Your Daily Reprieve 03.06.17

Your Daily Reprieve for  Monday  March   6,  2017 From Stuart. FL

"Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future." --Paul Boese “You are where you are and what you are because of yourself, nothing else. Nature is neutral. Nature doesn't care. If you do what other successful people do, you will enjoy the same results and rewards that they do. And if you don't, you won't.” - Brian Tracy Problems do not go away. They must be worked through or else they remain, forever a barrier to the growth and development of the spirit. ~ M. Scott Peck "You are the embodiment of the information you choose to accept and act upon.  To change your circumstances you need to change your thinking  and subsequent actions." ~Adlin Sinclair

Big Book Quote "We try not to indulge in cynicism over the state of the nations, nor do we carry the world's troubles on our shoulders. When we see a man sinking into the mire that is alcoholism, we give him first aid and place what we have at his disposal." Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, The Family Afterward, pg. 132

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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 3/9 Tony C. (Punta Gorda, FL).....38 3/11 John M. (Succasunna, NJ).....8 3/12 Athol (Cardigan, PEI, CA).....7 3/12 Mark W. (Phoenix, AZ).....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 3/21 Norm A. (Boston, MA).....28 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 3/27 Steve H. (East Hampton, NY).....30 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 0764 Total Years of Sobriety

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." When the distortion has been great, however, a long period of patient striving may be necessary. After the husband joins A.A., the wife may become discontented, even highly resentful that Alcoholics Anonymous has done the very thing that all her years of devotion had failed to do. Her husband may become so wrapped up in A.A. and his new friends that he is inconsiderately away from home more than when he drank. Seeing her unhappiness, he recommends A.A.'s Twelve Steps and tries to teach her how to live. She naturally feels that for years she has made a far better job of living than he has. Both of them blame each other and ask when their marriage is ever going to be happy again. They may even begin to suspect it had never been any good in the first place. pp. 118-119

Twenty-Four Hours A.A. Thought For The Day In A.A., we must surrender, give up, admit that we're helpless. We surrender our lives to God and ask Him for help. When He knows that we're ready, He gives us by His grace the free gift of sobriety. And we can't take any credit for having stopped drinking, because we didn't do it by our own willpower. There's no place for pride or boasting. We can only be grateful to God for doing for us what we could never do for ourselves. Do I believe that God has made me a free gift of the strength to stay sober? Meditation For The Day I must work for God, with God and through God's help. By doing all I can to bring about a true fellowship of human beings, I am working for God. I am also working with God, because this is the way God works, and He is with me when I am doing such work. I cannot do good work, however, without God's help. In the final analysis, it is through the grace of God that any real change in human personality takes place. I have to rely on God's power and anything I accomplish is through His help. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may work for God and with God. I pray that I may be used to change human personalities through God's help.

Daily Thought ​​​^*^*^*^*^ (\    ~~    /) (    \(AA)/    ) (_ /AA\ _) / AA \ ^*^*^*^*^ Steps & Traditions A.A.'s Twelve Steps are a group of principles, spiritual in their nature, which, if practiced as a way of life, can expel the obsession to drink and enable the sufferer to become happily and usefully whole. A.A.'s Twelve Traditions apply to the life of the Fellowship itself. They outline the means by which A.A. maintains its unity and relates itself to the world about it, the way it lives and grows. c. 1952 AAWS, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions,  p. 15 Thought to Consider . . . The Steps protect me from myself; the Traditions protect A A. ​ ​from me. *~*AACRONYMS*~* T R U S T Teaching Recovery Using Steps and Traditions.

Daily Reflection THE IDEA OF FAITH Do not let any prejudice you may have against spiritual terms deter you from honestly asking yourself what they mean to you. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 47 The idea of faith is a very large chunk to swallow when fear, doubt and anger abound in and around me. Sometimes just the idea of doing something different, something I am not accustomed to doing, can eventually become an act of faith if I do it regularly, and do it without debating whether it's the right thing to do. When a bad day comes along and everything is going wrong, a meeting or a talk with another drunk often distracts me just enough to persuade me that everything is not quite as impossible, as overwhelming as I had thought. In the same way, going to a meeting or talking to a fellow alcoholic are acts of faith; I believe I'm arresting my disease. These are ways I slowly move toward faith in a Higher Power.

Pot Luck Having realistic expectations. Sometimes we expect much too much of people and things. We will never be happy if we expect our doctor to work instant cures or if we blame our teacher for what we failed to learn. We need to examine what's realistic to expect of others and what we are responsible for ourselves. It's the same with the program: We cannot judge its effectiveness by whether we are happy all the time. The program will be perfect only when we are perfect. We must let go of our childish all-or-nothing attitude and become more realistic. After all, when were we ever happy all the time? Do I expect too much? Higher Power, when I am unhappy with the program, help me be honest with myself about where the problem lies. You are reading from the book: Day by Day - Second Edition by Anonymous

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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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