Your Daily Reprieve 06.30.18

Your Daily Reprieve for Saturday  June 30,  2018 From Waynesville, NC

When you are down to nothing...God is up to something! ~Anonymous "If you want to be happy, go to a meeting. If you want to be twice as happy, go to two meetings." ~Grapevine: Millbrae, California, July 1980, "I only need one meeting a week, but I don't know which day, so I go everyday." ~ Walter M. Dothan, AL I don't know how many meetings I need but I am afraid of going to one too few! ~Anonymous If you're waiting on God, do what waiters do - serve. ~Unknown

Big Book Quote "We found that as soon as we were able to lay aside prejudice and express even a willingness to believe in a Power greater than ourselves, we commenced to get results, even though it was impossiblefor any of us to fully define or comprehend that Power, which is God." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, We Agnostics, pg. 46~

Daily Share! AA Speaker of the Day Chuck and Elsa Chamberlain You Can’t See Until You Can See https://bit.ly/2yfYrIy 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 6/10 (mo/day) Bob S Akron, OH 83 It will look like this : 6/10 Bob S. (Akron, OH).....83 June 2018 Anniversaries 6/1 Kristin C. (Dallas, TX).....15 6/1 Lylly B. (Hermitage, TN).....6 6/2 Stan B. (Dallas, TX).....38 6/2 Linda B. (Dallas, TX).....38 6/2 David E. (Conway, NH).....18 6/3 Kathy P. (Newport, RI).....16 6/4 Bob G. (Peapack, NJ).....3 6/4 Marci H. (Merritt Island, FL).....8 6/6 Sue M. (The Villages, FL).....29 6/6 Bob B. (New Fairfield, CT).....2 6/6 Carolina L. (Astoria, NY).....3 6/11 David M. (Murphy, NC).....7 6/7 Bill K. (Carle Place, NY).....23 6/7 Ian W. (Stuart, FL).....15 6/7 Stephen B. (Somerset, MA) 42 6/8 Tatiana R. (Stamford, CT).....3 6/8 Joanne L. (Bernardsville, NJ).....4 6/8 Pierre L. (Thorndale, PA).....9 6/10 Hank G. (Tortola, BVI).....8 6/10 Matt S. ().....??? 6/10 Peter B. (Cape Coral, FL).....27 6/10 Clarke J. (Pepper Pike, OH).....11 6/10 Dave McD. (Hudson, FL).....41 6/10 Ben M. (Chapel Hill, NC).....1 6/11 Cathy W. (Huntersville, NC).....11 6/11 Scott O. ().....3 6/11 Brooke W. (Starke, FL).....7 6/12 Mark R. (Glenmont. NY).....27 6/13 Rob B. (Rumson, NJ).....3 6/13 Chuck A. (Asheville, NC).....22 6/14 Jamie W. (Huntington, NY).....6 6/15 Sherry R. (North Port, FL).....30 years 6/15 Fran F. (Dover, DE).....29 6/16 Eddie W. (Prescott, AZ).....57 6/16 Suzanne C. (Berwyn, PA).....4 6/16 Rich H. (Larchmont, NY).....3 6/17 Margo H. (Rothesay, Scotland).....51 6/17 Vin F. (Astoria, NY).....5 6/17 Patsy C-P. (Port Charlotte, FL).....42 years 6/18 John S. (Basking Ridge, NJ).....27 6/18 Claire P. (Evanston, IL).....20 6/18 Erin U. (Port Washington, NY).....3 6/18 Polly B. (St. Louis).....1 6/18 Diane T. (Boca Raton, FL).....8 6/19 Jack D. (Larchmont, NY).....25 6/19 Joel B. (Waynesville, NC).....23 6/19 Debbie W. (Polk City, FL).....13 6/20 Casey C. (Palm Beach Gardens, FL).....32 6/20 Joe R. (Ridgewood, NJ).....12 6/20 Chris G. (Mamaroneck, NY).....8 6/20 Chandler G. (S.F., CA).....8 6/21 Mark L. (Bellevue, WA).....17 6/21 Laura W. (Jerusalem, Israel).....26 6/22 Robin P. (Corpus Christi, TX).....32 6/22 Donna S. (Bedminster, NJ).....7 6/23 Reggie R. (Nantucket, MA).....31 6/23 Chris B. (East Quogue, NY).....5 6/23 Fred H. (NYC, NY).....9 6/24 Leslie J.  (North Port, FL ).....12 years 6/24 Christopher F. (Tortola, BVI).....1 6/25 Patty A. (Corpus Christi, TX).....6 6/25 Bo F. (Cambridge, MA).....21 6/26Phyllis MCC. (Tulsa, OK).....42 6/27 Russ H. (Prescott, AZ).....32 6/27 Jean K. (Punta Gorda, FL).....39 Years 6/28 Mark M. (North Port, FL )..... 28 years 6/28 Chuck D. (Leesburg, FL).....7 6/28 Dave C. (Windham, NH).....20 6/28 Mary Kate O’ (Dublin, Ireland).....3 6/30 Jim H. (Newburyport, MA).....28 6/30 Peter K. (Vancouver, BC, Canada).....22 1235    Total Years of Sobriety

12&12 Tradition Six - "An A.A. group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the A.A. name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, and prestige divert us from our primary purpose." Here are some of the things we dreamed. Hospitals didn't like alcoholics, so we thought we'd build a hospital chain of our own. People needed to be told what alcoholism was, so we'd educate the public, even rewrite school and medical textbooks. We'd gather up derelicts from skid rows, sort out those who could get well, and make it possible for the rest to earn their livelihood in a kind of quarantined confinement. Maybe these places would make large sums of money to carry on our other good works. We seriously thought of rewriting the laws of the land, and having it declared that alcoholics are sick people. No more would they be jailed; judges would parole them in our custody. We'd spill A.A. into the dark regions of dope addiction and criminality. We'd form groups of depressive and paranoid folks; the deeper the neurosis, the better we'd like it. It stood to reason that if alcoholism could be licked, so could any problem. pp. 155-156

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 ^*^*^*^*^ (\    ~~    /) (     \(AA)/     ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Foundation "There is a direct linkage among self-examination, meditation, and prayer. Taken separately, these practices can bring much relief and benefit. But when they are logically related and interwoven, the result is an unshakable foundation for life. Now and then we may be granted a glimpse of that ultimate reality which is God's kingdom. And we will be comforted and assured that our own destiny in that realm will be secure for so long as we try, however falteringly, to find and do the will of our own Creator." 1952 AAWS Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 98 Thought to Consider . . . Prayer is asking a question. Meditation is listening for the answer. ​​ *~*AACRONYMS*~* A S A P Always Say A Prayer

Daily Reflection JUNE 30 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             We are all special cases. ~ Albert Camus           We spend so much time and energy comparing ourselves to others and far too frequently frequently ending up feeling inferior. Perhaps someone at work is more articulate than we are, or an acquaintance seems more striking and self assured.  And most of us know couples who seem to have the perfect relationship while we continue to struggle in ours or have no significant other.                 On occasion we might even feel superior to some people - like the gruff man in line ahead of us at the bank or the rude cashier at the grocery store. But in all cases, the moment we compare and thus create a separation between ourselves and others, we deny the blessing of God’s all encompassing plan for each of us.                 We are all one in God. When we realize our connection to one another, we learn our task is to care for each other rather than artificially set ourselves apart.                 I will look around me carefully today and notice how I am connected to others, rather than how I am separate. Casey, Carey and Pyle, Homer, In God’s Care c1991 March 14

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