Your
Daily Reprieve for Friday October 25,
2019
From Waynesville, NC
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The foolish and the dead
never change their opinions.
--- James Russell Lowell
Half the spiritual life
consists in remembering
what we are up against and
where we are going.
-Ayya Khema
"Winning doesn't
always mean being first.
Winning means you're doing
better than you've done before."
~Bonnie Blair
"You will have many
opportunities in life to keep your mouth shut:
You should take advantage
of every one of them."
~ Thomas Edison
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Big Book Quote
Practical experience shows that nothing will so much insure
immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics.
~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Working With Others, pg. 89~ |
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Daily Share!
AA Speaker of
the Day
CLARENCE
SNYDER
One
of the First 40
1966
Sobriety
First Media
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SHOW NEWCOMERS HOW IT WORKS!!
Send your sober date to txm1@comcast.net
It will look like
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
10/1 Henry S. (Port Charlotte, FL)…..37
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
10/11
Harriett B. (Hobe Sound, FL)…..31
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 Keely S. (Azalea, OR)…..37
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
10/31
Clint H. (Pittsburgh, PA)…..21
1342 Total
Years of Sobriety
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12&12
Foreword
Many people, nonalcoholics, report that as a result of the practice of A.A.'s Twelve Steps, they have been able to meet other difficulties of life. They think that the Twelve Steps can mean more than sobriety for problem drinkers. They see in them a way to happy and effective living for many, alcoholic or not. pp. 15-16 |
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Twenty-Four Hours
A.A. Thought For The
Day
Fifth, I have learned to live one day at a time. I have finally realized the great fact that all I have is now. This sweeps away all vain regret and it makes my thoughts of the future free of fear. Now is mine. I can do what I want with it. I own it, for better or worse. What I do now, in this present moment, is what makes up my life. My whole life is only a succession of nows. I will take this moment, which has been given to me by the grace of God, and I will do something with it. What I do with each now, will make me or break me. Am I living in the now? Meditation For The Day We should work at overcoming ourselves, our selfish desires and our self-centeredness. This can never be fully accomplished. We can never become entirely unselfish. But we can come to realize that we are not at the center of the universe and that everything does not revolve around us at the center. I am only one cell in a vast network of human cells. I can at least make the effort to conquer the self-life and seek daily to obtain more and more of this self-conquest. "He that overcomes himself is greater than he who conquers a city." Prayer For The Day I pray that I may strive to overcome my selfishness. I pray that I may achieve the right perspective of my position in the world. |
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Daily Thought
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(\ ~~ /) ( \(AA)/ ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Gratitude "Another exercise that I practice is to try for a full inventory of my blessings and then for a right acceptance of the many gifts that are mine - both temporal and spiritual . . . I try to hold fast to the truth that a full and thankful heart cannot entertain great conceits. When brimming with gratitude, one's heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love, the finest emotion that we can ever know." Bill. W., March 1962 c.1988 AA Grapevine, The Language of the Heart, p. 271 Thought to Consider . . . I have learned what a heart full of gratitude feels like. *~*AACRONYMS*~* A L C O H O L I C S A Life Centered On Helping Others Live In Complete Sobriety |
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Daily Reflection
A.A.'s HEARTBEAT
Without unity, the
heart of A.A. would cease to beat; . . .
AS BILL SEES IT, p.
125
Without unity I
would be unable to recover in A.A. on a
daily basis. By
practicing unity within my group, with other
A.A. members and at
all levels of this great Fellowship, I
receive a pronounced
feeling of knowing that I am a part of
a miracle that was divinely
inspired. The ability of Bill W.
and Dr. Bob, working
together and passing it on to other
members, tells me
that to give it away is to keep it. Unity is
oneness and yet the
whole Fellowship is for all of us.
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Pot Luck
The Magic of Gratitude and Acceptance
Gratitude and acceptance
are two magic tricks available to us in recovery. No matter who we are, where
we are, or what we have, gratitude and acceptance work.
We may eventually become so
happy that we realize our present circumstances are good. Or we master our
present circumstances and then move forward into the next set of
circumstances.
If we become stuck,
miserable, feeling trapped and hopeless, try gratitude and acceptance. If we
have tried unsuccessfully to alter our present circumstances and have begun
to feel like we’re beating our head against a brick wall, try gratitude and
acceptance.
If we feel like all is dark
and the night will never end, try gratitude and acceptance. If we feel scared
and uncertain, try gratitude and acceptance. If we’ve tried everything else
and nothing seems to work, try gratitude and acceptance. If we’ve been
fighting something, try gratitude and acceptance.
When all else fails, go
back to the basics. Gratitude and acceptance work.
Today, God, help me let go
of my resistance. Help me know the pain of a circumstance will stop hurting
so much if I accept it. I will practice the basics of gratitude and
acceptance in my life, and for all my present circumstances.
Today's reading is from the book The Language of Letting Go
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