FL, Bennington, NH)…..10 4/24 John K. (Dallas, TX)…..10 4/24 Brian H. (Falmouth, MA/Villages, FL)…..27 4/25 Rourke H. (St Maarten, Dutch West Indies)…..15 4/25 Trevor Q. (Mamaroneck, NY)…..3 4/25 Melissa B. (NYC, NY)…..5 4/26 Hillary H. (Stuart, FL)…..4 4/26 Janet T. (Portsmouth, NH)…..15 4/27 Norma D. (Groveland, MA)…..3 4/28 Bobby S. (So. Boston, MA)…..12 4/28 Diana M. (Mamaroneck, NY)…..5 4/28 Julie T. (Morristown, NJ)…..1 4/28 Randall G. (Chicago, IL)…..2 4/28 Sue C. (Denville, NJ)…..8 4/30 Leah E. (Palm Beach Gardens, FL)…..2 4/30 Sandra (Airdrie, Scotland)…..25 4/30 Leah E. (Palm Beach Gardens, FL)…..2 4/30 Kelly C. (Brooklyn, NY)…..2 918 Total Years of Sobriety

12&12 Step One - "We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable." No other kind of bankruptcy is like this one. Alcohol, now become the rapacious creditor, bleeds us of all self-sufficiency and all will to resist its demands. Once this stark fact is accepted, our bankruptcy as going human concerns is complete. p. 21

Twenty Four Hours A.A. Thought For The Day We're so glad to be free from liquor that we do something about it. We get into action. We come to meetings regularly. We go out and try to help other alcoholics. We pass on the good news whenever we get a chance. In a spirit of thankfulness to God, we get into action. The A.A. program is simple. Submit yourself to God, find release from liquor, and get into action. Do these things and keep doing them and you're all set for the rest of your life. Have I got into action? Meditation For The Day God's eternal quest must be the tracking down of souls. You should join Him in His quest. Through briars, through waste places, through glades, up mountain heights, down into valleys. God leads you. But ever with His leadership goes your helping hand. Glorious to follow where the Leader goes. You are seeking lost sheep. You are bringing the good news into places where it has not been known before. You may not know which soul you will help, but you can leave all results to God. just go with Him in His eternal quest for souls. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may follow God in His eternal quest for souls. I pray that I may offer God my helping hand.

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Daily Thought ^*^*^*^*^ (\    ~~  /) (   \ (AA)/   ) (_   /AA\ _)   /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Responsibility "I Am Responsible . . . When anyone, anywhere, reaches out for help, I want the hand of AA always to be there. And for that: I am responsible." Declaration of 30th Anniversary International Convention, 1965 Thought to Consider . . . Service is spirituality in action. *~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~* EGO Easing God Out

Daily Reflection TWO "MAGNIFICENT STANDARDS" All A.A. progress can be reckoned in terms of just two words: humility and responsibility. Our whole spiritual development can be accurately measured by our degree of adherence to these magnificent standards. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 271 To acknowledge and respect the views, accomplishments and prerogatives of others and to accept being wrong shows me the way of humility. To practice the principles of A.A. in all my affairs guides me to be responsible. Honoring these precepts gives credence to Tradition Four—and to all other Traditions of the Fellowship. Alcoholics Anonymous has evolved a philosophy of life full of valid motivations, rich in highly relevant principles and ethical values, a view of life which can be extended beyond the confines of the alcoholic population. To honor these precepts I need only to pray, and care for my fellow man as if each one were my brother.

Pot Luck Compassion is the basis of all morality. - Arthur Schopenhauer We can have cash-register honesty and still be immoral. We can be faithful to our partners, diligent in our work, scrupulous in paying our debts, careful not to gossip, and determined not to steal from anyone - yet God will take little notice if we are not loving. The basis of our recovery program is compassion and love for one another. Our understanding of each other's feelings and our desire to help is the foundation of our recovery. We are never as close to God as in our compassionate moments. That's when we know the true meaning of morality. That's when we know God. I remember the compassion that brought me to recovery. May my actions today be a reflection of love. In God's Care

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