Your
Daily Reprieve for Thursday February 13, 2020
From Jacksonville, FL
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A somebody was once a
nobody who wanted to and did.
John Burroughs
"Many people spend too
much time
trying to be the captain of
someone else's boat.
Learn to be a lighthouse
and the boats will find
their way."
~Anonymous
“Anger in all its forms is
ugly.
I see the absence of anger
as one form of grace.”
~Grapevine: Ottawa,
Ontario, April 1992
Until you learn to love
yourself
The door is locked to someone
else
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Big Book Quote
"Those of us who
have spent much time in the world of spiritual make-
believe have eventually seen the childishness of it. This dream world has been replaced by a great sense of purpose, accompanied by a growing consciousness of the power of God in our lives. We have come to believe He would like us to keep our heads in the clouds with Him, but that our feet ought to be firmly planted on earth. That is where our fellow travelers are, and that is where our work must be done. These are the realities for us. We have found nothing incompatible between a powerful spiritual experience and a life of sane and happy usefulness." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, The Family Afterward, pg. 130~ |
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12&12
Step Six - "Were entirely ready to have God remove all
these defects of character."
When men and women pour so much alcohol into themselves that they destroy their lives, they commit a most unnatural act. Defying their instinctive desire for self-preservation, they seem bent upon self-destruction. They work against their own deepest instinct. As they are humbled by the terrific beating administered by alcohol, the grace of God can enter them and expel their obsession. Here their powerful instinct to live can cooperate fully with their Creator's desire to give them new life. For nature and God alike abhor suicide. p. 64 |
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Twenty-Four Hours
A.A. Thought For The
Day
Sometimes we can't help thinking: Why can't we ever drink again? We know it's because we're alcoholics, but why did we have to get that way? The answer is that at some point in our drinking careers, we passed what is called our "tolerance point." When we passed this point, we passed from a condition in which we could tolerate alcohol to a condition in which we could not tolerate it at all. After that, if we took one drink we would sooner or later end up drunk. When I think of liquor now, do I think of it as something that I can never tolerate again? Meditation For The Day In a race, it is when a goal is in sight that heart and nerves and muscles and courage are strained almost to the breaking point. So with us. The goal of the spiritual life is in sight. All we need is the final effort. The saddest records made by people are those who ran well, with brave stout hearts, until the sight of the goal and then some weakness or self-indulgence held them back. They never knew how near the goal they were or how near they were to victory. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may press on until the goal is reached. I pray that I may not give up in the final stretch. |
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Daily Thought
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Prayer
"In A.A. we have found that
the actual good results of prayer are beyond question. They are matters of
knowledge and experience. All those who have persisted have found strength
not ordinarily their own. They have found wisdom beyond their usual
capability. And they have increasingly found a peace of mind which can stand
firm in the face of difficult circumstances."
Bill W.,
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 104
As Bill Sees It, p. 127 Thought to Consider . . . Trying to pray is praying. *~*AACRONYMS*~* P U S H Pray Until Something Happens |
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Daily Reflection
WE CAN'T THINK
OUR WAY SOBER
To the
intellectually self-sufficient man or woman, many A.
A.'s can say,
"Yes, we were like you—far too smart for our
own good. . . .
Secretly, we felt we could float above the
rest of the folks on
our brain power alone."
AS BILL SEES IT, p. 60
Even the most
brilliant mind is no defense against the
disease of
alcoholism. I can't think my way sober. I try to
remember that
intelligence is a God-given attribute that I
may use, a joy—like
having a talent for dancing or drawing
or carpentry. It
does not make me better than anyone else,
and it is not a
particularly reliable tool for recovery, for it is
a power greater than
myself who will restore me to
sanity—not a high IQ
or a college degree.
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Pot Luck
Anger
conquers when unresolved.
~Anonymous
Emotions need recognition.
But not only attention; they also need acceptance as powerful dimensions of
who we are. Their influence over who we are capable of becoming is mighty.
Respectful attention and
willing acceptance of our emotions, whether fear or anger or hateful
jealousy, takes away their sting. We can prevent them from growing larger
than they are. Like a child who screams and misbehaves more and more fiercely
until attention is won, our emotions grow larger and more intense the longer
we deny their existence.
Our emotions bless us, in
reality. They enrich our experiences. They serve as guideposts on the road
we're traveling. How we "feel" at any single moment flags the level
of our security, how close we are to our higher power, the level of our
commitment to the program. They serve us well when acknowledged. On the other
hand, when ignored or denied, they can immobilize us, even defeat us.
My feelings frequent my
being, always. They steer my behavior. They reflect my attitudes. They hint
at my closeness to God.
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