Your
Daily Reprieve for Tuesday September 17, 2019
From Jacksonville, FL
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The same boiling water that
softens the potato hardens the egg…
it’s about what you’re made
of…not the circumstances…
~Unknown
"Sometimes you just
have to take a deep breathe, relax and let things go.
Focus on what matters to
you and who matters in your life.
The rest will work itself
out. Just take it one step at a time."
~Anonymous
"Unless you learn to
face your own shadow,
you will continue to see
them in others,
because the world outside
you
is only a reflection of the
world inside you."
~Gregory Braden
“What I did need and need
desperately,
was not more knowledge
about God, but,
with God’s help,
a deep and penetrating
knowledge about myself.”
~Grapevine: 1970, Spiritual
Awakenings
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Big Book Quote
"Most alcoholics
owe money. We do not dodge our creditors. Telling them what we are trying to
do, we make no bones about our drinking; they usually know it anyway, whether
we think so or not. Nor are we afraid of disclosing our alcoholism on the theory
it may cause financial harm. Approached in this way, the most ruthless
creditor will sometimes surprise us. Arranging the best deal we can we let
these people know we are sorry. Our drinking has made us slow to pay. We must
lose our fear of creditors no matter how far we have to go,
for we are liable to drink if we are afraid to face them." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg. 78~ |
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1993
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6/10 Bob S.
(Akron, OH).....84
9/1
Julia C. (Dorset, UK)…..17
9/1
Billy K. (Cutchogue, NY)…..19
9/1
George M. (Scottsdale, AZ)…..35
9/1
Richie S. (Plainview, NY)…..28
9/3
Edward H. (Andover, MA)…..36
9/4
LeeAnn N. (New York, NY)…..7
9/4
David F. (New York, NY)…..6
9/5
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9/5
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Christine L. (Exeter, NH)…..32
9/7
George D. (Port Salerno, FL)…..35
9/8
Javier M. (London, UK)…..2
9/9
Julie K. (Portsmouth, OH)…..18
9/10
Kevin D. (Nantucket, MA)…..30
9/10
Brian O. (Cushendall, Ireland)…..30
9/11
Steve F. (Nyack, NY)…..36
9/11
Deck H. (Oldwick, NJ)…..33
9/12 Sherri
C. (Starke, FL)…..1
9/12
Phil C. (Austin, TX)…..9
9/13
Lisa N. (Paramus, NJ)…..8
9/14
Teresa T. (Orlando, FL)…..2
9/15
Hillary A. (New York, NY)…..2
9/15
Stanley R. (Grand Rapids, MN)…..40
9/15 Sue
B. (Montpelier, VT/Gulfport, FL)…..6
9/16
Heidi L. (Waynesville, NC)…..13
9/17 Leslie N. (Cassilis, NB, Canada)…..21
9/18 Jim H. (Houston, TX)…..9
9/19
John A. (Gainseville, GA)…..8
9/19
Diana D. (Newport, RI)…..25
9/20
Donald P. (Rockland, ME)…..24
9/20
Paul T. (Hobe Sound, FL)…..8
9/21
Lisa O. (Roundhill, VA)…..5
9/21
Beth G. (Los Angeles, CA)…..40
9/21
John P. (Basking Ridge, NJ)…..4
9/23
David A. (New York City, NY)…..18
9/23
Bill G. (Marblehead, MA)…..34
9/24
Larry C. (Davenport, FL)…..29
9/24
Katie S. (New Vernon, NJ)…..19
9/25
Cate M. (Weaverville, NC)…..37
9/25
Mary D. (New Rochelle, NY)…..2
9/26 Ari
B. (New York, NY)…..1
9/27
Sheila C. (Falmouth, MA)…..5
9/27
Sarah M. D. (NJ)…..2
9/28
Paul W. (Springfield, NJ)…..30
9/29
Judy F. (Nantucket/ Marathon, FL)…..27
9/29
Joan F. (Westhampton, NY/PBG, FL)…..9
9/30
Shannon L. (Garfield, NJ)…..2
9/30
Sheree H. (Bellevue, WA)…..5
9/30
Dominick N. (NY)…..37
0890 Total
Years of Sobriety
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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."
Yet Alcoholics Anonymous is an exception. It does not conform to this pattern. Neither its General Service Conference, its Foundation Board,* nor the humblest group committee can issue a single directive to an A.A. member and make it stick, let alone mete out any punishment. We've tried it lots of times, but utter failure is always the result. Groups have tried to expel members, but the banished have come back to sit in the meeting place, saying "This is life for us; you can't keep us out." Committees have instructed many an A.A. to stop working on a chronic backslider, only to be told: "How I do my Twelfth Step work is my business. Who are you to judge?" This doesn't mean an A.A. won't take advice or suggestions from more experienced members, but he surely won't take orders. Who is more unpopular than the old-time A.A., full of wisdom, who moves to another area and tries to tell the group there how to run its business? He and all like him who "view with alarm for the good of A.A." meet the most stubborn resistance or, worse still, laughter. *In 1954, the name of the Alcoholic Foundation Inc., was changed to the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office. p. 173 |
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Twenty-Four Hours
A.A. Thought For The
Day
Step One is, "We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable." This step states the membership requirement of A.A. We must admit that our lives are disturbed. We must accept the fact that we are helpless before the power of alcohol. We must admit that we are licked as far as drinking is concerned and that we need help. We must be willing to accept the bitter fact that we cannot drink like normal people. And we must make, as gracefully as possible, a surrender to the inevitable fact that we just stop drinking. Is it difficult for me to admit that I am different from normal drinkers? Meditation For The Day "Show us the way, O Lord, and let us walk in Thy paths." There seems to be a right way to live and a wrong way. You can make a practical test. When you live the right way, things seem to work out well for you. When you live the wrong way, things seem to work out badly for you. You seem to take out of life about what you put into it. If you disobey the laws of nature, the chances are that you will be unhealthy. If you disobey the spiritual and moral laws, the chances are that you will be unhappy. By following the laws of nature, and the spiritual laws of honesty, purity, unselfishness, and love, you can expect to be reasonably healthy and happy. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may try to live the right way. I pray that I may follow the path that leads to a better life. |
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Daily Thought
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(\ ~~ /) ( \(AA)/ ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Fear "When, with God's help, we calmly accepted our lot, then we found we could live at peace with ourselves and show others who still suffered the same fears that they could get over them, too. We found that freedom from fear was more important than freedom from want." 1952 AAWS, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 122 Thought to Consider . . . Courage is the willingness to accept fear and act anyway.
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Daily Reflection
FREEDOM FROM FEAR
When, with God's help, we
calmly accepted our lot, then we
found we could live at
peace with ourselves and show
others who still suffered
the same fears that they could get
over them, too. We found
that freedom from fear was more
important than freedom from
want.
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE
TRADITIONS, p. 122
Material values ruled my
life for many years during my
active alcoholism. I
believed that all of my possessions
would make me happy, yet I
still felt bankrupt after I
obtained them. When I first
came into A.A., I found out
about a new way of living.
As a result of learning to trust
others, I began to believe
in a power greater than myself.
Having faith freed me from
the bondage of self. As material
gains were replaced by the
gifts of the spirit, my life
became manageable. I then
chose to share my experiences
with other alcoholics.
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Pot Luck
Easing
into Love
I
believe that I have been manipulating love since I first became rational.
Silence is my main tool. When
people displease me (when. in most cases, they don’t do what I want them to
do), I shut up. I withdraw. In both voice and movement. They may ask me what
is wrong, but I do not wish discuss the situation, I do not want them to speak.
I want them to figure out for themselves what it is that has displeased me. I
want them to fix it. I want my world restored to
my own terms ASAP, and then I will love my other person as the sun loves the
spring. But certainly not as one imperfect human being loves another. With
tolerance, patience and understanding.
Usually I know when I start to
care about some person because I start judging
what
they do. I am getting more serious about them when I start trying to change
what they do. And when I start retreating into hurt huffs and sulky snits and
deep chill Antarcticas of silence, then it is pretty obvious that I am really
involved.
Some kind of charm guy, huh?
The kind to spend a weekend with, maybe a lifetime? Sure - according to
my terms. Because when I am pleased, when my manipulations are working, when
I am getting what I want, my charm can be dazzling, my wit supreme, my care
and concern for the other person virtually boundless.
Whew! How many aspects of the
program does this contradict?
This is not living in the
present. I judge others for what they have done in the past and for those
infractions I threaten a miserable future.
This behavior is not
acceptance.
It represents a refusal to
surrender.
It represents unwillingness to
change.
It represents the glory of my
will and the virtual denial of everyone else’s will, including God’s.
No doubt about it. Close
relationships with other human beings often represent the toughest challenge
we face in recovery.
I often get down on my knees
and ask God to grant me the grace and willingness to love without judging. As
in so many other areas of my life, I ask to be freed from the bondage of
self.
Stephen Beal, Editor,
Stepping Stones to Recovery for Men
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