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Your
Daily Reprieve for Monday January 30, 2017
From Stuart.
FL
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"We shall always have to deal with the
fearful forces which are released when the human ego runs amok -- the same
forces that are shattering the world of our time. Deliver us from temptation
must therefore continue to be a prime ingredient of our every attitude,
practice, and prayer."
AA Co-Founder, Bill W., November 1960
The Language of the Heart
Meet the coming day in peace. God's holy
grace is with you today as you enjoy a scenic view, share a moment with a
loved one, or enjoy the solitude with a clear mind and a calm heart. May God bless you with
revelation. Look
upon your surroundings with new eyes and appreciation for the immensity of
goodness in this glorious place God created
~Prayables
A loving silence often has far more power
to heal and to connect
than the most well-intentioned words.
~Rachel Naomi Remen
"The emotions we feel are created from
the thoughts that we choose to focus on, consciously or unconsciously.
The emotions act as markers to let us know if we are focusing on
expansive, empowering thoughts or fearful, limiting thoughts. Feelings are
not facts, simply information." ~Anonymous
A human's way sometimes leads to a hopeless
end
– God's way leads to an endless hope
~Anonymous
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Big
Book Quote
"We found that God does not make
too hard terms with those who seek Him. To us, the Realm of Spirit is broad,
roomy, all inclusive; never exclusive or forbidding to those who earnestly
seek. It is open, we believe, to all men."
~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, We Agnostics, Page 46~ |
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1068 Total Years of Sobriety
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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."
In A.A. we have found that the actual good results of prayer are beyond question. They are matters of knowledge and experience. All those who have persisted have found strength not ordinarily their own. They have found wisdom beyond their usual capability. And they have increasingly found a peace of mind which can stand firm in the face of difficult circumstances. p. 104 |
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Twenty-Four
Hours
A.A. Thought For The Day
A drinking life isn't a happy life. Drinking cuts you off from other people and from God. One of the worst things about drinking is the loneliness. And one of the best things about A.A. is the fellowship. Drinking cuts you off from other people, at least from the people who really matter to you, your wife and children, your family and real friends. No matter how much you love them, you build up a wall between you and them by your drinking. You're cut off from any real companionship with them. As a result, you're terribly lonely. Have I got rid of my loneliness? Meditation For The Day I will sometimes go into a quiet place of retreat with God. In that place, I will find restoration and healing and power. I will plan quiet times now and then, times when I will commune with God and arise rested and refreshed to carry on the work which God has given me to do. I know that God will never give me a load greater than I can bear. It is in serenity and peace that all true success lies. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may strengthen my inner life, so that I may find serenity. I pray that my soul may be restored in quietness and peace |
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Choice
The fact is that most alcoholics, for reasons yet obscure, have lost the power of choice in drink. Our so-called will power becomes practically nonexistent. We are unable, at certain times, to bring into our consciousness with sufficient force the memory of the suffering and humiliation of even a week or a month ago. We are without defense against the first drink. c. 1976, 2001 AAWS Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 24 Thought to Consider . . . Just for today, I choose not to drink. ~*AACRONYMS*~ A A
Absolute Abstinence
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Daily
Reflection
FREEDOM FROM . . . FREEDOM TO
We are going to know a new freedom. . . .
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 83
Freedom for me is both freedom from and
freedom to. The
first freedom I enjoy is freedom from the
slavery of
alcohol. What a relief! Then I begin to
experience freedom
from fear—fear
of people, of economic insecurity, of
commitment, of failure, of rejection.
Then I begin to enjoy
freedom to—freedom to choose sobriety
for today, freedom
to be myself, freedom to express my
opinion, to experience
peace of mind, to love and be loved, and
freedom to grow
spiritually. But how can I achieve these
freedoms? The Big
Book clearly says that before I am
halfway through making
amends, I will begin to know a
"new" freedom; not the old
freedom of doing what I pleased, without
regard to others,
but the new freedom that allows
fulfillment of the promises
in my life. What a joy to be free!
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"Relationship:
Real Exciting Love Affair Turns Insanely Obsessive, Now Sobriety Hangs In Peril."
Someone
once said that getting into a relationship in early recovery is like throwing
miracle grow on your character defects. The danger comes from not having
developed a relationship and reliance on a Higher Power, so the other person
quickly becomes one. Because people aren't perfect, this total reliance
almost always ends in frustration and hurt feelings.
The other problem comes from our self-obsessive natures. Self-centered in the extreme and new to recovery, we obsessively use the other person to fill the tremendous void we still feel. We soon find, however, that our self-seeking continues to get us nowhere, and before long we stand at the precipice and our nascent sobriety is in danger. Over time we come to understand the importance of developing and relying on a proper relationship with God. We learn to turn our character defects over to Him, and to give of ourselves unselfishly knowing that our true purpose is to be of service. Once we are on this right footing all our relationships flow smoothly, and we finally experience the peace and serenity we had always sought.
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