Your Daily Reprieve 05.25.20

Your Daily Reprieve for  Monday May  25, 2020 From Waynesville, NC

“I play a responsible role in my own destiny, not just a bit part.” ~Grapevine: El Granada, California, April 1991 "Gratitude is a form of wisdom. It is patient, loving, hopeful, and rigorously honest. It denies nothing, and it overlooks nothing. It looks reality full in the face and says: This is true, this is me, this is my situation, and I have the opportunity to build from here. This is my starting point, and I will succeed!" ~Phil Humbert "If a problem has no solution, it may not be a problem, but a fact - not to be solved, but to be coped with over time." --Shimon Peres "Life is overflowing with the new. But it is necessary to empty out the old to make room for the new to enter." --Eileen Caddy

Big Book Quote "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. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace. No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others. That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear. We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows. Self-seeking will slip away. Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change. Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave us. We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us. We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, Page 83~

Daily Share! AA Speaker of the Day MARGE R. Ashburnham, MA Tarheel Mid Winter Conference NC….70’s https://bit.ly/2WhNb8A 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 5/1 Sybil K. (Wiesbaden, Germany)…..2 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 5/17 Debra O. (Stuart, FL)…..10 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 5/27 Mary Pat (NYC, NY)…..42 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 5/30 Bill D. (New York, NY)…..37 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 1305 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." In A.A. we have found that the actual good results of prayer are beyond question. They are matters of knowledge and experience. All those who have persisted have found strength not ordinarily their own. They have found wisdom beyond their usual capability. And they have increasingly found a peace of mind which can stand firm in the face of difficult circumstances. p. 104

Twenty-Four Hours A.A. Thought For The Day In twelfth-step work, the third thing is conviction. Prospects must be convinced that they honestly want to stop drinking. They must see and admit that their life is unmanageable. They must face the fact that they must do something about their drinking. They must be absolutely honest with themselves and face themselves as they really are. They must be convinced that they must give up drinking and they must see that their whole life depends on this conviction. Do I care enough about other alcoholics to help them reach this conviction? Meditation For The Day There is no limit to what you can accomplish in helping others. Keep that thought always. Never relinquish any work or give up the thought of any accomplishment because it seems beyond your power. God will help you in all good work. Only give it up if you feel that it's not God's will for you. In helping others, think of the tiny seed under the dark, hard ground. There is no certainty that, when it has forced its way up to the surface, sunlight and warmth will greet it. Often a task seems beyond your power, but there is no limit to what you can accomplish with God's help. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may never become discouraged in helping others. I pray that I may always rely on the power of God to help me.

Daily Thought ^*^*^*^*^ (\    ~~    /) (    \(AA)/    ) (_ /AA\ _) / AA \ ^*^*^*^*^ Friendship "We commenced to make many fast friends and a fellowship has grown up among us of which it is a wonderful thing to feel a part of. The joy of living we really have, even under pressure and difficulty. I have seen hundreds of families set their feet in the path that really goes somewhere; have seen the most impossible domestic situations righted; feuds and bitterness of all sorts wiped out. I have seen men come out of asylums and resume a vital place in the lives of their families and communities. Business and professional men have regained their standing. There is scarcely any form of trouble and misery which has not been overcome among us." Bill W., Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 15 Thought to Consider . . . "Most of us feel we need look no further for Utopia. We have it with us right here and now." Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 16 *~*AACRONYMS*~* F E A R Few Ever Arrive Rejoicing

Daily Reflection PROGRESSIVE GRATITUDE Gratitude should go forward, rather than backward. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 29 I am very grateful that my Higher Power has given me a second chance to live a worthwhile life. Through Alcoholics Anonymous, I have been restored to sanity. The promises are being fulfilled in my life. I am grateful to be free from the slavery of alcohol. I am grateful for peace of mind and the opportunity to grow, but my gratitude should go forward rather than backward. I cannot stay sober on yesterday's meetings or past Twelfth-Step calls; I need to put my gratitude into action today. Our co-founder said our gratitude can best be shown by carrying the message to others. Without action, my gratitude is just a pleasant emotion. I need to put it into action by working Step Twelve, by carrying the message and practicing the principles in all my affairs. I am grateful for the chance to carry the message today!

Pot Luck   Walk In Dry Places Handle Today's Problem Living Today Many of us face seemingly insurmountable difficulties, perhaps because of our compulsion or simply through misfortune. Whatever the scale of our problems,One Day at a Time and First things First, are keys to handling them. Today, we can deal only with today's problems. One of today's problems, of course, may be worrying about the future. A good method of handling that problem is to turn our concern about it over to our Higher Power. But when we do have work that clearly should be done today, we must carry through with it. It's neither reasonable nor sensible to put off things that we can and should do today. There are certain tasks and responsibilities that must be dealt with today. I will not put them off.

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