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Your
Daily Reprieve for Monday February 17, 2020
From Jacksonville, FL
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Remember…that not getting
what you want
is sometimes a stroke of
good luck.
~H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
“In the face of a
challenge,
in the midst of frightening
or and difficult situations,
you must remember the good.
You must take a breath from
the center of your being
and, remember, trouble
comes to pass, not to stay.”
~Iyanla Vanzant
“As your faith is
strengthened,
you will find that there is
no longer the need
to have a sense of control,
that things will flow as
they will and t
hat you will flow with them
to your great delight and
benefit.”
~Emmanuel Teney
"Do not
spoil what you have
by desiring what
you have not;
but remember that
what you now have
was once among
the things only hoped for."
--Epicurus |
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Big Book Quote
"Helping others
is the foundation stone of your recovery. A kindly
act once in a while isn't enough. You have to act the Good Samaritan every day, if need be." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Working With Others, pg. 97~ |
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Daily Share!
AA Speaker of
the Day
JANE
L
Tallahassee,
FL
@
Southern States Women’s Conference
January
24, 2020
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Willie’s
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First Media
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SHOW NEWCOMERS HOW IT WORKS!!
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Years of Sobriety
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12&12
Step Six - "Were entirely ready to have God remove all
these defects of character."
If we ask, God will certainly forgive our derelictions. But in no case does He render us white as snow and keep us that way without our cooperation. That is something we are supposed to be willing to work toward ourselves. He asks only that we try as best we know how to make progress in the building of character. p. 65 |
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Twenty-Four Hours
A.A. Thought For The
Day
Alcohol is poison to the alcoholic. Poison is not too strong a word, because alcoholism leads eventually to the death of the alcoholic. It may be a quick death or a slow death. When we go by package stores and see various kinds of liquor all dressed up in fancy packages to make it look attractive, we should always make it a point to say to ourselves, so that we'll never forget it: That stuff's poison to me. And it is. Alcohol poisoned our lives for a long time. Do I know that since I am an alcoholic all liquor is poison to me? Meditation For The Day I must somehow find the means of coming nearer to God. That is what really matters. I must somehow seek the true bread of life, which is communion with Him. I must grasp at the truth at the center of all worship. This central truth is all that matters. All forms of worship have this communion with God as their purpose and goal. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may meet God in quiet communion. I pray that I may partake of the soul-food which God has provided for me. |
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Daily Thought
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Good
Living
Understanding is the key to right principles and attitudes, and right action is the key to good living; therefore the joy of good living is the theme of A.A.'s Twelfth Step. With each passing day of our lives, may every one of us sense more deeply the inner meaning of A.A.'s simple prayer: God grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, courage to change the things we can, and wisdom to know the difference. c. 1952 AAWS, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 125 Thought to Consider . . . . The joy is in the journey. *~*AACRONYMS*~* T H I N K The Happiness I Never Knew |
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Daily Reflection
THE LOVE IN THEIR
EYES
Some of us won't believe in God, others can't, and still
others who do
believe that God exists have no faith
whatever He will
perform this miracle.
TWELVE STEPS AND
TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 25
It was the changes I
saw in the new people who came into
the Fellowship that
helped me lose my fear, and change my
negative attitude to
a positive one. I could see the love in
their eyes and I was
impressed by how much their "One
Day at a Time"
sobriety meant to them. They had looked
squarely at Step Two
and came to believe that a power
greater than
themselves was restoring them to sanity. That
gave me faith in the
Fellowship, and hope that it could
work for me too. I
found that God was a loving God, not
that punishing God I
feared before coming to A.A. I also
found that He had
been with me during all those times I had
been in trouble
before I came to A.A. I know today that He
was the one who led
me to A.A. and that I am a miracle.
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Pot Luck
"Quit
with the thinking, and start with the doing."
It took me a long time
to learn that I can’t think myself into feeling better. If I sit at home depressed,
waiting until I feel like going to a meeting or calling someone, it means I’m
going to be at home depressed a long time. Early on, I learned about contrary
action, and when I take it and get out of my head, I always feel better.
My sponsor showed me a chapter in the Big Book called “Into Action,” and told me to notice there isn’t one called “Into Thinking.” He taught me that feelings always follow actions, and every time I take a positive action, I get positive feelings. The opposite is also true. If I stay in my head, I almost always feel bad or grow more depressed. One of the best actions I’ve learned to take in the program is to work with or help another. The power of this action is that while helping another, I’m immediately out of thinking about myself and into being of service. And the magic of service is that while I’m helping another, I’m also helping myself. Today, it’s much easier for me to get out of thinking and get into doing, and afterward I’m glad I did.
The Wisdom of the Rooms
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daily thoughts, meditations, and prayers for living a clean and sober life.
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