Your
Daily Reprieve for Wednesday August 5, 2020 From Waynesville, NC |
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Our dilemma is that we hate
change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for
things to remain the same but get better. Grief,
I’ve learned, is really just love. It’s all the love you want to give, but cannot. All that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your
chest. Grief is just love with no place to go. ~Jamie Anderson It takes a lot of courage
to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to
embrace the new. But there is no real
security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in
the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is
life, and in change there is power. ~ Alan Cohen “Following a spiritual path has become increasingly
essential to me. Contrary to my fear that
taking Step Three would condemn me to a life
of brave self-sacrifice, I find instead that it
frees me to think and act as my
truest self.” ~Grapevine: Thompson,
Pennsylvania, March 1997 |
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Big Book Quote "Everybody knows
that those in bad health, and those who seldom play, |
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Daily Share! AA Speaker of
the Day GARY
B. Indianapolis.,
IN 04.30.20 Wee
Willie’s Sobriety
First Media AA CD’s
Literature and tapes https://www.mediafire.com/sobrietyfirst |
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12&12 Tradition Three - "The only requirement for A.A. membership
is a desire to stop drinking." |
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Twenty-Four Hours
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Daily Thought ^*^*^*^*^ (\
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\(AA)/ ) (_ /AA\ _) / AA \ ^*^*^*^*^ Selfishness
"So our troubles, we think,
are basically of our own making. They arise out of ourselves, and the
alcoholic is an extreme example of self-will run riot, though he usually
doesn't think so. Above everything, we alcoholics must be rid of this
selfishness. We must, or it kills us! God makes that possible . . . We had to
have God's help." 1976 AAWS,
Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 62 Thought to
Consider . . . The smallest package in the world
is an alcoholic wrapped up in just themselves. *~*AACRONYMS*~* P R I D E Pretty Ridiculous Individual Directing Everything
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Daily Reflection LISTENING DEEPLY How persistently we claim
the right to decide all by ourselves just what we shall
think and just how we shall act TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE
TRADITIONS, p. 37 If I accept and act upon
the advice of those who have made the program work for
themselves, I have a chance to outgrow the limits of the
past. Some problems will shrink to nothingness, while
others may require patient, wellthought- out action. Listening
deeply when others share can develop intuition in
handling problems which arise unexpectedly. It is usually
best for me to avoid impetuous action. Attending a meeting
or calling a fellow A.A. member will usually reduce
tension enough to bring relief to a desperate sufferer
like me. Sharing problems at meetings with other
alcoholics to whom I relate, or privately with my sponsor,
can change aspects of the positions in which I find
myself. Character defects are identified and I begin to
see how they work against me. When I put my faith in the
spiritual power of the program, when I trust others to
teach me what I need to do to have a better life, I find that I
can trust myself to do what is necessary. |
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Pot Luck Father Leo's Daily Meditation HUMILITY "Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self." -- Charles Haddon Spurgeon To
see yourself as a good person is part of the program of humility. To
see your gifts and recognize your achievements is what it is to be a
humble person. "God does not make junk." Therefore, we should
not act or behave towards ourselves in a way that would indicate
anything other than that we are "special". All
addicts and alcoholics need to accept this because for years we had
felt guilty, lonely and ashamed. These attitudes helped to keep us sick. Sobriety
and serenity is recognizing our God-given uniqueness that makes
us "special". We can achieve great things as long as we continue
to believe in ourselves. Thank
You for loving me enough to become a part of me. |
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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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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
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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/ Daily Reflections Link https://www.aa.org/pages/en_US/daily-reflection 24 Hours A Day Book Link https://www.hazeldenbettyford.org/thought-for-the-day/twenty-four-hours-a-day 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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