Your Daily Reprieve: Your Daily Reprieve 12.02.19

Your Daily Reprieve for Monday December 2, 2019

From Waynesville, NC

“Self-justification is a universal destroyer of harmony and of love.

It sets man against man, nation against nation.

By it, every form of folly and violence

can be made to look right, and even respectable.

Of course it is not for us to condemn.

We need only investigate ourselves.”

~AA Co-Founder, Bill W., June 1961

"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

You can search throughout the entire universe

for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere.

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe,

deserve your love and affection.
~Buddha

Your problem is much too big to hold onto,

and the perfect size to be let go.

~Anonymous

Big Book Quote

Some people cannot be seen--we send them an honest letter. And there may be a valid reason for postponement in some cases. But we don't delay if it can be avoided. We should be sensible, tactful, considerate and humble without being servile or scraping. As God's people we stand on our feet; we don't crawl before anyone.

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, Page 83~

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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

December 2019 Miracles

12/1 Beth S. (Albuquerque, NM/Madison, NH)…..24

12/2 Wendy M. (Scottsdale, AZ)…..30

12/3 Ancil D. (Bloomington, IN)…..1

13/3 Walter S. (Jacksonville, FL)…..26

12/4 Fred E. (Stuttgart, DE)…..8

12/4 Mike K. (Floral Park, NY)…..1

12/4 Lisa B. (Trenton, MI)…..24

12/5 Sophie G. (Larchmont, NY)…..7

12/5 Bob H. ()…..35

12/5 Matt G. (Colts Neck, NJ)…..11

12/6 Dave B. (Venice, FL)…..28

12/8 Lynne L. (Portland, OR)…..46

12/8 Ed B. (Lawrenceville, NJ)…..18

12/10 Susan M. (Mendham, NJ)…..1

12/11 Dawn K. ()…..12

12/11 Brendan B. (At Home)…..1

12/10 Paul K/ Gypsy (Nantucket MA / Anguilla)…..13

12/14 Linda M. (Salem, NH)…..7

12/15 John M. (Paros, Greece)…..17

12/16 Mike S. (Raleigh, NC)…..3

12/17 Joe K. (North Port, FL)…..36

12/18 Chris V. (Nashville, TN)…..12

12/19 Autumn M. (Jacksonville, FL)…..2

12/19 Kathleen S. (Haverhill, MA)…..39

12/19 Mary F. (West Newbury, MA)…..21

12/23 Pete G. (Larchmont, NY)…..39

12/27 Zoe R. (Kent, UK)…..1

12/31 Aussie Ian (Bangkok)…..25

0481 Total Years of Sobriety

12&12

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

Therefore, Step Two is the rallying point for all of us. Whether agnostic, atheist, or former believer, we can stand together on this Step. True humility and an open mind can lead us to faith, and every A.A. meeting is an assurance that God will restore us to sanity if we rightly relate ourselves to Him.

p. 33

Twenty-Four Hours

A.A. Thought For The Day

The thoughts that come before having a slip seem to be partly subconscious. And yet it is
likely that at least part of these thoughts get into our consciousness. An idle thought
connected with drinking casually pops into our mind. That is the crucial moment. Will I
harbor that thought even for one minute or will I banish it from my mind at once? If I let it
stay, it may develop into a daydream. I may begin to see a cool glass of beer or a
Manhattan cocktail in my mind's eye. If I allow the daydream to stay in my mind, it
may lead to a decision, however unconscious, to take a drink. Then I am headed for a
slip. Do I let myself daydream?

Meditation For The Day

Many of us have a sort of vision of the kind of person God wants us to be. We must be
true to that vision, whatever it is, and we must try to live up to it, by living the way we
believe we should live. We can all believe that God has a vision of what He wants us to be
like. In all people there is a good person whom God sees in us, the person we could be
and that God would like us to be. But many a person fails to fulfill that promise and God's
disappointments must be many.

Prayer For The Day

I pray that I may strive to be the kind of a person that God would have me be. I pray that
I may try to fulfill God's vision of what I could be.

Daily Thought

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Sanity

"My actions drunk or sober, before A.A., were not those of a sane person. My desire to be honest with myself made it necessary for me to realize that my drinking was irrational. It had to be, or I could not have justified my erratic behavior as I did. I've been benefited from a dictionary definition I found that reads: 'rationalization is giving a socially acceptable reason for socially unacceptable behavior, and socially unacceptable behavior is a form of insanity."
c. 1976 AAWS
Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 550-551

Thought to Consider . . .

Let the lunatic out of the attic.

*~*AACRONYMS*~*

F A I T H
Facing All In Trusting Him

Daily Reflection

SERENITY

Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, . .

TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 106

As I continued to go to meetings and work the Steps, something

began to happen to me. I felt confused because I wasn't sure

what it was that I was feeling, and then I realized I was

experiencing serenity. It was a good feeling, but where had it

come from? Then I realized it had come " . . . as the result of

these steps." The program may not always be easy to practice,

but I had to acknowledge that my serenity had come to me after

working the Steps. As I work the Steps in everything I do, practicing

these principles in all my affairs, now I find that I am

awake to God, to others, and to myself. The spiritual awakening

I have enjoyed as the result of working the Steps is the

awareness that I am no longer alone.

Pot Luck

December 1:
1940 - Chicago Daily Tribune begins a series of articles on AA by Nall Hamilton

December 2:
1943 - Bill speaks to 300 at meeting inside San Quentin

December 5:
1985 - Dave B, founder of Montreal Group dies weeks before 50th anniversary Now his story is in the 4th Edition Big Book.

December 6:
1939 - Bert the Tailor lends Works Publishing $1000

1979 - Akron Beacon reports death of Henrietta Sieberling

December 7:
1949 - Sister Ignatia accepts Poverello Medal of St Francis on AA's behalf

December 8:
1997 - "AsWeSeeIt" emailing list started December 8, 1997

December 10:
1975 - "Birds of a Feather" AA group for pilots is formed
1934 - Bill admitted to Towns Hosp 4th/last time (fall '33, '34 in summer, midsummer and final admittance).
1941 - Dallas Morning News reports 1st AA group formed in Dallas

December 12:
1934 - Bill has Spiritual Experience at Towns Hospital

December 12:
1937 - Bill meets with Rockefeller Foundation and tries to get money

December 13:
1934 - Ebby visited Bill at hospital, brought William James's book, "Varieties of Religious Experience".
1937 - Rockland State Mental Hospital takes patients to meeting in New Jersey
December 19:
1939 - Drunks in Los Angeles hold their 1st AA meeting there

December 20:
1945 - Rowland Hazard dies (he carried the Oxford Group message to Ebby)

December 27:
1893 - Rev Samuel Shoemaker is born
Other significant events in December for which we have no specific date:
1934 - Bill & Lois start attending Oxford Group meetings.
1938 - Using Oxford Group principles, Bill closes the loopholes and changes the 6 steps to 12.
1939 - First AA group in mental institution, Rockland State Hospital, NY.
1939 - 1st home meeting in Los Angeles at Kaye M.'s house.
1939 - Matt Talbot Club has 88 members, uses wagons to collect old furniture to recondition & sell, not A.A., used A.A. program, material, marked 1st effort reach alcoholics outside married middle-class category.
1940 - 1st AA group formed in St. Louis, Missouri
1940 - group started Ashtabula, Ohio due to Plain Dealer articles. A.A. Cleveland has about 30 groups.
1948 - Dr. Bob's last major talk, in Detroit.
1950 - Grapevine article signed by both Bill and Dr Bob recommend establishing AA General Service Conference.
1955 - 'Man on the Bed' painting by Robert M. first appeared in
Grapevine. Painting originally called 'Came to Believe'
1982 - Nell Wing retires from GSO after 35 years of service