Your Daily Reprieve: Your Daily Reprieve 11.07.19

Your Daily Reprieve for Thursday November 7, 2019

From Waynesville, NC

Happiness unfolds only in the present moment.

If you are concerned about being happy tomorrow or even five minutes from now,

you won't be able to be happy now.
All of the chaos and confusion in your mind

can be transcended through your simple decision t

o be wholly present and attentive right now.

That is the miraculous truth.
~Paul Ferrini

If you're dog-tired at night,

it may be because you growled all day.

--War Cry

Not all storms are destructive, some clear your path

If we live our lives continually motivated by anger and hatred,

even our physical health deteriorates.

-His Holiness the Dalai Lama

“One old-timer explained it this way to me:

‘Don’t let your mind rattle on at meetings.

Then all you’ll hear from someone else is something

that gets you thinking about what you have to say.

Listen to everything the person talking has to say,

as if your life depended on it -- because it might one day.

Listen to everyone this way,

especially the ones you want to ignore,’ this old-timer said.

‘God won’t deprive you of the answer you need,

if you’ve come to an AA meeting needing an answer.

He may, however, have your answer come out of the mouth

of the person you least expect to have your answer.

God has a sense of humor.’”

~Grpevine: May 1990

Big Book Quote

On awakening let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. We
consider our plans for the day. Before we begin, we ask God to
direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-
pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives. Under these conditions we
can employ our mental faculties with assurance, for after all God
gave us brains to use. Our thought-life will be placed on a much
higher plane when our thinking is cleared of wrong motives.

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg. 86~

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ROSE E.

Spring Hill FL

2011

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SOBER DATE	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 Ruth H. (Brielle, NJ/Key Largo, FL)…..1

11/2 Joyce C. (Sasn Diego, CA)…..9

11/3 Katy R. (Portland, OR)…..28

11/3 MaryBeth F. (Bernardsville, NJ)…..5

11/3 Lori Z. (Milford, NH)…..21

11/4 Pat O’D. (Boston,MA)…..39

11/4 Lou L. (Smithtown, NY)…..23

11/5 Kent L. (Silverdale, WA)…..34

11/5 Donna M. (Methuen, MA)…..13

11/5 Chrissie R. (Hilton Head, SC)…..1

11/7 Leslie E. (Mamaroneck, NY)…..13

11/7 Harry D. (Hampstead, NH)…..28

11/7 Craig S. (Vero Beach, FL)…..14

11/7 Sandi A. (Bristol, UK)…..45

11/8 Brian R. (Olney, MD)…..4

11/9 Matt K. (Bernardsville, NJ)…..9

11/10 Russ S. (Palm City, FL)…..34

11/10 Aaron M. (Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica)…..1

11/11 Jay D. (Danbury, CT/Stuart, FL)…..38

11/11 Lee J. (Waikiki, HI)…..30

11/12 Ray G. (Massillon, OH)…..7

11/12 Billy M. (NY, NY)…..3

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

11/16 Monte M. (Conway, NH)…..15

11/16 Jayne W. (Algarve, Portugal)…..34

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

11/22 Art K. (Vernon, BC, Canada)…..26

11/23 Alan P. (West Palm Beach, FL)…..49

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 Ray G. (Bangor, ME)…..51

11/24 Tony da Brooklyn Buddha/Mastic Beach…..17

11/24 Karen P. (Waynesville, NC)…..31

11/24 Imogen B, (London, UK)…..16

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

11/30 Peter V. (Kittery, ME)…..39

11/30 Ted D. (Whitefish Bay, WI)…..8

0955 Total Years of Sobriety

12&12

Step One - "We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable."

When first challenged to admit defeat, most of us revolted. We had approached A.A. expecting to be taught self-confidence. Then we had been told that so far as alcohol is concerned, self-confidence was no good whatever; in fact, it was a total liability. Our sponsors declared that we were the victims of a mental obsession so subtly powerful that no amount of human willpower could break it. There was, they said, no such thing as the personal conquest of this compulsion by the unaided will. Relentlessly deepening our dilemma, our sponsors pointed out our increasing sensitivity to alcohol--an allergy, they called it. The tyrant alcohol wielded a double-edged sword over us: first we were smitten by an insane urge that condemned us to go on drinking, and then by an allergy of the body that insured we would ultimately destroy ourselves in the process. Few indeed were those who, so assailed, had ever won through in single-handed combat. It was a statistical fact that alcoholics almost never recovered on their own resources. And this had been true, apparently, ever since man had first crushed grapes.

p. 22

Twenty-Four Hours

A.A. Thought For The Day

I have lost many of my resentments. I have found that getting even with people doesn't do any good. When we try to get revenge, instead of making us feel better, it leaves us frustrated and cheated. Instead of punishing our enemies, we've only hurt our own peace of mind. It does not pay to nurse a grudge, it hurts us more than anyone else. Hate causes frustration, inner conflict, and neurosis. If we give out hate, we will become hateful. If we are resentful, we will be resented. If we do not like people, we will not be liked by people. Revengefulness is a powerful poison in our systems. Have I lost my resentments?

Meditation For The Day

It is not so much you, as the grace of God that is in you, that helps those around you. If you would help even those you dislike, you have to see that there is nothing in you to block the way, to keep God's grace from using you. Your own pride and selfishness are the greatest blocks. Keep those out of the way and God's grace will flow through you into the lives of others. Then all who come in contact with you can be helped in some way. Keep the channel open, free from those things that make your life futile and ineffective.

Prayer For The Day

I pray that all who come in contact with me will feel better for it. I pray that I may be
careful not to harbor those things in my heart that put people off.

Daily Thought

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Change

"Let us never fear needed change. Certainly we have to discriminate between changes for worse and changes for better. But once a need becomes clearly apparent in an individual, in a group, or in A.A. as a whole, it has long been found out that we cannot stand still and look the other way. The essence of all growth is a willingness to change for the better and then an unremitting willingness to shoulder whatever responsibility this entails."
Bill W., July 1965
c.1967 AAWS, As Bill Sees It, p. 115

Thought to Consider . . .

Not to change is not to adapt;
not to adapt is to become extinct.

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A N O N Y M O U S
Actions, Not Our Names, Yield Maintenance Of Unity and Service

Daily Reflection

LET GO AND LET GOD

. . . praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the

power to carry that out

TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 96

When I "Let Go and Let God," I think more clearly and

wisely. Without having to think about it, I quickly let go of

things that cause me immediate pain and discomfort.

Because I find it hard to let go of the kind of worrisome

thoughts and attitudes that cause me immense anguish, all I

need do during those times is allow God, as I understand

Him, to release them for me, and then and there, I let go of

the thoughts, memories and attitudes that are troubling me.

When I receive help from God, as I understand Him, I

can live my life one day at a time and handle whatever

challenges that come my way. Only then can I live a life of

victory over alcohol, in comfortable sobriety.

Pot Luck

Listen to the mustn't child.

Listen to the don'ts.

Listen to the shouldn't's, the impossible, the wants.

Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me…

anything can happen child, anything can be.

~Shel Silverstein

Our ideals, the principles that order our lives, are essential to a healing life.

Some of us have lived a pattern in which we did not know what we believed.

If someone we liked stated a viewpoint, we might wear it for a while like a new shirt…but with no personal commitment.

Others of us have indulged in negativism and hopelessness.

Life is more fulfilling when we assert our beliefs and give ourselves to them. As human beings, we are unable to perfectly live out our beliefs, but we become whole men and women by giving our energies to the attempt.

So…is beauty in music, art, and nature a worthwhile ideal for us? Are fairness and justice for all people what we value? Are love and brotherhood ideals we hold dear?

When we dare assert these values in our lives, they are life giving to us. They mature us. Reaching for what is worthwhile, rather than cursing what is not, gives us a design for making all our choices…and we have hope…blessed hope!

LOVE…above all things,

Patti Locascio