Your Daily Reprieve 05.17.20

Your Daily Reprieve for Sunday  May 17 , 2020 From Waynesville, NC

“Accept the fact that you will grow apart from people you’ve had significant relationships with. Understand when someone no longer positively affects your life. Let them go. Don’t hinder your growth.” – Unknown "Being happy doesn't mean you're perfect.  It just means you've decided to look beyond the imperfections." --K.B. Indiana “Today expect something good to happen to you no matter what occurred yesterday. Realize the past no longer holds you captive. It can only continue to hurt you if you hold on to it. Let the past go. A simply abundant world awaits.” – Sarah Ban Breathnach “The person who doesn’t value you is blocking you from the one who will. Let them go.” – Robert Tew

Big Book Quote "First of all, we had to quit playing God. It didn't work." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, How It Works, pg. 62~

Daily Share! AA Speaker of the Day Jerry Jones and Sandy Beach Usual Suspects Men's Retreat  Camp Garner Creek Dickson, TN April 20-22, 2007 Jerry’s Story https://bit.ly/3aXRASn 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 MAY  2020 Miracles 5/1 Stacey E. (Dothan, AL)…..14 5/1 Becky W. ()…..11 5/1 Rhonda B. (Texas)…..19 5/1 Bryan E. (NYC, NY)…..6 5/2 Eddie C. (Southampton, UK)…..20 5/2 Steve W. (Cape Cod)…..5 5/2 Marcia U. (Waynesville, NV)…..24 5/4 Regina M. (New York, NY)…..22 5/4 Melanie R. (NYC, NY)…..7 5/4 Jim L. (Waynesville, NC)…..1 5/4 Patrick R. (Happy Valley, MA)…..9 5/5 Ricky M. (Palm Coast, FL)…..6 5/5 Denny M. (Leesburg, FL)…..38 5/5 Susanna W. (Princeton, IN)…..31 5/7 Anthony A. (Mamaroneck, NY)…..24 5/7 Leo H. (Wales, UK)…..15 5/7 Echo W. (Lake City, CO)…..3 5/8 Elizabeth H. (Brick, NJ)…..10 5/8 Mark C. (Kodak, TN)…..6 5/8 Rossana G. (East Lansing, MI)…..26 5/8 Mickey B. (Southampton, NY)…..32 5/9 Stuart, O. (Springfield, VA)…..8 5/10 Randy Y. (Chattanooga, TN)…..1 5/10 Steven N. (Northport, FL)…..8 5/10 Rick P. (Seabrook, NH)…..13 5/10 John H. (Miami, FL)…..38 5/10 Jim P. (Carmel, CA)…..9 5/11 Sarah D. (New York City)…..1 5/11 Vaugn T. (Gladstone, NJ)…..16 5/12 Beth N. (Orlando, FL)…..23 5/12 Pat P. (Punta Gorda, FL)…..14 5/13 Gary V. (Portage, IN)…..34 5/13 Linda K. (Deerfield, IL)…..34 5/14 Kathy S. (Atkinson, NH)…..31 5/15 Orry M. (Norwalk, CT)…..1 5/15 Tricia (Rye, NY)…..26 5/15 Bill O. (East Hampton, NY)…..16 5/15 Chris W. (Stuart, Fl./Sao Pedro DaAldeia RJ, Brasil).....31 5/16 Donna K. ()…..1 5/17 Deanna P. (Ellsworth, ME)…..4 5/17 Sanjay C. (Astoria, NY)…..2 5/17 David “Livin’ My Dream” H. (Lewisburg, PA)…..30 5/17 Alan T. (University Park, FL)…..27 5/17 Kimberly K. (Bridgewater, NJ)…..2 5/17 John C. (East Hampton, NY)…..19 5/17 Lisa B. (Paris, KY/Punt Gorda, FL)…..9 5/18 Jessica H. (Boca Raton, FL)…..2 5/19 Rachelle S. ()…..27 5/20 Kay W. (Amarillo, TX)…..1 5/20 Capt. Jeff E. (Pensacola, FL)…..8 5/21 Frank S. (NYC)…..2 5/22 Jamie S. (Mamaroneck, NY)…..18 5/23 Leo B. (Cleveland, OH)…..29 5/24 Harry K. (Velez, Spain)…..27 5/26 Mark D. (South Berwick, ME)…..17 5/26 Drew P. (Huntersville, NC)…..5 5/26 Jerry S. (NYC, NY)…..38 5/26 Kate W. (Cape Cod)…..5 5/26 Lisa F. (NYC, NY)…..16 5/26 Lee T. (Clinton, CT)…..29 5/26 Monica F. (LA, CA)…..3 5/27 Ryan W. (Nantucket, MA)…..2 5/27 Becki V. (Waynesville, NC)…..8 5/28 Susan L (Westhampton, NY)…..7 5/28 Phil K. (Port Charlotte, FL)…..45 5/28 Heather M. D. (St Stephen, NB, Canada)…..30 5/29 Harvey P. (Burlington, VT)…..12 5/29 Allen V. (Phoenicia/Astoria. NY)…..12 5/29 Kathleen S. (Bernardsville, NJ)…..19 5/29 B.S. Billy (Portsmouth, RI)…..22 5/29 George B. (Cleveland/Key Largo, FL)…..7 5/31 Art D. (Mequon, WI)…..36 5/31 Rhoda M. (East Hampton, NY)…..14 5/31 Irene L. (Lamoine, ME)…..32 1132  Total Years of Sobriety

12&12 Step Eleven - "Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out." Next came the expression of an aspiration and a hope for himself. He hoped, God willing, that he might be able to find some of these treasures, too. This he would try to do by what he called self-forgetting. What did he mean by "self forgetting," and how did he propose to accomplish that? He thought it better to give comfort than to receive it; better to understand than to be understood; better to forgive than to be forgiven. p. 101

Twenty-Four Hours A.A. Thought For The Day A lot of well-meaning people treat alcoholics like the priest and the Levite. They pass by on the other side by scorning them and telling them what low people they are, with no willpower. Whereas, they really have fallen for alcohol, in the same way as the man in the story fell among robbers. And the member of A.A. who is working with others is like the Good Samaritan. Am I moved with compassion? Do I take care of another alcoholic whenever I can? Meditation For The Day I must constantly live in preparation for something better to come. All of life is a preparation for something better. I must anticipate the morning to come. I must feel, in the night of sorrow, that understanding joy that tells of confident expectation of better things to come. "Sorrow may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning." Know that God has something better in store for you, as long as you are making yourself ready for it. All your existence in this world is a training for a better life to come. Prayer For The Day I pray that when life is over, I will return to an eternal, spaceless life with God. I pray that I may make this life a preparation for a better life to come.

Daily Thought ^*^*^*^*^ (\    ~~    /) (    \(AA)/    ) (_ /AA\ _) / AA \ ^*^*^*^*^ Arrogance "I am a firm believer in both guidance and prayer. But I am fully aware, and humble enough, I hope, to see there may be nothing infallible about my guidance. The minute I figure I have got a perfectly clear pipeline to God, I have become egotistical enough to get into real trouble. Nobody can cause more needless grief than a power-driver who thinks he has got it straight from God." Bill W., Letter, 1950 As Bill Sees It, p. 38 Thought to Consider . . . The smallest package in the world is an alcoholic wrapped up in just themselves. *~*AACRONYMS*~* I S M I Sponsor Myself

Daily Reflection . . . AND FORGIVE Under very trying conditions I have had, again and again, to forgive others—also myself AS BILL SEES IT, p. 268 Forgiveness of self and forgiveness of others are just two currents in the same river, both hindered or shut off completely by the dam of resentment. Once that dam is lifted, both currents can flow. The Steps of A.A. allow me to see how resentment has built up and subsequently blocked off this flow in my life. The Steps provide a way by which my resentments may—by the grace of God as I understand Him— be lifted. It is as a result of this solution that I can find the necessary grace which enables me to forgive myself and others.

Pot Luck    TRUTH "If error is corrected whenever it is recognized as such, the path of error is the path of truth." -- Hans Reichenbach I believe that in order to discover spirituality in our lives, we need to confront the "disease", that destructive and negative side of our lives. We need to make the disease work for us! For too many years I tried to avoid and deny my alcoholism. I wanted to recover by osmosis! I did not want to get my hands dirty with the reality of my suffering but rather I wanted a "miracle" --- really magic --- to make everything different from what it had been for years. I did not want to face my pain! But it does not work that way. If I am to get well, I need to confront my disease, smell my disease, hold my disease, pull and tug at the disease in my life. Why? Because it is mine. I need to be in touch with my disease if I am ever going to make the necessary changes. I need to make my disease work for me --- that is spirituality. Let me have the courage to pass through the pain in order to experience the gain. Father Leo's Daily Meditation

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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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