Your Daily Reprieve: Your Daily Reprieve 02.14.20

Your Daily Reprieve for Friday February 14, 2020

From Jacksonville, FL

Don't give up what you want most,

for what you want now.

- Zig Ziglar

It always seems impossible until it's done.

`Nelson Mandela

Before we can pray,

"Lord, Thy Kingdom come,"

we must be willing to pray,

"My Kingdom go."

~Alan Redpath

“Our personal ambitions will have to be set aside

every time they conflict with the safety

or the effectiveness of our Fellowship

... We must sometimes love our Society more than ourselves.”

~AA Co-Founder, Bill W., November 1960

Big Book Quote

"Simple, but not easy; a price had to be paid.

It meant destruction of self-centeredness.

I must turn in all things to the Father of Light who presides over us all."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Bill's Story, pg. 14~

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AA Speaker of the Day

BRENDA J.

McKinney, TX

@ Southern States Women’s Conference

Jacksonville, FL

01.24.20

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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

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

2/2 Ryan D. (Phoenixville, PA)…..1

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

2/10 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

2/9 Joe R (Astoria, NY)…..3

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

2/20 Mary S. (Apex, NC)…..18

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

1747 Total Years of Sobriety

12&12

Step Six - "Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character."

But most of our other difficulties don't fall under such a category at all. Every normal person wants, for example, to eat, to reproduce, to be somebody in the society of his fellows. And he wishes to be reasonably safe and secure as he tries to attain these things. Indeed, God made him that way. He did not design man to destroy himself by alcohol, but He did give man instincts to help him to stay alive.

p. 64

Twenty-Four Hours

A.A. Thought For The Day

After that first drink, we had a single track mind. It
was like a railroad train. The first drink started it
off and it kept going on the single track until it got
to the end of the line, drunkenness. We knew this would
happen when we sat down at a bar to have the first drink,
but still we couldn't keep away from liquor. Our will-power
was gone. We had become helpless and hopeless before the
power of alcohol. It's not the second drink or the tenth
drink that does the damage. It's the first drink. Will I ever
take that first drink again?

Meditation For The Day

I must keep a time apart with God every day. Gradually I
will be transformed mentally and spiritually. It is not the
praying so much as just being in God's presence. The
strengthening and curative powers of this I cannot
understand, but I can experience them. The poor, sick
world would be cured if every day each soul waited before
God for the inspiration to live aright. My greatest
spiritual growth occurs in this time apart with God.

Prayer For The Day

I pray that I may faithfully keep a quiet time apart with
God. I pray that I may grow spiritually each day.

Daily Thought

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Ghosts

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.

c. 1952 AAWS, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 55

Thought to Consider . . .

Trust God. Clean house. Help others.

*~*AACRONYMS*~*

Y A N A
You Are Not Alone

Daily Reflection

EXPECTATIONS vs. DEMANDS

Burn the idea into the consciousness of ever, man that he

can get well regardless of anyone. The only condition is

that he trust in God and clean house.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 98

Dealing with expectations is a frequent topic at meetings. It

isn't wrong to expect progress of myself, good things from

life, or decent treatment from others. Where I get into

trouble is when my expectations become demands. I will

fall short of what I wish to be and situations will go in

ways I do not like, because people will let me down

sometimes. The only question is: "What am I going to do

about it?" Wallow in self-pity or anger; retaliate and make

a bad situation worse; or will I trust in God's power to

bring blessings on the messes in which I find myself? Will

I ask Him what I should be learning; do I keep on doing the

right things I know how to do, no matter what; do I take

time to share my faith and blessings with others?

Pot Luck

Walk In Dry Places

Treating loved ones worse than strangers.

Personal Relations

Some of us grew up with resentments about the way our families treated us. It was confusing to notice how nice our parents could be toward strangers and then how abruptly they could become abusive toward us.

The best release for this kind of resentment is forgiveness, but we should also ask ourselves if we're guilty of the same faults. Are we discourteous and inconsiderate toward our own children and family members? Do we apologize when we offend strangers, but not when we hurt our own children?

We should try to treat everyone with fairness and kindness. No family member should be subjuected to our incessant criticism and rudeness. We owe them the same courtesies we extend to strangers.

If I've had bad examples of abusive treatment in my own early years, I'll change the pattern by treating my own family with fairness and kindness, starting today.