Your Daily Reprieve: Your Daily Reprieve 01.25.20

Your Daily Reprieve for Saturday January 25, 2020

From Jacksonville, FL

"The country clubs, the cars the boats,

your assets may be ample,

but the best inheritance you can leave your kids

is to be a good example."

--Barry Spilchuk

If we do not try, we will not know.
-Ayya Khema

Some people create their own storms

and then get mad when it rains

~Anonymous

"Faith is not being sure where you're going,

but going anyway.

A journey without maps."

~Frederick Buechner

Big Book Quote

"To be doomed to an alcoholic death or to live on a spiritual basis are not always easy alternatives to face."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, We Agnostics, Page 44~

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Ogden, UT

1997

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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 Terry H. (Rockville, MD).....26

1/1 Dorothy D. (Fayetteville, NC).....18

1/1 Lauren B. (Basking Ridge, NJ).....1

1/1/Severine W. (Sacramento, C).....2

1/1 Lee Anne P. (Chicago, IL).....2

1/1 John C. (Los Alamitos, CA).....14

1/1 Greg S. (Littlehampton, UK).....11

1/1 Pine J. (Salt Lake City, UT).....8

1/1 John S. (Naples, FL).....30

1/1 Deirdre K. (Madison, NJ).....15

1/1 Gerry K. (Purcellville, VA).....19

1/1 Patrick T. (New York, NY).....41

1/1 Joan B. (Port Charlotte, FL).....30

1/1 Ray A. (White Rock, BC, Canada).....1

1/1 Bob V. (Bernardsville, NJ).....35

1/2 Peggy M. (Rye, NH).....39

1/2 Gregory B. (NY,NY).....7

1/2 Carl B. (Katy, TX).....31

1/2 Brian C. (Port Washington, NY).....3

1/2 Tara H. (Scarsdale, NY).....4

1/3 johnyr (Stuart, FL).....41

1/4 Tammy C. (Waynesville, NC).....8

1/4 Mary Z. (Andover, MA).....1

1/4 Jeff D. (Raymond, NH).....3

1/5 Tim G. (Dallas, TX).....7

1/5 Carol S. (Hobe Sound, FL).....16

1/6 Mary B. (Key Largo, FL).....14

1/6 David M. ().....19

1/6 Steve S. (Astoria. NY).....1

1/6 David M. (Los Angeles, CA).....23

1/6 Mike S. (Jacksonville, FL).....13

1/7 Alexis E. (Twickenham, UK).....17

1/7 Patrick M. (Boston, MA).....7

1/7 Liz O. (New York, NY).....15

1/7 Tom D. (Gold Canyon, AZ).....47

1/7 Leo D (Warren, NJ).....21

1/7 Ray W. (Long Island).....7

1/8 Lou S. (Sarasota, FL).....6

1/8 Melodi M. (Monroe, GA).....1

1/8 Alan J. (Woodstock, NY).....11

1/9 Tefft W. (Washington, DC).....34

1/10 Rosemary I. (Orland Park, IL).....31

1/10 Kelly P. (Methuen, MA).....30

1/10 Tim S. (Rownhams, UK).....13

1/10 Tom D. (Dallas, TX).....28

1/10 Oldman Bill (Princeton, NJ).....45

1/10 Paula B. (Charleston, SC).....36

1/11 Betsy F. (Satellite Beach, FL).....31

1/11 Mary S. (Jacksonville, FL).....6

1/11 Danielle T. (NYC, NY).....26

1/12 John E. (Reading, UK).....4

1/12 David F. (Windermere, BC).....6

1/12 Padraic O. (Whistler, BC).....6

1/12 Lynne C. (Princeton, NJ).....13

1/12 Larry D. (Long Island, NY).....3

1/13 Tara M. Larchmont, NY).....6

1/13 David S. (Boston, MA).....33

1/13 Brian G. (Ridgewood, NJ).....29

1/13 Shahab N. (Bethesda, MD).....16

1/13 Barb W. (Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island) .....40

1/13 Robbie H. (FL/VA).....37

1/13 Rick H. (Vero Beach, FL).....1

1/14 Nick M. (Asheville, NC).....25

1/14 Glenda M. (Leesburg, FL).....41

1/14 Dot C. (Acton, MA).....6

1/14 Frank A. (Queens, Long Island, NY).....1

1/14 Earl B. (Chateauguay QC).....23

1/15 Steve D. (Bernardsville, NJ).....7

1/15 Robert F. (Wynesville, NC).....15

1/15 Kathy Anne C. (Athens, GA).....3

1/15 Aaron H. (Basking Ridge, NJ).....14

1/16 Rob R. (Mesa, AZ).....11

1/16 Tree A. (San Anselmo, CA).....30

1/16 Jeff W. (Lake City, CO).....14

1/17 Scott M. (New York, NY).....5

1/17 Helen C. (Folkstone, UK).....47

1/17 Stephanie H. (New York, NY).....4

1/17 Steve B. (Florham Park, NJ).....1

1/18 Christabel R. (Akron, OH).....9

1/18 Peeps N. (Roses, Spain).....26

1/19 Sheila J. (Middleburgh/).....33

1/19 Alan S. (Hiawassee, GA).....6

1/19 Rhonda L. (Stuart, FL).....17

1/20 Elizabeth J. (Beverly Hills, FL).....32

1/20 Deryn K. (Seymour, TN).....26

1/21 Tony R. (New Canaan, CT).....23

1/21 Heather N. (Wylie, TX).....22

1/21 Shirley S. (Midlothain, IL).....1

1/22 Tiffany M. (Los Angeles, CA).....3

1/22 Stacey C. (New York, NY).....12

1/22 Keith B. (Stuart, FL).....21

1/22 Paul S. (Exeter, NH).....1

1/23 Daniel R. (Tokyo, Japan).....2

1/23 Sandra S. (Long Island, NY).....14

1/23 Susie S. (Lagarto, TX).....24

1/23 Jay O’D. (East Milton).....9

1/23 Dan R. (Vancouver, BC).....5

1/24 Brian Mc (Mahwah, NJ).....35

1/24 Paul B. (Newburyport, MA).....33

1/24 Glenn C. (Adelaide, Australia).....3

1/25 PJC (Bel Air, MD).....4

1/25 Thomas M. (Airdrie, Scotland).....30

1/26 Doug L. (San Diego, CA).....8

1/26 Billy D. (Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada)......32

1/26 Dana R. (Madison, CT).....4

1/27 Noel G. (Nashville, TN).....12

1/27 Brian L. (Tampa, FL).....1

1/27 Susan H. (Reno, NV).....4

1/27 Iris F. (Naples, FL).....21

1/28 Bill S. (Horseheads, NY).....30

1/28 Lisa G. (Manasquan, NJ).....7

1/29 Sandra C. (Port St Lucie, FL).....43

1/29 Joanna V. (Houston, TX).....4

1/29 Jill M. (Alsip, IL).....1

1/30 Keith C. (Denham Springs, LA).....10

1/31 Kim J. (Streator, IL).....8

1/31 Diane B. (Cape Cod, MA).....26

1/31 Sandy W. (East Hampton, NY).....23

1/31 Susan Q. (New York, NY).....6

1/31 Bob P. (Jacksonville, NC).....35

1/31 Gerard R. (Woodstock, NY).....33

1/31 Pat B. (Jacksonville, FL)…..31

1753 Total Years of Sobriety

12&12

Step Five - "Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs."

Yet if A.A.'s experience means anything at all, this is not only unwise, but is actually a perilous resolve. Few muddled attitudes have caused us more trouble than holding back on Step Five. Some people are unable to stay sober at all; others will relapse periodically until they really clean house. Even A.A. old timers, sober for years, often pay dearly for skimping this Step. They will tell how they tried to carry the load alone; how much they suffered of irritability, anxiety, remorse, and depression; and how, unconsciously seeking relief, they would sometimes accuse even their best friends of the very character defects they themselves were trying to conceal. They always discovered that relief never came by confessing the sins of other people. Everybody had to confess his own.

p. 56

Twenty-Four Hours

A.A. Thought For The Day

We used to depend on drinking for a lot of things. We
depended on drinking to help us enjoy things. It gave us
a "kick." It broke down our shyness and helped us to have
a "good time." We depended on drinking to help us when we
felt low physically. If we had a toothache or just a
hangover, we felt better after a few drinks. We depended
on drinking to help us when we felt low mentally. If we
had a tough day at the office or if we'd had a fight with
our wives, or if things just seemed against us, we felt
better under the influence of alcohol. For us alcoholics,
it got so that we depended on drinking for almost
everything. Have I gotten over that dependence on drinking?

Meditation For The Day

I believe that complete surrender of my life to God is
the foundation of serenity. God has prepared for us many
mansions. I do not look upon that promise as referring
only to the after-life. I do not look upon this life as
something to be struggled through, in order to get the
rewards of the next life. I believe that the Kingdom of
God is within us and we can enjoy "eternal life" here
and now.

Prayer For The Day

I pray that I may try to do God's will. I pray that such
understanding, insight and vision shall be mine, and
shall make my life eternal, here and now.

Daily Thought

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Sponsors

Every sponsor is necessarily a leader. The stakes are huge. A human life, and usually the happiness of a whole family, hangs in the balance. What the sponsor does and says, how well he estimates the reactions of his prospects, how well he times and makes his presentation, how well he handles criticisms, and how well he leads his prospect on by personal spiritual example . . . well, these attributes of leadership can make all the difference, often the difference between life and death. Thank God that Alcoholics Anonymous is blessed with so much leadership in each and all of its great affairs!

Bill W., April 1959

c. 1988 AA Grapevine, The Language of the Heart, p. 292

Thought to Consider . . .

A recovering alcoholic without a sponsor is much like a ship without a rudder.

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D U E S
Desperately Using Everything but Sobriety

Daily Reflection

WHAT WE NEED—EACH OTHER

. . . A.A. is really saying to every serious drinker, "You are

an A.A. member if you say so . . . nobody can keep you

out."

TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 139

For years, whenever I reflected on Tradition Three ("The

only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop

drinking"), I thought it valuable only to newcomers. It was

their guarantee that no one could bar them from A.A.

Today I feel enduring gratitude for the spiritual

development the Tradition has brought me. I don't seek out

people obviously different from myself. Tradition Three,

concentrating on the one way I am similar to others,

brought me to know and help every kind of alcoholic, just

as they have helped me. Charlotte, the atheist, showed me

higher standards of ethics and honor; Clay, of another race,

taught me patience; Winslow, who is gay, led me by

example into true compassion; Young Megan says that

seeing me at meetings, sober thirty years, keeps her coming

back. Tradition Three insured that we would get what we

need—each other.

Pot Luck

Keep It Simple

Everything is funny as long as it happening to someone else. --- Will Rogers

We laugh when others do something silly. We're amused when something funny happens to them. But if the same happens to us and people laugh, we might give them the evil eye. Yet, when others laugh, it can free us. It frees us to see the world through new eyes. Likewise, when we laugh at ourselves, we're free to see ourselves with new eyes. Instead of trying to be perfect, we accept we're human. To laugh at ourselves is to accept ourselves. There's no room for shame when we laugh. We enjoy ourselves just as we are.

Can I accept the fact I'm human and I have limits?

Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, when I refuse to accept that I'm only human, be gentle with me. I know that, when I least expect it, You will remind me that I'm only human.

Action for the Day: I will share with a friend one or two stories about funny mistakes I've made

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