Your Daily Reprieve 07.31.19

Your Daily Reprieve for Wednesday July 31, 2019

From Waynesville, NC

However many holy words you read,

However many you speak,

What good will they do you,

If you do not act upon them?

--Buddha

If you love somebody, let them go,

for if they return, they were always yours.

And if they don't, they never were.

--Kahlil Gibran

The true test of character is not how much we know how to do,

but how we behave when we don't know what to do.

--John Holt

If you ever want to see how spiritually awake you are,

just spend a week with your parents.
~Ram Dass

Big Book Quote

"In dealing with resentments, we set them on paper. We listed people, institutions or principles with whom we were angry. We asked ourselves why we were angry. In most cases it was found that our self-esteem, our pocketbooks, our ambitions, our personal relationships,(including sex) were hurt or threatened."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, How It Works, pg. 64~

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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).....84

July 2019 Miracles

7/1 Jean L. (Morristown, NJ)…..24

7/1 Ida L. (Jensen Beach, FL)…..11

7/2 Val Mc. (Vancouver, BC)…..39

7/2 Alison M. {Aloe} (Nova Scotai)…..25

7/4 Jim M. (Waynesville, NC)…..29

7/4 Walter L. (Wells, ME)…..11

7/4 Myra W. (Ajicic, Mexico)…..13

7/4 Elizabeth S. (Orlando, FL)…..4

7/4 Harry R. (Carndonagh, Donegal, Ire)…..22

7/4 Chris D. (Bristol, VT)…..31

7/4 Dave S. (Gulf Breeze, FL)…..34

7/4 Robert F. (Mineola, NY)…..15

7/4 Jorge B. (Houston, TX)…..3

7/4 TerryH. ()…..32

7/5 Matt P. (Cary, NC)…..5

7/5 Theresa D. (Muskego, WI)…..9

7/6 Brian S. (Boston /Nantucket)…..29

7/6 Donald T. (Plymouth, MA)…..24

7/6 Frances G. (Dallas, TX)…..32

7/7 Pascale E. (Chelmsford, MA/Tampa, FL)…..3

7/7 Susan M. (Palm City, FL)…..12

7/7 Neil T. (NYC)…..31

7/8 John McK. (Ringwood, UK)…..14

7/8 Craig C. (Washington, DC)…..22

7/8 Erich W. (Basking Ridge, NJ)…..1

7/9 Dave S. (Commack, NY)…..4

7/10 Laura A. (Howard, OH)…..2

7/10 Bill B. (Scituate, MA)…..2

7/10 Kendall H. (Key Largo, FL)…..1

7/11 Joanie T. (NYC, NY)…..36

7/12 Mick J. (Stuart, FL)…..9

7/12 Jan K. (Punta Gorda, FL)…..21

7/12 Teresita H. (Key Largo, FL)…..1

7/13 Eleanor M. (Far Hills, NJ)…..7

7/13 Rick S. (Fernandina Beach, FL)…..29

7/13 Diana H. (Scottsdale, AZ)…..3

7/14 Audrey C. (Red Oak, TX)…..15

7/14 Greyson R. (Embudo Valley, NM)…..8

7/15 Michelle A. (New Hyde Park, NY)…..15

7/15 Eileen F. (NYC)…..40

7/16 Jack S. (Franklin Sq. , NY)…..24

7/17 Ann C. (Longwood, FL)…..5

7/17 Tharin W. (Florida)…..14

7/19 Tara W. (Lititz, PA)…..31

7/19 Murielle I. (White Rock, BC)…..14

7/20 Laurie R. (Nantucket, MA)…..31

7/20 Chris W. (Huntington, NY)…..7

7/21 Ashley Mc. (Port St Lucie, FL)…..21

7/21 Melissa H. (Surrey BC)…..26

7/22 Pam B. (Delaware, OH)…..29

7/22 Andy B. (Rye, NH)…..15

7/23 Christian H. (NYC, NY)…..10

7/23 Sue S. (Randolph, NJ)…..36

7/24 Mary R. (Port Charlotte, FL)…..24

7/24 Ken A. (Newburyport, MA)…..27

7/24 Katie B. (Stamford, CT)…..8

7/24 Ric R. (Danbury, CT)…..10

7/24 Bob B. (Granby, MA)…..36

7/244 Ida C. (Houston, TX)…..8

7/25 Debbie S. (Mendham, NJ)…..29

7/26 Travis F. (St. Cloud, FL)…..1

7/26 Sylvia W. (Monaco)…..28

7/27 Tammy C. (Palm Coast, FL).….20

7/27 Don K. (Bedminster, NJ)…..32

7/27 David M. (San Francisco, CA)…..14

7/27 Chris F. (Franklin Park, NJ)…..35

7/27 Ronni R. (NYC)…..9

7/27 Saffron B. ()…..13

7/27 Noel C. (Paradise Valley, AZ)…..36

7/27 Larry S. (Austin, TX)…..6

7/27 Chris K. (NYC, NY)…..13

7/28 JDK (Newport, RI)…..11

7/28 Tom L. (Portland, ME)…..4

7/28 Nora M. (Cincinnati, OH)…..13

7/29 Kevin T. (Dunedin, FL)…..35

7/29 Marc G. (Randolph, NJ)…..6

7/29 Judy F. (Whitinsville, MA)…..28

7/31 Peter V. (Mamaroneck, NY)…..2

7/31 Marcia M. (New York, NY)…..32

7/31 Mark L. (Hancock, ME)…..27

7/31 Hugh B. (Mansfield, MA)…..6

1529 Total Years of Sobriety

12&12

Tradition Five - "Each group has but one primary purpose - to carry it's message to the alcoholic who still suffers."

There is another reason for this singleness of purpose. It is the great paradox of A.A. that we know we can seldom keep the precious gift of sobriety unless we give it away. If a group of doctors possessed a cancer cure, they might be conscience-stricken if they failed their mission through self-seeking. Yet such a failure wouldn't jeopardize their personal survival. for us, if we neglect those who are still sick, there is unremitting danger to our own lives and sanity. Under these compulsions of self-preservation, duty, and love, it is not strange that our Society has concluded that it has but one high mission - to carry the A.A. message to those who don't know there is a way out.

p. 151

Twenty-Four Hours

A.A. Thought For The Day

This leaves only one day - today. Anyone can fight the battles of just
one day. it is only when you and I add the burden of those two awful
eternity's, yesterday and tomorrow, that we break down. It is not the
experience of today that drives us mad. It is the remorse or bitterness
for something that happened yesterday or the dread of what tomorrow
may bring. Let us therefore do our best to live but one day at a time.
Am I living one day at a time?

Meditation For The Day

Give God the gift of a thankful heart. Try to see causes of
thankfulness in your everyday life. When life seems hard and troubles
crowd, then look for some reasons for thankfulness. There is nearly
always something you can be thankful for. The offering of
thanksgiving is indeed a sweet incense going up to God throughout a
busy day. Seek diligently for something to be glad and thankful about.
You will acquire in time the habit of being constantly grateful to God
for all His blessings. Each new day some new cause for joy and
gratitude will spring to your mind and you will thank God sincerely.

Prayer For The Day

I pray for a truly thankful heart. I pray that I may be constantly
reminded of causes for sincere gratitude.

Daily Thought

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Triumph

"It is only at the moment when a member ceases to drink that he asserts the right to describe himself as an alcoholic . . . What an unthinking world may look upon as defeat, alcoholics in A.A. know as a triumph of the spirit, a triumph of humility over false pride and self-centeredness. How few human beings ever have the courage to stand up before their neighbors and, in humility, describing themselves truthfully, to say: 'This is what I really am.'"
1985 AAWS
Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age, p. 278

Thought to Consider . . .

Veni, vidi, velcro . . . I came, I saw, I stuck around.

*~*AACRONYMS*~*

A. A.
Adventurers Anonymous

Daily Reflection

A PRAYER FOR ALL SEASONS

God grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot

change, Courage to change the things we can. And wisdom

to know the difference.

TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 125

The power of this prayer is overwhelming in that its simple

beauty parallels the A.A. Fellowship. There are times when

I get stuck while reciting it, but if I examine the section

which is troubling me, I find the answer to my problem.

The first time this happened I was scared, but now I use it

as a valuable tool. By accepting life as it is, I gain serenity.

By taking action, I gain courage and I thank God for the

ability to distinguish between those situations I can work

on, and those I must turn over. All that I have now is a gift

from God: my life, my usefulness, my contentment, and

this program. The serenity enables me to continue walking

forward. Alcoholics Anonymous is the easier, softer way.

Pot Luck

It don't take much to see that something is wrong,

but it takes some eyesight to see what will put it right again.

~Will Rogers

We come to this day with a choice of whether to be for something or against it. Shall we put energy into what we seek and admire or shall we give our energy to opposition and resistance of what we dislike? If someone asks a favor, we have a choice to resent and resist the intrusion or to engage with the person and see where it might lead. If a project we are working on is frustrating, we can wallow in criticizing it or try to get a clearer picture of what will work and what we want.
Criticizing may be a helpful first stage in learning, but it is seductive because it holds little risk and we feel safe doing it. In that comfort we forget to go forward to create what we really want. Our negative energy, when we are seduced by it, creates negative results. When we look back upon today, we will admire those choices that risked creating something positive.
Today, I will not give my energy to denouncing but to creating what I believe is worthwhile.

Today's reading is from the book Touchstones

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