Your Daily Reprieve 10.19.19
Your
Daily Reprieve for Saturday October 19, 2019
From Waynesville, NC
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“I can’t walk on water,
but with my Higher Power
and my AA friends,
I can keep my head just
above it.”
~Grapevine: Inverness,
Florida, April 2012
Only put off until tomorrow
what you are willing to die
having left undone.
~Pablo Picasso
Learn to be ...what you
are,
and learn to resign with a
good grace
all that you are not. ~ Henri Frederic Amiel
"In my own case, the
foundation stone of freedom from fear is that of faith:
a faith that, despite all
worldly appearances to the contrary, causes me to believe
that I live in a universe
that makes sense.
To me, this means a belief
in a Creator who is all power, justice, and love;
a God who intends for me a
purpose, a meaning and a destiny to grow,
however little and halting,
toward his own likeness and image.
Before the coming of faith
I had lived as an alien in a cosmos
that too often seemed both
hostile and cruel.
In it there could be no
inner security for me."
Bill W. - ,"The Best
of Bill"
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Big Book Quote
In some circumstances we have gone out deliberately to get drunk,
feeling ourselves justified by nervousness, anger, worry,
depression, jealousy or the like. But even in this type of beginning we are obliged to admit that our justification for a spree was insanely insufficient in the light of what always happened. We now see that when we began to drink deliberately, instead or casually, there was little serious or effective thought during the period of premeditation of what the terrific consequences might be. ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, More About Alcoholism, pg. 37~ |
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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
10/13
Deb B. (Jacksonville, FL)…..24
10/14
Carol H. (Glen Cove, NY)…..34
10/14
Scott S. (Brookfield, WI)…..8
10/15
Marianne M. (Hampton, NH)…..23
10/15 CJ
D. (Waynesville, NC)…..41
10/17
Jim T. (Palm Coast, FL)…..10
10/17
Michele F. (Moultrie, GA)…..14
10/18
Lisa H. (Monaco & La Quinta, CA)…..10
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. (Brookfield, CT)…..29
10/23
Britton W. (Raleigh, NC)…..2
10/23
James D. (NYC, NY)…..42
10/23
Bill B. (Stratham, NH)….31
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
10/26
Sean C. (Mamaroneck, NY)…..10
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
10/30
Estelle R. (New York, NY)…..43
1216 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."
These experiences taught us that anonymity is real humility at work. It is an all-pervading spiritual quality which today keynotes A.A. life everywhere. Moved by the spirit of anonymity, we try to give up our natural desires for personal distinction as A.A. members both among fellow alcoholics and before the general public. As we lay aside these very human aspirations, we believe that each of us takes part in the weaving of a protective mantle which covers our whole Society and under which we may grow and work in unity. We are sure that humility, expressed by anonymity, is the greatest safeguard that Alcoholics Anonymous can ever have. p. 187 |
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Twenty-Four Hours
A.A. Thought For The Day
Do I realize that I do not know how much time I have left? It may be later than I think. Am I going to do the things that I know I should do before my time runs out? By the way, what is my purpose for the rest of my life? Do I realize all I have to make up for in my past wasted life? Do I know that I am living on borrowed time and that I would not have even this much time left without A.A. and the grace of God? Am I going to make what time I have left count for A.A.? Meditation For The Day We can believe that somehow the cry of the human soul is never unheard by God. It may be that God hears the cry, even if we fail to notice God's response to it. The human cry for help must always evoke a response of some sort from God. It may be that our failure to discern properly keeps us unaware of the response. But one thing we can believe is that the grace of God is always available for every human being who sincerely calls for help. Many changed lives are living proofs of this fact. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may trust God to answer my prayer as He sees fit. I pray that I may be content with whatever form that answer may take. |
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Daily Thought
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Flimsy
Reed
"We sought escape with all the desperation of drowning men. What seemed at first a flimsy reed, has proved to be the loving and powerful hand of God. A new life has been given us or, if you prefer, a 'design for living' that really works." c.1976 AAWS Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 28 Thought to Consider . . . The task ahead of us is never as great as the Power behind us. *~*AACRONYMS*~* W I L L I N G When I Live Life, I Need God |
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Daily Reflection
A.A'S "MAIN
TAPROOT"
The principle that
we shall find no enduring strength until
we first admit
complete defeat is the main taproot from
which our whole
Society has sprung and flowered.
TWELVE STEPS AND
TWELVE TRADITIONS, pp. 21-22
Defeated, and
knowing it, I arrived at the doors of A.A.,
alone and afraid of
the unknown. A power outside of
myself had picked me
up off my bed, guided me to the
phone book, then to
the bus stop, and through the doors of
Alcoholics
Anonymous. Once inside A.A. I experienced a
sense of being loved
and accepted, something I had net felt
since early
childhood. May I never lose the sense of wonder
I experienced on
that first evening with A.A., the
greatest event of my
entire life.
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Pot Luck
I'd rather
trade a strong hand for a patient ear or a story for a meal:
anything
that keeps things turning over.
~Gordon
Bok
There is an old saying that
there are just two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers. Those of
us who are givers delight in it. We have a buck to lend when someone is
broke, a kind word when they're down, a helping hand when they need it. But sometimes
we givers are uncomfortable when we're on the receiving end. We brush off
thanks and gifts and help, even when they're needed or deserved.
Those of us who are takers,
on the other hand, know how to receive graciously what others have to give;
we know how to ask for what we need. Often, however, we don't know how to
give. We may be afraid our gifts will be wrong or rejected or laughed at.
We can all strive to become
traders, people who have learned how to both give and receive. We each have
the capacity to give what we have freely and to ask, gratefully, for what we
don't have. That is the greatest gift of all.
What can I give and take
today?
Today's reading is from the book Today's Gift, Daily
Meditations for Families
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