Your Daily Reprieve 12.30.19

Your Daily Reprieve for Monday  December  30, 2019 From Jacksonville, FL

No story comes alive until someone hears it. We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as unsolvable problems. ~John W. Gardner One measure of how creative you are is how you respond to changes in your circumstances and environment. How flexible are you? Consider how water adapts to its environment: evaporation, condensation, snowflake, melting, flowing, goes around rocks, fills containers, etc." ~Source Unknown “More than a million of us who suffer from the disease of alcoholism have found not just the ability to live with or survive this insidious disease, but a joyful way of life as new as this morning and as old as mankind. We can gain sobriety, aspire to serenity, at no greater price than caring for our fellow sufferers and sharing with them what has been freely given to us. We can experience the true joy of love that we once tried to destroy by not giving it away, and we can learn the truth that the more we give away, the more we will have.” ~Grapevine: Brick Town, New Jersey, January 1977

Big Book Quote "It may seem incredible that these men are to become happy, respected, and useful once more. How can they rise out of such misery, bad repute and hopelessness? The practical answer is that since these things have happened among us, they can happen with you. Should you wish them above all else, and be willing to make use of our experience, we are sure they will come." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, A Vision For You, pg. 153~

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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 12/7 Nan G. (Los Altos, CA/Nantucket, MA)…..23 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 12/15 Bill M. (Goodyear, AZ/Caguas, PR)…..34 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 12/18 John K. (Stuart, FL)…..7 12/19 Autumn M. (Jacksonville, FL)…..2 12/19 Kathleen S. (Haverhill, MA)…..39 12/19 Mary F. (West Newbury, MA)…..21 12/19 Karen G. (Brooklyn, NY)…..7 12/20 Lory W. (Winchester, UK)…..19 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 Carol H. (Amarillo, TX)…..13 12/23 Cathy B. (Princeton, NJ)…..15 12/23 Lee H. (San Francisco, CA)…..29 12/23 Dave L. ()…..2 12/24 Peter S. (Manhattan, NY)…..19 12/25 Lynn I. (Port Charlotte, FL)…..30 12/26 Chick R. (Oak Forest, IL)…..22 12/27 Zoe R. (Kent, UK)…..1 12/28 Johanna T. (Cobleskill, NY)…..19 12/28 Chris A. (Basking Ridge, NJ)…..2 12/28 Melissa C. (Acton, MA)…..5 12/30 Rufus W. (Coppell, TX)…..46 12/31 Aussie Ian (Bangkok)…..25 12/31 Jake R. (Prattville, AL)…..44 12/31 Tabatha J. (Charlotte, NC)…..7 1122  Total Years of Sobriety

12&12 Step Four - "Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves." The sponsors of those who feel they need no inventory are confronted with quite another problem. This is because people who are driven by pride of self unconsciously blind themselves to their liabilities. These newcomers scarcely need comforting. The problem is to help them discover a chink in the walls their ego has built, through which the light of reason can shine. p. 46

Twenty-Four Hours A.A. Thought For The Day To the extent that I fail in my responsibilities, A.A. fails. To the extent that I succeed, A.A. succeeds. Every failure of mine will set back A.A. work to that extent. Every success of mine will put A.A. ahead to that extent. I shall not wait to be drafted for service to others, but I shall volunteer. I shall accept every opportunity to work for A.A. as a challenge, and I shall do my best to accept every challenge and perform my task as best I can. Will I accept every challenge gladly? Meditation For The Day People are always failures in the deepest sense when they seek to live without God's sustaining power. Many people try to be self-sufficient and seek selfish pleasure and find that it does not workb too well. No matter how much material wealth they acquire, no matter how much fame and material power, the time of disillusionment and futility usually comes. Death is ahead, and they cannot take any material thing with them when they go. What does it matter if I have gained the whole world, but lost my own soul? Prayer For The Day I pray that I will not come empty to the end of my life. I pray that I may so live that I will not be afraid to die.

Daily Thought ^*^*^*^*^ (\   ~~   /) (    \(AA)/    ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Carrying the Message "Alcoholics simply will not listen to a paid twelfth-stepper. Almost from the beginning, we have been positive that face-to-face work with the alcoholic who suffers could be based only on the desire to help and be helped. When an A.A. talks for money, whether at a meeting or to a single newcomer, it can have a very bad effect on him, too. The money motive compromises him and everything he says and does for his prospect. This has always been so obvious that only a very few A.A.'s have ever worked the Twelfth Step for a fee." c. 1952 AAWS Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 166 Thought to Consider . . There is no materialism in A.A. - just spirituality. *~*AACRONYMS*~* A S A P Always Say A Prayer

Daily Reflection ANONYMITY Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 564 Tradition Twelve became important early in my sobriety and, along with the Twelve Steps, it continues to be a must in my recovery. I became aware after I joined the Fellowship that I had personality problems, so that when I first heard it, the Tradition's message was very clear: there exists an immediate way for me to face, with others, my alcoholism and attendant anger, defensiveness, offensiveness. I saw Tradition Twelve as being a great egodeflator; it relieved my anger and gave me a chance to utilize the principles of the program. All of the Steps, and this particular Tradition, have guided me over decades of continuous sobriety. I am grateful to those who were here when I needed them.

Pot Luck    Letting Go of Urgency One thing at a time. That’s all we have to do. Not two things at once, but one thing done in peace. One task at a time. One feeling at a time. One day at a time. One problem at a time. One step at a time. One pleasure at a time. Relax. Let go of urgency. Begin calmly now. Take one thing at a time. See how everything works out? Today, I will peacefully approach one thing at a time. When in doubt, I will take first things first. Today's reading is from the book The Language of Letting Go

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