Your
Daily Reprieve for Friday October 4, 2019
From Waynesville, NC
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We find that the difference between adventure and disaster usually boils down to attitude. It's like the glass half full or half empty. Is it a problem or an opportunity; an obstruction or a challenge for growth?
The way you choose to see
it makes all the difference.
I don't see thing as they are, I see things as I am.
~Pocket Sponsor
"Acceptance of one's
life has nothing to do with resignation;
it does not mean running away from the
struggle.
On the contrary, it means
accepting it as it comes,
with all the handicaps of
heredity, of suffering,
of psychological complexes
and injustices."
~Paul Tournier
"Tis grace that
brought me safe thus far.
Tis grace will lead me
home."
--John Newton ("Amazing
Grace")
"If you focus on
results, you will never
change. If you focus on change, you will get results." -- Jack Dixon |
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Big Book Quote
“Sometimes we hear an
alcoholic say that the only thing he needs to do is to keep sober. Certainly,
he must keep sober, for there will be no home if he doesn’t. But he is yet a
long way from making good to the wife or parents whom for years he has so shockingly
treated.”
~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg. 82~ |
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JIM
MERRITT
Second
Tradition Group
San Jose, CA
03.12.2005F
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SHOW NEWCOMERS HOW IT WORKS!!
Send your sober date to txm1@comcast.net
It will look like
this :
6/10 Bob S.
(Akron, OH).....84
10/1
Jigar D. (Mumbai, India)…..1
10/1
Mary H. (Andover, MA)…..31
10/1
Michael B. (Fort Salonga, NY)…..14
10/1
Michael A. (Shelter Island, NY)…..9
10/2
Armand the Chicken Man (Smithfield, RI)…..61
10/2
Dave R. (Bedminster, NJ)…..8
10/3
Chris H. (Punta Gorda, FL)…..29
10/3
Charlie E. (Chicago, IL)…..7
10/4 Mary R. (Averill Park, NY)…..22
10/4 Bev
V. (Exeter, NH)…..27
10/6
Georgia H. (Kittery, ME)…..23
10/6
Anne M. (East Hampton, NY)…..15
10/6
Dick H. (Milford, MA)…..28
10/6
Russ W. (Milford, CT)…..6
10/6
Annette L. (Dothan, AL)…..27
10/6
Nancy G. (Port Orchard, NY)…..14
10/7
Donna C. (Punta Gorda, FL)…..44
10/8
Linda G. (lake Placid, NY)…..41
10/8
Meredith R. (Brunswick, GA)…..7
10/9
Marcel B. (Memramcook, NB, Canada)…..8
10/9
Xavier F. (Greenwich, CT)…..6
10/11
Cigar Bob (Hampton Beach, NH/Cocoa Beach, FL)…..22
10/11
Ray H. (Hermitage, TN)…..9
10/12
Chris M. (Clark, NJ)…..32
10/13
Angie T. (Dorset, UK)…..15
10/13
Robert L. (Denver, NC)…..18
10/14
Carol H. (Glen Cove, NY)…..34
10/14
Scott S. (Brookfield, WI)…..7
10/15
Marianne M. (Hampton, NH)…..23
10/17
Michele F. (Moultrie, GA)…..14
10/19
Ray S. (Covington, LA)…..31
10/19
Don T. (National City, MI)…..19
10/20
Caroline J. (Stuart, FL)…..2
10/22Betsy
H. (Corpus Christi, TX)…..9
10/23
Britton W. (Raleigh, NC)…..2
10/23
James D. (NYC, NY)…..42
10/25
Robyn M. (Delray Beach, FL)…..30
10/25
David C. (Syracuse, NY)…..13
10/25
Mimi G. (NY,NY)…..10
10/25
Brittney B. (San Diego, CA)…..10
10/28
Kelly G. (Morristown, NJ)…..2
10/28
Craig B. (Memphis, TN)…..8
10/28
Diane J. (Portland, OR)…..28
10/26
Bryce H. (NYC)…..1
10/30
Bob H. (Barnardsville, NC)…..31
0840 Total Years of Sobriety
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12&12
Tradition Eleven -
"Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than
promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press,
radio, and films."
The way this restraint paid off was startling. It resulted in more favorable publicity of Alcoholics Anonymous than could possibly have been obtained through all the arts and abilities of A.A.'s best press agents. Obviously, A.A. had to be publicized somehow, so we resorted to the idea that it would be far better to let our friends do this for us. Precisely that has happened, to an unbelievable extent. Veteran newsmen, trained doubters that they are, have gone all out to carry A.A.'s message. To them, we are something more than the source of good stories. On almost every news front, the men and women of the press have attached themselves to us as friends. p. 181 |
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Twenty-Four Hours
A.A. Thought For The Day
Am I critical of other members of A.A. or of new prospects? Do I ever say about other members: "I don't think they're sincere, I think they're bluffing, or I think they're taking a few drinks on the quiet?" Do I realize that my doubtful and skeptical attitude is hurting those members, if only in my attitude toward them, which they cannot help sensing? Do I say about new prospects: "They'll never make the program," or do I say: "They'll only last a few months?" If I take this attitude, I am unconsciously hurting those prospects' chances. Is my attitude always constructive and never destructive? Meditation For The Day To be attracted toward God and a better life, you must be spirit-guided. There is wonderful illumination of thought given to those who are spirit-guided. To those who are material-guided, there is nothing in God or a finer life to appeal to them or to attract them. But to those who are spirit-guided there is strength and peace and calm to be found in communion with an Unseen Lord. To those who believe in this God they cannot see but whose power they can feel, life has a meaning and purpose. They are children of the Unseen Lord, and all human beings are their brothers and sisters. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may be spirit-guided. I pray that I may feel God's presence and power in my life. |
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Daily Thought
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(\ ~~ /) ( \(AA)/ ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Miracles "How can they rise out of such misery, bad repute and hopelessness? The practical answer is that since these things have happened among us, they can happen with you. Should you wish them above all else, and be willing to make use of our experience, we are sure they will come. The age of miracles is still with us. Our own recovery proves that!" c. 1976 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 153 Thought to Consider . . . Don't give up before the miracle happens. *~*AACRONYMS*~* A C T I O N Any Change Toward Improving One's Nature |
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Daily Reflection
A NECESSARY
PRUNING
. . . we know that
the pains of drinking had to come before
sobriety, and
emotional turmoil before serenity.
TWELVE STEPS AND
TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 94
I love spending time
in my garden feeding and pruning my
beautiful flowers.
One day, as I was busily snipping away,
a neighbor stopped
by. She commented, "Oh! Your plants
are so beautiful, it
seems such a shame to cut them back." I
replied, "I
know how you feel, but the excess must be
removed so they can
grow stronger and healthier." Later I
thought that perhaps
my plants feel pain, but God and I
know it's part of
the plan and I've seen the results. I was
quickly reminded of
my precious A.A. program and how
we all grow through
pain. I ask God to prune me when it's
time, so I can grow.
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Pot Luck
…I cannot
see
The love you offer.
~Emily
Dickinson
How can we make love visible; how can we give it eyes? We can
make love a present, wrap it carefully as if it were a beautiful thing. We
can make love a favor nobody foresaw; we can fill a cup, prepare a meal, run
an errand with our love. We can make love out of real words—in a letter, a
note, a simple unrhymed poem. And we can make our love visible with our eyes
by making our eyes meet those of the people we love.
When we turn a feeling like love into an act, we share it with
those around us, and they are encouraged to return the favor, and in this
way, the world's storehouse of love increases.
How can I show the love I feel today?
Today's reading is from the book Today's Gift, Daily
Meditations for Families
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