Your
Daily Reprieve for Sunday February 26, 2017
From Stuart.
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"I am a student of life just
trying to learn how the universe works. The most powerful lesson I have
learned is that it all happens inside me. My perception of any situation is
in my control -- I have a choice about which way my mind will react."
~Grapevine: Pinellas Park, Fla.,
November 2006
"Hope is believing in spite of the
evidence, then watching the evidence change. ... Simply put, faith makes hope
possible. And hope is the single most important ingredient for changing the
world."
--Jim Wallis
"Note to self:
Just because it pops into my mind
doesn't mean it should come out of my
mouth."
~Anonymous
"The
only ones among you who will be really happy
are
those who will have sought and found how to serve."
- Albert Schweitzer |
Big
Book Quote
"When
we became alcoholics, crushed by a self-imposed crisis we could not postpone
or evade, we had to fearlessly face the proposition that either God is
everything or else He is nothing. God either is or He isn't."
~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, We Agnostics, pg. 53~ |
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SHOW NEWCOMERS HOW IT
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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
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Largo)...33
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2/7
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2/7
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S. (Scottsdale, AZ).....29
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Greg J. (Nortport, FL).....2
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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
2/14
Danny S. (Rumson, NJ).....24
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
2/20
Shabbir A. (Mumbai, India).....34
2/21
Mike D. (Nantucket, MA0.....24
2/21
Fred D. (Port Washington, NY).....13
2/21
Kara R. (Jacksonville, FL).....1
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
2/24
Steph S. (St. Thomas, USVI).....9
2/25
Marty M. (Queens, NY).....9
2/25
Judy S. (Los Angeles, CA).....36
2/27
Neil R. (Queens, NY).....3
2/28
Matthew M. (Pelham, NY).....7
1244 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."
After we come into A.A., if we go on growing, our attitudes and actions toward security--emotional security and financial security--commence to change profoundly. Our demand for emotional security, for our own way, had constantly thrown us into unworkable relations with other people. Though we were sometimes quite unconscious of this, the result always had been the same. Either we had tried to play God and dominate those about us, or we had insisted on being overdependent upon them. Where people had temporarily let us run their lives as though they were still children, we had felt very happy and secure ourselves. But when they finally resisted or ran away, we were bitterly hurt and disappointed. We blamed them, being quite unable to see that our unreasonable demands had been the cause. p. 115 |
Twenty-Four
Hours
A.A. Thought For The Day
When we came into A.A., we came to believe in a Power greater than ourselves. We came to believe in that Divine Principle in the universe which we call God, and to whom we could turn for help. Each morning we have a quiet time. We ask God for the power to stay sober for the next twenty-four hours. And each night we thank Him for helping us to keep sober for that day. Do I believe that each man or woman I see in A.A. is a demonstration of the power of God to change a human being from a drunkard to a sober person? Meditation For The Day I should pray for more faith as a thirsty man prays for water in a desert. Do I know what it means to feel sure that God will never fail me? Am I sure of this as I am sure that I still breathe? I should pray daily and most diligently that my faith may increase. There is nothing lacking in my life because really all I need is mine, only I lack the faith to know it. I am a king's son who sits in rags and yet all around me are stores of all I could desire. Prayer For The Day I pray for the realization that God has everything I need. I pray that I may know that His power is always available. |
Daily
Thought
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/ AA \
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Results
We found that as soon as we were able to lay aside prejudice and express even a willingness to believe in a Power greater than ourselves, we commenced to get results, even though it was impossible for any of us to fully define or comprehend that Power, which is God. c. 2001AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 46 Thought to Consider . . . God seldom becomes a reality until God becomes a necessity.
*~*AACRONYMS*~*
G I F T
God Is Forever There
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Daily
Reflection
NO ORDINARY SUCCESS STORY
A.A. is no success story in the ordinary
sense of the word. It
is a story of suffering transmuted, under
grace, into
spiritual progress.
AS BILL SEES IT, p. 35
Upon entering A.A. I listened to others
talk about the
reality of their drinking: loneliness,
terror and pain. As I
listened further, I soon heard a
description of a very
different kind—the reality of sobriety.
It is a reality of
freedom and happiness, of purpose and
direction, and of
serenity and peace with God, ourselves
and others. By
attending meetings I am reintroduced to
that reality, over
and over. I see it in the eyes and hear
it in the voices of
those around me. By working the program I
find the
direction and strength with which to make
it mine. The joy
of A.A. is that this new reality is
available to me.
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Pot
Luck
Sometimes I take on more than I can comfortably manage - that’s one of the ways in which my life becomes unmanageable. It happens when I'm operating according to self-will rather than the will of a Higher Power. I believe that God does not expect more of me than I can produce, that along with the challenges and difficulties I encounter comes the strength I need to cope with them and learn from them. When chaos threatens, I'm either taking on more than I should, or I'm not using the resources available to me. With recovery, we learn to arrange our priorities so that we do not get worn out with compulsive activity and busy-ness. Everything becomes more manageable when we're not trying to run the show by ourselves. Solid experience teaches us that support is always at hand, that our Higher Power comes through for us when we ask for help. I will face today's tasks confident that I will be given the ability to accomplish my Higher Power's will for me.
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