Your Daily Reprieve: Your Daily Reprieve 01.26.20

Your Daily Reprieve for Sunday January 26, 2020

From Jacksonville, FL

“There have been many times

when I’ve felt inadequate to meet life’s demands,

but AA and the Twelve Steps

have always helped me find a way.”

~Grapevine: La Mesa, Calif., July 2006

I do not know how it works,

but when a group of like-minded people

committed to the transformative process are together,

the force of the energy is certainly up a number of decibels higher.

You do not have to do anything but sit still, and let your mind be quiet.

Know that God's word is spoken fully only in silence.

Be still, and you will know, not by the knowledge of the mind,

but by the knowledge of the heart, who God is and who you are.
~Thomas Keating, "God Is All In All"

The secret of what life's all about,

Was answered by the sages:

Life's about one day at a time,

No matter what your age is.

--Robert Half

"If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm,

you'll never enjoy the sunshine."

--Morris West

Big Book Quote

"We represent no particular faith or denomination. We are dealing only
with general principles common to most denominations."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Working With Others, Page 93~

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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 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 Steve F. (Winter Park, FL)…..41

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)…..28

1/25 PJ C. (Bel Air, MD)…..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

1/28 Sianna C. (Fargo, ND)……4

1/29 Jill M. (Alsip, IL)…..2

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

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."

This practice of admitting one's defects to another person is, of course, very ancient. It has been validated in every century, and it characterizes the lives of all spiritually centered and truly religious people. But today religion is by no means the sole advocate of this saving principle. Psychiatrists and psychologists point out the deep need every human being has for practical insight and knowledge of his own personality flaws and for a discussion of them with an understanding and trustworthy person. So far as alcoholics are concerned, A.A. would go even further. Most of us would declare that without a fearless admission of our defects to another human being we could not stay sober. It seems plain that the grace of God will not enter to expel our destructive obsessions until we are willing to try this.

pp. 56-57

Twenty-Four Hours

A.A. Thought For The Day

As we became alcoholics, the bad effects of drinking
came more and more to outweigh the good effects. But
the strange part of it is that, no matter what drinking
did to us, loss of our health, our jobs, our money and
our homes, we still stuck to it and depended on it. Our
dependence on drinking became an obsession. In A.A., we
find a new outlook on life. We learn how to change from
alcoholic thinking to sober thinking. And we find out
that we can no longer depend on drinking for anything.
We depend on a Higher Power instead. Have I entirely
given up that dependence on drinking?

Meditation For The Day

I will try to keep my life calm and unruffled. This is
my great task, to find peace and acquire serenity. I must
not harbor disturbing thoughts. No matter what fears,
worries and resentments I may have, I must try to think
of constructive things, until calmness comes. Only when
I am calm can I act as a channel for God's spirit.

Prayer For The Day

I pray that I may build up instead of tearing down.
I pray that I may be constructive and not destructive.

Daily Thought

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Change

How many of us would presume to declare, "Well, I'm sober, and I'm happy. What more can I want, or do? I'm fine the way I am." We know that the price of such self-satisfaction is an inevitable backslide, punctuated at some point by a very rude awakening. We have to grow or else deteriorate. For us, the status quo can only be for today, never for tomorrow. Change we must; we cannot stand still.

Bill W., April 1961
c. 1967 AAWS, As Bill Sees It, p. 25

Thought to Consider . . .

Backsliding begins when knee-bending stops

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C H A N G E
Can Helping Attract New Gifts and Energy?

Daily Reflection

RIGOROUS HONESTY

Who wishes to be rigorously honest and tolerant? Who

wants to confess his faults to another and make restitution

for harm done? Who cares anything about a Higher Power,

let alone meditation and prayer? Who wants to sacrifice

time and energy in trying to carry A.A. 's message to the

next sufferer? No, the average alcoholic, self-centered in

the extreme, doesn't care for this prospect—unless he has

to do these things in order to stay alive himself.

TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 24

I am an alcoholic. If I drink I will die. My, what power,

energy, and emotion this simple statement generates in me!

But it's really all I need to know for today. Am I willing to

stay alive today? Am I willing to stay sober today? Am I

willing to ask for help and am I willing to be a help to

another suffering alcoholic today? Have I discovered the

fatal nature of my situation? What must I do, today, to stay

sober?

Pot Luck

"I discovered that if you really keep your eye peeled to it and your ears open, if you really pay attention to it, even such a limited and limiting life as the one I was living on Rupert Mountain opened up onto extraordinary vistas. Taking your children to school and kissing your wife goodbye. Eating lunch with a friend. Trying to do a decent day's work. Hearing the rain patter against the window. There is no event so commonplace but that God is present within it, always hiddenly, always leaving you room to recognize him or not to recognize him, but all the more fascinatingly because of that, all the more compellingly and hauntingly. . . . If I were called upon to state in a few words the essence of everything I was trying to say both as a novelist and as a preacher, it would be something like this: Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery that it is. In the boredom and pain of it no less than in the excitement and gladness: touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it because in the last analysis all moments are key moments, and life itself is grace."

Frederick Buechner

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