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Your
Daily Reprieve for Wednesday April 29, 2020
From Waynesville, NC
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Every adversity, every
failure, every heartache
carries with it the seed of
an equal or greater benefit.
~Napoleon Hill
Spirit has placed a dream
in your heart for a better world,
Starting with your family,
extending to your work,
community, country and stretching
beyond your nation.
Speak your truth and inspire others,
For you are meant to make a
significant and sizable difference.
--Mary Manin Morrissey
Be gentle with yourself.
Don't force it.
But don't run away from
your feelings, either.
You might feel like cooked
spaghetti for a while,
but what's really softening
up is your heart.
God, help me face and feel
any feelings.
--Melody Beattie
"Challenges are what
make life interesting.
Overcoming them is what
makes life meaningful."
~Joshua Marine
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Big Book Quote
"Once we have
taken this step, withholding nothing, we are delighted. We can look the world
in the eye. We can be alone at perfect peace and ease. Our fears fall from
us. We begin to feel the nearness of our Creator. We may have had certain
spiritual beliefs, but now we begin to have a spiritual experience."
Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg. 75 |
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Gratitude Dayze
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11.2017
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Send your sober date to txm1@comcast.net
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6/10 Bob S.
(Akron, OH).....84
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
4/10 Chas T. (Aiken, SC)…..8
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 Kathleen M. (Kentucky)…..32
4/12 Lisa S. (Valley Cottage, NY)…..18
4/13 J.C. Donna S. (Little Egg Hbr, NJ)...33
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
4/18 Babs J. (Cannon Beach, OR)…..1
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 Mary D. (Evansville, IN)…..35
4/22 Jack C. (Conroe, TX)…..1
4/22 Ken D. (Dover Plains, NY)…..2
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
4/24 Paul G. (Exeter, NH)…..17
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
4/26 Margie W. ()…..3
4/26 Cliff M. (Newburyport, MA)…..10
4/27 Norma D. (Haverhill, MA).....9
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 Julie T. (Morristown, NJ)…..7
4/28 Bobby S. (South Boston, MA)…..18
4/28 Amanda S. (Newburgh, NY)…..2
4/28 John S. (Little Silver, NJ) ....33
4/29 Paul C. (New York/Florida)…..44
4/30 Sandra M. (Airdrie, Scotland)…..31
1717 Total Years of Sobriety
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12&12
Step Ten - "Continued to take personal inventory and when
we were wrong promptly admitted it."
As we glance down the debit side of the day's ledger, we should carefully examine our motives in each thought or act that appears to be wrong. In most cases our motives won't be hard to see and understand. When prideful, angry, jealous, anxious, or fearful, we acted accordingly, and that was that. Here we need only recognize that we did act or think badly, try to visualize how we might have done better, and resolve with God's help to carry these lessons over into tomorrow, making, of course, any amends still neglected. p. 94 |
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Twenty-Four Hours
A.A. Thought For The
Day
The A.A. program is one of faith, hope, and charity. It's a program of hope because when new members come into A.A., the first thing they get is hope. They hear older members tell how they had been through the same kind of he!! that they have and how they found the way out through A.A. And this gives them hope that if others can do it, they can do it. Is hope still strong in me? Meditation For The Day The rule of God's kingdom is perfect order, perfect harmony, perfect supply, perfect love, perfect honesty, perfect obedience. There is no discord in God's kingdom, only some things still unconquered in God's children. The difficulties of life are caused by disharmony in the individual man or woman. People lack power because they lack harmony with God and with each other. They think that God fails because power is not manifested in their lives. God does not fail. People fail because they are out of harmony with Him. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may be in harmony with God and with other people. I pray that this harmony will result in strength and success. |
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Daily Thought
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(\ ~~ /) ( \ (AA)/ ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Sharing "In spite of the great increase in the size and the span of this Fellowship, at its core it remains simple and personal. Each day, somewhere in the world, recovery begins when one alcoholic talks with another alcoholic, sharing experience, strength, and hope." Alcoholics Anonymous, p. xxii Thought to Consider . . . We need each others experience, strength, and hope, regardless of age or length of sobriety.
*~*AACRONYMS*~*
H O P E Help Open People's Eyes |
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Daily Reflection
GROUP AUTONOMY
Some may think that we have
carried the principle of group
autonomy to extremes. For
example, in its original "long
form," Tradition Four
declares: "Any two or three gathered
together for sobriety may
call themselves an A.A. group,
provided that as a group
they have no other affiliation. "* .
. . But this ultra-liberty
is not so risky as it looks.
A.A. COMES OF AGE PP 104-05
As an active alcoholic, I
abused every liberty that life
afforded. How could A.A.
expect me to respect the "ultraliberty"
bestowed by Tradition Four?
Learning respect has
become a lifetime job.
A.A. has made me fully
accept the necessity of discipline
and that, if I do not
assert it from within, then I will pay for
it. This applies to groups
too. Tradition Four points me in a
spiritual direction, in
spite of my alcoholic inclinations.
* This is a misquote; Bill
quoted the Third Tradition, but was referring to
Tradition Four.
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Pot Luck
"Without tolerance for
another, it’s hard to have empathy for myself."
“Tolerant” was one of the last words you would
have used to describe me before I entered the program. Instead, I was quick
to find fault with what you said or how you dressed, or what you did. My
opinion of myself was so low that I constantly had to rip you down to build
myself up. Living this way made me bitter, isolated, and resentful.
As I listed my resentments in the Fourth Step, I began to see how much fear and low self-esteem drove my decisions and actions, hurting both myself and others. As I worked with my sponsor, I developed an awareness and acceptance for myself. And as I listened to others sharing honestly and openly about similar struggles and fears, I began to feel a connection with them. For the first time, I experienced true empathy for others. I once read a description of empathy as being an emotional echo that is sent out to the center of another person and returns with pieces of yourself. When I began finding pieces of myself in other people’s stories, I began to find the shared humanity in our experiences. And that is when I developed real tolerance and compassion for others, as well as for myself. Today, I understand that without tolerance for another, it’s hard to have empathy for myself. |
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throughout the world. With over nine million
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daily thoughts, meditations, and prayers for living a clean and sober life.
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