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Your
Daily Reprieve for Saturday February 18, 2017
From Jacksonville,
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"Accept the pain, cherish the joys,
resolve the regrets;
then
can come the best of benedictions – '
If I had my life to live over, I'd do it all
the same.'"
- Joan McIntosh
Mistakes are the portals of discovery.
James Joyce
“No man is more unhappy than he who never
faces adversity.
For he is not permitted to prove himself.”
~Seneca
“Kites rise highest against the wind, not with
it.”
~Winston Churchill
The grateful heart sits at a continuous feast.
~Proverbs 15:15
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Book Quote
"Resentment is the "number
one" offender. It destroys more
alcoholics than anything else." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, How It Works, pg. 64~ |
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February 2017 Anniversaries
2/1
Gilly L. (West Sussex, UK).....17
2/1
Michael S. (Budd Lake, NJ).....7
2/1
Sean D. (Ithaca, NY).....9
2/2 Brad
M. (Westfield, NY).....34
2/3 Meredith
T. (Santa Fe, NM).....20
2/3
Emmanuel Z. (Pensacola, FL).....3
2/4
Bob F. (Larchmont, NY).....2
2/4
Pam S. (North Hollywood, CA).....30
2/5
Jane S. (Newfound Lake, NH).....8
2/5
Maureen B. (Locust Valley, NY).....28
2/6
Vanessa G. (Stuart/Celebration/Stone Harbor).....21
2/6
Dale W. ().....10
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Largo)...33
2/6 Michael N. (NYC, NY).....8
2/7
Lorin C. (E. Sandwich, MA).....20
2/7
Greg K. (Newburyport, MA).....3
2/7 Macs
S. (Scottsdale, AZ).....29
2/7
Chick B. (Salt Lake City, UT).....17
2/8
Patti L. (Tampa, FL).....40
2/8
Greg J. (Nortport, FL).....2
2/8
Carrie T. (Oakville, Ontario, CA).....20
2/8
Shane G, (Los Angeles, CA).....6
2/9
Darlene A. (Largo, FL).....23
2/9
Jason G. (Costa Rica/British Columbia).....3
2/10 Judson
G. (Fort Lauderdale/NYC).....48
2/10
Kay H. (Palmyra/Lake Monticello, VA).....28
2/10
Collette C. (Nantucket, MA).....9
2/10
Howard S. (Colonia, NJ).....3
2/11
Steve B. (Kittery/Beverly).....37
2/11
Tim S. (Charlotte, NC).....5
2/11
Kelly N. (Rockville, MD)......33
2/12
Betty P. (Valparaiso, IN).....33
2/12
Bob J. (Harrison, NY).....3
2/13
Tom B. (LaPointe, WI).....28
2/14
Richard B. (Northport, FL).....7
2/14
Dick P. (Port Char;otte, FL).....43
2/15
Josh D. (Bath, UK).....12
2/15 John T. (Tortola / Westport
CT.)......30
2/15
Stephen Y. (Jakarta, Indonesia).....29
2/15
Zach G. (Plymouth, MI).....7
2/15
Nancy P. (Basking Ridge, NJ).....1
2/16
Noel S. (Harrison, NY).....8
2/16
Nancy B. (Northport, FL).....34
2/16
Clarence Mc (Port Charlotte, FL).....42
2/17
Jamie R. (Falmouth, Cape Cod, MA).....2
2/17
David H. (Rye, NH).....39
2/17
James "Woody" W. (Michigan City, In).....34
2/17
Pete R. (Basking Ridge, NJ).....6
2/17
Luke R. (Hilton Head, SC).....16
2/18 Laura S.
(Jacksonville, FL).....19
2/18 Jim P. (Jacksonville,
FL).....15
2/18 Mike P. (Elmont,
NY).....25
2/18 Scott W. (Hopewell, NJ).....33
2/18 Allan C. (N. Andover,
MA).....6
2/20
Mark P. (Port Charlotte/Venice, FL).....2
2/20
Jackie M. (Basking Ridge, NJ).....11
2/20
Amanda A. (Lyme, CT).....2
2/20
Cami M. (Minden, LA).....7
2/20
Jay S. (Palm City, FL).....6
2/21
Mike D. (Nantucket, MA0.....24
2/21
Fred D. (Port Washington, NY).....13
2/22
Marshall T. (Nantucket/Venice, FL).....19
2/22
Michael W. (Key West, FL).....10
2/22
Cyndi C. (Whitehouse, NJ).....34
2/22
Casey Q. ManchVegas NH 24yrs
2/23
Scott J. (Apple Valley, CA).....3
2/24
Betsy W. (Osprey, FL).....28
2/25
Judy S. (Los Angeles, CA).....36
2/27
Neil R. (Queens, NY).....3
2/28
Matthew M. (Pelham, NY).....7
1167 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."
Now comes the biggest question yet. What about the practice of these principles in all our affairs? Can we love the whole pattern of living as eagerly as we do the small segment of it we discover when we try to help other alcoholics achieve sobriety? Can we bring the same spirit of love and tolerance into our sometimes deranged family lives that we bring to our A.A. group? Can we have the same kind of confidence and faith in these people who have been infected and sometimes crippled by our own illness that we have in our sponsors? Can we actually carry the A.A. spirit into our daily work? Can we meet our newly recognized responsibilities to the world at large? And can we bring new purpose and devotion to the religion of our choice? Can we find a new joy of living in trying to do something about all these things? pp. 111-112 |
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Twenty-Four
Hours
A.A. Thought For The Day
After I became an alcoholic, alcohol poisoned my love for my family and friends, it poisoned my ambition, it poisoned my self-respect. It poisoned my whole life, until I met A.A. My life is happier now than it has been for a long time. I don't want to commit suicide. So with the help of God and A.A., I'm not going to take any more of that alcoholic poison into my system. And I'm going to keep training my mind never even to think of liquor again in any way except as a poison. Do I believe that liquor will poison my life if I ever touch it again? Meditation For The Day I will link up my frail nature with the limitless Divine Power. I will link my life with the Divine Force for Good in the world. It is not the passionate appeal that gains the Divine attention as much as the quiet placing of the difficulty and worry in the Divine Hands. So I will trust God like a child who places its tangled skein of wool in the hands of a loving mother to unravel. We please God more by our unquestioning confidence than by imploring Him for help. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may put all my difficulties in God's hands and leave them there. I pray that I may fully trust God to take care of them. |
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Daily
Thought
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/ AA \
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Money
Matters
Money gradually became our servant and not our master. It became a means of exchanging love and service with those about us. When, with God's help, we calmly accepted our lot, then we found we could live at peace with ourselves and show others who still suffered the same fears that they could get over them, too. We found that freedom from fear was more important than freedom from want. c. 1952 AAWS, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 122 Thought to Consider . . . It's more important to feel happy about who I am than who I think I should be. *~*AACRONYMS*~* P A C E
Positive Attitudes Change Everything.
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Daily
Reflection
OUR PATHS ARE OUR OWN
. . . there was nothing left for us but
to pick up the simple
kit of spiritual tools laid at our feet.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 25
My first attempt at the Steps was one of
obligation and
necessity, which resulted in a deep
feeling of
discouragement in the face of all those adverbs:
courageously; completely; humbly;
directly; and only. I
considered Bill W. fortunate to have gone
through such a
major, even sensational, spiritual
experience. I had to
discover, as time went on, that my path
was my own. After
a few twenty-four hours in the A.A.
Fellowship, thanks
especially to the sharing of members in
the meetings, I
understood that everyone gradually finds
his or her own
pace in moving through the Steps. Through
progressive
means, I try to live according to these
suggested principles.
As a result of these Steps, I can say
today that my attitude
towards life, people, and towards
anything having to do
with God, has been transformed and
improved.
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Pot
Luck
I've heard it said that when God closes a door, a window opens. Since I started working the Twelve Steps, much of the fear and pain that haunted my life is gone. Some of my defects have been lifted from me, though I'm still wrestling with others. I believe that if I continue to work the Twelve Steps over and over again, my life will continue to improve physically, mentally, and spiritually. Am I more willing and better able to help others by working the Steps myself? Today I Pray I give thanks to God for showing me that the Twelve Steps are a stairway to a saner life. As I re-work them conscientiously, my life does get better, healthier, and nearer to my Higher Power. As I continue to live them, may I feel the same gratitude and exaltation of spirit as those who are just now discovering them. Today I Will Remember Step by Step, day by day.
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