Your Daily Reprieve 11.16.19

Your Daily Reprieve for Saturday  November 16 , 2019 From Waynesville, NC

"If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgment of them. And it is in your power to wipe out that judgment now." --Marcus Aurelius Antoninus "Don't take anything personally. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won't be the victim of needless suffering." ~Don Miguel Ruiz Here are 17 words that will never fail you: Prepare. Care. Believe. Forgive. Change. Risk. Choose. Relax. Listen. Pray. Persist. Smile. Focus. Act. Trust. Accept. Wait. May God bless you with a life vocabulary of purpose and good intentions. Heard at a meeting… " I don't know if I go to too many meetings, but I am afraid of going to one too few ! " 'Is it Odd, or is it God? ~Thanks Fred

Big Book Quote God will constantly disclose more to you and to us. Ask Him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. The answers will come, if your own house is in order. But obviously you cannot transmit something you havent got. See to it that your relationship with Him is right, and great events will come to pass for you and countless others. This is the Great Fact for us. ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, A Vision For You, pg. 164~

Daily Share! AA Speaker of the Day Amanda Tampa Bay Young People Monday Night Speaker St. Pete, FL 01.18.01 http://bit.ly/2C72Fl6 Wee Willie’s Sobriety First Media AA CD’s Literature and tapes https://www.mediafire.com/sobrietyfirst

Celebrate Your Anniversary Here SHOW NEWCOMERS HOW IT WORKS!! Send your sober date to txm1@comcast.net 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 Mike S. (Danvers, MA)…..28 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 1127  Total Years of Sobriety

12&12 Step Two - "Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity." “Well”, says the newcomer, “I know you’re telling me the truth. It’s no doubt a fact that A.A. is full of people who once believed as II do. But just how, in these circumstances, does a fellow ‘take it easy”? That’s what I want to know.” P26

Twenty-Four Hours A.A. Thought For The Day I have got rid of most of my inner conflicts. I was always at war with myself. I was doing things that I did not want to do. I was waking up in strange places and wondering how I got there. I was full of recklessness when I was drunk and full of remorse when I was sober. My life didn't make sense. It was full of broken resolves and frustrated hopes and plans. I was getting nowhere fast. No wonder my nerves were all shot. I was bumping up against a blank wall and I was dizzy from it. A.A. taught me how to get organized and to stop fighting against myself. Have I got rid of inner conflicts? Meditation For The Day "When two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them." The spirit of God comes upon His followers when they are all together at one time, in one place, and with one accord. When two or three consecrated souls are together at a meeting place, the spirit of God is there to help and guide them. Where any sincere group of people are together, reverently seeking the help of God, His power and His spirit are there to inspire them. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may be in accord with the members of my group. I pray that I may feel the strength of a consecrated group.

Daily Thought ^*^*^*^*^ (\    ~~    /) (     \(AA)/     ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Touchstones "All A.A. progress can be reckoned in terms of just two words: humility and responsibility. Our whole spiritual development can be accurately measured by our degree of adherence to these magnificent standards. Ever deepening humility, accompanied by an ever greater willingness to accept and act upon clear-cut obligations - these are truly our touchstones for all growth in the life of the spirit. They hold up to us the very essence of right being and right doing. It is by them that we are enabled to find and to do God's will." Bill W., Talk, 1965 c.1967 AAWS Inc. As Bill Sees It, p. 271 Thought to Consider . . . The solution is simple. The solution is spiritual. *~*AACRONYMS*~* S O B E R Staying Off Booze Enjoying Recovery

Daily Reflection A DAILY REPRIEVE What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85 Maintaining my spiritual condition is like working out every day, planning for the marathon, swimming laps, jogging. It's staying in good shape spiritually, and that requires prayer and meditation. The single most important way for me to improve my conscious contact with a Higher Power is to pray and meditate. I am as powerless over alcohol as I am to turn back the waves of the sea; no human force had the power to overcome my alcoholism. Now I am able to breathe the air of joy, happiness and wisdom. I have the power to love and react to events around me with the eyes of a faith in things that are not readily apparent. My daily reprieve means that, no matter how difficult or painful things appear today, I can draw on the power of the program to stay liberated from my cunning, baffling and powerful illness.

Pot Luck Don't let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was. ~R. L. Evans Feelings of discouragement are to be expected as part of life. We will have our times of greater energy and hope and our times of feeling depleted and lost. As we mature we learn to see many peaks and valleys across the landscape. Giving ourselves over to feelings of discouragement is self-indulgent and saps our strength. We cannot see into the future. The dailiness of our lives isn't always dramatic and doesn't usually offer great changes. But we are part of an unfolding process. Looking back over just a week or a month, we can recall troubled times that now seem insignificant. We see other people and their progress, and we know they, too, grew just one day at a time and couldn't see what the future would bring them. So we continue—knowing that our process is hopeful—even though we cannot foresee the details of our future. I have the strength to live through the peaks and valleys and to stay faithful to my recovery. Today's reading is from the book Touchstones

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