Your
Daily Reprieve for Monday March 2, 2020
From Jacksonville, FL
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“Each group, as well as
each individual,
is a special entity, not
quite like any other ...
each group does have its
own special atmosphere,
its own peculiar state of development.”
~ Bill W., January 1948
"A
gift inspires another gift,
and
a miracle inspires the next miracle.
It's got to start somewhere;
it might as well start with you."
--Scott
Hamilton
Just
act better than you feel
~Polly
P
You cannot get through a
single day
without having an impact on
the world around you.
What you do makes a
difference,
and you have to decide
what kind of difference you
want to make.
~Jane Goodall |
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Big Book Quote
"We, who have recovered
from serious drinking, are miracles of mental
health." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, The Family Afterward, pg. 133~ |
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Daily Share!
AA Speaker of
the Day
CHRIS
RAYMER
Pathway to
Power
Stuart, FL
02.15.20
Wee
Willie’s
Sobriety
First Media
AA CD’s
Literature and tapes
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Celebrate Your Anniversary Here
SHOW NEWCOMERS HOW IT WORKS!!
Send your sober date to txm1@comcast.net
It will look like
this :
6/10 Bob S.
(Akron, OH).....84
3/1 Crispin H. (London, UK)…..38
3/1 Newfie Dave D. (Dartmouth, Nova Scotia)…..22
3/1 Donnie
M. (Springfield, WV)…..21
3/1 Rich
W. (Astoria, NY)…..5
3/3 Curtis
C. (Parrsboro, N.S. )…..1
3/3 Daniel
J. (Naples, FL)…..1
3/3
Stephen H. (Atlantic Heights, NJ)…..14
3/4 Adam L. (NY,NY /
SOMA, NJ)…..6
¾ Chris A. (Bristol, UK)…..50
3/5 Bill E. (Portsmouth, RI)…..35
3/5 Tom M.
Waynesville, NC/Jacksonville, FL)…..26
3/5
Deirdre C. (Cornelius, NC)…..24
3/6 Julie
D. (Ajijic. Jalisco, Mexico)…..38
3/8
William the Wanderer (NH)…..31
3/9 Andy
W. (Harbor Island, BYOC)…..33
3/9 Sheila
J. (NY)…..34
3/10 Mark
B. (Portland, ME)…..34
3/12 Ned
W. (Melbourne, FL)…..23
3/13 Tom
V. (Morristown, NJ)…..13
3/14 Frank
G. (San Francisco, CA)…..29
3/14
Barbara B. (Watson, LA)…..1
3/15 Zvi
B. (Brooklyn, NY)…..1
3/16 Eli
S. (Waynesville, NC)…..1
3/16 Bill
I. (Islington, MA)…..35
3/17 Anna
D. (Delaware)…..1
3/17 Dan
D. (Vero Beach, FL)…..41
3/18 Glenn
M. (Indialantic, FL)…..1
3/18
Rachel P. (Lond0n, UK)…..6
3/19
Rebecca S. (London, UK)…..2
3/20
Kathleen G. (Cavan Lodge, Ireland)…..18
3/21 Lee H
(Devon, PA)…..3
3/21 Norm
A. (Boston, MA)…..31
3/21 Kate
A. (Nyack, NY)…..32
3/23 Donna
L. (Pearl River,NY )…..22
3/24 Amy
BS (New York ,NY)…..32
3/24 Joan
O. (Keaau, HI)…..3
3/24 Wendy
R. (Nyack, NY)…..34
3/25
Ashley G. ()…..4
3/26
Christina U. (Palm Coast, FL)…..7
3/26 Rudy
T. (Santa Fe, NM)…..2
3/27 Steve
H. (East Hampton, NY)…..33
3/27
Jonelle A. ()…..32
3/27
Charles L. (Key Largo, FL)…33
3/28
Collen S. (Fernandina Beach, FL)…..31
3/28
Michelle E. (Grand Rapids, MI)…..1
3/28 Sam
S. (Houston, TX)…..7
3/28
Steven S. (Summit, NJ)…..10
3/28 Shane
S. (Randolph, NJ)…..2
3/30
Barbara K. (Melville, NY)…..15
3/31 Joyce
G. (Michigan/Florida)…..10
0928 Total Years of Sobriety
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12&12
Step Seven - "Humbly asked Him to remove our
shortcomings."
Since this Step so specifically concerns itself with humility, we should pause here to consider what humility is and what the practice of it can mean to us. p. 70 |
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Twenty-Four Hours
A.A. Thought For The
Day
Over a period of drinking years, we've proved to ourselves and to everybody else that we can't stop drinking by our own willpower. We have been proved helpless before the power of alcohol. So the only way we could stop drinking was by turning to a Power greater than ourselves. We call that Power God. The time that you really get this program is when you get down on your knees and surrender yourself to God, as you understand Him. Surrender means putting your life into God's hands. Have I made a promise to God that I will try to live the way He wants me to live? Meditation For The Day Spirit-power comes from communication with God in prayer and times of quiet meditation. I must constantly seek spirit-communication with God. This is a matter directly between me and God. Those who seek it through the medium of the church do not always get the joy and the wonder of spirit communication with God. >From this communication comes life, joy, peace, and healing. Many people do not realize the power that can come to them from direct spirit-communication. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may feel that God's power is mine. I pray that I may be able to face anything through that power. |
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Daily Thought
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\(AA)/ )
(_ /AA\ _)
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Carry the
Message
Taking advantage of technological advances, A.A. members with computers can participate in meetings online, sharing with fellow alcoholics across the country or around the world. Fundamentally, though, the difference between an electronic meeting and the home group around the corner is only one of format. In any meeting, anywhere, A.A.'s share experience, strength, and hope with each other, in order to stay sober and help other alcoholics. Modem-to-modem or face-to-face, A.A.'s speak the language of the heart in all its power and simplicity. c. 2001AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous Foreword to Fourth Edition, p. xxiv Thought to Consider . . . We in A.A. don't carry the alcoholic; we carry the message. *~*AACRONYMS*~* H E A R T Healing, Enjoying, and Recovering, Together. |
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Daily Reflection
HOPE
Do not be discouraged.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.
60
Few experiences are of
less value to me than fast sobriety.
Too many times
discouragement has been the bonus for
unrealistic expectations,
not to mention self-pity or fatigue
from my wanting to change
the world by the weekend.
Discouragement is a
warning signal that I may have
wandered across the God
line. The secret of fulfilling my
potential is in
acknowledging my limitations and believing
that time is a gift, not
a threat.
Hope is the key that
unlocks the door of discouragement.
The program promises me
that if I do not pick up
the first drink today, I
will always have hope. Having come
to believe that I keep
what I share, every time I encourage,
I receive courage. It is
with others that, with the grace of
God and the Fellowship of
A.A., I trudge the road of happy
destiny. May I always
remember that the power within me
is far greater than any
fear before me. May I always have
patience, for I am on the
right road.
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Pot Luck
"The
only thing we can take with us when we leave this world is what we gave
away."
For years, I thought
the goal in life was to get as much stuff as I could. I measured my worth as
a person by how much money I had in the bank, and by how many books and CDs I
had. I spent endless hours shopping for expensive cars, hipper clothes, and
newer tech devices. I loved when UPS came, and for a few hours I almost felt
satisfied. I still remember, however, the moment I pressed the buy button on
yet another Amazon order and thought about the package arriving and putting
the new, unread books on the shelf next to the other new, unread books. In
that moment, I hit another bottom.
When I was new in the program, I was told that if I wanted to feel better, then I had to get out of myself by being of service and by helping others. While I argued that picking up cigarette butts and mopping the floor couldn’t have anything to do with my recovering or feeling better, I did what I was told. Eventually, I was instructed to sponsor and work with others. While I resented getting up early on Sunday mornings to meet with a newcomer before a meeting, I can tell you now that I always felt the deepest satisfaction and feeling of self-worth when I did. Finally, I had found a way to fill the hole inside of me. What I’ve learned after many years in recovery is that it’s not about me. It’s not about how much I earn, how much I can get, or how much I have. Instead, it’s only about how much I can give away. The truth in my life today is that I’m happiest when I seek to be of service. I’m less in fear when I’m thinking of others, and ultimately, I know that the only thing that really matters now, and will matter forever, is how much I’ve packed into the stream of life. It’s taken a long time, but I finally understand the last line of St. Francis’s prayer: “It is by dying that one awakens to eternal life." Wisdom of the Rooms |
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throughout the world. With over nine million
copies in print (the original text has been revised),
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