Your Daily Reprieve 10.09.19

Your Daily Reprieve for Wednesday October 9, 2019 From Waynesville, NC

"Life is too short to spend your precious time trying to convince a person who wants to live in gloom and doom otherwise. Give lifting that person your best shot, but don't hang around Long enough for his or her bad attitude to pull you down. Instead, surround yourself with optimistic people." ~Zig Ziglar Not everyone has an “anger problem” but anger is a problem for everyone. ~Anonymous There are very few people who realize what God would make of them if they abandoned themselves into his hands, and let themselves be formed by his grace ~St Ignatius of Loyola, Here are 17 words that will never fail you: Prepare. Care. Believe. Forgive. Change. Risk. Choose. Relax. Listen. Pray. Persist. Smile. Focus. Act. Trust. Accept. Wait. May God bless you with a life vocabulary of purpose and good intentions. ~Prayables "You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger." ~Buddha

Big Book Quote "...we then look at Step Six. We have emphasized willingness as being indispensable. Are we now ready to let God remove from us all the things which we have admitted are objectionable? Can He now take them all-every one? If we still cling to something we will not let go, we ask God to help us be willing." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg. 76~

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Celebrate Your Anniversary Here SHOW NEWCOMERS HOW IT WORKS!! Send your sober date to txm1@comcast.net 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 October 2019 Miracles 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)…..8 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

12&12 Tradition Twelve - "Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities." THE spiritual substance of anonymity is sacrifice. Because A.A.'s Twelve Traditions repeatedly ask us to give up personal desires for the common good, we realize that the sacrificial spirit--well symbolized by anonymity--is the foundation of them all. It is A.A.'s proved willingness to make these sacrifices that gives people their high confidence in our future. p. 184

Twenty-Four Hours A.A. Thought For The Day Am I willing to be bored sometimes at meetings? Am I willing to listen to much repetition of A.A. principles? Am I willing to hear the same thing over and over again? Am I willing to listen to a long blow by blow personal story, because it might help some new member? Am I willing to sit quietly and listen to long-winded members go into every detail of their past? Am I willing to take it, because it is doing them good to get it off their chest? My feelings are not too important. The good of A.A. comes first, even if it is not always comfortable for me. Have I learned to take it? Meditation For The Day God would draw us all closer to Him in the bonds of the spirit. He would have all people drawn closer to each other in the bonds of the spirit. God, the great Spirit of the universe, of which each of our own spirits is a small part, must want unity between Himself and all His children. "Unity of the spirit in the bonds of peace." Each experience of our life, of joy, of sorrow, of danger, of safety, of difficulty, of success, of hardship, of ease, each should be accepted as part of our common lot, in the bonds of the spirit. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may welcome the bonds of true fellowship. I pray that I may be brought closer to unity with God and other people.

Daily Thought ^*^*^*^*^ (\    ~~    /) (     \(AA)/     ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Promises "We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace. No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others. That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear. We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows. Self-seeking will slip away. Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change. Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave us. We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us. We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves." c. 1976 AAWS Alcoholics Anonymous, pp 83-84 Thought to Consider . . . The Promises are a result; not a right. *~*AACRONYMS*~* F I T Faith, Intuition, and Trust

Daily Reflection A SPIRITUAL AXIOM It is a spiritual axiom that every time we are disturbed, no matter what the cause, there is something wrong with us. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 90 I never truly understood the Tenth Step's spiritual axiom until I had the following experience. I was sitting in my bedroom, reading into the wee hours, when suddenly I heard my dogs barking in the back yard. My neighbors frown on this kind of disturbance so, with mixed feelings of anger and shame, as well as fear of my neighbors' disapproval, I immediately called in my dogs. Several weeks later the exact situation repeated itself but this time, because I was feeling more at peace with myself, I was able to accept the situation—dogs will bark—and I calmly called in the dogs. Both incidents taught me that when a person experiences nearly identical events and reacts two different ways, then it is not the event which is of prime importance, but the person's spiritual condition. Feelings come from inside, not from outward circumstances. When my spiritual condition is positive, I react positively.

Pot Luck             When you're listening to somebody completely, attentively then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it..~~J. Krishnamurti             Most of us are better talkers and listeners. When someone is talking we often aren't listening; we're thinking of what we are going to say in reply. Or maybe we have nothing to say in reply, but we just aren't interested in what is being said. Our eyes glaze over. It Is the highest compliment to give someone on our full attention. So it is with God.             We give God our deepest respect by listening attentively. And when we still our mind and really listen we are apt to get surprising results. We may not ”hear” a thing. But if we devote ample time to God, in silence, we become open to a more peaceful, productive day. And we may see something on a billboard, or pick up something in the lyrics of the song, that supplies an unexpected solution for a problem. Then we will know we are “heard”.                                                                            &&&              Today I will take time to give God my full attention. Casey, Carey and Pyle, Homer, In God’s Care

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