Your Daily Reprieve 01.20.20

Your Daily Reprieve for Monday January  20, 2020 From Jacksonville, FL

“My desire to drink became a desire not to.” ~Grapevine: Nipawin, Saskatchewan, November 2003 God, I don't care what I sound like, or look like, who my partners are, or where I live. I just don't want to be like this anymore. On Your terms, in Your time, PLEASE remake me as You will. Thank You. ~Drop The Rock page 4 Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty. Doris Day "If the plan doesn't work, change the plan but never the goal." ~Henry Ford I'll lift you and you lift me, and we'll both ascend together. ~~ John Greenleaf Whittier

Big Book Quote "Those having religious affiliations will find here nothing disturbing to their beliefs or ceremonies. There is no friction among us over such matters." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, There Is A Solution, Page 28~

Daily Share! AA Speaker of the Day ROD COSTEN Pockets of Enthusiasm Omaha, NE 05.14.1993 http://bit.ly/2ZTskZx 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 James R. ()…..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 1/31 Kim J. (Streator, IL)…..9 1706 Total Years of Sobriety

12&12 Step Five - "Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs." A.A. experience has taught us we cannot live alone with our pressing problems and the character defects which cause or aggravate them. If we have swept the searchlight of Step Four back and forth over our careers, and it has revealed in stark relief those experiences we'd rather not remember, if we have come to know how wrong thinking and action have hurt us and others, then the need to quit living by ourselves with those tormenting ghosts of yesterday gets more urgent than ever. We have to talk to somebody about them. p. 55

Twenty-Four Hours A.A. Thought For The Day In A.A., we're all through with lying, hangovers, remorse and wasted money. When we were drinking, we were only half alive. Now that we're trying to live decent, honest, unselfish lives, we're really alive. Life has a new meaning for us, so that we can really enjoy it. We feel that we're some use in the world. We're on the right side of the fence, instead of on the wrong side. We can look the world in the face instead of hiding in alleys. We come into A.A. to get sober and if we stay long enough, we learn a new way of living. Am I convinced that no matter how much fun I got out of drinking, that life was never as good as the life I can build in A.A.? Meditation For The Day I want to be at one with the Divine Spirit of the universe. I will set my deepest affections on things spiritual, not on things material. As we think, so we are. So I will think of and desire that which will help, not hinder, my spiritual growth. I will try to be at one with God. No human aspiration can reach higher than this. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may think love, and love will surround me. I pray that I may think health, and health will come to me.

Daily Thought ^*^*^*^*^ (\    ~~    /) (    \(AA)/    ) (_ /AA\ _) / AA \ ^*^*^*^*^ Faith When I was driven to my knees by alcohol, I was made ready to ask for the gift of faith. And all was changed. Never again, my pains and problems notwithstanding, would I experience my former desolation. I saw the universe to be lighted by God's love; I was alone no more. Bill W., Letter, 1966 c. 1967 AAWS, As Bill Sees It, p. 51 Thought to Consider . . .  Sorrow looks back, worry looks around and faith looks within. *~*AACRONYMS*~* F A I T H Finding Answers In The Heart

Daily Reflection "WE PAUSE . . . AND ASK" As we go through the day we pause, when agitated or doubtful, and ask for the right thought or action. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 87 Today I humbly ask my Higher Power for the grace to find the space between my impulse and my action; to let flow a cooling breeze when I would respond with heat; to interrupt fierceness with gentle peace; to accept the moment which allows judgment to become discernment; to defer to silence when my tongue would rush to attack or defend. I promise to watch for every opportunity to turn toward my Higher Power for guidance. I know where this power is: it resides within me, as clear as a mountain brook, hidden in the hills—it is the unsuspected Inner Resource. I thank my Higher Power for this world of light and truth I see when I allow it to direct my vision. I trust it today and hope it trusts me to make all effort to find the right thought or action today.

Pot Luck    Compassion is the basis of all morality. ~~ Arthur Schopenhauer We can have the cash-register honesty and still be immoral. We can be faithful to our partners, diligent in our work, scrupulous in paying our debts, careful not to gossip, and determined not to steal from anyone - yet God will take little notice if we are not loving. Our understanding of each other’s feelings and our desire to help is the foundation of our recovery. We are never closer close to God as in our compassionate moments. That's when we know the true meaning of morality. That's when we know God. I remember the compassion that brought me to recovery. May my actions today be a  reflection of that love. Casey, Carey and Pyle, Homer, In God’s Care

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