Friday, November 1, 2019

Your Daily Reprieve 11.02.19




Your Daily Reprieve for Saturday  November  2, 2019

Wilson House
From East Dorset, VT


“Because of what I learned in my home group
-- to be on time, sit in the front row, thank the speaker,
take commitments, pray and meditate –
I’m able to carry the message to the alcoholic who still suffers.
It’s important for me to be connected
to the love of giving back and the joy of helping others
-- chips, cakes, Step work and lots of reaching out.”
~Grapevine: May 2014

"You don't have to show up
for every fight you are invited to!"
Rev. Edward J. Mills

Forgiveness says you are given another chance
to make a new beginning.
~ Desmond Tutu

People who soar are those who refuse
to sit back, sigh and wish things would change.
They neither complain of their lot nor
passively dream of some distant ship coming in.
Rather, they visualize intheir minds
that they are not quitters;
they will not allow life's circumstances
to push them down and hold them under.
--Charles Swindoll

Big Book Quote

Try to remember that though God has wrought miracles among us, we should never belittle a good doctor or psychiatrist. Their services are often indispensable in treating a newcomer and in following his case afterward.

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, The Family Afterward, pg. 133~




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AKRON. OHIO
2007



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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

November 2019 Miracles

11/1 Trish H. (Brick, NJ)…..28
11/2 Liz L. (Bernardsville, NJ)…..12
11/2 Lori Z. (Milford, NH)…..2
11/2 Ruth H. (Brielle, NJ/Key Largo, FL)…..1
11/2 Joyce C. (Sasn Diego, CA)…..9
11/3 Katy R. (Portland, OR)…..28
11/4 Lou L. (Smithtown, NY)…..23
11/5 Kent L. (Silverdale, WA)…..34
11/5 Donna M. (Methuen, MA)…..13
11/8 Brian R. (Olney, MD)…..4
11/10 Aaron M. (Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica)…..1
11/12 Ray G. (Massillon, OH)…..7
11/13 Zack A. (NY, NY)…..5
11/13 Henry E. (Marlboro, MA)…..27
11/13 Paul M. (Aberystwyth, Wales)…..10
11/13 Joe J. (Ludlow, VT)…..14
11/15 Jamie G. (Seymour, CT)…..4
11/18 Alex S. (NY, NY)…..6
11/19 Eva B-E. (North Port, FL)…..21
11/20 Joseph H. (Jacksonville, FL)…..1
11/22 Terry S. (Maui, HI)…..2
11/22 Brandi S. (Corpus Christi, TX)…..6
11/23 Elaine J. (Newport Beach, CA)…..34
11/23 Donna B. (Hampton, NH)…..39
11/23 Mark B. (Boston, MA)…..1
11/23 Colleen M. (Raleigh, NC)…..2
11/24 Karen P. (Waynesville, NC)…..31
11/25 Ronni J. (Michigan City, IN)…..23
11/26 Pam B. (Mukwonago WI/ Summerfield FL)…..35
11/29 Deleano S. (Virgin Gorda, BVI)…..7
11/30 Dave C. (Methuen, MA)…..22


0452 Total Years of Sobriety

12&12

Foreword

Everywhere there arose threatening questions of membership, money, personal relations, public relations, management of groups, clubs, and scores of other perplexities. It was out of this vast welter of explosive experience that A.A.'s Twelve Traditions took form and were first published in 1946 and later confirmed at A.A.'s First International Convention, held at Cleveland in 1950. The Tradition section of this volume portrays in some detail the experience which finally produced the Twelve Traditions and so gave A.A. its present form, substance, and unity.

p. 18

Twenty-Four Hours

A.A. Thought For The Day

I have faith. That thing that makes the world seem right.
That thing that makes sense at last.
That awareness of the Divine Principle
in the universe which holds it all together and
gives it unity and purpose and goodness and meaning.
Life is no longer ashes in my mouth or bitter to the taste.
It is all one glorious whole, because God is holding it together.
Faith--that leap into the unknown, the venture into what lies beyond our ken,
that which brings untold rewards of peace and serenity. Have I faith?

Meditation For The Day

Keep yourself like an empty vessel for God to fill.
Keep pouring out yourself to help
others so that God can keep filling you up with His spirit.
The more you give, the more you will have for yourself.
God will see that you are kept filled as long as you are giving to others.
But if you selfishly try to keep all for yourself, you are soon blocked off from God,
your source of supply, and you will become stagnant.
To be clear, a lake must have an inflow and an outflow.

Prayer For The Day

I pray that I may keep pouring out what I receive.
I pray that I may keep the stream clear and flowing.


Daily Thought
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The Gift
"Perhaps there is a better way - we think so. For we are now on a different basis of trusting and relying upon God. We trust infinite God rather than our finite selves. We are in the world to play the role He assigns. Just to the extent that we do as we think He would have us, and humbly rely on Him, does He enable us to match calamity with serenity."
   
c.1976 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 68

Thought to Consider . . .

W
hat I am is God's gift to me. What I make of myself is my gift to Him.
*~*AACRONYMS*~*

F E A R
Frustration, Ego, Anxiety, Resentment




Daily Reflection

KEEPING OPTIMISM AFLOAT

The other Steps can keep most of us sober and somehow
functioning. But Step Eleven can keep us growing . . .
THE LANGUAGE OF THE HEART, p. 240

A sober alcoholic finds it much easier to be optimistic
about life. Optimism is the natural result of my finding
myself gradually able to make the best, rather than the
worst, of each situation. As my physical sobriety continues,
I come out of the fog, gain a clearer perspective and am
better able to determine what courses of action to take. As
vital as physical sobriety is, I can achieve a greater potential
for myself by developing an ever-increasing
willingness to avail myself of the guidance and direction of
a Higher Power. My ability to do so comes from my
learning—and practicing—the principles of the A.A.
program. The melding of my physical and spiritual sobriety
produces the substance of a more positive life.



Pot Luck

Letting Guilt Go

                        We could do very little in our lives while our disease ran unchecked. We hurt ourselves more than we did anyone. We did things we did not mean to do. We put off things we were going to do. We offended people we did not mean to offend. We were used to carrying such guilt and regret that is a wonder more of us didn’t take our own lives.

               In recovery, we learn to free ourselves from old guilt. We learn how to make our apologies, repay debts and clean up mistakes through our Steps. We receive an unconditional forgiveness for our past life. We are not unworthy. What we are left with when the guilt is removed is gratitude. We become grateful for a chance to live a good life. We learn we do not have to live with new guilt because we do not have to do things for which we will feel guilty.

               In the past, we did the best we could. Now we can do better. We’d rather stand on the mountain top with our arms extended in gratitude rather than in a hole holding a bucket of guilt.

“Letting Guilt Go” . Stepping Stones to Recovery for Men






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