Your
Daily Reprieve for Monday October 7, 2019
From Waynesville, NC
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As long as a man stands in
his own way,
everything seems to be in his
way.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
The paradox of control is
simple.
The more we try to control
life,
The less control we have.
--Joan Borysenko, Ph.D.
"Forgiveness is the
economy of the heart...
Forgiveness saves the expense of anger,
the cost of hatred, the
waste of spirits."
--Hannah More
"A man should first
direct himself in the way he should go.
Only then should he
instruct others."
~The Buddha |
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Big Book Quote
"If a mere code
of morals or a better philosophy of life were
sufficient to overcome alcoholism, many of us would have recovered long ago. But we found that such codes and philosophies did not save us, no matter how much we tried. We could wish to be moral, we could wish to be philosophically comforted, in fact, we could will these things with all our might, but the needed power wasnt there. Our human resources, as marshalled by the will, were not sufficient, they failed utterly." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, We Agnostics, pg. 44~ |
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M.
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03.04.2006
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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
10/21 Sue
T. (Flanders, NJ)…..6
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
0902 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."
The Foundation* wrote letters to practically every news outlet in North America, setting forth our public relations policy of attraction rather than promotion, and emphasizing personal anonymity as A.A.'s greatest protection. Since that time, editors and rewrite men have repeatedly deleted names and pictures of members from A.A. copy; frequently, they have reminded ambitious individuals of A.A.'s anonymity policy. They have even sacrificed good stories to this end. The force of their cooperation has certainly helped. Only a few A.A. members are left who deliberately break anonymity at the public level. *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. pp. 182-183 |
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Twenty-Four Hours
A.A. Thought For The Day Do I put too much reliance on any one member of the group? That is, do I make a tin god out of some one person? Do I set that person on a pedestal? If I do, I am building my house on sand. A.A. members have "clay feet." They are all only one drink away from a drunk, no matter how long they have been in A.A. This has been proved to be true more than once. It's not fair to any member to be singled out as a leader in A A. and to always quote that member on the A.A. program. If that person should fail, where would I be? Meditation For The Day You must always remember that you are weak but that God is strong. God knows all about your weakness. He hears every cry for mercy, every sign of weakness, every plea for help, every sorrow over failure, every weakness felt and expressed. We only fail when we trust too much to our own strength. Do not feel bad about your weakness. When you are weak, that is when God is strong to help you. Trust God enough, and your weakness will not matter. God is always strong to save. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may learn to lean on God's strength. I pray that I may know that my weakness is God's opportunity |
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Daily Thought
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(\ ~~ /) ( \(AA)/ ) ( /AA\ ) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Working With Others "Life will take on new meaning. To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you, to have a host of friends - this is an experience you must not miss. We know you will not want to miss it." c. 1976 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 89 Thought to Consider . . . We are not our thoughts, emotions, or urges. *~*AACRONYMS*~* S L I P Sobriety Loses Its Priority |
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Daily Reflection
DAILY MONITORING
Continued to take
personal inventory.
. . .
TWELVE STEPS AND
TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 88
The spiritual axiom
referred to in the Tenth Step— "every
time we are
disturbed, no matter what the cause, there is
something wrong with
us"—also tells me that there are no
exceptions to it. No
matter how unreasonable others may
seem, I am
responsible for not reacting negatively.
Regardless of what
is happening around me I will always
have the
prerogative, and the responsibility, of choosing
what happens within
me. I am the creator of my own
reality.
When I take my daily
inventory, I know that I must stop
judging others. If I
judge others, I am probably judging
myself. Whoever is
upsetting me most is my best teacher. I
have much to learn
from him or her, and in my heart, I
should thank that
person.
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Pot Luck
If It Ain't Broke Don’t Fix it
I've just
been out in the garden, lifting up squash leaves and looking for zucchini.
It’s the first week of August and I've had only one zucchini all summer. The
plants produce lots of flowers, and lots of little baby zucchinis, but they
always turn yellow and wither before they mature.
I
bought these seeds from a new place. I didn't need to, because the seeds from
the old place worked fine. I had zucchini all summer long . But last winter I
was seduced by some trendy marketing, the implication that If I planted seeds
from this new company I would have a better reputation among people who are
accustomed to dining in Europe.
Huh?
I'm a hungry recovering drunk who wants some zucchini in America. I want to
cut it up in salads, and cut it up in yogurt. I want to cook it with onions
and garlic. I want to stir-fry it with other veggies. But I don't have it. Because I decided to fix it. Because
I decided to make my zucchini perfect.
This
has been the story of my life — going one or more steps beyond what is
necessary, or even desirable, in order to polish, augment, put my mark
on something that was okay just the way it was. Something that works
fine — until I came along to make it Extra Special. And in the process
turned it away from its vital roots.
I've
done this with friendship — not saying, Oh, what the hell, and going along
with the gang.
I've
done this with love — waiting and waiting and waiting for conditions to be
absolutely right before I made my first move, by which time I lost the
opportunity for doing anything but constructing a monument to my Intention to
Move.
The
problem here is essentially one of playing God. Making predetermined plans
and conceiving predetermined notions and living my life in dreams of
perfection instead of in reality.
What
I've got out of there in the garden now is like the fantasies I make up for
myself. The zucchini plants look great. They look healthy and happy and
bursting with fruit. But when you look up the leaves all you see is wizzly
little yellow stumps drooping in the dirt.
My
plans for perfection can lead to great appearances. But without the vital
input of others they do not yield reality. All they yield is disappointment.
A hollow shell devoid of content.
Oh,
Lord, help me to let the light in. Help me to let life work just the way it
is. Tell me not to fix things. Help me just to let them be.
Stephen
Beal, Editor, Stepping Stones to Recovery for Men
c1992
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