Your
Daily Reprieve for Monday May 18, 2020
From Waynesville, NC
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“With real faith we can
defeat defeat.”
~Grapevine: Winston-Salem,
North Carolina
"If you are feeling
low or trampled,
unappreciated or
forgotten
and you are reading this,
realize it is an illusion.
The hope is real, you are
valued,
and what lies ahead is
brilliance."
– -Tom Althouse
"I have a simple
philosophy.
Fill what's empty.
Empty what's full.
And scratch where it
itches."
--Alice Roosevelt Longworth
"Life is too short to
waste.
Dreams are fulfilled only
through action,
not through endless
planning to take action."
~David J. Schwartz
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Big Book Quote
"When we became
alcoholics,
crushed by a self
imposed crisis we could not postpone or evade,
we had to fearlessly
face the proposition
that either God is
everything or else He is nothing.
God either is or He
isnt."
~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, We Agnostics, pg. 53~ |
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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
Q & A #1
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Celebrate Your Anniversary Here
SHOW NEWCOMERS HOW IT WORKS!!
Send your sober date to txm1@comcast.net
It will look like
this :
6/10 Bob S.
(Akron, OH).....84
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
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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."
This much could be a fragment of what is called meditation, perhaps our very first attempt at a mood, a flier into the realm of spirit, if you like. It ought to be followed by a good look at where we stand now, and a further look at what might happen in our lives were we able to move closer to the ideal we have been trying to glimpse. Meditation is something which can always be further developed. It has no boundaries, either of width or height. Aided by such instruction and example as we can find, it is essentially an individual adventure, something which each one of us works out in his own way. But its object is always the same: to improve our conscious contact with God, with His grace, wisdom, and love. And let's always remember that meditation is in reality intensely practical. One of its first fruits is emotional balance. With it we can broaden and deepen the channel between ourselves and God as we understand Him. pp. 101-102 |
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Twenty-Four Hours
A.A. Thought For The
Day
We're in A.A. for two main reasons: to keep sober ourselves and to help others to keep sober. It's a well known fact that helping others is a big part of keeping sober yourself. It's also been proved that it's very hard to keep sober all by yourself. A lot of people have tried it and failed. They come to a few A.A. meetings and then stay sober alone for a few months, but usually they eventually get drunk. Do I know that I can't stay sober successfully alone? Meditation For The Day Look by faith into that place beyond space or time where God dwells and whence you came and to which you shall eventually return. "Look unto Him and be saved." To look beyond material things is within the power of everyone's imagination. Faith's look saves you from despair. Faith's look saves you from worry and care. Faith's look brings a peace beyond all understanding. Faith's look brings you all the strength you need. Faith's look gives you a new and vital power and a wonderful peace and serenity. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may have faith's look. I pray that by faith I may look beyond the now to eternal life. |
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Daily Thought
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(\ ~~ /) ( \(AA)/ ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Choices "During the day, we can pause where situations must be met and decisions made, and renew the simple request: 'Thy will, not mine, be done.' If at these points our emotional disturbance happens to be great, we will more surely keep our balance, provided we remember, and repeat to ourselves, a particular prayer or phrase that has appealed to us in our reading or meditation. Just saying it over and over will often enable us to return to the surest help of all - our search for God's will, not our own, in the moment of stress." Bill W., Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, pp. 102-103 As Bill Sees It p. 78 Thought to Consider . . . "As we go through the day we pause, when agitated or doubtful, and ask for the right thought or action." Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 87 *~*AACRONYMS*~* F E A R False Evidence Appearing Real |
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Daily Reflection
FREEDOM TO BE ME
If we are painstaking about
this phase of our development,
we will be amazed before we
are half way through. We are
going to know a new freedom
and a new happiness
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 83
My first true freedom is
the freedom not to have to take a
drink today. If I truly
want it, I will work the Twelve Steps
and the happiness of this
freedom will come to me through
the Steps—sometimes
quickly, sometimes slowly. Other
freedoms will follow, and
inventorying them is a new
happiness. I had a new
freedom today, the freedom to be
me. I have the freedom to
be the best me I have ever been.
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Pot Luck
Letting
Guilt Go
We could do very little in our lives while our disease ran
unchecked. We hurt ourselves more than we did anyone, We did things we did
not mean to do. We put off things we were going to do. We offended people we
did not mean to offend. We were used to carrying such guilt and regret that
is a wonder that more of us didn’t take our own lives.
In
recovery, we learn to free ourselves from old guilt. We learn how to make our
apologies, repay debts and clean up mistakes through our Steps. We receive an
unconditional forgiveness for our past life. We are not unworthy. What we are
left with when the guilt is removed is gratitude. We become grateful for a
chance to live a good life. We learn we do not have to live with new guilt
because we do not have to do things for which we will feel guilty.
In
the past, we did the best we could. Now we can do better. We’d rather stand
on the mountain top with our arms extended in gratitude rather than in a hole
holding a bucket of guilt.
“Letting
Guilt Go” . Stepping Stones to Recovery for Men
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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.
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