Your Daily Reprieve 03.12.17

Your Daily Reprieve for Sunday March   12,  2017 From Stuart. FL

“Service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this planet ". ~Anonymous Honesty pays, but it don't seem to pay enough to suit some. ~ Kin Hubbard I have been so busy wanting what I've been getting that I haven't had time to worry about getting what I wanted. ~Howard P. from Gilbert AZ "Sometimes my greatest accomplishment  is just keeping my mouth shut." ~Anonymous "Only in growth, reform, and change, paradoxically enough, is true security found." - Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Big Book Quote "There is action and more action. 'Faith without works is dead.'" ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg. 88~

Daily Share! AA Speaker of the Day By Request CLANCY I. 02/04/1990 http://bit.ly/2mM3dGD Wee Willie’s Sobriety First Media AA CD’s Literature and tapes https://www.mediafire.com/sobrietyfirst

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 3/2 Rusty S. (Trenton, NJ).....8 3/3 Ilene W. (Los Angeles, CA).....42 3/3 Steve H. (Middletown, NJ).....11 3/3 Kelly T. (Newmarket, NH).....26 3/3 Evelyn T. (Troy, NY).....2 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 3/7 George(Milwaukee, WI).....9 3/9 Andy W. (City Island / WFMG).....30 3/9 Phil S. (Dripping Springs, TX).....7 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 3/15 Brian G. (Harpwell, ME).....27 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 3/17 Jennifer B. (Fort Mill, SC).....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 3/22 Sally S. (NYc/Nantucket).....29 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 Francis G. (Southampton, UK).....41 3/29 Robin S. (NYC, NY).....24 3/30 Ralph B. (Port St. Lucie, FL).....35 0915 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." This all meant, of course, that we were still far off balance. When a job still looked like a mere means of getting money rather than an opportunity for service, when the acquisition of money for financial independence looked more important than a right dependence upon God, we were still the victims of unreasonable fears. And these were fears which would make a serene and useful existence, at any financial level, quite impossible. p. 121

Twenty-Four Hours A.A. Thought For The Day The Prodigal Son "took his journey into a far country and wasted his substance on riotous living." That's what we alcoholics do. We waste our substance with riotous living. "When he came to himself, he said: I will arise and go to my father." That's what an alcoholic does in A.A. He comes to himself. His alcoholic self is not his real self. His sane, sober, respectable self is his real self. That's why we're so happy in A.A. Have I come to myself? Meditation For The Day Simplicity is the keynote of a good life. Choose the simple things always. Life can become complicated if you let it be so. You can be swamped by difficulties if you let them take up too much of your time. Every difficulty can be either solved or ignored and something better substituted for it. Love the humble things of life. Reverence the simple things. Your standard must never be the world's standard of wealth and power. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may love the simple things of life. I pray that I may keep my life uncomplicated and free.

Daily Thought ​​​^*^*^*^*^ (\    ~~    /) (    \(AA)/    ) (_ /AA\ _) / AA \ ^*^*^*^*^ Meetings A "spiritual experience" to me meant attending meetings, seeing a group of people, all there for the purpose of helping each other; hearing the Twelve Steps and the Twelve Traditions read at a meeting, and hearing the Lord's Prayer, which in an A.A. meeting has such great meaning -- "Thy will be done, not mine." A spiritual awakening soon came to mean trying each day to be a little more thoughtful, more considerate, a little more courteous to those with whom I came in contact. c. 1976, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 381 c. 2001, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 356 Thought to Consider . . . The ankle-biters of everyday struggles will eat away at me unless I go to meetings and share. *~*AACRONYMS*~* C A R E  Comforting And Reassuring Each other.

Daily Reflection A DAY'S PLAN On awakening let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. We consider our plans for the day. Before we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 86 Every day I ask God to kindle within me the fire of His love, so that love, burning bright and clear, will illuminate my thinking and permit me to better do His will. Throughout the day, as I allow outside circumstances to dampen my spirits, I ask God to sear my consciousness with the awareness that I can start my day over any time I choose; a hundred times, if necessary.

Pot Luck Reflection for the Day None of us can claim to know God in all God's fullness. None of us can really claim to understand our Higher Power to any extent. But this I do know: there is Power beyond my human will which can do wonderful, loving things for me that I can't do for myself. I see this glorious power at work in my own being, and I see the miraculous results of this same power in the lives of thousands upon thousands of other recovering people who are my friends in the Program. Do I need the grace of God and the loving understanding any less now than when I began my recovery? Today I Pray May I never forget that my spiritual needs are as great today as they were when I came into the Program. It is so easy to look at others, newer to the recovery process, and regard them as the needy ones. As I think of myself as increasingly independent, may I never overlook my dependence on my Higher Power. Today I Will Remember I will never outgrow my need for God. You are reading from the book: A Day at a Time (Softcover) by Anonymous

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One Day Step Series Saturday April 1st 2017 Peter M. From Fort Lauderdale and Stevie B. Deerfield 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. includes a potluck lunch Passing the basket between each meeting Location: Jensen Beach Community Church 3900 Skyline Drive Jensen Beach Florida For more information email: recovered111684@gmail.com

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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