Your Daily Reprieve 06.30.17

Your Daily Reprieve for Friday June 30 , 2017

From Waynesville, NC

"Guilt is anger directed at ourselves--at what we did or did not do."
--Peter McWilliams

The days go by and you hardly notice...until they're gone. May you be blessed to enjoy each moment as you live it, acknowledging the time God gives you and being grateful for it.

~Prayables

It is far better to be alone,

than to be in bad company.

~ George Washington

There are many things to be grateful "for" but, as I ripen with the seasons of life, the many reasons blend into a sacred mystery. And, most deeply, I realize that living gratefully is its own blessing.

~Michael Mahoney

"I am now prepared to become the better person I've neglected to be."

~Anonymous

Big Book Quote

"No words can tell of the loneliness and despair I found in that
bitter morass of self-pity. Quicksand stretched around me in all
directions. I had met my match. I had been overwhelmed. Alcohol
was my master."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Bill's Story, pg. 8

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1057 Total Years of Sobriety

12&12

Tradition Nine - "A.A., as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve."

You might think A.A.'s headquarters in New York would be an exception. Surely, the people there would have to have some authority. But long ago, trustees and staff members alike found they could do no more than make suggestions, and very mild ones at that. They even had to coin a couple of sentences which still go into half the letters they write: "Of course, you are at perfect liberty to handle this matter any way you please. But the majority experience in A.A. does seem to suggest . . . " Now, that attitude is far removed from central government, isn't it? We recognize that alcoholics can't be dictated to--individually or collectively.

pp. 173-174

Twenty-Four Hours

A.A. Thought For The Day

Alcoholics are unable or unwilling, during their addiction
to alcohol, to live in the present. The result is that they
live in a constant state of remorse and fear because of
their unholy past and its morbid attraction, or the uncertain
future and its vague foreboding. So the only real hope for
the alcoholic is to face the present. Now is the time. Now is
ours. The past is beyond recall. The future is as uncertain
as life itself. Only the now belongs to us. Am I living in
the now?

Meditation For The Day

I must forget the past as much as possible. The past is over
and gone forever. Nothing can be done about the past, except
to make what restitution I can. I must not carry the burden of
my past failures. I must go on in faith. The clouds will clear
and the way will lighten. The path will become less stony with
every forward step I take. God has no reproach for anything
that He has healed. I can be made whole and free, even though
I have wrecked my life in the past. Remember the saying:
"Neither do I condemn thee; go and sin no more."

Prayer For The Day

I pray that I may not carry the burden of the past. I pray that
I may cast it off and press on in faith.

Daily Thought

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Progress

"Day by day, we try to move a little toward God's perfection. So we need not be consumed by maudlin guilt for failure to achieve His likeness and image by Thursday next. Progress is our aim, and His perfection is the beacon, light-years away, that draws us on."
Bill W., Letter, 1966
1967AAWS, As Bill Sees It, p. 15

Thought to Consider . . .

There is no progress without change.

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G O D
Good Orderly Direction

Daily Reflection

SACRIFICE = UNITY = SURVIVAL

The unity, the effectiveness, and even the survival of A.A.

will always depend upon our continued willingness to give

up some of our personal ambitions and desires for the

common safety and welfare. Just as sacrifice means

survival for the individual alcoholic, so does sacrifice mean

unity and survival for the group and for A.A. 's entire

Fellowship.

AS BILL SEES IT, p. 220

I have learned that I must sacrifice some of my personality

traits for the good of A.A. and, as a result, I have been

rewarded with many gifts. False pride can be inflated

through prestige but, by living Tradition Six, I receive the

gift of humility instead. Cooperation without affiliation is

often deceiving. If I remain unrelated to outside interests, I

am free to keep A.A. autonomous. Then the Fellowship will

be here, healthy and strong for generations to come.

Pot Luck

"Although we can borrow from religion, medicine, and psychiatry, we are not any one of them. We cannot run hospitals nor half-way houses, nor marry the group with a religious sect. We cannot send lobbyists to Congress and we don't mix AA with banking enterprises. We aren't educators nor counselors. We cannot lend our name to any other cause except our own. The more we mind our own business, the greater our influence becomes; medicine, religion, and psychiatry start borrowing from our experience and ideas. So do the fields of education, research, and rehabilitation. All kinds of groups based on AA's Twelve Steps have evolved, groups that deal with gambling, eating, drug addiction, mental illness, divorce, etc. They've borrowed from the AA program and made their own adaptations. We didn't have to endorse them or lend our name. This tells us strongly that the more AA sticks to its primary purpose, the greater will be its helpful influence." ~Grapevine: San Antonio, Texas, June 1996

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