Your Daily Reprieve 03.15.20

Your Daily Reprieve for  Sunday March  15, 2020 From Jacksonville, FL

"Love yourself enough to set boundaries.   Your time and energy are precious.   You get to choose how you use it.   You teach people how to treat you by deciding what you will and won't accept." ~Anna Taylor Some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious Ambiguity. ~Gilda Radner Despite everything, I believe the world was created for good and that there is nothing on earth so evil that a ray of light can’t seep through, or a pinch of good can’t be seen. ~Hannah Szenes “I’m free to be the person I’ve always wanted to be, but never before had the courage to become.” ~Grapevine: Temple, Texas, October 1990

Big Book Quote "Much to our relief, we discovered we did not need to consider another's conception of God. Our own conception, however inadequate, was sufficient to make the approach and to effect a contact with Him. As soon as we admitted the possible existence of a Creative Intelligence, a Spirit of the Universe underlying the totality of things, we began to be possessed of a new sense of power and direction, provided we took other simple steps." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, We Agnostics, pg. 46

Daily Share! AA Speaker of the Day JIM D. Cleveland, OH 1975 http://bit.ly/3a7TiAl Wee Willie’s Sobriety First Media AA CD’s Literature and tapes https://www.mediafire.com/sobrietyfirst

Celebrate Your Anniversary Here SHOW NEWCOMERS HOW IT WORKS!! Send your sober date to txm1@comcast.net 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 MARCH 2020 Miracles 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 3/1 Wyman B. (Augusta, GA)…..6 3/2 Liz C. (White Plains, NY)…..11 3/3 Curtis C. (Parrsboro, N.S. )…..1 3/3 Daniel J. (Naples, FL)…..1 3/3 Steven H. (Atlantic Heights, NJ)…..14 3/3 Kelly T. (Newmarket, NH)…..29 3/4 Adam L.   (NY,NY / SOMA, NJ)…..6 3/4 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 3/5 Joan T. (Princeton, NJ)…..31 3/6 Julie D. (Ajijic. Jalisco, Mexico)…..38 3/7 Adam S. (Tampa)…..3 3/7 Dave G. (White Rock. B.C./Merida. Mex)…..17 3/7 George H. (Milwaukee, WI)…..12 3/8 William the Wanderer (NH)…..31 3/9 Andy W. (Harbor Island, BYOC)…..33 3/9 Sheila J. (New York, NY)…..34 3/9 Patti K. (Baiting Hollow)…..36 3/9 Tony C. (Punta Gorda, FL)…..41 3/9 Phil S. (Santa Fe, NM)…..10 3/10 Mark B. (Portland, ME)…..34 3/11 John M. (Succasunna, NJ)…..11 3/11 Eleni N. (Portland, ME)…..1 3/12 Ned W. (Melbourne, FL)…..23 3/12 Carol S. (Farmington Hills, MI)…..17 3/13 Tom V. (Morristown, NJ)…..13 3/14 Frank G. (San Francisco, CA)…..29 3/14 Barbara B. (Watson, LA)…..1 3/14 Suzanne S. (NYC)…..40 3/15 Zvi B. (Brooklyn, NY)…..1 3/15 Steven A. (Southampton, NY)…..12 3/16 Eli S. (Waynesville, NC)…..1 3/16 Bill I. (Islington, MA)…..35 3/17 Anna D. (Delaware)…..1 3/17 Judy D. (Camel, CA)…..5 3/17 Dan D. (Vero Beach, FL)…..41 3/17 Susan P. (Port Charlotte, FL)…..30 3/18 Glenn M. (Indialantic, FL)…..1 3/18 Rachel P. (Lond0n, UK)…..6 3/19 Rebecca S. (London, UK)…..2 3/19 Mike B. (Purchase, NY)…..20 3/20 Kathleen G. (Cavan Lodge, Ireland)…..18 3/21 Lee H (Devon, PA)…..3 3/21 Norm A. (Boston, MA)…..31 3/21 Tucker H. (Nantucket, MA)…..3 3/21 Scott M. (Boston, MA)…..9 3/21 Kate A. (Nyack, NY)…..32 3/21 Pamela B. (Clinton, NJ)…..37 3/22 Sally S. (Nantucket/Spring Island)…..32 3/23 Donna L. (Pearl River,NY )…..22 3/23 Jesse R. ()…..10 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 3/25 Tim F. (River Edge, NJ)…..6 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 Chuck L. (Key Largo, FL)…33 3/28 Collen S. (Fernandina Beach, FL)…..32 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 3/29 Robin S. (New York, NY)…..27 3/30 Barbara K. (Melville, NY)…..15 3/30 Ralph B. (Port St Lucie, FL)…..38 3/31 Joyce G. (Michigan/Florida)…..10 3/31 Jackson R. (Daytona, FL)…..3 1420  Total Years of Sobriety

12&12 Step Seven - "Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings." This improved perception of humility starts another revolutionary change in our outlook. Our eyes begin to open to the immense values which have come straight out of painful ego-puncturing. Until now, our lives have been largely devoted to running from pain and problems. We fled from them as from a plague. We never wanted to deal with the fact of suffering. Escape via the bottle was always our solution. Character-building through suffering might be all right for saints, but it certainly didn't appeal to us. p. 74

Twenty-Four Hours A.A. Thought For The Day We alcoholics were on a merry-go-round, going round and round, and we couldn't get off. That merry-go-round is a kind of hell on earth. In A.A. I got off that merry-go-round by learning to stay sober. I pray to that Higher Power every morning to help me to keep sober. And I get the strength from that Power to do what I could never do with my own strength. I do not doubt the existence of that Power. We're not speaking into a vacuum when we pray. That Power is there, if we will use it. Am I off the merry-go-round of drinking for good? Meditation For The Day I must remember that in spiritual matters I am only an instrument. It is not mine to decide how or when I am to act. God plans all spiritual matters. It is up to me to make myself fit to do God's work. All that hinders my spiritual activity must be eliminated. I can depend on God for all the strength I need to overcome those faults which are blocks. I must keep myself fit, so that God can use me as a channel for His spirit. Prayer For The Day I pray that my selfishness may not hinder my progress in spiritual matters. I pray that I may be a good instrument for God to work with.

Daily Thought ^*^*^*^*^ (\    ~~    /) (    \(AA)/    ) (_ /AA\ _) / AA \ ^*^*^*^*^ Neighbors Near you, alcoholics are dying helplessly like people in a sinking ship. If you live in a large place, there are hundreds. High and low, rich and poor, these are future fellows of Alcoholics Anonymous. Among them you will make lifelong friends. You will be bound to them with new and wonderful ties, for you will escape disaster together and you will commence shoulder to shoulder your common journey. Then you will know what it means to give of yourself that others may survive and rediscover life. You will learn the full meaning of "Love Thy neighbor as thyself." c. 2001 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 152-3 Thought to Consider . . . Sobriety is a journey, not a destination. *~*AACRONYMS*~* T E A M Together Everyone Achieves More

Daily Reflection THE GOD IDEA When we saw others solve their problems by a simple reliance upon the Spirit of the Universe, we had to stop doubting the power of God. Our ideas did not work. But the God idea did. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 52 Like a blind man gradually being restored to sight, I slowly groped my way to the Third Step. Having realized that only a Power greater than myself could rescue me from the hopeless abyss I was in, I knew that this was a Power that I had to grasp, and that it would be my anchor in the midst of a sea of woes. Even though my faith at that time was minuscule, it was big enough to make me see that it was time for me to discard my reliance on my prideful ego and replace it with the steadying strength that could only come from a Power far greater than myself.

Pot Luck   Ten Rules for Being Human 1. You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it, but it will be yours for the entire period this time around. 2. You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called "life." Each day in this school you will have the opportunity to learn lessons. You may like the lessons or think them irrelevant or stupid. 3. There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of experimentation - trial and error. The so-called "failed experiments" are as much a part of the process as the experiments that ultimately "work". 4. A Lesson is repeated until learned. It will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it you can then go on to the next lesson. If you do not learn easy lessons, they become harder. You will know you have learned a lesson when your actions change. 5. Learning lessons does not end. There is no part of life that does not contain its lessons. Every person, every incident is the universal teacher. If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned. 6. "There" is no better than "here." Nothing leads to happiness. When your "there" has become a "here," you will simply obtain another "there" that again will look better than "here." 7. Others are merely mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects something you love or hate in yourself. 8. What you create of your life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources your need; what you do with them is up to you. 9. All your answers lie inside you. All you need to do is look, listen and trust. 10. You will forget all of this. Cherie Carter-Scott, Ph.DO.

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Resources Great Minds Quotes https://twitter.com/GreatestQuotes BIG BOOK SEARCH ENGINE: http://www.whytehou se.com/big_ book_search/ Twenty Four Hours a Day Since 1954, Twenty-Four Hours a Day has become a stable force in the recovery of many alcoholics throughout the world. With over nine million copies in print (the original text has been revised), this "little black book" offers daily thoughts, meditations, and prayers for living a clean and sober life. A spiritual resource with practical applications to fit our daily lives. Copyright 1975 Hazeleden Foundation Tammy’s recovery links http://www.bluidkiti.com/forums/ NEW! Twisted Thinking Making Sense Out of Nonsense: Change Happens by Changing Your Perception by Georgia Hughes amazon.com/author/georgiahughes AA Photo Archives http://www.rewritables.net/cybriety/aa_photos.htm Heard at A Meeting https://twitter.com/heardinameeting Breast Cancer Site Take a minute and click to provide free mammograms https://thebreastcancersite.greatergood.com/clickToGive/bcs/home MEN FIGHTING CANCER TOGETHER America’s largest volunteer men’s cancer support group and advocacy national nonprofit organization. http://malecare.org/ Big Book Quotes http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/BigBookQuotes/ The Universe https://www.facebook.com/scherie.dee Prayables http://prayables.org/ As We See It (AWSI) http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AsWeSeeIt/ Keep It Simple Hazelden Meditations Daily Thought http://groups.google.com/group/TransitionsDaily Speaker Recordings http://storiesofrecovery.org/Workshops.htm {Under Reconstruction} Wisdom of the Room http://www.theWisdomoftheRooms.com

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