Your Daily Reprieve 11.30.15

Your Daily Reprieve for Monday November 30, 2015

From Waynesville, NC

"Alcoholics Anonymous was nurtured in its early days around a kitchen table ... True, we have progressed materially to better furniture and more comfortable surroundings. Yet the kitchen table must ever be appropriate for us. It is the perfect symbol of simplicity.

~"AA Co-Founder, Dr. Bob, September 194

Dont drink and go to meetings is a great two week assignment.
~Fred H.

"Learning to "just say no" to emotional reactions isn't repression. Saying no means not engaging the frustration, anger, judgment, or blame. Without engagement, you won't have anything to repress." ~~Doc Childre and Howard Martin, HeartMath Solution

Compassion is the ability to understand
how difficult it is for people to be
the best of what they want to be at all times.
~ Joan Chittister

"I know that I have a resentment when I'm having a heated argument and I'm the only one in the car!" ~Beth P.; As We See It

Big Book Quote

Next, we decided that hereafter in this drama of life, God was going
to be our Director. He is the Principal; we are His agents. He is
the Father, and we are His children. Most good ideas are simple, and
this concept was the keystone of the new and triumphant arch through
which we passed to freedom.

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, How It Works, pg. 62~

Daily Share!

AA Speaker of the Day

JIMMY D.

Danbury, CT

@ NECYPAA XV

Burlington, VT

2005

http://bit.ly/1QxU6lw

Wee Willie’s

Sobriety First Media

AA CD’s Literature and tapes

https://www.mediafire.com/sobrietyfirst

Your Daily Reprieve is now on Facebook

It is a PRIVATE GROUP

https://www.facebook.com/groups/yourdailyreprieve/

To be added, email: txm1@comcast.net

Please share your wisdom, anecdotes and travels with other members of Your Daily Reprieve.

Twitter

https://twitter.com/YourDailyReprie

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 3000 people on this email list and

perhaps as many as 30000 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

November Is Gratitude Month

November 2015 Anniversaries

11/1 Laura N. (Mount Pleasant, SC).….1

11/2 Liz L. (Bernardsville, NJ)…..8

11/2 Joyce C. (San Diego, CA)…..5

11/3 Brendan H. (Smithtown, NY)…..1

11/3 MaryBeth F. (Bernardsville, NJ)…..1

11/3 Craig B. (Port Washington, NY)…..20

11/3 Mike M. (Stuart, FL)…..28

11/4 Lou L. (Smithtown, NY)…..19

11/4 Pat O’D (Boston, MA)…..35

11/4 Stacy S. (NYC,NY)…..6

11/5 Kent L. (Silverdale, WA)…..30

11/5 Donna M. (Methuen, MA)…..9

11/5 Hilda J. (Waxahachie, Texas).….20

11/6 Michael F. (Moriches, NY)…..1

11/6 Ronnie R. (NYC, NY)…..28

11/6 Maureen N. (Milford, CT)…..28

11/7 Sarah C. (NYC, NY)…..1

11/7 Harry D. (Exeter, NH)…..24

11/7 Mike S. (Danvers, MA)…..24

11/8 Dayle C. (Naples, FL)…..2

11/8 Lise T. (Riverhead, NY)…..2

11/9 Joanne B. (Swampscott, MA)…..10

11/9 Michelle S. (Port Washington, NY)…..18

11/9 Matt K. (Bernardsville, NJ)…..5

11/10 Russ S. (Palm City, FL)…..30

11/10 Taylor W. (Tampa, FL)…..1

11/11 Jay D. (Danbury, CT)…..34

11/11 Nicole B. (Queens, NY)…..2

11/11 Gerry J. (Palm City, FL)…..8

11/11 Judie J. (Antrim, NH)…..12

11/11 Will K. (Houston, TX)…..9

11/11 Matt F. (Valhalla, NY)…..3

11/12 Ray G. (Massillon, OH)…..3

11/13 Joe J. (Ludlow, VT)…..10

11/13 Steve G. (Randolph, NJ)…..17

11/13 Todd B. (Atlanta, GA)…..8

11/13 Britta B. (Tampa, FL)…..4

11/14 Lawrence B. (Prescott, AZ)…..5

11/14 Debbie Jayne (Corsica, France)…..11

11/14 Michael M. (Boxborough, MA)…..9

11/14 Rod T. (Oyster Bay, NY)…..2

11/15 Ned W. (Portland, ME)…..30

11/15 Chris T.()…..8

11/16 Monte M. (Port Washington, NY)…..11

11/16 Jayne W. (Algarve, Portugal)…..30

11/17 Liz P. (Liverpool, England)…..3

11/18 Alex S. (NYC, NY)…..2

11/19 Carla C. (San Antonio, TX)…..30

11/20 Jackie R. (N. Miami, FL)…..10

11/20 Tawn E. (Champaign, IL0…..1

11/20 Douglas F. (Palm City, FL)…..1

11/20 Daniel R. (Port Washington, NY)…..2

11/20 Jackie R. (Miami, FL)…..10

11/20 Brad E. (Vancouver, Canada)…..7

11/22 Anne T.F. (Madison, CT)…..40

11/22 Kelly B. (St. Petersburg, FL)…..33

11/22 Jim K. (Nantucket, MA)…..11

11/23 Alan P.(Palm City, FL)…..45

11/23 John S.(Syosset, NY)…..29

11/23 Rose V. (Rockledge, FL)…..24

11/23 Jon S. (Glen Cove, NY)…..29

11/23 Donna B. (Hampton, NH)…..35

11/23 Janet W. (NYC, NY)…..7

11/24 Rose B. (Charleston, SC)…..42

11/24 Ray G. (Lewiston, Maine)…..47

11/24 Tony L. (Mastic Beach, NY)…..13

11/24 Skip W. (Rotterdam, NY)…..20

11/25 Mary R. (NYC, NY)…..1

11/26 Pam B. (Summerfield, FL)…..31

11/26 Tharin S. (SPI, TX)…..10

11/26 Teri H. (Jensen Beach, FL)…..5

11/26 Ed S. (Seabrook, NH)…..25

Thanksgiving Day

Gayle B. (Portsmouth, NH)…..21

Debi G. (Port St. Lucie, FL)…..7

11/27 Nicole S. (Zurich, Switzerland)…..6

11/28 Peter V. (Kittery, ME)…..35

11/28 David K. (Phillips, ME)…..37

11/29 Delano S. (Virgin Gorda, BVI)…..3

11/29 Debbie M. (Bedford, MA)…..2

11/30 Dave C. (Methuen, MA)…..18

11/30 Ted D. (Mequon, WI)…..4

11/30 Simon S. (Long Beach, NY)…..2

11/30 John O’K. (Scituate, MA)…..28

11/30 Samba N. (Francistown,Botswanna)…..16

1269 Total Years of Sobriety

12&12

Step Ten - "Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it."

But in other instances only the closest scrutiny will reveal what our true motives were. There are cases where our ancient enemy, rationalization, has stepped in and has justified conduct which was really wrong. The temptation here is to imagine that we had good motives and reasons when we really didn't.

p. 94

Twenty Four Hours

A.A. Thought For The Day

We have slips in A.A. It has been said these are not slips
but premeditated drunks, because we have to think about
taking a drink before we actually take one. The thought always
comes before the act. It has been suggested that people
should always get in touch with an A.A. before taking that
first drink. The failure to do so makes it probable that
they decided to take the drink anyway. And yet the thoughts
that come before taking a drink are often largely
subconscious. People usually don't know consciously what
made them do it. Therefore, the common practice is to call
these things slips. Am I on guard against wrong thinking?

Meditation For The Day

"The eternal God is thy refuge." He is a sanctuary, a refuge
from the cares of life. You can get away from the
misunderstanding of others by retiring into your own place of
meditation. But from yourself, from your sense of failure,
your weakness, your shortcomings, whither can you flee? Only
to the eternal God, your refuge, until the immensity of His
spirit envelopes your spirit and it loses its smallness and
weakness and comes into harmony again with His.

Prayer For The Day

I pray that I may lose my limitations in the immensity of
God's love. I pray that my spirit may be in harmony with
His spirit.

Daily Thought

^*^*^*^*^
(\   ~~ /)
(   \ (AA)/   )
(_   /AA\ _)
/AA\
^*^*^*^*^
Touchy
^*^*^*^*^
"Many of us have been so touchy that even casual reference to spiritual things make us bristle with antagonism. This sort of thinking had to be abandoned. Though some of us resisted, we found no great difficulty in casting aside such feelings. Faced with alcoholic destruction, we soon became as open minded on spiritual matters as we had tried to be on other questions. In this respect alcohol was a great persuader. It finally beat us into a state of reasonableness. Sometimes this was a tedious process; we hope no one else will prejudiced for as long as some of us were."
c.1976AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 48
^*^*^*^*^
Thought to Consider . . .

The solution is simple.
The solution is spiritual.

*~*AACRONYMS*~*

A A = Altered Attitudes

Daily Reflection

PROTECTION FOR ALL

At the personal level, anonymity provides protection or all

members from identification as alcoholics, a safeguard

often of special importance to newcomers, i t the level of

press, radio, TV, and films, anonymity tresses the equality

in the Fellowship of all members by putting the brake on

those who might otherwise exploit their A.A. affiliation to

achieve recognition, power, or personal gain.

"UNDERSTANDING ANONYMITY," p. 5

Attraction is the main force in the Fellowship of A.A. The

miracle of continuous sobriety of alcoholics within A.A.

confirms this fact every day. It would be harmful if the

Fellowship promoted itself by publicizing, through the

media of radio and TV, the sobriety of well-known public

personalities who became members of A.A. If these

personalities happened to have slips, outsiders would think

our movement is not strong and they might question the

veracity of the miracle of the century. Alcoholics

Anonymous is not anonymous, but its members should be.

Pot Luck

Healing the Past

We hear much about the long term effects of growing up in a dysfunctional family. Many alcoholics, in fact, have bitter memories of their own parents’ drinking and may feel this caused needless deprivation and misery.

Whether our families were dysfunctional or not, we must agree that most of our parents did the best they could. We cannot bring back the past – nor can they – and it is best released, forgiven, and forgotten. Our wisest course is to use the tools of the program to reach the maturity and well-being that will bring happiness into our own lives. This will not happen, however, if we believe that growing up in a dysfunctional home has left us permanently impaired.

In our fellowship, we can find endless examples of people who used the Twelve Steps to overcome all kinds of emotional and physical disabilities. Just when we start thinking something in our past is a permanent handicap, we meet other people who survived the same bitter experiences and are living life to the fullest. They’ve cleared away the wreckage of their past in order to build wisely for the future.

I’ll remember today that I am not bound or limited by anything that was ever done or said to me. I face the day with self-confidence and a sense of expectancy, knowing that I am really a fortunate person with many reasons to be grateful.

You are reading from the book: