Your
Daily Reprieve for Friday December 13, 2019
From Jacksonville, FL
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This season of advent
means there is something on the horizon, the likes of which we have never seen before. ... So stay. Sit. Linger. Tarry. Ponder. Wait. Behold. Wonder. There will be time enough for running. For rushing. For worrying. For pushing. For now, stay. Wait. Something is on the horizon. ~ Jan L. Richardson
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You can only be truly
grateful in receiving
when you know the joy in
giving.
May you bless someone with
a reason to be grateful today.
~Prayables
“Patience and perseverance
have a magical effect
before which difficulties
disappear and obstacles vanish.”
~John Quincy Adams
“We who have been helped by
AA are as letters of God
addressed to our friends
and fellow men.
By our attitudes, our
speech and our behavior
are we to show them the
transforming power
of AA's philosophy of
life.”
~Grapevine: St. Paul,
Minnesota, January 1950
"Wise sayings often
fall on barren ground,
but a kind word is never
thrown away."
~Arthur Helps |
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Big Book Quote
We meet frequently so that newcomers may find the fellowship they
seek. ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Bill's Story, pg. 15~ |
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Daily Share!
AA Speaker of
the Day
JOE
& CHARLIE
Big
Book Comes Alive
2013
CD 4
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Willie’s
Sobriety
First Media
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and tapes
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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
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
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12&12
Step Three - "Made a decision to turn our will and our
lives over to the care of God as we understood Him."
When World War II broke out, this spiritual principle had its first major test. A.A.'s entered the services and were scattered all over the world. Would they be able to take discipline, stand up under fire, and endure the monotony and misery of war? Would the kind of dependence they had learned in A.A. carry them through? Well, it did. They had even fewer alcoholic lapses or emotional binges than A.A.'s safe at home did. They were just as capable of endurance and valor as any other soldiers. Whether in pp. 38-39 |
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Twenty-Four Hours
A.A. Thought For The
Day
We come now to A.A. fellowship. It is partly group therapy. It is partly spiritual fellowship. But it is even more. It is based on a common illness, a common failure, a common problem. It goes deep down into our personal lives and our personal needs. It requires a full opening up to each other of our inner most thoughts and most secret problems. All barriers between us are swept aside. They have to be. Then we try to help each other get well. The A.A. fellowship is based on a sincere desire to help the other person. In A.A. we can be sure of sympathy, understanding and real help. These things make the A.A. fellowship the best that we know. Do I fully appreciate the depth of the A.A. fellowship? Meditation For The Day The Higher Power can guide us to the right decisions if we pray about them. We can believe that many details of our lives are planned by God and planned with a wealth of forgiving love for the mistakes we have made. We can pray today to be shown the right way. We can choose the good, and when we choose it, we can feel that the whole power of the universe is behind us. We can achieve a real harmony with God's purpose for our lives. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may choose aright today. I pray that I may be shown the right way to live today. |
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Daily Thought
^*^*^*^*^ (\ ~~ /) ( \(AA)/ ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Vision "Vision is, I think, the ability to make good estimates, both for the immediate and for the more distant future. Some might feel this sort of striving to be a sort of heresy, because we A.A.'s are constantly telling ourselves, "One day at a time." But that valuable principle really refers to our mental and emotional lives and means chiefly that we are not to foolishly repine over the past nor wishfully day-dream about the future . . . Vision is therefore the very essence of prudence, an essential virtue if ever there was one. Of course we shall often miscalculate the future in whole or in part, but that is better than to refuse to think at all." Bill W., 1962 c. 1962 AAWS Twelve Concepts for World Service, 26th printing, p. 40 Thought to Consider . . . Right actions for the future are the best apologies for wrong ones in the past. *~*AACRONYMS*~* T I M E Things I Must Earn |
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Daily Reflection
THINKING OF OTHERS
Our very lives, as
ex-problem drinkers, depend upon our
constant thought of others
and how we may help meet their
needs.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 20
Thinking of others has
never come easily to me. Even when
I try to work the A.A.
program, I'm prone to thinking,
"How do I feel today.
Am I happy, joyous and free?"
The program tells me that
my thoughts must reach out to
those around me:
"Would that newcomer welcome
someone to talk to?"
"That person looks a little unhappy
today, maybe I could cheer
him up." It is only when I
forget my problems, and
reach out to contribute something
to others that I can begin
to attain the serenity and God consciousness
I seek.
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Pot Luck
PIECES
we fit
like
small
puzzle
pieces
tiny
things
who
together
create
a whole
like
two
pieces
of shard glass
whose
seams seem
to fuse
and if
we
hold
them
there
they
look
like
they were never
broken
~
Katherena Vermette
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Great Minds Quotes
BIG BOOK SEARCH ENGINE:
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
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Friday, December 13, 2019
Your Daily Reprieve 12.13.19
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