Your Daily Reprieve: Your Daily Reprieve 11.15.19

Your Daily Reprieve for Friday November 15, 2019

From Jacksonville, FL

"If you want light to come into your life,

you need to stand where it is shining."

~Guy Finley

"“How life looks to me depends on how I look at it.

While this sounds simple, just like everything else in Alcoholics Anonymous,

it requires continual practice in order to get good at it.

I get better at it as each year passes.

I am grateful that Alcoholics Anonymous

is teaching me how to see straight,

one day at a time.”

~Grapevine:Tucson, Arizona, August 2006

It's not what you look at that matters,

it's what you see.

~Henry David Thoreau

It's often thought happiness comes about when your economic situation changes.

Not true. At least it's not the whole picture.

You need to change habits, mindset, and open your heart wider to those around you. May God bless you with financial blessing and acceptance

of the additional responsibility that comes with it.

~Prayables

Big Book Quote

"Carry this message to other alcoholics! You can help when no one
else can. You can secure their confidence when others fail.
Remember they are very ill."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Working With Others, pg. 89~

Daily Share!

AA Speaker of the Day

MIKE FITZPATRICK

Chandler, AZ

@Seaside, OR

2007

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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

11/9 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

12&12

Step Two - "Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity."

At this juncture, his A.A. sponsor usually laughs. This the newcomer thinks, is just about the last straw. This is the beginning of the end. And so it is: the beginning of the end of his old life, and the beginning of his emergence into a new one. His sponsor probably says, “Take it easy. The hoop you have to jump through is a lot wider than you think. At least I’ve found it so. So did a friend of mine who was a one-time vice-president of the American Atheists Society, but he got through with room to spare.”

p.26

Twenty-Four Hours

A.A. Thought For The Day

I am less sensitive and my feelings are less easily hurt. I no longer take myself so
seriously. It didn't use to take much to insult me, to feel that I had been slighted or
left on the outside. What happens to me now is not so important. One cause of our
drinking was because we couldn't take it, so we escaped the unpleasant situation. We
have learned to take it on the chin if necessary and smile. When I am all wrapped
up in A.A., I do not notice the personal slights so much. They do not seem to matter so
much. I have learned to laugh at self-pity, because it's so childish. Am I less sensitive?

Meditation For The Day

God's miracle-working power is as manifest today as it was in the past. It still works
miracles of change in lives and miracles of healing in twisted minds. When a person
trusts wholly in God and leaves to Him the choosing of the day and hour, there is
God's miracle-working power becoming manifest in that person's life. So we can
trust in God and have boundless faith in His power to make us whole again,
whenever He chooses.

Prayer For The Day

I pray that I may be sure that there is nothing that God cannot accomplish in
changing my life. I pray that I may have faith in His miracle-working power.

Daily Thought

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Loneliness

"Almost without exception, alcoholics are tortured by loneliness. Even before our drinking got bad and people began to cut us off, nearly all of us suffered the feeling we didn't quite belong. Either we were shy, and dared not draw near others, or we were apt to be noisy good fellows craving attention and companionship, but never getting it - at least to our way of thinking. There was always that mysterious barrier we could neither surmount nor understand . . . That's one reason we loved alcohol too well. It did let us act extemporaneously. But even Bacchus boomeranged on us; we were finally struck down and left in terrified loneliness."
c.1952 AAWS Inc.
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 57

Thought to Consider . . .

Isolation is a darkroom where we develop negatives.

*~*AACRONYMS*~*

H A L T
Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired

Daily Reflection

VITAL SUSTENANCE

Those of us who have come to make regular use of prayer

would no more do without it than we would refuse air, food,

or sunshine. And for the same reason. When we refuse air,

light, or food, the body suffers. And when we turn away

from meditation and prayer, we likewise deprive our minds,

our emotions, and our intuitions of vitally needed support.

TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 97

Step Eleven doesn't have to overwhelm me. Conscious

contact with God can be as simple, and as profound, as

conscious contact with another human being. I can smile. I

can listen. I can forgive. Every encounter with another is an

opportunity for prayer, for acknowledging God's presence

within me.

Today I can bring myself a little closer to my Higher

Power. The more I choose to seek the beauty of God's work

in other people, the more certain of His presence I will

become.

Pot Luck

Remember your good memories, but live for today and keep the memories behind you.

~Jodi K. Elliott

The stuff of our memories comprises who we have become. Each recollection is akin to an ingredient in a simmering pot of stew. The full flavor of our lives is enhanced by each additional experience, whether it is painful or joyful.

Our experiences have a way of dovetailing, of grouping themselves, perhaps even tailoring themselves, to provide us the best advantage. So human is our tendency to linger in thought on past times that we fail to take advantage, to be fully present in the moment, which is assuredly making a necessary contribution to the total panorama of our lives.

Who are we to judge the value of any single experience? It's how all experiences have mingled, that we must trust. We can be certain in retrospect, that those situations that created the most inner turmoil also offered us the most as growing, developing people.

The experiences offered today, in the 24 hours ahead, are significant because they are unique. I will cherish them for the addition they are making to my total person.