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Your
Daily Reprieve for Saturday March 4, 2017
From Jacksonville.
FL
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"The welcome I received in AA was
real. Neither my youth, my race, my newness, nor my foreignness concerned
them. All they appeared to see was that I finally admitted my powerlessness
over alcohol. That was enough for them." ~Grapevine: Port of Spain,
March 2003
How much of your life do you spend
looking forward to being somewhere
else?
-Matthew Flickstein
"If a problem has no solution, it
may not be a problem, but a fact
- not to be solved, but to be coped
with over time."
--Shimon Peres This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. William Shakespeare –
All the art of living lies in a fine
mingling
of letting go and holding on.
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Big
Book Quote
"Carry
this message to other alcoholics! You can help when no one
else can. You can secure their confidence when others fail. Remember they are very ill." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Working With Others, pg. 89~ |
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Daily Share!
AA Speaker of
the Day
KAREN
A.
@Gulfstream
Group
Stuart, FL
01.13.17
Wee
Willie’s
Sobriety
First Media
AA CD’s
Literature and tapes
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Celebrate Your Anniversary Here
SHOW NEWCOMERS HOW IT
WORKS!!
MARCH 2017
Anniversaries
3/1
Erich O. (Honolulu, HI).....5
3/1
Rich W. (Astoria, NY).....2
3/1
Mike Mc. (White Plains, NY).....6
3/2
Liz C. (White Plains, NY).....8
3/3
Ilene W. (Los Angeles, CA).....42
3/3
Steve H. (Middletown, NJ).....11
3/3
Kelly T. (Newmarket, NH).....26
3/4 Michelle C. (Surrey,
BC).....4
3/5 Russel
N. (Hermosa Beach, CA).....3
3/5
Tom M. (Stuart, FL/Waynesville, NC).....23
3/6
Courtney C. (Brunswick, GA).....6
3/7
Dave G. (White Rock BC, Canada).....14
3/9
Andy W. (City Island / WFMG).....30
3/12
Athol (Cardigan, PEI, CA).....7
3/12
Mark W. ().....16
3/13
Sue S.(Naples, FL).....5
3/13
Thomas V. (East Hanover, NJ).....10
3/14
Kay Z. (North Port, FL).....24
3/16
John S. (Boonton, NJ).....4
3/16
Billy I. (Islington, MA).....32
3/17
Dan D. (Tortola, BVI).....38
3/17
Susan C. P. (North Port, FL).....27
3/17
Nard B. (Bridgewater, NJ).....4
3/17
Carolyn W. (nantucket., MA).....20
3/17 Judy D. (Good Morning Carmel,
CA).....2
3/18
Shannon L. (Cardigan, PEI, CA).....1
3/19
Mike B. (Purchase, NY).....17
3/20
Carlos L. Jr. (Carolina, PR).....7
3/21
Margie W. (Sant Cruz, CA).....30
3/21
Kate A. (Nyack, NY).....29
3/21
Pamela B. (New Jersey).....33
3/21
Carlos L. Sr. (Bridgeport, CT).....22
3/23
David C. (Boca Raton, FL).....4
3/25
Buffy H. (Gambier, OH/Nantucket, MA).....25
3/27
Chuck L. (Key Largo, FL).....30
3/27
Cathy C-T (Palm City, FL).....9
3/28
Tara S. (Pasadena, CA).....33
3/28
Mike H. (Lexington, KY).....30
3/29
Cliff k. (Philadelphia, PA).....12
3/29
Robin S. (NYC, NY).....24
0660 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."
The joy of living is the theme of A.A.'s Twelfth Step, and action is its key word. Here we turn outward toward our fellow alcoholics who are still in distress. Here we experience the kind of giving that asks no rewards. Here we begin to practice all Twelve Steps of the program in our daily lives so that we and those about us may find emotional sobriety. When the Twelfth Step is seen in its full implication, it is really talking about the kind of love that has no price tag on it. p. 106 |
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Twenty-Four
Hours
A.A. Thought For The Day
Having surrendered our lives to God and put our drink problem in His Hands doesn't mean that we'll never be tempted to drink. So we must build up strength for the time when temptation will come. In this quiet time, we read and pray and get our minds in the right mood for the day. Starting the day right is a great help in keeping sober. As the days go by and we get used to the sober life, it gets easier and easier. We begin to develop a deep gratitude to God for saving us from that old life. And we begin to enjoy peace and serenity and real quiet happiness. Am I trying to live the way God wants me to live? Meditation For The Day The elimination of selfishness is the key to happiness and can only be accomplished with God's help. We start out with a spark of the Divine Spirit but a large amount of selfishness. As we grow and come in contact with other people, we can take one of two paths. We can become more and more selfish and practically extinguish the Divine Spark within us or we can become more unselfish and develop our spirituality until it becomes the most important thing in our lives. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may grow more and more unselfish, honest, pure and loving. I pray that I may take the right path every day. |
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Daily
Thought
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Resentment
Resentment is the "number one" offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything else. From it stem all forms of spiritual disease, for we have been not only mentally and physically ill, we have been spiritually sick. When the spiritual malady is overcome, we straighten our mentally and physically. In dealing with resentments, we set them on paper. We listed people, institutions or principles with whom we were angry. We asked ourselves why we were angry. In most cases it was found that our self-esteem, our pocketbooks, our ambitions, our personal relationships (including sex) were hurt or threatened. c. 2001 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 64-5 Thought to Consider . . . Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die. *~*AACRONYMS*~* P A C E
Positive Attitudes Change Everything.
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Daily
Reflection
WEEDING THE GARDEN
The
essence of all growth is a willingness to make a
change
for the better and then an unremitting willingness
to
shoulder whatever responsibility this entails.
AS BILL
SEES IT, p. 115
By the
time I had reached Step Three I had been freed of
my
dependence on alcohol, but bitter experience has shown
me that
continuous sobriety requires continuous effort.
Every
now and then I pause to take a good look at my
progress.
More and more of my garden is weeded each
time I
look, but each time I also find new weeds sprouting
where I
thought I had made my final pass with the blade.
As I
head back to get the newly sprouted weed (it's easier
when
they are young), I take a moment to admire how lush
the
growing vegetables and flowers are, and my labors are
rewarded.
My sobriety grows and bears fruit.
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Pot
Luck
We can feel burdened, inadequate, and overwhelmed by expectations, even when they are our own. More often, however, the problem originates from outside ourselves. Before we got into the program, we may have been easily caught in the trap of other people's expectations because we didn't know who we really were. Now that we are in recovery, the Fourth Step offers us an opportunity to understand ourselves better, which in turn helps us to set out own goals. No longer must someone else's goals guilt us into action. Getting to know real freedom from the expectations of others is a two-step process. First we need to see clearly which expectations are ours and which belong to someone else. Then we need to turn to our Higher Power for help in fulfilling our own expectations, and only our own. Before taking any action today I will pause to make certain I am fulfilling my expectations not someone else's. God will help me with this task.
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MARCH
10-12, 2017
CAME
TO BELIEVE RETREAT
Marywood
Retreat Center
323
Marywood Drive Jacksonville, FL 32259
Contact:
Thomas Page
(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!!
Like and
Follow Us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BeyondYourWildestDreams/
Contact for Questions or to Get involved: Valerie or Suzanne beyondmywildestdreamsavalon@gmail.com
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" Nueva Libertad, Nueva Alegría "
New Freedom, New Happiness
The Condado Plaza Hilton
San Juan, Puerto Rico
MAY 5, 6, 7
English Speaking Meetings Included
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MAY 5,6,7 2017
At Woodward’s Resort
Lincoln, NH
COME JOIN US FOR SPEAKERS, FELLOWSHIP,
AND FUN!!
Whole Weekend is
only $190 per person D.O. or $265 Single
v Includes Two night’s lodging (Friday
& Saturday) at Woodward’s Inn of Lincoln or Woodward’s Resort.
v
Two
breakfasts and Two lunches (Saturday & Sunday)
v
One
dinner (Saturday).
v
NH
Room Tax & Resort Fee.
For
Flyer email Maddie
madcelia@aol.com
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Van
Devender Middle School
918 31st St, Parkersburg, WV 26104
More
Information:
Call
Corey C. 304-834-5513 or Brandi B. 304-893-4018
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Online registration for the 2017 AA Convention is now
open!
Register Here!
http://aaconvention.eventbee.com/event?eid=169348274
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“THERE
IS A SOLUTION”
3 DAYS OF BIG
BOOK EXPERIENCE
June 23rd, 24th,
25th 2017
Presented by:
Worldly
Traveled Big Book Technicians
Charlie P. and Katie P. from Austin Texas
A
weekend adventure through the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous
you
won’t want to miss.
LOCATION:
Watson Homestead, 9620 Dry Run Rd. Painted Post N.Y.
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