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Your
Daily Reprieve for Friday May 22, 2020 From Waynesville, NC |
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I slept and dreamt that
life was joy I awoke and saw that life
was service I acted and behold, service
was joy ~Rabindranath Tagore "There are hundreds of
paths up the mountain, all leading to the same
place, so it doesn't matter which
path you take. The only person wasting
time is the one who runs around
the mountain, telling everyone that his
or her path is wrong." ~Hindu proverb "Remember the music is
not in the piano." - Clement Mok "No one else has
access to the world you carry
around within yourself; you are its custodian and
entrance. No one else can see the
world the way you see it. No one else can feel your
life the way you feel it. Thus it is impossible to
ever compare two people because each stands on such
different ground. When you compare yourself
to others, you are inviting envy into
your consciousness; it can be a dangerous and
destructive guest." Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic
Wisdom |
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Big Book Quote "Continue to
watch for selfishness, dishonesty, resentment, and fear. When these crop up,
we ask God at once to remove them. We discuss them with someone immediately
and make amends quickly if we have harmed anyone. Then we resolutely turn our
thoughts to someone we can help. Love and tolerance of others is our
code." |
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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 JERRY
JONES Self-Centeredness Wee
Willie’s Sobriety
First Media AA CD’s
Literature and tapes https://www.mediafire.com/sobrietyfirst |
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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 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 5/5 Melissa C.
(Hawaii)…..2 5/6 Chloe B.
(Parsippany, NJ)…..20 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 5/9 Pete D.
(NYC, NY)…..9 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 5/19 Becky T.
(Haverstraw, NY)…..13 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 5/23 Phyllis C.
()…..27 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 5/31 Steve L. ()…..11 1214 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." p.103 |
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Twenty-Four Hours A.A. Thought For The
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Daily Thought ^*^*^*^*^ |
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Daily Reflection STEP ONE WE . . . (The first word of
the First Step) TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE
TRADITIONS, p. 21 When I was drinking all I
could ever think about was "I, I, I," or "Me, Me,
Me." Such painful obsession of self, such soul sickness, such
spiritual selfishness bound me to the bottle for more than half
my life. The journey to find God and
to do His will one day at a time began with the first
word of the First Step . . . "We." There was power in numbers,
there was strength in numbers, there was safety
in numbers, and for an alcoholic like me, there was life in
numbers. If I had tried to recover alone I probably would have
died. With God and another alcoholic I have a divine
purpose in my life . . . I have become a channel for God's
healing love. |
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Pot Luck Learning
from others When I lived alone with my bottle and my bull. I thought I
knew everything. In truth, I was a living alone with my bottle and my bull so
I could know nothing. I was living alone with my bottle and my bull so no one
else would ever question my authority. For over twelve years of drinking I
kept the soap bubble of my invincibility afloat. Then one morning reality
stuck a pin in the bubble. Splat! like that, I hit my bottom, my godhood was
over. So
I came into recovery and began to learn the many ways that I had functioned
as my own worst enemy. I also began to learn the many ways I can still
function as my own worst enemy. That's because I’ve been going to meetings
and hearing other people talk about the same character defects I suffer from. At
the beginning I thought these people were very strange, confessing stuff I
wouldn't even have admitted to myself. In the words of the Twelve and Twelve,
“Who wishes to be rigorously honest …? Who wants to confess there his faults
to another and make restitution for harm done.” Not
me. I wanted to climb back into my active addiction and make the world go
away. Even more, I just wanted me to go away. And guess what?
That's just what the program has done. Gradually I have learned that the
program can make me go away. First, it gives me something to think
about other than myself. Secondly, it helps me accept and work through my
negative self-defeating thoughts and behavior. And for the most part it helps
me achieve this still goals by presenting me with examples of how other
people are making positive patient improvement in their lives. I
sit in the meetings and listen to me. Sometimes I'm a middle-aged woman,
sometimes I'm a teenager. There I am, noodling around in my mind and
suddenly, someone else's describing my life. A problem with ego. A problem
with letting go. A problem with accepting change. I
listen In. I listen to what he other people say the problem is, and I listen
to the ways they described for solving the problem. I keep listening is as
the comments go around because other people are picking up on this problem,
saying how they have suffered from it and what they have done. When
the meeting is over. I rarely go right home and apply just what I heard my
problem. Life is more gradual than that. But I begin to be willing to let go
of some of my jerkiness because, having learned that it doesn't work for
other people, I am also understanding that it does not work for me. Having
other people open up, I am also willing to do some opening up myself. Maybe I
call my sponsor. Maybe I call a buddy. Maybe I talk to my girlfriend. But
I'm not alone anymore. I'm not God anymore. It used to be that the jerk in me
was always threatening to jump out and ride around on my back shouting. “‘I'm
the boss!” But for the program and through God into my own good efforts, I am
learning to keep the jerk in his place. I am learning that being rigorously
honest is a lot better way of life then being an arrogant know-it-all who has
no one to talk to but himself. I
may not and up like a flower every morning, but I sure don't close down like
a dumpster every night. Stephen Beal,
Editor, Stepping Stones to Recovery for Men |
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Speaker Recordings Wee Willie’s Sobriety First Media AA CD’s Literature and tapes https://www.mediafire.com/sobrietyfirst ***** The Lights are On Recovery Speakers http://recoveryspeakers.com/ |
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COVID-19 LINKS List of Virtual Meetings &
Speaker Archives https://www.thetokenshop.com/Online_AA_Meetings On Line Meetings Directory Sybil https://alcoholics-anonymous.eu/online-meetings/ Elizabeth Hugh http://aa-intergroup.org/directory.php China AA Loners http://chinaaaloners.com/online-meetings/ ARCHIVES *NEW* GUIDED MEDITATION http://bit.ly/2Ogwe9v http://www.bigbookfordummies.com/ An On-Line Study Resource Daily Meditations Group Home http://groups.google.com/group/Your_Daily_Reprieve?hl=en Daily Meditations Archive http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/7AMmeeting/ Blog http://todaysreprieve.blogspot.com/ |
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Meditation Resources http://www.peterrussell.com/TV/3Min.php ***** Loving Kindness Meditations With Music http://www.excelatlife.com/mp3/direct_download.php?file=lovingkindnessmusic.mp3 Voice
only http://www.excelatlife.com/mp3/direct_download.php?file=lovingkindness.mp3 ***** Free Guided Meditations http://marc.ucla.edu/body.cfm?id=22 |
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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. 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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