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Your
Daily Reprieve for Saturday February 11,
2017
From Stuart.
FL
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"Some people say, 'when things
change, that's when I will be happy, but when I choose to be happy, that's
when things will change.'"
~ Wisdom, Magic, and Miracles
A sacred illness is one that educates
us and alters us from the inside out, provides experiences and therefore
knowledge that we could not possibly achieve in any other way. ~Deena Metzger
"Unless you're in a James Bond
movie, it's really unlikely that the pressure that you're feeling is anything
but self-induced."
~Seth Godin
Be patient.
Common sense isn't a flower that grows
in everyone's garden.
~Anonymous
“The guy had more problems than a math
book”
~Heard at a meeting
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Big
Book Quote
"We think it no concern of ours
what religious bodies our members
identify themselves with as individuals. This should be an entirely personal affair which each one decides for himself in the light of past associations, or his present choice." Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, There Is A Solution, pg. 2 |
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Casey
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0931 Total Years of Sobriety
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12&12
Step Twelve - "Having had a spiritual
awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to
alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs."
Practically every A.A. member declares that no satisfaction has been deeper and no joy greater than in a Twelfth Step job well done. To watch the eyes of men and women open with wonder as they move from darkness into light, to see their lives quickly fill with new purpose and meaning, to see whole families reassembled, to see the alcoholic outcast received back into his community in full citizenship, and above all to watch these people awaken to the presence of a loving God in their lives--these things are the substance of what we receive as we carry A.A.'s message to the next alcoholic. p. 110 |
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Twenty-Four
Hours
A.A. Thought For The Day
If we're going to stay sober, we've got to learn to want something else more than we want to drink. When we first came into A.A., we couldn't imagine wanting anything else so much or more than drinking. So we had to stop drinking on faith, on faith that someday we really would want something else more than drinking. But after we've been in A.A. for a while, we learn that a sober life can really be enjoyed. We learn how nice it is to get along well with our family at home, how nice it is to do our work well at the office, how nice it is to try to help others. Have I found that when I keep sober, everything goes well for me? Meditation For The Day There is almost no work in life so hard as waiting. And yet God wants me to wait. All motion is more easy than calm waiting, and yet I must wait until God shows me His will. So many people have marred their work and hindered the growth of their spiritual lives by too much activity. If I wait patiently, preparing myself always, I will be some day at the place where I would be. And much toil and activity could not have accomplished the journey so soon. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may wait patiently. I pray that I may trust God and keep preparing myself for a better life. |
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Good
Living
Understanding is the key to right principles and attitudes, and right action is the key to good living; therefore the joy of good living is the theme of AA's Twelfth Step. With each passing day of our lives, may every one of us sense more deeply the inner meaning of AA's simple prayer: God grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, Courage to change the things we can, And wisdom to know the difference. c. 1952 AAWS, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 125 Thought to Consider . . . . The joy is in the journey. *~*AACRONYMS*~* T H I N K
The Happiness I Never Knew
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Daily
Reflection
THE LIMITS OF SELF-RELIANCE
We asked ourselves why we had them
[fears]. Wasn't it
because self-reliance failed us?
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 68
All of my character defects separate me
from God's will.
When I ignore my association with Him I
face the world
and my alcoholism alone and must depend
on self-reliance.
I have never found security and happiness
through self-will
and the only result is a life of fear and
discontent. God
provides the path back to Him and to His
gift of serenity
and comfort. First, however, I must be
willing to acknowledge
my fears and understand their source and
power
over me. I frequently ask God to help me
understand how I
separate myself from Him.
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Pot
Luck
Every
year, people engage in a peculiar habit. Late December rolls around and
people start saying to themselves, “This is my year. This next year, I’m
going to…” And then they list everything they are going to do: make more
money; lose weight; be a better friend; be a better family member; do
community service. Whatever high-minded aspiration they’ve had and held on to
for so long, they declare it and make it into a New Year’s resolution.
Of
course, this doesn’t last long. Habits slacken; discipline fades. And then
they start the whole cycle again.
Well,
here we are in early February. Are you really going to wait another 11 months
to commit to changing your life again? Epictetus asked the same question: “How long are you going to wait
before you demand the best for yourself?”
The
answer should be obvious: Not a second longer. Don’t wait to better yourself.
Don’t wait to demand more of yourself. There isn’t a magic day, or a magic
book, or a magic habit. Big character changes are made up of thousands of
little alterations—so don’t pretend that there will be an ideal time to
change yourself.
~The Daily Stoic
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