Your
Daily Reprieve for Sunday November 10, 2019
From Waynesville, NC
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Present-moment living,
getting in touch with your "now,"
is at the heart of
effective living.
When you think about it,
there really is no other
moment you can live.
Now is all there is,
and the future is just
another present moment to live when it arrives.
One thing is certain, you
cannot live it until it does appear.
--Wayne Dyer
A good laugh heals a lot of
hurts.
--Madeleine L'Engle
Peace is the ability to
wait patiently
in spite of panic brought
on by uncertainty.
--Stress Fractures, p.50
"May the sun always
shine on your windowpane;
May a rainbow be certain to
follow each rain;
May the hand of a friend
always be near you;
May God fill your heart
with gladness to cheer you."
--Irish Blessing
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Big Book Quote
“We alcoholics are sensitive people. It takes some of us a long
time
to outgrow that serious handicap.” ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, The Family Afterward, pg. 125~ |
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Send your sober date to txm1@comcast.net
It will look like
this :
6/10 Bob S.
(Akron, OH).....84
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
11/9
Joanne B. (Danvers, MA)…..14
11/10 Russ S. (Palm City, FL)…..34
11/10 Donna P. (Chelmsford, MA)…..18
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
11/11
Judie J. (Peterborough, NH)…..16
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
11/17
Danny K. (Astoria, NY)…..10
11/18
Alex S. (NY, NY)…..6
11/19
Eva B-E. (North Port, FL)…..21
11/19
Jarryd K. (Bridgewater, NJ)…..3
11/19
Jennifer S. (Rockaway, NJ)…..2
11/20
Joseph H. (Jacksonville, FL)…..1
11/22
Kelly B. (St. Pete Beach, FL).....37
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
11/28
Hendy H. (Islington, MA)…..46
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
1101 Total Years of Sobriety
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12&12
Step One - "We admitted we were powerless over
alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable."
It was obviously necessary to raise the bottom the rest of us had hit to the point where it would hit them. By going back in our own drinking histories, we could show that years before we realized it we were out of control, that our drinking even then was no mere habit, that it was indeed the beginning of a fatal progression. To the doubters we could say, "Perhaps you're not an alcoholic after all. Why don't you try some more controlled drinking, bearing in mind meanwhile what we have told you about alcoholism?" This attitude brought immediate and practical results. It was then discovered that when one alcoholic had planted in the mind of another the true nature of his malady, that person could never be the same again. Following every spree, he would say to himself, "Maybe those A.A.'s were right..." After a few such experiences, often years before the onset of extreme difficulties, he would return to us convinced. He had hit bottom as truly as any of us. John Barleycorn himself had become our best advocate. pp. 23-24 |
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Twenty-Four Hours
A.A. Thought For The
Day
I am less self centered. The world used to revolve around me at the center.
I cared more about
myself, my own needs and desires, my own pleasure,
my own way, than I did
about the whole rest of the world.
What happened to me
was more important
than anything else I
could think of.
I was selfishly trying
to be happy and therefore I was unhappy most of
the time. I have found that selfishly seeking pleasure does not bring true happiness. Thinking of myself all the time cut me off from the best in life.
A.A. taught me to care
less about myself and more about the other fellow.
Am I less
self-centered?
Meditation For The Day When something happens to upset you and you are discouraged, try to feel that life's difficulties and troubles are not intended to arrest your progress in the spiritual life, but to test your strength and increase your determination to keep going.
Whatever it is that
must be met, you are to either overcome it or use it.
Nothing should daunt
you for long, nor should any difficulty overcome
or conquer you. God's
strength will always be there,
waiting for you to use it. Nothing can be too great to be overcome,
or if not overcome,
then used.
Prayer For The Day I pray that I may know that there can be no failure with God. I pray that with His help I may live a more victorious life. |
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Daily Thought
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(\ ~~ /) ( \(AA)/ ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Discipline "Unless each A.A. member follows to the best of his ability our suggested Twelve Steps to recovery, he almost certainly signs his own death warrant. His drunkenness and dissolution are not penalties inflicted by people in authority; they result from his personal disobedience to spiritual principles . . . Great suffering and great love are A.A.'s disciplinarians; we need no others." c.1952 AAWS Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 174 Thought to Consider . . . "We alcoholics are undisciplined. So we let God discipline us . . ." *~*AACRONYMS*~* C A R D S =
Call your sponsor
Ask for help from your Higher Power Read the Big Book Do the Twelve Steps Stay active in your group |
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Daily Reflection
A SENSE OF BELONGING
Perhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and
prayer is the sense of belonging that comes to us.
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 105
That's what it is—belonging! After a session of meditation
I knew that the feeling I was experiencing was a sense of
belonging because I was so relaxed. I felt quieter inside,
more willing to discard little irritations. I appreciated my
sense of humor. What I also experience in my daily
practice is the sheer pleasure of belonging to the creative
flow of God's world. How propitious for us that prayer and
meditation are written right into our A.A. way of life.
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Pot Luck
It is as important
to cultivate your silence power, as it is your word power.~William
James
We bless ourselves with renewal and healing when we retreat
from the world for a few private moments of silence. The power we cultivate
in silence isn't generated by us; that power comes to us. We can do this by
deliberately withdrawing from all distractions. Then we quiet our inner
selves by concentrating on deep relaxation, thinking about a brief reading,
or by praying.
Most of us already have a personal island of renewal that we
have turned to many times in the past for serenity and strength. We can use
it and turn to it daily. This natural pattern is necessary for a strong and
healthy life. It builds our relationship with our Higher Power and ourselves.
In our problems with self-esteem, we often label as worthless the quiet,
subtle things we do, but these very things are essential to build our
strength and self esteem.
I will take time for silence to receive the power it gives in
my life.
Today's
reading is from the book Touchstones
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