Your
Daily Reprieve for Tuesday October 29,
2019
From Waynesville, NC
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“The laughter in AA is what
attracted me from the very beginning.
The restorative power of
laughter should never be underestimated ...
I have come to believe that
I’m being restored to sanity
when my sense of humor is
restored and I cease to take myself so seriously.”
~Grapevine: Brighton,
Colorado, April 1976
"Do not be anxious
about anything, but in everything,
by prayer and petition, with
thanksgiving,
present your requests to
God."
~Philippians 4: 6&7
"When you feel bad,
you need a meeting.
When you feel good, the
meeting needs you"
~Anonymous
The secret lies in how we
handle today,
not yesterday or tomorrow.
Today...that special block
of time
holding the key that
locks out yesterday's
nightmares
and unlocks tomorrow's
dreams.
--Charles Swindoll
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Big Book Quote
"Burn the idea into the consciousness of every man that he can get well regardless of anyone. The only condition is that he trust in God and clean house." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Working With Others, pg. 98~ |
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Daily Share!
AA Speaker of
the Day
DOTTIE SCHOTT
Laughlin,
NV
1987
Wee
Willie’s
Sobriety
First Media
AA CD’s
Literature and tapes
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Celebrate Your Anniversary Here
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
10/7 Liz
S. (Hoboken, NJ)…..8
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
1350 Total
Years of Sobriety
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12&12
Foreword
After three years of trial and error in selecting the most workable tenets upon which the Society could be based, and after a large amount of failure in getting alcoholics to recover, three successful groups emerged--the first at Akron, the second at New York, and the third at Cleveland. Even then it was hard to find two score of sure recoveries in all three groups. pp. 16-17 |
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Twenty-Four Hours
A.A. Thought For The
Day
My relationships with my children have greatly improved. Those children who saw me drunk and were ashamed, those children who turned away in fear and even loathing have seen me sober and like me, have turned to me in confidence and trust and have forgotten the past as best they could. They have given me a chance for companionship that I had completely missed. I am their father or their mother now. Not just "that person the Mom or Dad married and God knows why." I am a part of my home now. Have I found something that I had lost? Meditation For The Day Our true measure of success in life is the measure of spiritual progress that we have revealed in our lives. Others should be able to see a demonstration of God's will in our lives. The measure of His will that those around us have seen worked out in our daily living is the measure of our true success. We can do our best to be a demonstration each day of the power of God in human lives, and example of the working out of the grace of God in the hearts of men and women. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may so live that others will see in me something of the working out of the will of God. I pray that my life may be a demonstration of what the grace of God can do. |
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Daily Thought
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(\ ~~ /) ( \(AA)/ ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Trouble
"In A.A., we learned that
trouble was really a fact of life for everybody - a fact that had to be
understood and dealt with. Surprisingly, we found that our troubles could,
under God's grace, be converted into unimagined blessings. Indeed, that was
the essence of A.A. itself: trouble accepted, trouble squarely faced with
calm courage, trouble lessened and often transcended. This was the A.A.
story, and we became a part of it. Such demonstrations became our stock in
trade for the next sufferer."
Bill W., Letter, 1966 As Bill Sees It, p. 110 Copyright 1967 A.A.W.S. Inc. Thought to Consider . . . God enters us through our wounds.
*~*AACRONYMS*~*
HOPE Hang On! Peace Exists . . . |
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Daily Reflection
OUR SURVIVAL
Since recovery from
alcoholism is life itself to us, it is
imperative that we
preserve in full strength our means of
survival.
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE
TRADITIONS, p. 177
The honesty expressed
by the members of A.A. in meetings
has the power to
open my mind. Nothing can block the
flow of energy that honesty
carries with it. The only
obstacle to this
flow of energy is inebriation, but even then,
no one will find a
closed door if he or she has left and
chooses to return.
Once he or she has received the gift of
sobriety, each A.A.
member is challenged on a daily basis
to accept a program
of honesty.
My Higher Power
created me for a purpose in life. I ask
him to accept my
honest efforts to continue on my journey
in the spiritual way
of life. I call on Him for strength to
know and seek His
will.
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Pot Luck
The
goal is balance.
We need
balance between work and play. We need balance between giving and receiving.
We need balance in thought and feeling. We need balance in caring for our
physical self and our spiritual self.
A
balanced life has harmony between a professional life and a personal life.
There may be times when we need to climb mountains at work. There may be
times when we put extra energy into our relationships. But the overall
picture needs to balance.
Just as
a balanced nutritional diet takes into account the realm of our nutritional
needs to stay healthy, a balanced life takes into account all our needs: our
need for friends, work, love, family, play, private time, recovery time, and
spiritual time--time with God. If we get out of balance, our inner voice will
tell us. We need to listen.
Today, I will examine my
life to see if the scales have swung too far in any area, or not far enough
in some. I will work toward achieving balance.
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Twenty Four Hours a Day
Since 1954, Twenty-Four Hours a Day
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throughout the world. With over nine million
copies in print (the original text has been revised),
this "little black book" offers
daily thoughts, meditations, and prayers for living a clean and sober life.
A spiritual resource with practical
applications to fit our daily lives.
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