Your Daily Reprieve 04.10.20

Your Daily Reprieve for Friday April  10, 2020 From Waynesville, NC

“We are in the midst of a highly teachable moment. There’s no doubt that this period will be referred to for the rest of our lifetimes. We have a chance to go deep, and to go broad. Globally, we’re in this together. Depth is being forced on us by great suffering, which as I like to say, always leads to great love.” Richard Rohr When the flames of anger flare up, we tend to lash out at those who have watered our seeds of anger. It is like finding our house on fire and, instead of putting out the flames, chasing those we think started it. ~Thich Nhat Hahn All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame them, it will not change you. ~Wayne Dyer “Having an honest relationship with my sponsor allowed me an honest relationship with myself and others.” ~Grapevine” Cornwall, Ontario, January 2005

Big Book Quote "In this book you read again and again that faith did for us what we could not do for ourselves. We hope you are convinced now that God can remove whatever self-will has blocked you off from Him. If you have already made a decision, and an inventory of your grosser handicaps, you have made a good beginning. That being so you have swallowed and digested some big chunks of truth about yourself." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, How It Works, pg. 70~

Daily Share! AA Speaker of the Day CHUCK C. Top of Texas Amarillo, TX 1978 https://bit.ly/3bvT0En 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).....86 APRIL 2020 Miracles 4/1 Jack D. Hampton, NH)…..51 4/1 Kevin B. (Godshill, UK)…..32 4/1 Cary W. (Palm City, FL)…..13 4/1 Valerie A. (Phoenix, AZ)…..2 4/1 Ron F. (Cincinnati, OH)…..43 4/1 Joyce G. (Haverhill, MA)…..32 4/1 Janie C. (Lynbrook, NY)…..30 4/1 Ray D. (Hot Springs, NC/Exeter, NH)…..34 4/1 Brian N. (Diamondhead, MS)…..7 4/1 Sherry G. (Princeton, NJ)…..32 4/2 Justin L. (Waynesville, NC)…..2 4/2 Julian M. (St. Albans, UK)…..2 4/3 Leigh A. ()…..22 4/4 Tim D. (Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica)…..9 4/4 Bob C. (Akron, OH)…..18 4/5 Mark S. (Southampton, Hants, UK)…..2 4/5 Tim F. (Hobe Sound, FL)…..31 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 4/7 Jane T. (Vancouver, BC)…..34 4/8 Paul K. (Akron, OH)…..16 4/8 Ashley G. (Miami, FL)…..8 4/8 Maureen K. (New Providence, NJ)…..10 4/9 Travis C. (Eureka, CA)…..1 4/9 Dayton H. (NYC, NY)…..30 4/9 Keith R. (Ixtlahaucan MX)…..1 4/9 Bobby M. (Smithtown, NY)…..5 4/10 Tony K. (Jacksonville, FL)…..3 4/10 Kevin L. (Cherry Hill, NJ)…..37 4/11 Diane L. (Panama City Beach, FL)…..42 4/11 Diane M. (Waynesville, NC/Jax, FL)…..12 4/11 Jeremy S. (Austin, TX)…..8 4/11 Emily W. (Astoria, NY)…..6 4/11 Jerry W. (Walker, LA)…..47 4/11 Chrissy M. (Succasunna, NJ)…..11 4/12 Kathy McQ. ()…..12 4/12 Lisa S. (Valley Cottage, NY)…..18 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 4/16 Lindsay P. (Minneapolis, MN)…..4 4/17 Jay M. (Cleveland. OH)…..6 4/17 Cecily T. (New York, NY)…..11 4/17 Vicky M. (Waynesville, NC)…..39 4/17 Frank T. (Rocky Point, NY)…..11 4/17 Vince K. (Palm City, FL)…..38 4/17 Rich W. (Evanston, IL)…..3 4/18 Steve Q. (Kauai, HI)…...12 4/18 Brad G. (St. Louis, MO)…..19 4/18 Liz A. (Westfield, NJ)…..9 4/19 Joanna J. (Port St. Lucie, FL)…..39 4/19 Lynn H. (Springfield, IL)…..38 4/19 Rex R. (Eureka, CA)…..6 4/21 Tom Mc. (Leesburg, FL)…..50 4/21 Elizabeth W. (The Main Line, PA)…..14 4/22 Becky S. (Knoxville, TN)…..10 4/22 Jeannie C. (Nantucket, MA)…..28 4/22 Jack C. (Conroe, TX)…..1 4/23 Dorothy V. (Placida, FL)…..16 4/23 Tom K. (Tampa FL/Canton, OH)…..25 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 Fran D. (Randolph, NJ)…..45 4/25 Mark S. (Port Crane, NY)…..5 4/25 Rourke H. (St Maarten, Dutch West Indies))…..21 4/26 Grainne F. (Dublin/Chaing Mai, Thailand)…..10 4/27 Norma D. (Haverhill, MA).....9 4/27 Julie T. (Morristown, NJ)…..7 4/27 Kathy C. (Princeton, NJ)…..12 4/27 Maureen (Port Charlotte, FL)…..31 4/27 Nesem G. (Basking Ridge, NJ)…..2 4/28 Brian C. (Davenport, FL)…..22 4/28 Laurie M. (new Jersey)…..35 4/28 Bobby S. (South Boston, MA)…..18 4/29 Paul C. (New York/Florida)…..44 4/30 Sandra M. (Airdrie, Scotland)…..31 1541 Total Years of Sobriety

12&12 Step Nine - "Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others." There can only be one consideration which should qualify our desire for a complete disclosure of the damage we have done. That will arise in the occasional situation where to make a full revelation would seriously harm the one to whom we are making amends. Or--quite as important--other people. We cannot, for example, unload a detailed account of extramarital adventuring upon the shoulders of our unsuspecting wife or husband. And even in those cases where such a matter must be discussed, let's try to avoid harming third parties, whoever they may be. It does not lighten our burden when we recklessly make the crosses of others heavier. p. 86

Twenty-Four Hours A.A. Thought For The Day When I came into A.A., I came into a new world. A sober world. A world of sobriety, peace, serenity, and happiness. But I know that if I take just one drink, I'll go right back into that old world. That alcoholic world. That world of drunkenness, conflict, and misery. That alcoholic world is not a pleasant place for an alcoholic to live in. Looking at the world through the bottom of a whiskey glass is no fun after you've become an alcoholic. Do I want to go back to that alcoholic world? Meditation For The Day Pride stands sentinel at the door of the heart and shuts out the love of God. God can only dwell with the humble and the obedient. Obedience to God's will is the key unlocking the door to God's kingdom. You cannot obey God to the best of your ability without in time realizing God's love and responding to that love. The rough stone steps of obedience lead up to where the mosaic floor of love and joy is laid. Where God's spirit is, there is your home. There is heaven for you. Prayer For The Day I pray that God may make His home in my humble and obedient heart. I pray that I may obey His guidance to the best of my ability.

Daily Thought ^*^*^*^*^ (\  ~~~  /) (    \(AA)/    ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Traditions "The Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous are a distillate of our experience of living and working together. They apply the spirit of the Twelve recovery Steps to our group life and security. They deal with the world outside and with each other; they state our attitudes toward power and prestige, toward property and money. They would save us from tempting alliances and major controversies; they would elevate principles far above personal ambitions. And as a token of this last, they request that we maintain personal anonymity before the open public as a protection to A.A. and as proof of the fact that our society intends to practice true humility." Bill W., The Language of the Heart, p. 96 Thought to Consider . . . The reason they are called Principles is because they always work. If they didn't always work we'd just call them "good ideas." *~*AACRONYMS*~* W I L L I N G When I Live Life, I Need God

Daily Reflection GROWING UP The essence of all growth is a willingness to change for the better and then an unremitting willingness to shoulder whatever responsibility this entails. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 115 Sometimes when I've become willing to do what I should have been doing all along, I want praise and recognition. I don't realize that the more I'm willing to act differently, the more exciting my life is. The more I am willing to help others, the more rewards I receive. That's what practicing the principles means to me. Fun and benefits for me are in the willingness to do the actions, not to get immediate results. Being a little kinder, a little slower to anger, a little more loving makes my life better— day by day.

Pot Luck   The impossible dream:  'Eventually, I had to free myself from the impossible dream of a perfect world in order to love and accept the real world. Judged by human standards, life is not perfect;  to demand perfection of it is asking the impossible. Life is an incredible totality that ranges from good to evil,  from beauty to horror, from bliss to agony. One extreme cannot exist without the other. There would be no music if high C were the only note,  no art if spectrum red were the only color,  no joy in pleasure if pleasure were the only feeling --and, paradoxically,  there would be no perfection without imperfection.' Emotional Sobriety II, pg. 23

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