Your
Daily Reprieve for Friday April 3, 2020
From Waynesville, NC
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"Any fact facing us is
not as important as our attitude toward it,
for that determines our
success or failure.
The way you think about a
fact may defeat you
before you ever do anything
about it.
You are overcome by the
fact because you think you are."
~Norman Vincent Peale
Be good to each other,
that was the prevailing
belief of Marcus’s (Aurelius) life.
A disease like the plague,
“can only threaten your life,”
but evil, selfishness,
pride, hypocrisy, fear—
these things “attack our
humanity.”
~The Daily Stoic
In times like these, it’s
easy to feel stressed and fearful.
That’s because you hear too
much of what you truly don't understand.
Learn more, stress less.
God blessed you with the gift of knowledge
- use it wisely and
live brilliantly.
~Prayables
“Through uncovering and
admitting my character defects,
I realized that I was no
different than the people I was so afraid of.
I understood that we were
all suffering and that I didn’t need
to disguise my authentic
self.”
~Grapevine: Cornwall, Ontario,
January 2005
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Big Book Quote
"...we have
ceased fighting anything or anyone— even alcohol."
~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg. 84~ |
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4/1 Jack
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4/1 Kevin B. (Godshill,
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4/1 Cary W. (Palm City,
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4/1 Valerie A. (Phoenix,
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4/1 Brian N. (Diamondhead,
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4/2 Justin L.
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4/4 Bob C. (Akron,
OH)…..18
4/5 Mark S. (Southampton,
Hants, UK)…..2
4/6 Eugene R. (Barcelona,
Spain)…..6
4/6 Nick E. (East
Twickenham, UK)…..21
4/7 Mark V. (Indian Trail
NC)…..5
4/7 Thorson R.
(Wellington, FL)…..3
4/7 Madeleine M.
(Groveland, MA)......37
4/7 Corry P. (New
York)…..2
4/7 Walt C. (College
Station, TX)…..6
4/8 Paul K. (Akron,
OH)…..16
4/9 Travis C. (Eureka,
CA)…..1
4/9 Dayton H. (NYC,
NY)…..30
4/10 Tony K.
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4/10 Kevin L. ()…..37
4/11 Diane L. (Panama City
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4/11 Diane M.
(Waynesville, NC/Jax, FL)…..12
4/11 Jeremy S. (Austin,
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4/11 Emily W. (Astoria,
NY)…..6
4/11 Jerry W. (Walker,
LA)…..47
4/12 Kathy McQ. ()…..12
4/14 Barbara B. ()…..1
4/14 Sue B. (Waynesville,
NC)…..10
4/15 Erin S.
(Wayland/Nantucket MA)…..15
4/15 Kelly McG. (Edison,
NJ)…..5
4/15 Larry R.
(Westchester, NY)…..41
4/16 Angela S. (Dallas,
TX)…..1
4/17 Cecily T. (New York,
NY)…..11
4/18 Steve Q. (Kauai,
HI)…...12
4/18 Brad G. (St. Louis,
MO)…..19
4/19 Joanna J. (Port St.
Lucie, FL)…..39
4/21 Tom Mc. (Leesburg,
FL)…..50
4/22 Becky S. (Knoxville,
TN)…..10
4/22 Jack C. (Conroe,
TX)…..1
4/23 Steve W. (Syracuse,
NY/Indialantic, FL)…..15
4/24 Larry C. (Davenport,
FL)…..30
4/24 Sam F. (New York
City)…..2
4/24 Paul C. ()…..44
4/24 Fran D. ()…..45
4/25 Mark S. (Port Crane,
NY)…..5
4/27 Norma D. (Haverhill,
MA).....9
4/28 Brian C. (Davenport,
FL)…..22
4/28 Bobby S. (South
Boston, MA)…..18
4/30 Sandra M. (Airdrie,
Scotland)…..31
1026 Total Years of Sobriety
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12&12
Step Eight - "Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and
became willing to make amends to them all."
Whenever our pencil falters, we can fortify and cheer ourselves by remembering what A.A. experience in this Step has meant to others. It is the beginning of the end of isolation from our fellows and from God. p. 82 |
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Twenty-Four Hours
A.A. Thought For The Day
When I was drinking, I was absolutely selfish, I thought of myself first, last, and always. The universe revolved around me at the center. When I woke up in the morning with a hangover, my only thought was how terrible I felt and about what I could do to make myself feel better. And the only thing I could think of was more liquor. To quit was impossible. I couldn't see beyond myself and my own need for another drink. Can I now look out and beyond my own selfishness?
Meditation For The Day
Remember that the first quality of greatness is service. In a way, God is the greatest servant of all, because He is always waiting for us to call on Him to help us in all good endeavors. His strength is always available to us, but we must ask it of Him through our own free will. It is a free gift, but we must sincerely seek for it. A life of service is the finest life we can live. We are here on earth to serve others. That is the beginning and the end of our real worth. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may cooperate with God in all good things. I pray that I may serve God and others and so lead a useful and happy life. |
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Daily Thought
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(\ ~~~ /) ( \(AA)/ ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Prayer "As the doubter tries the process of prayer, he should begin to add up the results. If he persists, he will surely find more serenity, more tolerance, less fear, and less anger. He will acquire a quiet courage, the kind that isn't tension-ridden. He can look at 'failure' and 'success' for what these really are. Problems and calamity will begin to mean his instruction, instead of his destruction. Wonderful and unaccountable things will start to happen." Bill W., Box 1980: The AA Grapevine, June 1958 As Bill Sees It, p. 321 Thought to Consider . . . Trying to pray is praying. *~*AACRONYMS*~* B S Before Sobriety |
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Daily Reflection
ACCEPTING OUR HUMANNESS
We finally saw that the
inventory should be ours, not the
other man's So we admitted
our wrongs honestly and
became willing to set these
matters straight.
AS BILL SEES IT, p. 222
Why is it that the
alcoholic is so unwilling to accept
responsibility? I used to
drink because of the things that
other people did to me.
Once I came to A.A. I was told to
look at where I had been
wrong. What did I have to do with
all these different
matters? When I simply accepted that I
had a part in them, I was
able to put it on paper and see it
for what it was —humanness.
I am not expected to be
perfect! I have made errors
before and I will make them
again. To be honest about
them allows me to accept
them—and myself—and those
with whom I had the
differences; from there,
recovery is just a short distance
ahead.
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Pot Luck
The
"Slipper" Needs Understanding
"Slips can often be charged to rebellion; some of us are more rebellious than others. Slips may be due to the illusion that one can be 'cured' of alcoholism. Slips can also be charged to carelessness and complacency. Many of us fail to ride out these periods sober. Things go fine for two or three years--then the member is seen no more. Some of us suffer extreme guilt because of vices or practices that we can't or won't let go of. Too little self-forgiveness and too little prayer--well, this combination adds up to slips. "Then some of us are far more alcohol-damaged than others. Still others encounter a series of calamities and cannot seem to find the spiritual resources to meet them. There are those of us who are physically ill. Others are subject to more or less continuous exhaustion, anxiety, and depression. These conditions often play a part in slips--sometimes they are utterly controlling." From AS BILL SEES IT TALK, 1960 |
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