Your Daily Reprieve 11.30.16

Your Daily Reprieve for Wednesday November 30, 2016

From Waynesvile, NC

Lord, take me where You want me to go,
let me meet who You want me to meet,
tell me what You want me to say,
and keep me out of Your way
~Father Mychal J.

Everything is as it is. It has no name other than the name we give it. It is we who call it something; we give it a value. We say this thing is good or it's bad, but in itself, the thing is only as it is. It's not absolute; it's just as it is. People are just as they are. ~-Ajahn Sumedho

A hundred times a day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other people, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the full measure I have received and am still receiving. ~Albert Einstein

"Better a dry crust with peace than a house full of feasting with strife."
~Proverbs 17:1

Big Book Quote

"I knew from that moment that I had an alcoholic mind. I saw that
will power and self-knowledge would not help in those strange mental
blank spots. I had never been able to understand people who said
that a problem had them hopelessly defeated. I knew then. It was a
crushing blow."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, More About Alcoholism, pg. 42~

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11/7 Harry D. (Exeter, NH).....25

11/9 Matt K. (Bernardsville, NJ)…..6

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11/10 Russ S. (Palm City, FL)…..31

11/10 Taylor W. (Tampa, FL)…..2

11/11 Judy D. (Stuart, FL)…..9

11/11 Will K. (Houston, TX).....10

11/11 Jay D. (Stuart, FL/Danbury, CT)…..35

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11/13 Melissa W. () ….. 1

11/14 Sandy H. (Port Charlotte, FL)…..33

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11/14 Rod T. (Oyster Bay, NY)…..3

11/14 Debbie J. (Corsica)…..12

11/14 Jason B. "Shark" (Phoenix, AZ).....11

11/14 Heidi D. (Palm City, FL).....4

11/15 Ned W. (Portland., Me)…..31

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11/16 Bob S. (Amagansett, NY).....13

11/16 Robert M. (Stuart, FL)…..32

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11/17 Tray B. (Waynesville, NC)…..1

11/17 Danny K. (Astoria, Queens, NY)…..7

11/19 Carla C. (San Antonio, TX).....31

11/20 Douglas F. (Palm City, FL)…..2

11/20 Dan R. (Centerport, NY)…..3

11/20 Jackie R. (North Miami, FL)…..11

11/20 Paola F. (Boca Raton, FL)…..8

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11/24 Peter V. (Kittery, ME)…..36

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Tony L “Brooklyn Booda” (Mastic Beach Long Island New York)…..14

Gayle B. (Portsmouth, NH)…..22

11/26 Pam B. (Summerfield, FL)…..32

11/26 Teri H. (Oklahoma City, OK)…..6

11/28 Hendy H. (Westwood, MA)…..43

11/28 Joe H. (New Westminster, BC Canada)…..12

11/29 Debbie M. (Bedford, MA)…..3

11/29 Delano (Virgin Gorda, BVI)…..4

11/30 Simon S. (Long Beach, NY)…..3

11/30 Samba N. (Francistown, Botswana)…..17

11/30 David C. (Methuen, MA)…..19

11/30 Ted D. (Mequon, WI)…..5

11/30 Peter B. (NYC, NY)…..26

1354 Total Years of Sobriety

12&12

Step Eight - "Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all."

Right here we need to fetch ourselves up sharply. It doesn't make much sense when a real tosspot calls a kettle black. Let's remember that alcoholics are not the only ones bedeviled by sick emotions. Moreover, it is usually a fact that our behavior when drinking has aggravated the defects of others. We've repeatedly strained the patience of our best friends to a snapping point, and have brought out the very worst in those who didn't think much of us to begin with. In many instances we are really dealing with fellow sufferers, people whose woes we have increased. If we are now about to ask forgiveness for ourselves, why shouldn't we start out by forgiving them, one and all?

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

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Honesty

"I know the biggest word for me in AA is 'honesty.' I don't believe this program would work for me if I didn't get honest with myself about everything. Honesty is the easiest word for me to understand because it is the exact opposite of what I've been doing all my life. Therefore, it will be the hardest to work on. But I will never be totally honest -- that would make me perfect, and none of us can claim to be perfect. Only God is. If I work on it every day, it will be easier to be honest with myself. Then getting and staying honest with other people will come automatically. I know I will be grateful for a chance to make amends to everybody I have hurt in the past."
c. 1976AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 482

Thought to Consider . . .

Honesty is the absence of the intent to deceive.

*~*AACRONYMS*~*

H O P E = Honest, Open, Positive, Environment

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

We need four hugs a day for survival.
We need eight hugs a day for maintenance.
We need twelve hugs a day for growth.
--Virginia Satir

Virginia Satir was an internationally acclaimed therapist. She knew a lot about what people need to be healthy and happy and to live in good relationships with each other. She was very smart, and most of her advice was pretty simple.

Take hugs, for example. What could be more simple? One person reaching out to touch another person with safety and care. Very simple. But what do hugs give people? Comfort. Acceptance. The basics we all need no matter where we are at today.

Prayer for the Day

Higher Power, help me ask for the hugs I need and want today. Remind me today to offer hugs to the people around me. And help me feel the big hug You have for me too.

Today's Action

Today I will talk with my sponsor about this question: What is easier for me - to get a hug or to give a hug?

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