Your
Daily Reprieve for Thursday March 2, 2017
From Waynesville,
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"Drinking is no longer a problem,
but my thinking sure is. Writing a gratitude list puts the brakes on negative
thoughts, turns me back toward the light, and helps me to see the beauty in
everyday life."
~Grapevine: New York, N.Y., January 2006
"Happiness is a butterfly which
when pursued is just out of grasp... But if you will sit down quietly, may
alight upon you."
--Nathaniel Hawthorne
The best day of your life, hasn't
happened yet.
~Unknown
“Sometimes our stop-doing list
needs to be bigger than our to-do
list.”
― Patti Digh |
Big
Book Quote
"God
will constantly disclose more to you and to us. Ask Him in your
morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. The answers will come, if your own house is in order. But obviously you cannot transmit something you haven't got. See to it that your relationship with Him is right, and great events will come to pass for you and countless others. This is the Great Fact for us." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, A Vision For You, pg. 164~ |
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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."
This new outlook was, we learned, something especially necessary to us alcoholics. For alcoholism had been a lonely business, even though we had been surrounded by people who loved us. But when self-will had driven everybody away and our isolation had become complete, it caused us to play the big shot in cheap barrooms and then fare forth alone on the street to depend upon the charity of passersby. We were still trying to find emotional security by being dominating or dependent upon others. Even when our fortunes had not ebbed that much and we nevertheless found ourselves alone in the world, we still vainly tried to be secure by some unhealthy kind of domination or dependence. For those of us who were like that, A.A. had a very special meaning. Through it we begin to learn right relations with people who understand us; we don't have to be alone any more. pp. 116-117 |
Twenty-Four
Hours
A.A. Thought For The Day
Over a period of drinking years, we've proved to ourselves and to everybody else that we can't stop drinking by our own willpower. We have been proved helpless before the power of alcohol. So the only way we could stop drinking was by turning to a Power greater than ourselves. We call that Power God. The time that you really get this program is when you get down on your knees and surrender yourself to God, as you understand Him. Surrender means putting your life into God's hands. Have I made a promise to God that I will try to live the way He wants me to live? Meditation For The Day Spirit-power comes from communication with God in prayer and times of quiet meditation. I must constantly seek spirit-communication with God. This is a matter directly between me and God. Those who seek it through the medium of the church do not always get the joy and the wonder of spirit communication with God. >From this communication comes life, joy, peace, and healing. Many people do not realize the power that can come to them from direct spirit-communication. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may feel that God's power is mine. I pray that I may be able to face anything through that power. |
Daily
Thought
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A.A. Unity
Though many of us have had to struggle for sobriety, never yet has this Fellowship had to struggle for lost unity. Consequently, we sometimes take this one great gift for granted. We forget that, should we lose our unity, the millions of alcoholics who still "do not know" might never get their chance. Bill W., Letter, 1949 c. 1967 AAWS, As Bill Sees It, p. 297 Thought to Consider . . . We can make a difference. Without you, there is no "we." *~*AACRONYMS*~* A A's-R-US
Alcoholics Anonymous Recovery Unity Service
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Daily
Reflection
HOPE
Do not
be discouraged.
ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS, p. 60
Few
experiences are of less value to me than fast sobriety.
Too many
times discouragement has been the bonus for
unrealistic
expectations, not to mention self-pity or fatigue
from my
wanting to change the world by the weekend.
Discouragement
is a warning signal that I may have
wandered
across the God line. The secret of fulfilling my
potential
is in acknowledging my limitations and believing
that
time is a gift, not a threat.
Hope is
the key that unlocks the door of discouragement.
The
program promises me that if I do not pick up
the
first drink today, I will always have hope. Having come
to
believe that I keep what I share, every time I encourage,
I
receive courage. It is with others that, with the grace of
God and
the Fellowship of A.A., I trudge the road of happy
destiny.
May I always remember that the power within me
is far
greater than any fear before me. May I always have
patience,
for I am on the right road.
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Pot
Luck
"A God
defined - is a God confined."
Long before recovery,
and even many years into it, I had a need to understand who and what God was.
I was sure that if I was "good" and acted the way I thought God
wanted me to act, then I could control Him, and ultimately I would get what I
wanted. I didn't know it then, but what I was trying to do was impose my will
on God and make it seem like it was His will.
As you can imagine, this never worked out. The harder I tried to control people, places and things, presuming God's will was in alignment with mine, the more uncontrollable my life became, and the more I began to resent others, myself and God. It took many years for me to truly surrender my will and my life to God, but once I did I discovered a faith that went beyond understanding. Today my faith confirms that God's will is infinitely better for me and others than I could ever imagine. By constantly affirming, "Thy will, not mine be done," I enjoy the freedom that comes from surrendering to the power and love of God. Today God is no longer confined by my need to define Him, and as a result I get to be a witness to His miracles as they unfold around me. |
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10-12, 2017
CAME
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323
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Contact:
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(904) 803-8636
www.cametobelieve.org
page1950@gmail.com
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Beyond Your Wildest
Dreams
11th Annual Women’s AA
Retreat
“A Journey Through the
Steps”
When: Saturday, April 29, 2017,
9:00 am to 9:00 pm
Cost: Simple 7th Tradition Basket for Donation before each meeting
What to Bring: An Open Mind, A
Covered dish to Share, The 12/12 Step Book
Where: Tierney Auditorium
(Formerly Maris Stella) 50th and Ocean Drive, Avalon, NJ
Details: There will be speakers for the 12 Steps,
along with food and fellowship. We
will cover Steps 1 - 7 in the morning, break for lunch and a beach walk from
12:30 to 2, and then begin with Step 8 through 12 in the afternoon, early
evening is for fun! AA Skit Planned and other fun things! Bring a friend!!
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MAY 5,6,7 2017
At Woodward’s Resort
Lincoln, NH
COME JOIN US FOR SPEAKERS, FELLOWSHIP,
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Whole Weekend is
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v Includes Two night’s lodging (Friday
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v
Two
breakfasts and Two lunches (Saturday & Sunday)
v
One
dinner (Saturday).
v
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3 DAYS OF BIG
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June 23rd, 24th,
25th 2017
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A
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you
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