Your
Daily Reprieve for Sunday October 13, 2019
From Waynesville, NC
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“In early sobriety, I
remember moaning to another member
about how I didn’t have a
relationship,
I didn’t have a new car,
and I didn’t have a flashy job.
He replied: ‘It takes a steady
hand to hold a full cup.’”
~Grapevine: Canberra,
Australia, February 2003
You have to leave the city
of your comfort and go unto the wilderness
of your intuition. What
you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll
discover will be yourself.
--Alan Alda
Right now, this moment, is
the time to celebrate by dancing beneath
the warmth of the sun.
--Gary Barnes
Happiness is not having
what you want,
but wanting what you have.
Whatever is not yours,
abandon it.
When you have abandoned it,
that will lead to your
welfare and happiness.
-Buddha
"The Promise of the 12
Steps
is that we will wake up
spiritually"
~Mildred F.
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Big Book Quote
“Whether the family has spiritual convictions or not, they may do
well to examine the principles by which the alcoholic member is trying to live. They can hardly fail to approve these simple principles, though the head of the house still fails somewhat in practicing them. Nothing will help the man who is off on a spiritual tangent so much as the wife who adopts a sane spiritual program, making a better practical use of it.” ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, The Family Afterward, pg. 130~ |
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AA Speaker of
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Sheldon
F. and DON L.
USUAL SUSPECTS
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2019
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Willie’s
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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
10/9
Glen O. (Montague, MA)…..28
10/10
Sharon B. (Clermont, FL)…..2
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
10/12
Michael C. (Cordes Lakes, AZ)…..30
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
10/22 Betsy
H. (Corpus Christi, TX)…..9
10/22
Doug S. ()…..29
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
10/25
Charlie p. (Iceland)…..32
10/26
Niall H. (Dublin, Ireland)…..27
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
1048 Total
Years of Sobriety
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12&12
Tradition Twelve - "Anonymity is the spiritual foundation
of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before
personalities."
With characteristic intemperance, however, some of our newcomers cared not at all for secrecy. They wanted to shout A.A. from the housetops, and did. Alcoholics barely dry rushed about bright-eyed, buttonholing anyone who would listen to their stories. Others hurried to place themselves before microphones and cameras. Sometimes, they got distressingly drunk and let their groups down with a bang. They had changed from A.A. members into A.A. show-offs. p. 185 |
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Twenty-Four Hours
A.A. Thought For The Day
A.A. work is one hundred percent voluntary. It depends on each and every one of our members to volunteer to do his or her share. Newcomers can sit on the sidelines until they have got over their nervousness and confusion. They have a right to be helped by all, until they can stand on their own feet. But the time inevitably comes when they have to speak up and volunteer to do their share in meetings and in twelfth step work. Until that time comes, they are not a vital part of A.A. They are only in the process of being assimilated. Has my time come to volunteer? Meditation For The Day God's kingdom on earth is growing slowly, like a seed in the ground. In the growth of his kingdom there is always progress among the few who are out ahead of the crowd. Keep striving for something better and there can be no stagnation in your life. Eternal life, abundant life is yours for the seeking. Do not mis-spend time over past failures. Count the lessons earned from failures as rungs upon the ladder of progress. Press onward toward the goal. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may be willing to grow. I pray that I may keep stepping up on the rungs of the ladder of life. |
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Daily Thought
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(\ ~~ /) ( \(AA)/ ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Defects "What we must recognize now is that we exult in some of our defects. We really love them. Who, for example, doesn't like to feel just a little superior to the next fellow, or even quite a lot superior? Isn't it true that we like to let greed masquerade as ambition? To think of liking lust seems impossible. But how many men and women speak love with their lips, and believe what they say, so that they can hide lust in a dark corner of their minds? And even while staying within conventional bounds, many people admit that their imaginary sex excursions are apt to be all dressed up as dreams of romance." c. 1952 AAWS Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, pp. 66-7 Thought to Consider . . . If I want God to remove my character defects, I'll have to stop doing them. *~*AACRONYMS*~* T I M E Things I Must Earn |
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Daily Reflection
UNREMITTING
INVENTORIES
Continue to watch
for selfishness, dishonesty, resentment,
and fear. When these
crop up, we ask God at once to
remove them. We
discuss them with someone immediately
and make amends
quickly if we have harmed anyone. Then
we resolutely turn
our thoughts to someone we can help.
ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS, p. 84
The immediate
admission of wrong thoughts or actions is a
tough task for most
human beings, but for recovering
alcoholics like me
it is difficult because of my propensity
toward ego, fear and
pride. The freedom the A.A. program
offers me becomes
more abundant when, through
unremitting
inventories of myself, I admit, acknowledge
and accept
responsibility for my wrong-doing. It is possible
then for me to grow
into a deeper and better understanding
of humility. My
willingness to admit when the fault is mine
facilitates the
progression of my growth and helps me to
become more
understanding and helpful to others.
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Pot Luck
Procrastination is the thief of time.
~Edward Young
When we have a problem with putting things off, we seem to add
to our troubles by mentally flogging ourselves. We know we are losing time.
We criticize ourselves for our irrational behavior.
Whether we are putting off an important task in our lives or
letting many little undone jobs accumulate, we could benefit from stopping
the self-criticism and asking ourselves for the spiritual message in our
actions. Perhaps we need some quiet time to do absolutely nothing. Maybe our
perfectionism is paralyzing us. Is an "all or nothing" attitude
telling us if we can't do the whole job right away, there is no point in
beginning? Unexpressed anger may be blocking us from doing what we need to
do.
Whenever we find ourselves doing things that seem irrational
we can ask, "What is the message from my Higher Power in this
behavior?" This question will carry us much further toward spiritual
growth than the mental criticism we are tempted to do.
Today, I will do what I can within the limits of one day, and
I will stay in communication with my Higher Power.
Today's
reading is from the book Touchstones
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