Your Daily Reprieve 01.28.17

Your Daily Reprieve for Saturday  January   28,  2017 From Stuart. FL

"Break the anger habit. It is a waste of valuable energy to rail against adverse events. Stuff happens. Get over it and move on."     --Sibyl McLendon “Lord, where we are wrong, make us willing to change;  where we are right, make us easy to live with.” - Peter Marshall Knowing is not enough; We must Apply. Willing is not enough; We must Do. ~Goethe Ring the bell that still can ring. Forget the perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in. ~Leonard Cohen

Big Book Quote "Faith without works is dead." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, Page 76~

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12&12 Step Eleven - "Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out." This can be done, but it has hazards. We have seen A.A.'s ask with much earnestness and faith for God's explicit guidance on matters ranging all the way from a shattering domestic or financial crisis to correcting a minor personal fault, like tardiness. Quite often, however, the thoughts that seem to come from God are not answers at all. They prove to be well-intentioned unconscious rationalizations. The A.A., or indeed any man, who tries to run his life rigidly by this kind of prayer, by this self-serving demand of God for replies, is a particularly disconcerting individual. To any questioning or criticism of his actions he instantly proffers his reliance upon prayer for guidance in all matters great or small. He may have forgotten the possibility that his own wishful thinking and the human tendency to rationalize have distorted his so-called guidance. With the best of intentions, he tends to force his own will into all sorts of situations and problems with the comfortable assurance that he is acting under God's specific direction. Under such an illusion, he can of course create great havoc without in the least intending it. pp. 103-104

Twenty-Four Hours A.A. Thought For The Day What a load hangovers put on your shoulders! What terrible physical punishment we've all been through. The pounding headaches and jumpy nerves, the shakes and the jitters, the hot and cold sweats! When you come into A.A. and stop drinking, that terrible load of hangovers falls off your shoulders. What a load remorse puts on your shoulders! That terrible mental punishment we've all been through. Ashamed of the things you've said and done. Afraid to face people because of what they might think of you. Afraid of the consequences of what you did when you were drunk. What an awful beating the mind takes! When you come into A.A., that terrible load of remorse falls off your shoulders. Have I gotten rid of these loads of hangovers and remorse? Meditation For The Day When you seek to follow the way of the spirit, it frequently means a complete reversal of the way of the world that you had previously followed. But it is a reversal that leads to happiness and peace. Do the aims and ambitions that a person usually strives for bring peace? Do the world's awards bring heart rest and happiness? Or do they turn to ashes in the mouth? Prayer For The Day I pray that I may not be weary, disillusioned, or disappointed. I pray that I may not put my trust in the ways of the world, but in the way of the spirit.

Daily Thought ​​​^*^*^*^*^ (\    ~~    /) (    \(AA)/    ) (_ /AA\ _) / AA \ ^*^*^*^*^ Coping God willing, we members of AA may never again have to deal with drinking, but we have to deal with sobriety every day. How do we do it? By learning -- through practicing the Twelve Steps and through sharing at meetings -- how to cope with the problems that we looked to booze to solve, back in our drinking days. . . We learn how to level out the emotional swings that got us into trouble both when we were up and when we were down. c. 1976 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 560  c. 2001 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 558 Thought to Consider . . . The ankle-biters of everyday struggles will eat away at me unless I go to meetings and share. *~*AACRONYMS*~* H E A R T  Healing, Enjoying, And Recovering, Together

Daily Reflection THE TREASURE OF THE PAST Showing others who suffer how we were given help is the very thing which makes life seem so worth while to us now. Cling to the thought that, in God's hands, the dark past is the greatest possession you have—the key to life and happiness for others. With it you can avert death and misery for them. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 124 What a gift it is for me to realize that all those seemingly useless years were not wasted. The most degrading and humiliating experiences turn out to be the most powerful tools in helping others to recover. In knowing the depths of shame and despair, I can reach out with a loving and compassionate hand, and know that the grace of God is available to me.

Pot Luck It is the act of forgiveness that opens up the only possible way to think creatively about the future at all. tment? Freedom is a gift we give ourselves every time we choose not to react to a hurtful comment. Holding on to old resentments keeps our creative energy trapped and stifled. Our choices are these: new freedom or old resentment. We choose new freedom. It is the gift we give ourselves when we choose not to let the sun rise on yesterday's script. Today let me forgive everyone and anything - past and present - that might distract me from my spiritual growth. You are reading from the book: Body, Mind, and Spirit by Anonymous

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