Your
Daily Reprieve for Sunday October 6,
2019
From Waynesville, NC
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“God never gives me more
than I can handle,
but sometimes he takes me
right to the edge.”
~Grapevine: Taft,
California, April 2006
Our life is shaped by our
mind; we become what we think.
Suffering follows an evil thought
as the wheels of a cart
follow the oxen that draws it.
Our life is shaped by our
mind; we become what we think.
Joy follows a pure thought
like a shadow that never leaves.
~The Dhammapada
If we live our lives
continually motivated by anger and hatred,
even our physical health
deteriorates.
-His Holiness the Dalai
Lama
Cultivate the habit of
being grateful
for every good thing that
comes to you,
and to give thanks
continuously.
And because all things have
contributed to your advancement,
you should include all
things in your gratitude."
~Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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Big Book Quote
"To be doomed to
an alcoholic death or to live on a spiritual basis
are not always easy alternatives to face." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, We Agnostics, Page 44~ |
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SHOW NEWCOMERS HOW IT WORKS!!
Send your sober date to txm1@comcast.net
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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, WA)…..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
Don C. (Evanston, IL)…..48
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
10/26
Bryce H. (NYC)…..1
10/28
Kelly G. (Morristown, NJ)…..2
10/28
Craig B. (Memphis, TN)…..8
10/28
Diane J. (Portland, OR)…..28
10/29
LauraLea K. (Leesburg, FL)…..8
10/30
Bob H. (Barnardsville, NC)…..31
0896 Total
Years of Sobriety
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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."
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Twenty-Four Hours
A.A. Thought For The Day
Is it my desire to be a big shot in A.A.? Do I always want to be up front in the limelight? Do I feel that nobody else can do as good a job as I can? Or am I willing to take a seat in the back row once in a while and let somebody else carry the ball? Part of the effectiveness of any A.A. group is the development of new members to carry on, to take over, from the older members. Am I reluctant to give up authority? Do I try to carry the load for the whole group? If so, I am not being fair to the newer members. Do I realize that no one person is essential? Do I know that A.A. could carry on without me, if it had to? Meditation For The Day The Unseen God can help to make us truly grateful and humble. Since we cannot see God, we must believe in Him without seeing. What we can see clearly is the change in a human being, when he sincerely asks God for the strength to change. We should cling to faith in God and in His power to change our faith in God and in His power to change our ways. Our faith in all Unseen God will be rewarded by a useful and serviceable life. God will not fail to show us the way we should live. When in real gratitude and true humility we turn to Him.. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may believe that God can change me. I pray that I may be always willing to be changed for the better. |
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Daily Thought
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Fellowship
"Today, I'm counting my blessings instead of my troubles. When I walked into the friendly atmosphere of my first A.A. meeting, I knew I was where I belonged. Here were people who had thought and felt as I had. Here was the understanding I'd been searching for all my life. These people were my friends, and I felt their sincere interest in me. With these new and enlightening doors opening up to me, I was able to make the eventual decision to stop drinking, a day at a time - because I, too, was an alcoholic. And with this came the only real freedom, the freedom of truth." c. 1976 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 355 Thought to Consider . . . If you love someone, tell them now and tell them often. *~*AACRONYMS*~*
F E A R
False Evidence Appearing Real
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Daily Reflection
FACING OURSELVES
. . . and Fear says,
"You dare not
look!"
TWELVE STEPS AND
TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 49
How often I avoided
a task in my drinking days just
because it appeared
so large! Is it any wonder, even if I
have been sober for
some time, that I will act that same
way when faced with
what appears to be a monumental
job, such as a
searching and fearless moral inventory of
myself? What I
discover after I have arrived at the other
side—when my
inventory is completed—is that the illusion
was greater than the
reality. The fear of facing myself kept
me at a standstill
and, until I became willing to put pencil
to paper, I was
arresting my growth based on an intangible.
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Pot Luck
ADVERSITY
"Adversity
reveals genius,
prosperity
conceals it."
--Horace
Today
I believe that the only way to understand God, the world,
my
neighbor and myself is through some degree of suffering. Pain
and
suffering are humbling in the truest sense; they stop you from
being
arrogant, selfish and "prideful".
I
know this because I was a spoiled child. My family tried to give
me
everything. Whatever I wanted was given to me; my way or no
way!
This sick love robbed me of humility and separated me from
humanity:
it made me feel different, selfish and place me on a
pity-pot.
Being spoiled stopped me experiencing the real world and
stopped
me from growing.
Today
adversity is part of life and part of being human. Not to
grow
through adversity is to die. To have everything is to
experience
nothing. To feel in life -- to have emotion -- demands
adversity
and pain.
Teach
me to be grateful for the suffering that leads to growth.
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Since 1954, Twenty-Four Hours a Day
has become a stable force in the recovery of many alcoholics
throughout the world. With over nine million
copies in print (the original text has been revised),
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daily thoughts, meditations, and prayers for living a clean and sober life.
A spiritual resource with practical
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