Your Daily Reprieve: Your Daily Reprieve 02.22.20

Your Daily Reprieve for Saturday February 22, 2020

From Jacksonville, FL

“..the secret to living well and longer is,

eat half, walk double, laugh triple,

and love without measure..”.

~Tibetan Proverb

t takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them,

more strength to relate to people than to dominate them,

more ‘manhood’ to abide by thought-out principles rather than blind reflex.

Toughness is in the soul and spirit,

not in muscles and an immature mind…

~Alex Karras

The program is a road, not a resting place.”

~Grapevine: Riverside, Illinois, January 1977

"Be teachable.

You're not always right."

~Anonymous

Big Book Quote

"When drinking, or getting over a bout, an alcoholic, sometimes the
model of honesty when normal, will do incredible things. Afterward,
his revulsion will be terrible. Nearly always, these antics indicate
nothing more than temporary conditions."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, To Employers, pg. 140~

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Lakeland, FL

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02.03.2002

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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

2/15 John T. (Connecticut)…..33

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

2/23 Scott J. (Victorville, CA)…..6

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

2/26 Jose R. (Sarasota, FL)…..26

2/26 Vaiva (Monterrey, CA)…..19

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

1825 Total Years of Sobriety

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

What we must recognize now is that we exult in some of our defects. We really love them. Who, for example, doesn't like to feel just a little superior to the next fellow, or even quite a lot superior? Isn't it true that we like to let greed masquerade as ambition? To think of liking lust seems impossible. But how many men and women speak love with their lips, and believe what they say, so that they can hide lust in a dark corner of their minds? And even while staying within conventional bounds, many people have to admit that their imaginary sex excursions are apt to be all dressed up as dreams of romance.

pp. 66-67

Twenty-Four Hours

A.A. Thought For The Day

Now we can take an inventory of the good things that have
come to us through A.A. To begin with, we're sober today.
That's the biggest asset on any alcoholic's books.
Sobriety to us is like good-will in business. Everything
else depends on that. Most of us have jobs, which we owe
to our sobriety. We know we couldn't hold these jobs if
we were drinking, so our jobs depend on our sobriety.
Most of us have families, wives and children, which either
we had lost or might have lost, if we hadn't stopped
drinking. We have friends in A.A., real friends who are
always ready to help us. Do I realize that my job, my family
and my real friends are dependent upon my sobriety?

Meditation For The Day

I must trust God to the best of my ability. This lesson
has to be learned. My doubts and fears continually drive
me back into the wilderness. Doubts lead me astray, because
I am not trusting God. I must trust God's love. It will
never fail me, but I must learn not to fail it by my doubts
and fears. We all have much to learn in turning out fear by
faith. All our doubts arrest God's work through us. I must
not doubt. I must believe in God and continually work at
strengthening my faith.

Prayer For The Day

I pray that I may live the way God wants me to live. I pray
that I may get into that stream of goodness in the world.

Daily Thought

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Humility

Every newcomer in A.A. is told, and soon realizes for himself, that his humble admission of powerlessness over alcohol is his first step toward liberation from its paralyzing grip. So it is that we first see humility as a necessity. But this is the barest beginning . . . A whole lifetime geared to self-centeredness cannot be set in reverse all at once. Rebellion dogs our every step at first.
c. 1952 AAWS
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, pp. 72-73

Thought to Consider . . .

Many people haven't even a nodding acquaintance with humility as a way of life.

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H O P E
Helping Other People Everyday

Daily Reflection

GUIDANCE

. . . this means a belief in a Creator who is all power,

justice, and love; a God who intends for me a purpose, a

meaning, and a destiny to grow, however . . . haltingly,

toward His own likeness and image.

AS BILL SEES IT, p. 51

As I began to understand my own powerlessness and my

dependence on God, as I understand Him, I began to see

that there was a life which, if I could have it, I would have

chosen for myself from the beginning. It is through the

continuing work of the Steps and the life in the Fellowship

that I've learned to see that there is truly a better way into

which I am being guided. As I come to know more about

God, I am able to trust His ways and His plans for the

development of His character in me. Quickly or not so

quickly, I grow toward His own image and likeness.

Pot Luck

Cup ‘o Joe!

A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. The conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.

Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain-looking, some expensive and some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to the coffee.

After all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is but normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, THAT is the source of your problems and stress."

"Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In most cases, it's just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups and then began eyeing each other's cups."

"Now consider this: Life is the coffee . . . and the jobs, houses, cars, things, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain life, and the type of cup we have does not define nor change the quality of life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us.

God brews the coffee, not the cups. Enjoy your coffee!

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