Your Daily Reprieve: Your Daily Reprieve 09.29.19

Your Daily Reprieve for Sunday September 29 , 2019

From Waynesville, NC

"When you encounter difficulties and contradictions,

do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time."
--Saint Francis de Sales

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Even as a great rock is not shaken by the wind,

the wise man is not shaken by praise or blame.
-Buddha

Truth gives a short answer;

lies go round about.

--German Proverb

Big Book Quote

Both you and the new man must walk day by day in the path of
spiritual progress. If you persist, remarkable things will happen.

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Working With Others, pg. 100~

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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

September 2019 Miracles

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

9/1 Patrick C. (Middlesex, NJ)…..33

9/2 Jim H. (Isle of Lewis, UK)…..7

9/3 Edward H. (Andover, MA)…..36

9/3 Patti D. (The Villages, FL)…..34

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

9/8 Javier M. (London, UK)…..2

9/8 Carol Ann B. (Bedminster, NJ)…..23

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)…..8

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 Paul W. (Byfield, MA)…..26

9/21 Beth G. (Los Angeles, CA)…..40

9/21 John P. (Basking Ridge, NJ)…..4

9/22 Peter H. (Nantucket, MA)…..20

9/23 David A. (New York City, NY)…..18

9/23 Rick B. (Stowe, VT)…..27

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

9/30 Jack M. (Plymouth, mA)…..6

1417 Total Years of Sobriety

12&12

Tradition Ten - "Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy."

The lesson to be learned from the Washingtonians was not overlooked by Alcoholics Anonymous. As we surveyed the wreck of that movement, early A.A. members resolved to keep our Society out of public controversy. Thus was laid the cornerstone for Tradition Ten: "Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy."

pp. 178-179

Twenty-Four Hours

A.A. Thought For The Day

Having got this far, shall we pause and ask ourselves
some searching questions? We need to check up on ourselves
periodically. Just how good an A.A. am I? Am I attending
meetings regularly? Am I doing my share to carry the load?
When there is something to be done, do I volunteer? Do I
speak at meetings when asked, no matter how nervous I am?
Do I accept each opportunity to do twelfth-step work as a
challenge? Do I give freely of my time and money? Am I
trying to spread A.A. wherever I go? Is my daily life a
demonstration of A.A. principles? Am I a good A.A.?

Meditation For The Day

How do I get strength to be effective and to accept
responsibility? By asking the Higher Power for the strength
I need each day. It has been proved in countless lives that
for every day I live the necessary power shall be given me.
I must face each challenge that comes to me during the day,
sure that God will give me the strength to face it. For every
task that is given me, there is also given me all the power
necessary for the performance of that task. I do not need to
hold back.

Prayer For The Day

I pray that I may accept every task as a challenge.
I know I cannot wholly fail if God is with me.

Daily Thought

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/AA\
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Diagnosis

"We do not like to pronounce any individual as alcoholic, but you can quickly diagnose yourself. Step over to the nearest barroom and try some controlled drinking. Try a drink and stop abruptly. Try it more than once. It will not take long for you to decide, if you are honest with yourself about it. It may be worth a case of the jitters if you get a full knowledge of your condition."
c. 1976, Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 31-2

Thought to Consider . . .

I have learned that I did not get here a day early or a drink short.

*~*AACRONYMS*~*

Y A N A
You Are Not Alone

Daily Reflection

EXACTLY ALIKE

Frequent contact with newcomers and with each other is

the bright spot of our lives.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 89

A man came to the meeting drunk, interrupted the speakers,

stood up and took his shirt off, staggered loudly back and

forth for coffee, demanded to talk, and eventually called

the group's secretary an unquotable name and walked out. I

was glad he was there—once again I saw what I had been

like. But I also saw what I still am, and what I still could

be. I don't have to be drunk to want to be the exception and

the center of attention. I have often felt abused and

responded abusively when I was simply being treated as a

garden variety human being. The more the man tried to

insist he was different, the more I realized that he and I

were exactly alike.

Pot Luck

You are perfect.

Your every defect
Is perfectly defined.

Your every blemish
Is perfectly placed.

Your every absurd action
Is perfectly timed.

Only God could make
Something this ridiculous

Work.

~Ram Tzu