Your Daily Reprieve 02.28.18

Your Daily Reprieve for Wednesday  February 28,  2018 From Waynesville, NC

"You can get everything money will buy without a lick of character, but you can't get any of the things money won't buy-- happiness, joy, peace of mind, winning relationships, etc., without character." --Zig Ziglar Even in the case of individuals, there is no possibility to feel happiness through anger. If in a difficult situation one becomes disturbed internally, overwhelmed by mental discomfort, then external things will not help at all. However, if despite external difficulties or problems, internally one's attitude is of love, warmth, and kindheartedness, then problems can be faced and accepted. -His Holiness the Dalai Lama It’s easier to stay out than it is to get out. ~  Mark Twain Recovery is really simple – it’s just not always easy ~Anonymous

Big Book Quote "we have ceased fighting anything or anyone—  even alcohol." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg. 84~

Daily Share! AA Speaker of the Day BOB DARRALL Steps Part I. Dubai http://bit.ly/2EXkjuv 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!! SOBER DATE YOUR NAME YOUR LOCATION YEARS SOBER 1/1 Bob S Akron, OH 83 It will look like this : 1/1 Bob S. (Akron, OH).....83 February  2018 Anniversaries 2/1 Gilly l. (Brighton, UK).....18 2/1 Michael P. (Floral Park, NY).....30 2/1 Mikey Sparks (Budd Lake, NJ).....8 2/1 Diane O. (Buffalo, NY).....5 2/1 Sean D. (Ithaca, NY).....10 2/1 Jason C. (Kew Gardens, NY).....15 2/2 Brad McC (Westfield, NY).....35 2/2 Chelsea C. Nantucket, MA).....1 2/2 Jennifer W. (St Mary’s GA).....2 2/2 Rob F. (Houston, TX).....4 2/2 Vicky D. (Pacifica. CA).....4 2/3 Sherry D. (Los Amgeles, CA).....14 2/3 Joe G. (Bernardsville, NJ).....2 2/3 Emmanuel (Pensacola, FL).....4 2/3 Meredith T. (Santa Fe, NM).....21 2/4 Bob F. (Larchmont, NY).....3 2/4 Pam S. (North Hollywood, CA).....31 2/5 Hob (Katy, TX).....1 2/5 Jane S. (Newfound Lake, NH).....9 2/6 Dale W. ()..11... 2/6 William V. (Jersey City. NJ).....2 2/6 Paul K. (Key Largo/Cape Cod).....34 2/6 Joann M. (Manhattan, NY).....6 2/7 Lorin C. (East Sandwich, MA).....21 2/7 Vance H.  (Jacksonville, AR).....13 2/7 Macs S. (Scottsdale, AZ).....30 2/8 Shane G. (Topanga, CA).....7 2/8 Patti L. (Tampa, F).....41 2/7 Greg K. (Newburyport, MA).....4 2/9 Jason G. (Dominical, Costa Rica).....4 2/9 Darlene A. (Largo, FL).....24 2/10 Collette C. (Nantucket, MA).....10 2/10 Judson G. (Fort Lauderdale, FL).....49 2/10 Kay H. (Palmyra, VA/Lake Monticello).....29 2/10 Howard S. (Colonia, NJ).....4 2/11 Steve Burt (Kittery, ME).....38 2/11 Kelly N. ().....34 2/12 Tim S. (Charlotte, NC).....6 2/12 Bob J. (Harrison, NY).....4 2/12 Betty P. (Valparaiso, IN).....34 2/13 Tom B. (LaPointe, WI).....29 2/14 Richard B. (North Port, FL).....8 2/14 Dick P. (Punta Gorda, FL).....44 2/14 Zach G. (Plymouth, MI).....8 2/14 Laura C. (Basking Ridge, NJ).....3 2/14 Danny S. (Rumson, NJ).....25 2/15 Josh D. (Bath, UK).....13 2/15 Jan W. (Sausalito, CA).....30 2/15 Terri M. (Franklin Lakes, NJ).....2 2/15 Daniel H. ().....32 2/15 Stephen Y. (Brussels, Belgium).....30 2/15 John T. (Tortola/Connecticut).....31 2/16 Nancy B. (North Port, FL).....35 2/16 Clarence Mc (Port Charlotte, FL).....43 2/16 Greg J. ().....1 2/17 Peter R. (Basking Ridge, NJ).....7 2/17 Woody W. (Michigan City, IN).....35 2/17 Jamie R. (Cape Cod, MA).....3 2/17 Dave H. (Rye, NH).....40 2/17 Luke R. (Bluffton, SC).....17 2/17 Noel S. (Harrison, NY).....9 2/18 Laura S. (Jacksonville, FL).....20 2/18 Jim P. (Jacksonville, FL).....16 2/18 Allan C. (North Andover, MA).....7 2/18 Scott W. (Hopewell, NJ).....34 2/18 Mike P. (Elmont, NY).....26 2/19 Joe R. (Astoria, NY).....1 2/20 Cami M. (Minden, LA).....8 2/20 Amanda A. (Lyme, CT).....3 2/20 Jackie M. (Basking Ridge, NJ).....12 2/20 Mary Stuart C. (Cary, NC).....16 2/20 Tracey F. (Ventura, CA).....5 2/21 Mike D. (Nantucket, MA).....25 2/21 Fred D. (Port Washington, NY).....14 2/21 Jack O. (Wales, UK).....21 2/22 Marshall T. (Nantucket, MA).....20 2/22 Michael W. (Key West, FL).....11 2/22 Jan C. (Berlin, VT).....1 2/23 Shabbir A. (Mumbai, India).....35 2/23 Scott J. (Victorville, CA).....4 2/24 Betsy W. (Osprey, FL).....29 2/24 Steph S. (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands).....10 2/25 Kristine P. (New York, NY).....5 2/25 Judy S. (Los Angeles, CA).....37 2/25 Marty M. (Ossining, NY).....10 2/26 John G. (Stuart, FL).....33 2/26 Vaiva P. (Carmel Valley, CA).....17 2/26 Jose R. (Sarasota, FL).....24 2/27 Neil R. (Floral Park, NY).....4 2/28 Matthew M. (Pelham, NY).....8 2/28 Brian M. (Lake City, CO).....2 2/28 Wesley C. (Stuart, FL).....4 1533   Total Years of Sobriety

12&12 Step Eleven - "Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out." Its author was a man who for several hundred years now has been rated as a saint. We won’t be biased or scared off by that fact, because although he was not an alcoholic he did, like us, go through the emotional wringer. And as he came out the other side of that painful experience, this prayer  was his expression of what he could then see, feel and wish to become: "Lord, make me a channel of thy peace--that where there is hatred, I may bring love--that where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness--that where there is discord, I may bring harmony--that where there is error, I may bring truth--that where there is doubt, I may bring faith--that where there is despair, I may bring hope--that where there are shadows, I may bring light--that where there is sadness, I may bring joy. Lord, grant that I may seek rather to comfort than to be comforted--to understand, than to be understood--to love, than to be loved. For it is by self-forgetting that one finds. It is by forgiving that one is forgiven. It is by dying that one awakens to Eternal Life. Amen." p.99

Twenty-Four Hours A.A. Thought For The Day We should be free from alcohol for good. It's out of our hands and in the hands of God, so we don't need to worry about it or even think about it any more. But if we haven't done this honestly and fully, the chances are that it will become our problem again. Since we don't trust God to take care of our problem for us, we reach out and take the problem back to ourselves. Then it's our problem again and we're in the same old mess we were in before. Do I trust God to take care of the problem for me? Meditation For The Day No work is of value without preparation. Every spiritual work must have behind it much spiritual preparation. Cut short times of prayer and times of spiritual preparation and many hours of work may be profitless. From the point of view of God, one poor tool working all the time, but doing bad work because of lack of preparation, is of small value compared with a sharp, keen, perfect instrument working only for a short time, but that turns out perfect work because of long hours of spiritual preparation. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may spend more time alone with God. I pray that I may get more strength and joy from such times, so that they will add much to my work.

Daily Thought ​​​^*^*^*^*^ (\    ~~    /) (    \(AA)/    ) (_ /AA\ _) / AA \ ^*^*^*^*^ Cheerfulness But we aren't a glum lot . . . We absolutely insist on enjoying life . . . So we think cheerfulness and laughter make for usefulness. Outsiders are sometimes shocked when we burst into merriment over a seemingly tragic experience out of the past. But why shouldn't we laugh? We have recovered, and have been given the power to help others. c. 2001 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous,  p. 132 Thought to Consider . . . Laughter is the sound of recovery. *~*AACRONYMS*~* I S M I, Self, Me

Daily Reflection WHAT? NO PRESIDENT? When told that our Society has no president having authority to govern it, no treasurer who can compel the payment of any dues, . . . our friends gasp and exclaim, "This simply can't be. . . ." TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 132 When I finally made my way to A.A., I could not believe that there was no treasurer to "compel the payment of dues." I could not imagine an organization that didn't require monetary contributions in return for a service. It was my first and, thus far, only experience with getting "something for nothing." Because I did not feel used or conned by those in A.A., I was able to approach the program free from bias and with an open mind. They wanted nothing from me. What could I lose? I thank God for the wisdom of the early founders who knew so well the alcoholic's disdain for being manipulated.

Pot Luck “It’s not going to get easier, but it’s going to get better." When I got sober, I thought my life would get easier. I mean, I wasn’t drinking to black out any longer, and now that I was sober everyone would be happy for me. I even thought I deserved some kind of an award. I was sure my money troubles would disappear, my health would get better, and all the people I hurt would forgive me and life would get back to normal. None of that happened right away. In early sobriety, the only thing that changed was that I wasn’t getting loaded any longer. I still had all the problems as before, but in addition I was now also racked with feelings: feelings of remorse, resentment, fear, anger, etc. And as I struggled to work the Steps, things actually got worse as I lost job after job, found I was unfit for most relationships, and was in constant fear. I didn’t think recovery was for me. I told my sponsor that if this was what sobriety was like, I’d rather start drinking again. He told me this was what getting sober was like, but it wasn’t what being sober was like. He said if this was how I was always going to feel all the time, then none of us would have remained in recovery. Each year, my life did get better and better. Even though it wasn’t easy in the beginning, I found that overall, I had found the easier, softer way. Today, I can’t imagine not being sober and living in recovery. http://www.thewisdomoftherooms.com/

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Resources Great Minds Quotes https://twitter.com/GreatestQuotes BIG BOOK SEARCH ENGINE: http://www.whytehou se.com/big_ book_search/ Twenty Four Hours a Day Since 1954, Twenty-Four Hours a Day has become a stable force in the recovery of many alcoholics throughout the world. With over nine million copies in print (the original text has been revised), this "little black book" offers daily thoughts, meditations, and prayers for living a clean and sober life. A spiritual resource with practical applications to fit our daily lives. Copyright 1975 Hazeleden Foundation Tammy’s recovery links http://www.bluidkiti.com/forums/ NEW! Twisted Thinking Making Sense Out of Nonsense: Change Happens by Changing Your Perception by Georgia Hughes amazon.com/author/georgiahughes AA Photo Archives http://www.rewritables.net/cybriety/aa_photos.htm Heard at A Meeting https://twitter.com/heardinameeting Breast Cancer Site Take a minute and click to provide free mammograms http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/ MEN FIGHTING CANCER TOGETHER America’s largest volunteer men’s cancer support group and advocacy national nonprofit organization. http://malecare.org/ Big Book Quotes http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/BigBookQuotes/ The Universe https://www.facebook.com/scherie.dee Prayables http://prayables.org/ As We See It (AWSI) http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AsWeSeeIt/ Keep It Simple Hazelden Meditations ePrayer http://www.eprayer.com/dailyinspiration.htm Daily Thought http://groups.google.com/group/TransitionsDaily Speaker Recordings http://storiesofrecovery.org/Workshops.htm Wisdom of the Room http://www.theWisdomoftheRooms.com

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