Your Daily Reprieve 02.12.20

Your Daily Reprieve for Wednesday February  12, 2020 From Jacksonville, FL

"Five great enemies to peace inhabit with us: avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride. If those enemies were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace." ~Francesco Petrarch “Nowhere in the AA literature does it say that this is a selfish program. It does, however, talk about becoming selfless.” ~Grapevine: Ottawa, Ontario, August 1994 "There are givers and takers in the world. The takers eat better, but the givers sleep better." --Danny Thomas Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself. ~Thomas a Kempis

Big Book Quote "...we aren't a glum lot. If newcomers could see no joy or fun in our existence, they wouldn't want it. We absolutely insist on enjoying life." Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, The Family Afterward, pg. 132

Daily Share! AA Speaker of the Day ROBERT MARTIN Jensen Beach Group 70th Anniversary Dinner 01.25.2020 http://bit.ly/36AnJgm 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 February 2020 Miracles 2/1 Gillian L. (Brighton, UK)…..20 2/1 Diane O’D. (Buffalo, NY)…..7 2/1Mike P. (Floral Park, NY)…..32 2/1 Rachel B. (Hertfordshire, UK)…..5 2/1 Carol S. ()…..33 2/1 Mary Lou M. (Stuart, FL)…..27 2/1 Sean D. (Woodbury, NY)…..12 2/1 Briar C. A. (Dallas, TX)…..7 2/2 Brad M. (Westfield, NY)…..37 2/2 Maureen B. (Locust Valley, NY)…..31 2/2 Edie P. (Methuen, MA)…..30 2/2 Jennifer W. (St. Mary’s, GA)…..4 2/3 Joe G. (Ponte Vedra, FL)…..4 2/3 Emmanuel Z. (Pensacola, FL)…..6 2/3 Meredith T. (Santa Fe, NM)…..23 2/3 Fred W. (Honolulu, HI)…..29 2/4 Bob F. (New Rochelle, NY)…..5 2/5 Alan B. ()…..1 2/5 Rick J. (Rye, NY)…..28 2/5 Jane S. (Newfound Lake, NH)…..11 2/6 Nick D. (New York, NY)…..21 2/6 Paul K. (Key Largo, FL/Cape Cod)…..36 2/7 Chick B. (Salt Lake City, UT)…..20 2/7 Macs S. (Scottsdale, AZ)…..32 2/7 Vance H. (Jacksonville, AR)…..15 2/7 Lorin C. (East Sandwich, MA)…..23 2/8 Patti L. (Tampa. FL)…..43 2/8 Kelly H. (Morristown, NJ)…..10 2/9 Roberta C. (Cape Coral, FL)……6 2/9 Darlene A. (Key Largo, FL)…..26 2/9 Jeff S. (Hillsdale, NJ)…..29 2/9 Jason G. (Dominical, Costa Rica)…..6 2/9 Joe R (Astoria, NY)…..3 2/10 Judson G. (Fort Lauderdale, FL)…..51 2/10 Howard S. (Colonia, NJ)…..6 2/10 Kay H. (Palmyra, VA)…..31 2/11 Steve B. (Wenham, MA)…..40 2/12 Gary S. (New York, NY)…..37 2/12 Huston A. (Houston, TX)…..2 2/12 Tom B. (Port Charlotte, FL)…..30 2/12 Pamela H. (Sparta, TN)…..10 2/12 Julie K. (Wausau, WI)…..8 2/12 Bob J. (Harrison, NY)…..6 2/12 Betty P. Valparaiso, IN)…..36 2/12 Nancy O. (South Jersey)…..8 2/12 Scott H. (New York, NY)…..4 2/13 Tom B. (Madeleine Island, WI)…..31 2/14 Richard B. (North Port, FL)…..10 2/14 Laura C. (Basking Ridge, NJ)…..5 2/14 Charles V. (Morristown, NJ)…..2 2/14 Zach G. (Plymouth, MA)…..10 2/15 Josh D. (Bath, UK)…..15 2/15 Daniel H. (Tampa/Brandon, FL)…..34 2/16 Joanne L. (Waynesville, NC)…..14 2/16 Clarence Mc (Port Charlotte, FL)…..45 2/16 Nancy B. (North Port, FL)…..37 2/17 Jamie R. (Cape Cod, MA)…..5 2/17 Noel S. (Harrison, NY)…..11 2/17 Pete R. (Basking Ridge, NJ)…..9 2/17 Luke R. (Bluffton, SC)…..19 2/17 David H. (Rye, NH)…..42 2/17 Greg J. (New York, NY)…..3 2/18 Allan C. (No. Andover, MA)…..9 2/18 Jim P. (Jacksonville, FL)…..18 2/18 Michael P. (Elmont, NY)…..28 2/18 Alex Z. (Houston, TX)…..5 2/18 Marcia T. (Sag Harbor, NY)…..35 2/19 Debi K. East Norwich, NY)…..17 2/19 Michelle T. (Bluffton, SC)…..1 2/20 Arch S. (Chicago, IL)…..31 2/20 Cami M. (Minden, LA)…..10 2/20 Jackie M. (basking Ridge, NJ)…..14 2/20 Dorothy (New York, NY)…..28 2/21 Mike D. (Nantucket, MA)…..27 2/22 Marshall T. (Nantucket/Venice, FL)…..22 2/22 Casey Q. (Manchvegas, NH)…..27 2/22 Michael W. (Key West, FL)…..13 2/23 Daniel R. ()…..3 2/24 Betsy W. (Sarasota, FL)…..31 2/25 Judy S. (Los Angeles, CA)…..39 2/25 Bonnie A. (Cape Cod, MA)…..40 2/26 John G. (Stuart, FL)…..35 2/27 David H. (Rye, NY)…..31 2/27 Julie M. (Amelia Island, FL)…..8 2/27 Neil R. (Queens, NY)…6 2/28 Tony T. (Austin, TX)…..1 2/28 Polly S. (Clearwater, FL)…..28 2/28 Matt M. (Pelham, NY)…..10 2/29 Royce Mc. (Unicoi, TN)…..24 1728 Total Years of Sobriety

12&12 Step Six - "Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character." Having been granted a perfect release from alcoholism, why then shouldn't we be able to achieve by the same means a perfect release from every other difficulty or defect? This is a riddle of our existence, the full answer to which may be only in the mind of God. Nevertheless, at least a part of the answer to it is apparent to us. p. 64

Twenty-Four Hours A.A. Thought For The Day As we look back on all those troubles we used to have when we were drinking, the hospitals, the jails, we wonder how we could have wanted that kind of life. As we look back on it now, we see our drinking life as it really was and we're glad we're out of it. So after a few months in A.A., we find that we can honestly say that we want something else more than drinking. We've learned by experience that a sober life is really enjoyable and we wouldn't go back to the old drunken way of living for anything in the world. Do I want to keep sober a lot more than I want to get drunk? Meditation For The Day My spiritual life depends on an inner consciousness of God. I must be led in all things by my consciousness of God and I must trust Him in all things. My consciousness of God will always bring peace to me. I will have no fear, because a good future lies before me as long as I keep my consciousness of God. If in every single happening, event and plan I am conscious of God, then no matter what happens, I will be safe in God's hands. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may have this ever-consciousness of God. I pray for a new and better life through this God consciousness.

Daily Thought ^*^*^*^*^ (\    ~~    /) (    \(AA)/    ) (_ /AA\ _) / AA \ ^*^*^*^*^ Family Matters Now and then the family will be plagued by specters from the past, for the drinking career of almost every alcoholic has been marked by escapades, funny, humiliating, shameful or tragic. The first impulse will be to bury these skeletons in a dark closet and padlock the door. The family may be possessed by the idea that future happiness can be based only upon forgetfulness of the past. We think that such a view is self-centered and in direct conflict with the new way of living. c. 2001 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 123-124 Thought to Consider . . . The spiritual life is not a theory. We have to live it. *~*AACRONYMS*~* D R Y Doing Recovery Yourself

Daily Reflection "THE ROOT OF OUR TROUBLES" Selfishness—self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 62 How amazing the revelation that the world, and everyone in it, can get along just fine with or without me. What a relief to know that people, places and things will be perfectly okay without my control and direction. And how wordlessly wonderful to come to believe that a power greater than me exists separate and apart from myself. I believe that the feeling of separation I experience between me and God will one day vanish. In the meantime, faith must serve as the pathway to the center of my life.

Pot Luck   "If you are sober today, you are tied for first place." When I was new to the program, I used to compare the amount of sober time I had against others. When I had 60 days, I felt less than those who got chips for 120 days. When I got 120 days, I envied those who made it to a year. When I finally got a whole year of sobriety, I watched the next person on the stage take a cake for three years, and I felt like a newcomer again. When I confided these feelings to my sponsor, he told me I was comparing my insides with someone else’s outsides again. He told me this was a twenty-four-hour-a-day program, and that if I was sober today, I had just as much time as anyone else. Besides, he said, it’s the quality of your sobriety, not the quantity of days. As I started watching people with several years drink again, I felt the gravity of his words. Today, I have what some consider to be long-term sobriety. Some newcomers talk to me as if I have it all figured out, and they tell me they wish they had the recovery to stay sober like I do. I quickly tell them that if they have today, they have exactly the same sobriety I do. I remind them, and myself, that I am just as close to a drink as they are, and that my daily solution is the same as theirs. For those who are still comparing, I tell them if you are sober today, you are tied for first place. Wisdom of the Rooms

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