Your Daily Reprieve 01.31.15

Your Daily Reprieve for Saturday January 31, 2015

From Stuart, Florida

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way...you

become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate

actions, brave by performing brave actions.

~Aristotle

I thought I was a "can not."

The Steps helped me to discover that I was a "will not."

~As We See It

Life is creation.
Self and circumstances are the raw material.
~ Dorothy M. Richardson

The life of the alcoholic is very similar to a jigsaw puzzle.

In our days of drinking, the whole of life

appeared as simply a jumbled mass of unrelated pieces impossible to unscramble.

In AA someone gave us the corner piece

and from this we slowly and laboriously found one piece after another.

Each piece we fitted in made it easier to find the next piece.

First we found understanding, then hope, then determination, then sobriety,

then unselfishness, then love, then faith and finally God. (HP)

All the pieces are in place finally, the picture makes sense and

it is beautiful to behold.

~The Eye Opener

Big Book Quote

"Our hope is that when this chip of a book is launched on the world
tide of alcoholism, defeated drinkers will seize upon it, to follow
its suggestions. Many, we are sure, will rise to their feet and march
on. They will approach still other sick ones and fellowships of
Alcoholics Anonymous may spring up in each city and hamlet, havens
for those who must find a way out."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, A Vision For You, Page 153~

Daily Share!

AA Speaker of the Day

Margaret M

Phoenix, AZ

@ 14^th Big Island Bash

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January 2015 Anniversaries

1/1 Mary K. (Kennebunk, ME)…..22

1/1 Clark D. (Arcadia, FL)…..38

1/1 Joan B. (Port Charlotte, FL)…..26

1/1 Dorothy C. (Fayetteville, NC)…..14

1/1 Karen S. (Monroe, NJ)…..6

1/1 Joan R. (Basking Ridge, NJ)…..13

1/1 Steve K. (Charlestown, MA)…..17

1/1 Mitch P. (North Hanover, NJ)…..6

1/1 Lisa S. (Peapack, NJ)…..33

1/1 Troy D. (Huntersville, NC)…..19

1/2 Niels D. (Oslo, Norway)…..4

1/2 Gregory B. (NYC,NY)…..3

1/2 Peggy M. (Rye Beach, NH/Hudson FL)…..35

1/3 Grace C. (Stuart, FL)…..24

1/3 Carl E. (Palm Beach Gardens, FL)…..2

1/3 Johnyr (Stuart, FL)…..37

1/4 Rhonda H. (Claremont, NH)…..1

1/4 Bruce M. (Punta Gorda. FL)…..41

1/4 Joy R. (Syosset, NY)…..1

1/4 Kerby S. (Peapack, NJ)…..33

1/5 Thor (Yuma, AZ)…..28

1/5 Tim G. (Dallas, TX)…..3

1/6 Ann B. (Mamaroneck, NY)…..36

1/6 Robert S. (Ludlow, VT)…..4

1/6 Mary B. (Key Largo, FL)…..9

1/7 Alexis E. (London, England)…..13

1/7 Tom D. (Gold Star, AZ)…..43

1/7 Leo D. (Warren, NJ)…..17

1/7 Liz O. (NYC, NY)…..11

1/7 Johanna P. (New Jersey)…..2

1/8 Louis S. (Tortola, BVI)…..2

1/8 John H. (Hampton, NH)…..6

1/9 Jason M. (Rye, NY)…..15

1/10 Kelly P. (Boston, MA)…..26

1/10 Michele S. (Bellmore, NY)…..2

1/10 Tom D. (Dallas, TX)…..24

1/11 Larry H. (Leesburg, FL)…..8

1/12 Mark L. (London, UK)…..10

1/12 Dick T. (Alger, MI)…..33

1/12 Betty (Valparaiso, IN)…..33

1/12 Molly S. ()…..26

1/13 James P. (Zadar, Croatia)…..2

1/13 Tara M. (Larchmont, NY)…..2

1/13 Robbi H. (Port Charlotte, FL)…..33

1/13 Padraic O’. (Whistler, BC)…..2

1/13 Norman L. (Palm City, FL)…..46

1/13 David S. (Boston, MA)…..29

1/14 Nick M. (Asheville, NC)…..21

1/14 Glenda Mc (Leesburg, FL)…..37

1/15 Steve D. (Bernardsville, NJ)….3

1/15 Anita K. (Winter park, FL)…..5

1/15 Lynn S. (Puerto Rico)…..6

1/16 Jeff W. (Lake City, CO)…..10

1/16 Scott M. (NYC, NY)…..1

1/16 Tree (San Anselmo, CA)…..26

1/17 Bob J. (Tacoma, W)…..10

1/17 Helen C. (Folkestone, England)…..43

1/18 Jerry H. (Winchester, UK)…..16

1/19 Alan S. (Hiawassee GA)…..2

1/19 Rosemary (NY,NY)…..23

1/19 Rhonda (Stuart, FL)…..13

1/19 Carol L. (Palm Beach, FL)…..24

1/20 Elizabeth J. (Stockton, NJ)…..28

1/20 Susan W. (Sarasota, FL).….14

1/21 Robby R. (Bernardsville, NJ)…..2

1/21 Liz M. (NYC, NY)…..17

1/22 Stacey C. (New York, NY)…..8

1/22 Julie K. (Bridgewater, NJ)…..7

1/23 Jon H. (Shreveport, LA)…..1

1/23 Jan A. (Clermont, FL)…..19

1/24 Vito (Saratoga Springs, NY)…..23

1/24 Diane P. (Hobe Sound, FL)…..17

1/24 Lynn (LIC, NY)…..1

1/25 Thomas M. (Airdrie, Scotland)…..26

1/26 Paul B. (Newburyport, MA)…..29

1/26 Scott E. (Palm City, FL)…..25

1/27 Iris F. (Naples, FL)…..17

1/27 Norm J. (Akron, OH)…..1

1/27 Noel G. (Nashville, TN)…..8

1/27 Glen B. (Bunkie, LA)…..32

1/27 Steve C. (Great Neck, NY)…..1

1/28 Lisa G. (Spring Lake, NJ)…..3

1/28 Bill S. (Horseheads, NY)…..26

1/31 Diane B. (Cape Cod)…..22

1405 Total Years of Sobriety

Atlanta …80^th International Alcoholics Anonymous Convention

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12&12

Tradition Three - "The only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop drinking."

To establish this principle of membership took years of harrowing experience. In our early time, nothing seemed so fragile, so easily breakable as an A.A. group. Hardly an alcoholic we approached paid any attention; most of those who did join us were like flickering candles in a windstorm. Time after time, their uncertain flames blew out and couldn't be relighted. Our unspoken, constant thought was "Which of us may be the next?"

p. 139

Twenty Four Hours

A.A. Thought For The Day

Drinking cuts you off from God. No matter how you were
brought up, no matter what your religion is, no matter
if you say you believe in God, nevertheless you build
up a wall between you and God by your drinking. You know
you're not living the way God wants you to. As a result,
you have that terrible remorse. When you come into A.A.,
you begin to get right with other people and with God. A
sober life is a happy life, because by giving up drinking
we've got rid of our loneliness and remorse. Do I have real
fellowship with other people and with God?

Meditation For The Day

I believe that all sacrifice and all suffering is of value
to me. When I am in pain, I am being tested. Can I trust
God, no matter how I feel? Can I say Thy will be done, no
matter how much I am defeated? If I can, my faith is real
and practical. It works in bad times as well as in good
times. The Divine Will is working in a way that is beyond
my finite mind to understand, but I can still trust in it.

Prayer For The Day

I pray that I may take my suffering in my stride. I pray
that I may accept pain and defeat as part of God's plan
for my spiritual growth.

Daily Thought

^*^*^*^*^
(\ ~~~ /)
( \(AA)/ )
(_ /AA\ _)
/AA\
^*^*^*^*^

Courage

I looked around me at people who seemed happy
and tried to analyze their happiness,
and it seemed to me that without exception
these people had something or somebody
they loved very much.
I didn't have the courage to love;
I was not even sure I had the capacity.
Fear of rejection and its ensuing pain were not to be risked . . .
c. 1976 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 546
(does not appear in 4th Edition)
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Thought to Consider . . .

Courage is fear that has said its prayers.

*~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~*
A A = Altered Attitudes

Daily Reflection

OUR COMMON WELFARE COMES FIRST

The unity of Alcoholics Anonymous is the most cherished

quality our Society has . . . We stay whole, or A. A. dies

TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 129

Our Traditions are key elements in the ego deflation

process necessary to achieve and maintain sobriety in

Alcoholics Anonymous. The First Tradition reminds me

not to take credit, or authority, for my recovery. Placing

our common welfare first reminds me not to become a

healer in this program; I am still one of the patients. Self-effacing

elders built the ward. Without it, I doubt I would

be alive. Without the group, few alcoholics would recover.

The active role in renewed surrender of will enables me

to step aside from the need to dominate, the desire for

recognition, both of which played so great a part in my

active alcoholism. Deferring my personal desires for the

greater good of group growth contributes toward A.A.

unity that is central to all recovery. It helps me to

remember that the whole is greater than the sum of all its

parts.

Pot Luck

SPONSORSHIP

A man in a hot air balloon realized that he was lost. He reduced altitude and spotted another man below. He descended a bit more and shouted, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don’t know where I am."

The man below replied, "You’re in a hot air ball hovering approximately 30 feet above the ground. You’re between 40 and 41 degrees north latitude and between 59 and 60 degrees west longitude."

"You must be a sponsor," said the balloonist. "I am," replied the man, "how did you know?" "Well," answered the balloonists, "everything you told me is, technically correct, but I’ve no idea what to make of your information, and the fact is I’m still lost. Frankly, you’ve not been much help at all. If anything, you’ve delayed my trip."

The man below responded, "You must be a sponsee"

"I am,: replied the balloonist, "but how did you know?"

"Well," said the man, "you don’t know where you are or where you’re going. You have risen to where you are due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise, which you’ve no idea how to keep, and you expect other people to solve your problems. The fact is you are in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but now, somehow, it’s my fault."

~Thanks Michael P.

“See You”

26th NORTH SEA CONVENTION

TRIBORDERS INTERGROUP

January 30 - 31 & February 1, 2015

OOSTENDE, BELGIUM

The website is :

www.alcoholics-anonymus.eu/events

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