Your Daily Reprieve 04.29.14

Your Daily Reprieve for Tuesday  April  29, 2014 From Stuart, Florida

The man who has no inner life is a slave of his surroundings, as the barometer is the obedient servant of the air. ~ Henri F. Amiel I believe in hard work. It keeps the wrinkles out of the mind and the spirit. It helps to keep a woman young. ~ Helena Rubinstein God has done some mighty fine work with what the world thought was very indifferent material. St. Paul and St. Augustine were two examples of men that God chose that no personnel officer in the world today would have given the OK. AA is full of similar examples where God had chosen the godless and made him His instrument for the performance of good work. The tremendous energy, zeal, initiative, enthusiasm and ambition that were factors in our becoming alcoholics, now diverted to better use, make us well qualified to serve in God’s cause. ~The Eye Opener Choose to live life on purpose, to love intentionally and to plan accordingly! ~ Wayne Cordeiro

Big Book Quote "Reminding ourselves that we have decided to go to any lengths to find a spiritual experience, we ask that we be given strength and direction to do the right thing, no matter what the personal consequences may be." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg. 79~

Daily Share! AA Speaker of the Day Albert Myers , Dallas TX @ 22nd. Pine Mtn. Fellowship , 1992 http://goo.gl/WbrP0F Wee Willie’s Sobriety First Media AA CD’s Literature and tapes http://www.mediafire.com/sobrietyfirst

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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. (Philippines)…..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." But upon entering A.A. we soon take quite another view of this absolute humiliation. We perceive that only through utter defeat are we able to take our first steps toward liberation and strength. Our admissions of personal powerlessness finally turn out to be firm bedrock upon which happy and purposeful lives may be built. p. 21

Twenty Four Hours A.A. Thought For The Day The A.A. program is one of faith, hope, and charity. It's a program of hope because when new members come into A.A., the first thing they get is hope. They hear older members tell how they had been through the same kind of he!! that they have and how they found the way out through A.A. And this gives them hope that if others can do it, they can do it. Is hope still strong in me? Meditation For The Day The rule of God's kingdom is perfect order, perfect harmony, perfect supply, perfect love, perfect honesty, perfect obedience. There is no discord in God's kingdom, only some things still unconquered in God's children. The difficulties of life are caused by disharmony in the individual man or woman. People lack power because they lack harmony with God and with each other. They think that God fails because power is not manifested in their lives. God does not fail. People fail because they are out of harmony with Him. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may be in harmony with God and with other people. I pray that this harmony will result in strength and success.

New Feature…RFI Request for Information From time to time, I will send an email with the header YDR_RFI and a location. The purpose of these emails is to assist members who may be traveling or relocating to new and or foreign/exotic  locales. If you live in one of these places, have visited one of these places or if you know of people and /or meetings in these places, please respond to the email and I will connect you to the person making the request.

Daily Thought ^*^*^*^*^ (\    ~~  /) (   \ (AA)/   ) (_   /AA\ _)   /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Rationalization "We 'constructively criticized' someone who needed it, when our real motive was to win a useless argument. We were depressed and complained we felt bad, when in fact we were mainly asking for sympathy and attention. This odd trait of mind and emotion, this perverse wish to hide a bad motive underneath a good one, permeates human affairs from top to bottom. Learning daily to spot, admit, and correct these flaws is the essence of character-building and good living." Bill W., Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, pp. 94-5 Thought to Consider . . . A victim is a spectator in his own life. *~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~* FEAR Face Everything And Recover!

Daily Reflection GROUP AUTONOMY Some may think that we have carried the principle of group autonomy to extremes. For example, in its original "long form," Tradition Four declares: "Any two or three gathered together for sobriety may call themselves an A.A. group, provided that as a group they have no other affiliation. "* . . . But this ultra-liberty is not so risky as it looks. A.A. COMES OF AGE PP 104-05 As an active alcoholic, I abused every liberty that life afforded. How could A.A. expect me to respect the "ultraliberty" bestowed by Tradition Four? Learning respect has become a lifetime job. A.A. has made me fully accept the necessity of discipline and that, if I do not assert it from within, then I will pay for it. This applies to groups too. Tradition Four points me in a spiritual direction, in spite of my alcoholic inclinations. * This is a misquote; Bill quoted the Third Tradition, but was referring to Tradition Four.

Pot Luck Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit – and man is his own gardener. --John Leonard Evil thoughts and destructive attitudes are not forced on us by fate. They are choices we make as we act and react to events in our lives. Before the Program, when negative things happened, our first reaction was to choose to react negatively: "Life's not fair." "Why did that have to happen to me?" "I hate them for doing that." "I'm going to get even if it's the last thing I do." It is easy to react positively when good things happen. But we have often chosen to react negatively to even good events. Good can be found in even the worst situations if we look for it. Bankruptcy can provide a fresh start. Defeat can allow rebuilding in a new and better way. Evil teaches us what is good. Death brings new life. Admitting our powerlessness finally gave us the freedom to make choices. By choosing good thoughts and attitudes, the garden of my soul will thrive. By choosing bad ones, it will shrivel and die. You are reading from the book: Easy Does It by Anonymous

Head for the Med! 2014 INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH SPEAKING AA CONVENTION TOSSA de MAR – COSTA BRAVA, SPAIN Wednesday 15th-Sunday 19th October, 2014 http://aaspain.org/convention/convention_1.html

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Resources Great Minds Quotes https://twitter.com/GreatestQuotes BIG BOOK SEARCH ENGINE:  http://www.whytehou se.com/big_ book_search/ Twenty Four Hours a Day Since 1954, Twenty-Four Hours a Day has become a stable force in the recovery of many alcoholics throughout the world. With over nine million copies in print (the original text has been revised),  this "little black book" offers daily thoughts, meditations, and prayers for living a clean and sober life. A spiritual resource with practical applications to fit our daily lives. Copyright 1975 Hazeleden Foundation Tammy’s recovery links http://www.cyberrecovery.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=4 NEW!!! AA Photo Archives http://www.rewritables.net/cybriety/aa_photos.htm Breast Cancer Site Take a minute and click to provide free mammograms http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/ *NEW* MEN FIGHTING CANCER TOGETHER America’s largest volunteer men’s cancer support group and advocacy national nonprofit organization. http://malecare.org/ Big Book Quotes http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/BigBookQuotes/ As We See It (AWSI) http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AsWeSeeIt/ Walk in Dry Places Authored by Mel B. of Toledo, Ohio, a longtimer in recovery. melb@accesstoledo.com Keep It Simple Hazelden Meditations ePrayer http://www.eprayer.com/dailyinspiration.htm Daily Thought http://groups.google.com/group/TransitionsDaily  Speaker Recordings http://storiesofrecovery.org/Workshops.htm Wisdom of the Room http://www.theWisdomoftheRooms.com

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