Your
Daily Reprieve for Thursday November 14, 2019
From Jacksonville, FL
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"Whatever you're
feeling, be good to yourself.
If you feel lost, be
patient with yourself while you find your way.
If you feel scared, be
gentle with yourself
while you find the strength
to face your fear.
If you feel hurt, be kind
to yourself while you grieve and slowly heal.
You can't bully yourself
into clarity, courage, or peace,
and you can't rush
self-discovery or transformation.
Some things simply take
time, so take the pressure off
and give yourself space to
grow."
~Lori Deschene
"I'm not necessarily
grateful that I'm an alcoholic.
But I'm definitely grateful
that I KNOW I'm an alcoholic!"
Peg E., Woburn MA
“We now know that we shall
always practice these principles:
first because we must,
then because we ought to,
and finally because the
majority of us
will deeply want to do just
that.”
~Bill W., May 1960
"All our final
decisions
are made in a state of mind
that is not going to
last."
~Marcel Proust |
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Big Book Quote
If we skip this vital step (5th Step), we may not overcome
drinking. Time after time newcomers have tried to keep to themselves certain
facts about their lives. Trying to avoid this humbling experience, they have
turned to easier methods. Almost invariably they got drunk. Having persevered
with the rest of the program, they wondered why they fell. We think the
reason is that they never completed their housecleaning. They took inventory
all right, but hung on to some of the worst items in stock. They only thought
they had lost their egoism and fear; they only thought they had humbled
themselves. But they had not learned enough of humility, fearlessness and
honesty, in the sense we find it necessary, until they told someone else all
their life story.
~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg. 72~
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Alicia
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Kerrville,
TX
15th Chisholm Trail
Convention
Round
Rock, TX
3/4/2006
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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
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
11/9
Jessie R. (Carmel. NY)…..13
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
Judie J. (Peterborough, NH)…..16
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
11/15
Ned W. (Portland , ME)…..34
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
Anne T-F. (Madison, CT)…..44
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
11/28
Jane W. (Vermont)…..2
11/29
Debbie M. (Bedford, MA)…..5
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
1199
Total Years of Sobriety
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12&12
Step Two -
"Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to
sanity."
Let’s look first at
the case of the one who says he won’t believe—the belligerent one. He is in a
state of mind which can be described only as savage. Hi whole philosophy of
life, in which he so gloried, is threatened. Its bad enough, he thinks, to
admit alcohol has him down for keeps. But now, still smarting from that
admission, he is faced with something really impossible. How he does cherish
the thought, that man, risen so majestically from a single cell in the
primordial ooze, is the spearhead of evolution and therefore the only god
that his universe knows! Must he renounce all this to save himself?
p.25
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Twenty-Four Hours
A.A. Thought For The Day
A better way than judging people is to look for all the good you can find in them. If you look hard enough and long enough, you ought to be able to find some good somewhere in every person. In A.A. I learned that my job was to try to bring out the good, not criticize the bad. Every alcoholic is used to being judged and criticized. That has never helped anyone get sober. In A.A. we tell people they can change. We try to bring out the best in them. We encourage their good points and ignore their bad points as much as possible. People are not converted by criticism. Do I look for the good in people? Meditation For The Day There must be a design for the world in the mind of God. We can believe that His design for the world is a universal brotherhood of men and women under the fatherhood of God. The plan for your life must also be in the mind of God. In times of quiet meditation you can seek for God's guidance, for the revealing of God's plan for your day. Then you can live this day according to that guidance. Many people are not making of their lives what God meant them to be, and so they are unhappy. They have missed the design for their lives. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may try to follow God's design for today. I pray that I may have the sense of Divine Intent in what I do today. |
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Daily Thought
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(\ ~~ /) ( \(AA)/ ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Humility "Moved by the spirit of anonymity, we try to give up our natural desires for personal distinction as A.A. members both among fellow alcoholics and before the general public. As we lay aside these very human aspirations, we believe that each of us takes part in the weaving of a protective mantle which covers our whole Society and under which we may grow and work in unity. We are sure that humility, expressed by anonymity, is the greatest safeguard Alcoholics Anonymous can ever have." c.1952 AAWS Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 187 Thought to Consider . . . Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less.
*~*AACRONYMS*~*
R I D
Restless, Irritable and Discontented |
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Daily Reflection
INTUITION AND INSPIRATION
. . we ask God for inspiration, an intuitive thought >r a
decision. We relax and take it easy. We don't struggle.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 86
[ invest my time in what I truly love. Step Eleven is a
discipline that allows me and my Higher Power to be
together, reminding me that, with God's help, intuition and
inspiration are possible. Practice of the Step brings on
selflove.
In a consistent attempt to improve my conscious
contact with a Higher Power, I am subtly reminded of my
unhealthy past, with its patterns of grandiose thinking and
false feelings of omnipotence. When I ask for the power to
carry out God's will for me, I am made aware of my
powerlessness. Humility and a healthy self-love are
compatible, a direct result of working Step Eleven
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Pot Luck
Walk In Dry Places
Overcoming A Bad Disposition
Temperament
People
with bad dispositions, like people with drinking problems, do not recognize
how difficult they are. They accept their bad disposition as normal. Some
people even declare proudly that they're in a bad mood until they've been
awake several hours or had three cups of coffee.
We
do not have to put up with a BAD DISPOSITION. If we find ourselves touchy or
grumpy at times, we should immediately release this to our Higher Power.
There is a better pattern of thought and feeling to replace anything that
comes across to others as a bad disposition.
It's
surprising to learn that we don't have to live with a bad disposition. What's
even more surprising is that we'll also be happier and more relaxed without
it.
A
bad disposition, we learn, is just so much unnecessary baggage we don't have
to carry.
I'll
be relaxed and friendly at all times today. I have neither a need nor an
excuse for a bad disposition.
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daily thoughts, meditations, and prayers for living a clean and sober life.
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