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Your
Daily Reprieve for Wednesday May 27,
2020
From Waynesville, NC
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“I do not agree that the
newcomer is the most important member at any meeting.
In my opinion, equally
important are those old-timers who showed me the way,
and any middle-timer who
may today be suffering.
If newcomers are indeed the
lifeblood of AA,
old- and middle-timers are
its skin and backbone.
What a bewildered mess we
would be in without them!”
~Grapevine: New York, New
York, June 1970
Ego says: "Once everything
falls into place, I will find peace”.
Spirit says: "Find
peace and everything will fall into place."
~Anonymous
When you're true to
yourself,
you no longer need anyone
else's approval or validation
and you no longer have to
hold onto the hope
that others will one day accept
you or respect you....
you become strong enough to
walk away
and surround yourself with
people
who celebrate you and support
you on your journey.
~Joe Duncan
“Having spent the better
part of my life
trying either to relive the
past,
or experience the future
before it arrives,
I have come to believe that
in between these two
extremes is peace.”
~ Unknown ~
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Big Book Quote
"...with us, to
drink is to die."
~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, How It Works, pg. 66~ |
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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
5/1 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
5/27 Bobby S. (Whistler, Canada)…..16
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
1321 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."
All this should be very encouraging news for those who recoil from prayer because they don't believe in it, or because they feel themselves cut off from God's help and direction. All of us, without exception, pass through times when we can pray only with the greatest exertion of will. Occasionally we go even further than this. We are seized with a rebellion so sickening that we simply won't pray. When these things happen we should not think too ill of ourselves. We should simply resume prayer as soon as we can, doing what we know to be good for us. p. 105 |
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Twenty-Four Hours
A.A. Thought For The Day
In twelfth-step work, the fifth thing is Continuance. Continuance means our staying with prospects after they have started on the new way of living. We must stick with them and not let them down. We must encourage them to go to meetings regularly for fellowship and help. They will learn that keeping sober is a lot easier in the fellowship of others who are trying to do the same thing. We must continue to help prospects by going to see them regularly or telephoning them or writing them so that they don't get out of touch with A.A. Continuance means good sponsorship. Do I care enough about other alcoholics to continue with them as long as necessary? Meditation For The Day Every strong and beautiful flower must have a strong root in the ground. It must send a root down so that it may be rooted and grounded while at the same time it sends a shoot up to be the flower that shall gladden the world. Both growths are necessary. Without a strong root, it would soon wither. The higher the growth upward, the deeper must be the rooting. My life cannot flower into success and helpfulness unless it is rooted in a strong faith, or unless it feels deeply secure in the goodness and purpose of the universe. Prayer For The Day I pray that my life may be deeply rooted in faith. I pray that I may feel deeply secure. |
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Daily Thought
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(\ ~~ /) ( \(AA)/ ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Sunlight "It is plain that a life which includes deep resentment leads only to futility and unhappiness. To the precise extent that we permit these, do we squander the hours that might have been worth while. This business of resentment is infinitely grave. We found that it is fatal. For when harboring such feelings we shut ourselves off from the sunlight of the Spirit. The insanity of alcohol returns and we drink again. And with us, to drink is to die."
Alcoholics
Anonymous, p. 66
Thought to Consider . . . "I have been given a quiet place in bright sunshine."
Bill W., Box
1980: The A.A. Grapevine, Jan. 1958
The Language of the Heart, p. 238
*~*AACRONYMS*~*
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Daily Reflection
NO MAUDLIN GUILT
Day by day, we try to move
a little toward God's perfection.
So we need not be consumed
by maudlin guilt. . . .
AS BILL SEES IT, p. 15
When I first discovered
that there is not a single "don't" in
the Twelve Steps of A.A., I
was disturbed because this
discovery swung open a
giant portal. Only then was I able
to realize what A.A. is for
me:
A.A. is not a program of
"don'ts, but of "do's." A.A. is not
martial law; it is freedom.
A.A. is not tears over defects,
but sweat over fixing them.
A.A. is not penitence; it is
salvation. A.A. is not
"Woe to me" for my sins, past
and present. A.A. is
"Praise God" for the progress I am
making today.
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Pot Luck
"In
recovery there are no losers, just slow winners."
I remember being in early recovery and feeling bad
because I felt it wasn’t working. I’d tell my sponsor about it, and I can
still hear him saying, “You’re exactly where you should be, and that’s
exactly what you should be feeling right now.” At first, I thought he was
just handing me a line, but after a while I believed him and learned to trust
in the slow progress I was making in recovery.
Years later, I’d hear other newcomers complain about how bad they felt and about how terrible a day they were having. I can still hear the old-timers ask them if they had a drink that day. “No,” they would respond. “Then no matter how bad you think you’re doing, when you lay your head on your pillow tonight, you’re a winner.” It was comforting to hear that back then, and it still is today. Now that I’ve been in sober awhile, I understand the wisdom in today’s quote. It doesn’t matter what you’re going through in recovery or how you feel. The fact that you are in recovery, that you have a program, and that you are developing or improving your conscious contact with a Power greater than yourself means that you’re a winner. You may feel like a loser sometimes, but more often, and in the long run, you’ll live a life filled with the joys and miracles of recovery. |
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