Your Daily Reprieve 12.11.19

Your Daily Reprieve for Wednesday  December  11, 2019 From Jacksonville, FL

"Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for." ~Zig Ziglar “If we expend even five percent of the time on Step Eleven that we habitually (and rightly) lavish on Step Twelve, the results can be wonderfully far-reaching.” ~AA Co-Founder, Bill W., June 1958 You're trying your hardest and it's still not happening. Just because you’re struggling doesn’t mean you’re failing. May God bless you with continued perseverance and a successful outcome. ~Prayables To succeed in life you need three things: A wishbone A backbone A funnybone. - Reba McEntire

Big Book Quote It did not satisfy us to be told that we could not control our drinking just because we were maladjusted to life, that we were in full flight from reality, or were outright mental defectives. These things were true to some extent, in fact, to a considerable extent with some of us. But we are sure that our bodies were sickened as well. In our belief, any picture of the alcoholic which leaves out this physical factor is incomplete. ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, The Doctor's Opinion, pg. xxvi~

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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 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 12/6 Nikki G. (Flemington, NJ)…..9 12/7 Steve O. (Osteen, FL)…..27 12/7 Georgia O. (Stuart, FL)…..41 12/8 Lynne L. (Portland, OR)…..46 12/8 Ed B. (Lawrenceville, NJ)…..18 12/10 Susan M. (Mendham, NJ)…..1 12/10 Wendell M. (Bothell, WA)…..6 12/10 Paul K/ Gypsy (Nantucket MA / Anguilla)…..13 12/10 Kathy R. (Basking Ridge, NJ)…..9 12/13 Wendell M. (Bothell, WA)…..6 12/11 Dawn K. ()…..12 12/11 Brendan B. (At Home)…..1 12/12 Mitch B. (Evanston, IL)…..33 12/13 Tom O. (Milwaukee WI_.....13 12/14 Linda M. (Salem, NH)…..7 12/14 Bob P. (Cullman, AL)…..29 12/15 John M. (Paros, Greece)…..17 12/15 Taleah M. (NY, N Y)…..2 12/16 Mike S. (Raleigh, NC)…..3 12/16 Carrie F. (Selinsgrove, PA)…..15 12/16 Heather V. (Nantucket, MA)…..2 12/17 Joe K. (North Port, FL)…..36 12/18  Chris V. (Nashville, TN)…..12 12/18 Kevin T. (Basking Ridge, NJ)…..27 12/18 Melissa B. (Cape Cod, MA)…..1 12/19 Autumn M. (Jacksonville, FL)…..2 12/19 Kathleen S. (Haverhill, MA)…..39 12/19 Mary F. (West Newbury, MA)…..21 12/21 Bridget C. (Albany, NY)…..17 12/21 Moira N. (New Rochelle, NY)…..8 12/22 Dick McD. (New York, NY)…..42 12/23 Pete G. (Larchmont, NY)…..39 12/23 Cathy B. (Princeton, NJ)…..15 12/23 Lee H. (San Francisco, CA)…..29 12/24 Peter S. (Manhattan, NY)…..19 12/26 Chick R. (Oak Forest, IL)…..22 12/27 Zoe R. (Kent, UK)…..1 12/28 Johanna T. (Cobleskill, NY)…..19 12/28 Melissa C. (Acton, MA)…..5 12/31 Aussie Ian (Bangkok)…..25 12/31 Jake R. (Prattville, AL)…..44 12/31 Tabatha J. (Charlotte, NC)…..7 0952  Total Years of Sobriety

12&12 Step Three - "Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him." Therefore, we who are alcoholics can consider ourselves fortunate indeed. Each of us has had his own near-fatal encounter with the juggernaut of self-will, and has suffered enough under its weight to be willing to look for something better. So it is by circumstance rather than by any virtue that we have been driven to A.A., have admitted defeat, have acquired the rudiments of faith, and now want to make a decision to turn our will and our lives over to a Higher Power. pp. 37-38

Twenty-Four Hours A.A. Thought For The Day Doctors think of the A.A. fellowship as group therapy. This is a very narrow conception of the depth of the A.A. fellowship. Looking at it purely as a means of acquiring and holding sobriety, it is right as far as it goes. But it doesn't go far enough. Group therapy is directed toward the help that the individual receives from it. It is essentially selfish. It is using the companionship of other alcoholics only in order to stay sober ourselves. But this is only the beginning of real A.A. fellowship. Do I deeply feel the true A.A. fellowship? Meditation For The Day Most of us have had to live through the dark part of our lives, the time of failure, the nighttime of our lives, when we were full of struggle and care, worry and remorse, when we felt deeply the tragedy of life. But with our daily surrender to a Higher Power, comes a peace and joy that makes all things new. We can now take each day as a joyous sunrise-gift from God to use for Him and for other fellow people. The night of the past is gone, this day is ours. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may take this day as a gift from God. I pray that I may thank God for this day and be glad in it.

Daily Thought ^*^*^*^*^ (\   ~~   /) (    \(AA)/    ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Faith "We had seen spiritual release, but liked to tell ourselves it wasn't true. Actually we were fooling ourselves, for deep down in every man, woman, and child, is the fundamental idea of God. It may be obscured by calamity, by pomp, by worship of other things, but in some form or other it is there. For faith in a Power greater than ourselves, and miraculous demonstrations of that power in human lives, are facts as old as man himself." c. 1976 AAWS Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 55 Thought to Consider . . . Getting a present and just playing with the box is like working the program just enough to stop drinking. *~*AACRONYMS*~* F E A R Failure Expected And Received

Daily Reflection "A GENUINE HUMILITY" . . . we are actually to practice a genuine humility. This is to the end that our great blessings may never spoil us; that we shall forever live in thankful contemplation of Him who presides over us all. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 192 Experience has taught me that my alcoholic personality tends to be grandiose. While having seemingly good intentions, I can go off on tangents in pursuit of my "causes." My ego takes over and I lose sight of my primary purpose. I may even take credit for God's handiwork in my life. Such an overstated feeling of my own importance is dangerous to my sobriety and could cause great harm to A.A. as a whole. My safeguard, the Twelfth Tradition, serves to keep me humble. I realize, both as an individual and as a member of the Fellowship, that I cannot boast of my accomplishments, and that "God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves."

Pot Luck Father Leo's Daily Meditation SIMILARITY "Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this -- that you are dreadfully like other people." --James Russell Lowell For many years I saw the differences and not the similarities. I was always considering how I was unlike other alcoholics, rather than perceiving the striking similarities. I kept myself on the outside, not only in recovery from alcoholism but also in life. Then I heard from another recovering alcoholic not only "my story" but also my feelings. I belonged. I was with people who knew my loneliness, isolation, confusion, guilt and despair. I had come home to live amongst my people. Thank You for enabling me to see that I am a member of the human family and a recovering alcoholic.

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Resources Great Minds Quotes https://twitter.com/GreatestQuotes BIG BOOK SEARCH ENGINE: http://www.whytehou se.com/big_ book_search/ Twenty Four Hours a Day Since 1954, Twenty-Four Hours a Day has become a stable force in the recovery of many alcoholics throughout the world. With over nine million copies in print (the original text has been revised), this "little black book" offers daily thoughts, meditations, and prayers for living a clean and sober life. A spiritual resource with practical applications to fit our daily lives. Copyright 1975 Hazeleden Foundation Tammy’s recovery links http://www.bluidkiti.com/forums/ NEW! Twisted Thinking Making Sense Out of Nonsense: Change Happens by Changing Your Perception by Georgia Hughes amazon.com/author/georgiahughes AA Photo Archives http://www.rewritables.net/cybriety/aa_photos.htm Heard at A Meeting https://twitter.com/heardinameeting Breast Cancer Site Take a minute and click to provide free mammograms https://thebreastcancersite.greatergood.com/clickToGive/bcs/home MEN FIGHTING CANCER TOGETHER America’s largest volunteer men’s cancer support group and advocacy national nonprofit organization. http://malecare.org/ Big Book Quotes http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/BigBookQuotes/ The Universe https://www.facebook.com/scherie.dee Prayables http://prayables.org/ As We See It (AWSI) http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AsWeSeeIt/ Keep It Simple Hazelden Meditations Daily Thought http://groups.google.com/group/TransitionsDaily Speaker Recordings http://storiesofrecovery.org/Workshops.htm {Under Reconstruction} Wisdom of the Room http://www.theWisdomoftheRooms.com

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