Your Daily Reprieve 01.15.20

Your Daily Reprieve for Wednesday  January  15, 2020 From Jacksonville, FL

"I focus on what's really important in life. Quality rather than appearance… ethics rather than rules... integrity rather than achievement… serenity rather than acquisitions." ~Dr. Wayne Dyer And In the End... "It's like, at the end, there's this surprise quiz: am I proud of me? I gave my life to become the person I am right now! Was it worth what I paid?" ~Richard Bach I've shut the door on yesterday, And thrown the key away. Tomorrow holds no fears for me, Since I have found today. -- Vivian Yeiser Laramore "Peace is to be found only within, and unless one finds it there he will never find it at all. Peace lies not in the external world. It lies within ones own soul." ~Ralph W. Trine

Big Book Quote "If God can solve the age-old riddle of alcoholism, He can solve your problems too." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, To Wives, Page 116~

Daily Share! AA Speaker of the Day MARTY STECKDAUB Murietta CA 62nd Texas State Convention Ft Worth, TX 06.2007 http://bit.ly/2ZI04sK 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 January 2020 Miracles 1/1 Bob V. (Bernardsville, NJ)…..36 1/1 Severine W. (Sacramento, CA)…..3 1/1 Elena C. (NYC, NY)…..4 1/1 Nancy W. (Port Charlotte, FL)…..32 1/1 Joan B. (Port Charlotte, FL)…..31 1/1 Jessica C. (NYC, NY)…..6 1/1 Deirdre K. (Madison, NJ)…..15 1/1 John C. (Los Alamitos, CA)…..15 1/1 Ray A. (Surrey, BC, Canada)…..2 1/1 Lauren B. (Basking Ridge, NJ)…..2 1/1 Terrance R. (Morris Plains, NJ)…..26 1/1 Brad R. (Washington, DC)…..9 1/2 Joe B. (Jacksonville, FL)…..6 1/2 Robbie H. (White Rock, BC)…..7 1/2 Brian C. (Port Washington, NY)…..4 1/2 Mercedes G. (Tampa. FL)…..1 1/2 Joe D. (NYC,NY)…..1 1/2 Tara H. (Scarsdale, NY)…..5 1/2 Gregory B. (New York, NY)…..8 1/3 Billy M. (Louisville, KY)…..41 1/3 Johnyr (Stuart, FL)…..42 1/3 Grace C. (Stuart, FL)…..29 1/4 Nicola H. (Hertfordshire, UK)…..1 1/4 Kevin J. (RI)…..29 1/5 Donna M. (Port St Lucie, FL)…..46 1/5 Paola V. (London, UK)….14 1/5 Gwen F. (Key West, FL)…..12 1/5 Tim G. (Dallas, TX)…..8 1/6 Mike S. (Jacksonville, FL)…..14 1/6 Mary B. (Key Largo, FL)…..14 1/6 David M. (Las Vegas, NV)…..24 1/6 Ann OK-B (Stuart FL/Greenwich, CT)…..41 1/6 George R. (Stratham, NH)…..8 1/6 Karen F. (Clinton, NJ)…..2 1/7 Alexis E. (East Twickenham, UK)…..18 1/7 Ray W. (Long Island)…..8 1/7 Leo D. (Warren, NJ)…..22 1/7 Luke T. (Nantucket, MA)…..1 1/7 Liz O. (New York, NY)…..16 1/8 Alan J. (Stone Ridge, NY)…..12 1/8 Lou S. Sarasota, FL)…..7 1/9 Tefft W. (Washington, DC)…..35 1/9 Ginger E. (Southern Pines, NC)…..11 1/9 Jason M. (Rye, NY)…..20 1/10 Paula B. (Charleston, SC)…..37 1/10 Janice E. (Corpus Christi, TX)…..20 1/10 Tom D. (Dallas, TX)…..29 1/12 Padraic O. (Whistler, BC, Canada)…..7 1/12 David F. (Windermere, BC, CA)…..7 1/12 Shabab N. (Bethesda, MD)…..17 1/12 Lynne C. (Three Bridges, NJ)…..14 1/13 Tara M. (Larchmont, NY)…..7 1/13 Robbie H. (FL/VA)…..38 1/13 Ken R. (Norfolk, MA)…..17 1/13 John E. (Reading, UK)….5 1/13 Brian G. (Ridgewood, NJ)…..30 1/13 Rick H. (Vero Beach, FL)…..2 1/13 Dennis B. (Northport, FL)…..31 1/13 David S. (Boston, MA)…..34 1/14 Maria H. (New York, NY)…..26 1/14 Dot C. (Acton, MA)…..7 1/14 Nick M. (Asheville, NC/Denver.CO)…..26 1/14 Glenda Mc. (Leesburg, FL)…..42 1/15 Bob W. (Punta Gorda, FL)…..37 1/15 Sue J. (Palm Coast, FL)…..10 1/15 Mike R. (Englewood, NJ)…..29 1/15 Steve D. (Bernardsville, NJ)…..8 1/16 Jeff W. (Lake City, CO)…..15 1/16 Tree A. (San Anselmo, CA)…..31 1/17 Helen C. (Folkestone, UK)…..48 1/17 Scott M. (New York, NY)…..6 1/19 Rob W. (St Mary’s . GA) …..3 1/19 Rhonda L. (Stuart, FL)…..18 1/19 Carol L. (Aspen, CO)…..29 1/19 Alan S. (Hiawassee. GA)…..7 1/20 Paul M. (Shediac, NB, Canada)…..39 1/20 Peter G. (Scoudouc, NB, Canada)…..39 1/21 Levi S. (London, UK)…..5 1/21 Shane S. (Methuen, MA)…..1 1/21 Heather N. (Wylie,TX)…..23 1/21 Brian Mc. (Mahwah, NJ)…..36 1/22 Stacey C. (Austin, TX)…..13 1/22 Keith B. (Stuart, FL)…..22 1/22 Paul S. (Exeter, NH)…..2 1/23 Mike C. (Solon, OH)…..5 1/23 Susie S. (Legarto, TX)…..25 1/24 Paul B. (Newburyport, MA)…..34 1/24 Vito (Saratoga Springs, NY)….. 1/25 PJ C. (Bel Air, 28MD)…..5 1/25 Steve L. (Palm Coast, FL)…..2 1/25 Thomas Mac. (Airdrie, Scotland)…..31 1/26 Dana R. (Madison, CT)…..5 1/27 Iris M. F. (Naples, FL)…..22 1/28 Karen Ann B. (Stuart, FL)…..1 1/29 Sandra C. (Port St Lucie, FL)…..44 1/30 Keith C. (Denham Springs, LA)…..11 1/30 Collen S. (Bedminster, NJ)…..2 1/31 Bob P. (Jacksonville, NC)…..36 1/31 Diane B. (Cape Cod, MA)…..27 1/31 Sandy W,  (East Hampton, NY)…..25 1697 Total Years of Sobriety

12&12 Step Four - "Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves." Suppose that financial insecurity constantly arouses these same feelings. I can ask myself to what extent have my own mistakes fed my gnawing anxieties. And if the actions of others are part of the cause, what can I do about that? If I am unable to change the present state of affairs, am I willing to take the measures necessary to shape my life to conditions as they are? Questions like these, more of which will come to mind easily in each individual case, will help turn up the root causes. pp. 52-53

Twenty-Four Hours A.A. Thought For The Day The A.A. program is a way of life. It's a way of living and we have to learn to live the program if we're going to stay sober. The twelve steps in the book are like guide posts. They point the direction in which we have to go. But each member of the group has to find his own best way of living the program. We don't all do it exactly alike. Whether by quiet times in the morning, meetings, working with others, or spreading the word, we have to learn to live the program. Has A.A. become my regular, natural way of living? Meditation For The Day I will relax and not get tense. I will have no fear, because everything will work out in the end. I will learn soul-balance and poise in a vacillating, changing world. I will claim God's power and use it because if I do not use it, it will be withdrawn. As long as I get back to God and replenish my strength after each task, no work can be too much. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may relax and that God's strength will be given to me. I pray that I may subject my will to God's will and be free from all tenseness.

Daily Thought ^*^*^*^*^ (\    ~~    /) (    \(AA)/    ) (_ /AA\ _) / AA \ ^*^*^*^*^ Keynotes We can try to stop making unreasonable demands upon those we love. We can show kindness where we had shown none. With those we dislike we can begin to practice justice and courtesy, perhaps going out of our way to understand and help them. Whenever we fail any of these people, we can promptly admit it - to ourselves always, and to them also, when the admission would be helpful. Courtesy, kindness, justice, and love are the keynotes by which we may come into harmony with practically anybody. c. 1952 AAWS Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 93 Thought to Consider . . . Let us always love the best in others - and never fear the worst *~*AACRONYMS*~* H O W Honest, Open-minded and Willing

Daily Reflection AN UNSUSPECTED INNER RESOURCE With few exceptions our members find that they have tapped an unsuspected inner resource which they presently identify with their own conception of a Power greater than themselves ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, pp. 569-70 From my first days in A.A., as I struggled for sobriety, I found hope in these words from our founders. I often pondered the phrase: "they have tapped an unsuspected inner resource." How, I asked myself, can I find the Power within myself, since I am so powerless? In time, as the founders promised, it came to me: I have always had the choice between goodness and evil, between unselfishness and selfishness, between serenity and fear. That Power greater than myself is an original gift that I did not recognize until I achieved daily sobriety through living A.A.'s Twelve Steps.

Pot Luck    Father Leo's Daily Meditation GENEROSITY "Liberty is the one thing you can't have unless you give it to others." -- William Allen White Spirituality is rooted in a respect for self that demands an equal respect for others. I can expect to be treated with dignity if I afford dignity to others. In the one is the key to the many. For years I lived a compulsive life that only made me self-centered and spoiled, and it didn't work! I was unhappy, lonely and resentful. Today I find that the more I give to others the more I receive. Less is more. In this sense it is much easier to be good than bad because "goodness" works! Spirit of generosity, may I always reflect the gratitude that gives.

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