Your Daily Reprieve 09.18.19
Your
Daily Reprieve for Wednesday September 18, 2019
From Waynesville, NC
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We can’t go it alone.
We are neurobiologically
hardwired for connection with other people.
In the absence of
connection, love and belonging,
there is always suffering.
~Brene Brown
“I do not at all understand
the mystery of grace
- only that it meets us
where we are
but does not leave us where
it found us.”
~Anne Lamott
"Be master of your
petty annoyances
and conserve your energies
for the big, worthwhile things.
It isn't the mountain ahead
that wears you out
- it's the grain of sand in
your shoe."
--Robert Service
“Emotional balance is very
much like balancing on a bicycle –
it is more a matter of what
I don’t do than what I do do ...
Watch someone balance on a
bike.
It looks as if it would be
difficult, but, in fact,
it is a mindless and
effortless achievement.
Happiness, joy, and freedom
are the same, aren’t they?”
~Grapevine: Walnut Creek,
California, March 2002, Spiritual Awakenings
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Big Book Quote
"Here are thousands of men and women, worldly
indeed. They flatly declare that since they have come to believe in a Power greater than themselves, to take a certain attitude toward that Power, and to do certain simple things. There has been a revolutionary change in their way of living and thinking. In the face of collapse and despair, in the face of the total failure of their human resources, they found that a new power, peace, happiness, and sense of direction flowed into them." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, We Agnostics, pg. 50~ |
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Island GA
1968
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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
9/1
Craig G. ()…..26
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
Chris L. (Bristol, RI)…..31
9/5
James l. ()…..27
9/6
Lisa L. (Stuart, FL)…..10
9/7
Christine L. (Exeter, NH)…..32
9/7
George D. (Port Salerno, FL)…..35
9/7
Robert M. (Guam)…..31
9/7 April/Ginger
C. (Hillsdale, NJ) 7 years.
9/8
Javier M. (London, UK)…..2
9/9
Julie K. (Portsmouth, OH)…..18
9/9
Kris K. (New York, NY)…..34
9/10
Kevin D. (Nantucket, MA)…..30
9/10
Sue B. (Haiku, H8I)…..
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
9/12
Joe C. (Palm Coast/Waynesville)…..29
9/13
Lisa N. (Paramus, NJ)…..8
9/14
Teresa T. (Orlando, FL)…..2
9/14
Linda B. (Port St. Lucie, FL)…..5
9/15
Hillary A. (New York, NY)…..2
9/15
Alicia S. (Albany, 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
9/17 Maureen B. (Plymouth, MA)…..44
9/17 Jim W. (Methuen, MA)…..42
9/18
Jim H. (Houston, TX)…..9
9/18 George P. (London, England)…..34
9/19
John A. (Gainseville, GA)…..8
9/19
Diana D. (Newport, RI)…..25
9/19
Elaina C. (NYC, NY)…..11
9/20
Donald P. (Rockland, ME)…..24
9/20
Paul T. (Hobe Sound, FL)…..8
9/20
Dawn D. (New York, NY)…..10
9/20
Linda K. (Toronto/Port Charlotte, FL)…..7
9/21
Lisa O. (Roundhill, VA)…..5
9/21
Beth G. (Los Angeles, CA)…..40
9/21
John P. (Basking Ridge, NJ)…..4
9/22
Peter H. (Nantucket, MA)…..21
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
Adam T. (Hastings-on-Hudson, NY)…..34
9/24
Katie S. (New Vernon, NJ)…..19
9/24
Tim B. (Raleigh, NC)…..14
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
9/28
Scott B. (Epping, NH)…..23
9/28
June T. (Palm Desert, CA/Nantucket,MA)…..13
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
1264 Total
Years of Sobriety
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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 pp. 173-174 |
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Twenty-Four Hours
A.A. Thought For The Day
Step Two is: "Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity." Step Three is: "Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him." Step Eleven is: "Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood Him, praying only for the knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out." The fundamental basis of A.A. is the belief in a Power greater than ourselves. Let us not water this down. We cannot get the program without this venture of belief. Have I made the venture of belief in a Power greater than my own? Meditation For The Day "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High, shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty." Dwell for a moment each day in a secret place, the place of communion with God, apart from the world, and thence receive strength to face the world. Material things cannot intrude upon this secret place, they cannot ever find it, because it is outside the realm of material things. When you abide in this secret place, you are under the shadow of the Almighty. God is close to you in this quiet place of communion. Each day, dwell for a while in this secret place. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may renew my strength in quietness. I pray that I may find rest in quiet communion with God. |
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Daily Thought
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(\ ~~ /) ( \(AA)/ ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ A New World "We have entered the world of the Spirit. Our next function is to grow in understanding and effectiveness. This is not an overnight matter. It should continue for our lifetime. Continue to watch for selfishness, dishonesty, resentment, and fear. When these crop up, we ask God at once to remove them. We discuss them with someone immediately and make amends quickly if we have harmed anyone. Then we resolutely turn our thoughts to someone we can help." 1976 AAWS Alcoholics Anonymous p. 84 Thought to Consider . . . Within our wonderful new world, we have found freedom from our fatal obsession.
*~*AACRONYMS*~*
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Daily Reflection
LOVED BACK TO RECOVERY
Our whole treasured
philosophy of self-sufficiency had to
be cast aside. This had not
been done with old-fashioned
willpower; it was instead a
matter of developing the
willingness to accept these new facts of living. We neither
ran nor fought. But accept we did And then we were free.
BEST OF THE GRAPEVINE, Vol.
I, p. 198
I can be free of my old
enslaving self. After a while I
recognize, and believe in,
the good within myself. I see that
I have been loved back to
recovery by my Higher Power,
who envelops me. My Higher
Power becomes that source
of love and strength that
is performing a continuing miracle
in me. I am sober . . . and
I am grateful.
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Pot Luck
Keep It Simple
I have never seen a greater monster or miracle than myself. --- Montaigne We know we’ve hurt people. We’ve heard our family cry out from pain we’ve caused them. Because of alcohol and other drugs, we acted like monsters. But we now live surrounded with love. We now work to make this world better. Recovery is a miracle. The rebirth of our spirit is our miracle. It’s no wonder we love life the way we do! We’ve been given a second chance. Our joy is overflowing. Our Higher Power must love us very much. Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, help me with the monster that lives within me. I pray it will never again be let out. Action for the Day: Today, I’ll see myself as a miracle. I’ll be grateful for my new life. |
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