Your Daily Reprieve 09.08.20

 

 

Your Daily Reprieve for Tuesday  September 8, 2020   From Waynesville, NC

Contemplating how we came to be here is like trying to find the ends of space. We find no answers, only wonder and awe and gratitude for being invited. Counting our blessings leads to a desire to give something back. Thus begins the path of service, the fruit of our journey, the gateway to joy. -Dan Millman   "You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feel when you come in contact with a new idea." ~Pearl S. Buck   Could we change our attitude, we should not only see life differently, but life itself would come to be different. Life would undergo a change of appearance because we ourselves had undergone a change in attitude. ~Katherine Mansfield  "The mind adapts and converts to its own purposes the obstacles to our acting. The impediments to action advance action. What stands in the way becomes the way." ~Marcus Aurelius

Big Book Quote     "Some day we hope that Alcoholics Anonymous will help the public to a better realization of the gravity of the alcoholic problem, but we shall be of little use if our attitude is one of bitterness or hostility. Drinkers will not stand for it. After all, our problems were of our own making. Bottles were only a symbol. Besides, we have stopped fighting anybody or anything. We have to!" ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Working With Others, pg. 103~

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Celebrate Your Anniversary Here SHOW NEWCOMERS HOW IT WORKS!! Send your sober date to sober@yourdailyreprieve.com     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).....85   Septemeber  2020 Miracles   9/1 Billy K. (Cutchogue, NY)…..20 9/1 George M. (AZ)……36 9/1 Jack B. ()…..34 9/1 Arline R. (Stuart, FL)…..40 9/1 Patrick C. (Middlesex, NJ)…..34 9/2 Leslie Z. (Valley Village, CA)…..39 9/3 Patti D. (The Villages, FL)…..35 9/3 Trisha B. (NYC)…..12 9/3 Edward H. (Andover, MA)…..37 9/3 Deniece P. (Lexington, SC)…..41 9/4 Sean B. (Montclair, CA)…..34 9/4 Cathy H. (Los Angeles, CA)…..36 9/4 Michael H. ()…..2 9/5 Chris L. (Bristol, RI)…..32 9/5 Edna A. (St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada)…..21 9/5 David N. (Mooresville, NC)…..15 9/5 Hilda M. (NYC)…..1 9/6 Madeleine B. (Lakeville, CT)…..2 9/7 George D. (Hobe Sound, FL)…..36 9/7 Christine (Exeter, NH)…..33 9/7 April (NJ)…..8 9/9 Kris K. (New York, NY)…..35 9/10 Brian O. (Cushendall, Ireland)…..31 9/10 Kevin D. (Nantucket, MA)…..31 9/10 Debra V. (Jacksonville, FL)…..32 9/10 Sue B. (Haiku, HI/Melbourne Beach, FL)…..9 9/10 Juan G.L. (Passaic, NJ)…..15 9/11 Jenn W. (Liverpool, UK)…..4 9/11 Steve F. (Nyack, NY)…..37 9/14 Tom K. ()…..22 9/14 Linda B. (Stuart, FL)…..6 9/14 Gretchen G. (Stewart Manor, NY)…..1 9/15 Fiona B. (Hampshire, UK)…..1 9/15 Hillary A. (Brooklyn, NY)…..3 9/15 Sue B. (Montpelier, VT/Gulfport, FL)…..7 9/16 Richard D. ()…..3 9/17 Margaret C. (Birmingham, AL)…..1 9/17 Zeta S. (Nova Scotia, Canada)…..31 9/18 Heather B. (Nantucket, MA)…..4 9/18 Jim H. (Houston, TX)…..10 9/18 George P. (London, UK)…..35 9/19 Elaina C. (New York City)…..9 9/19 John P. (Rochester, IN)…..3 9/19 John A. (Gainesville, GA)…..9 9/20 Steve G. (Ladera Ranch, CA)…..11 9/20 Paul T. (Hobe Sound, FL)…..9 9/20 Pete C. (Charlotte, NC)…..1 9/20 Dawn D. (New York, NY)…..11 9/20 Lisa M. ()…..13 9/20 Donald P. (Rockland, ME)…..25 9/21 Lisa O. (Roundhill, VA)…..6 9/22 Mike C. (Palm Coast, FL)…..18 9/23 Bill G. (Marblehead, MA)…..35 9/23 Diana T. (Albuquerque, NM)…..44 9/23 David A. (NYC)…..19 9/24 Katie S. (New Vernon, NJ)…..20 9/24 Tim B. (Raleigh, NC)…..15 9/27 Michael Z. (Boeme, TX)…..13 9/27 Sarah D. (NJ)…..3 9/28 Mike C. (Pam Coast , FL)…..18 9/28 Holly D. (Jacksonville, FL)…..24 9/28 Paul W. (Springfield, NJ)…..31 9/29 Joan F. (Westhampton, NY/Palm Beach Gardens, FL)…..10 9/29 Sinead G. (Walsall, UK)…..10 9/30 Sheree H. (Bellevue, WA)…..6   1100  Total Years of Sobriety 

12&12   Tradition Five - "Each group has but one primary purpose - to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers."   “Now” concludes the oldtimer, “suppose I’d been obliged to talk to this man on religious grounds? Suppose my answer had to be that A.A. needed a lot of money; that A.A. went in for education, hospitals, and rehabilitation? Suppose I’d suggested that I’d take a hand in his domestic and business affairs? Where would we have wound up? No place, of course.” Years later, this tough Irish customer liked to say, “My sponsor sold me on one idea, and that was sobriety. At the time, I couldn’t have bought anything else.”   p.154

Twenty-Four Hours   A.A. Thought For The Day Another of the mottoes of A.A. is "But for the Grace of God." Once we have fully accepted the program we become humble about our achievement. We do not take too much credit for our sobriety. When we see another suffering alcoholic in the throes of alcoholism, we say to ourselves: "But for the Grace of God, there go I." We do not forget the kind of people we were. We remember those we left behind us. And we are very grateful to the grace of God which has given us another chance. Am I truly grateful for the grace of God? Meditation For The Day A consciousness of God's presence, as One who loves you makes all life different. The consciousness of God's love promotes the opening of your whole being to God. It brings wonderful relief from the cares and worries of our daily lives. Relief brings peace and peace brings contentment. Try to walk in God's love. You will have that peace which passes all understanding and a contentment that no one can take from you. Feel sure of God's unfailing love and care for you and for all His children. There is freedom and serenity in those who walk in God's love, held safe in His loving care. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may walk in God's love, I pray that, as I go, I may feel the caring of God's power in my steps and the joy of His love in my heart.

Daily Thought ^*^*^*^*^ (\    ~~    /) (     \(AA)/     ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Newcomers "Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to Him and your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and join us. We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny. May God bless you and keep you - until then." 1976 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 164 Thought to Consider . . . Newcomers are the lifeblood of the program. But our oldtimers are the arteries. *~*AACRONYMS*~* A B C Acceptance, Belief, Change

Daily Reflection   "WE ASKED HIS PROTECTION" We asked His protection and care with complete abandon. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 59   I could not manage my life alone. I had tried that road and failed. My "ultimate sin" dragged me down to the lowest level I have ever reached and, unable even to function, I accepted the fact that I desperately needed help. I stopped fighting and surrendered entirely to God. Only then did I start growing! God forgave me. A Higher Power had to have saved me, because the doctors doubted that I would survive. I have forgiven myself now and I enjoy a freedom I have never before experienced. I've opened my heart and mind to Him. The more I learn, the less I know—a humbling fact—but I sincerely want to keep growing. I enjoy serenity, but only when I entrust my life totally to God. As long as I am honest with myself and ask for His help, I can maintain this rewarding existence. Just for today, I strive to live His will for me— soberly. I thank God that today I can choose not to drink. Today, life is beautiful!

Pot Luck   Today's Quotation: We need not wings to go in search of Him, but have only to find a place where we can be alone--and look upon Him present within us. Teresa of Avila Today's Meditation: What do you think God is?  Where do you think that he or she resides?  In some mansion up in heaven, wherever that may be?  Or perhaps God doesn't really reside anywhere, but just is.  If that's the case, is there anywhere where God is not? The fact is that religious teachers all through the ages have been teaching us that God is inside us, that we all have this holy presence as part of who we are.  While many people would like to get us to think that they have some sort of special relationship to God that allows them to know God's will better than you or I could know it on our own, the fact is that we all have an equal connection with God, and we don't need any outside source to help us to make or to maintain that connection. The question we have to ask ourselves is whether or not we're allowing God to be an important part of our lives.  When religious leaders talk about giving up control, they're talking about allowing the God inside of us to be in charge.  Since God is (among other things) unconditional love, allowing that force to control our actions and reactions can make us "born again" into new people.  No longer would we live with our ego in charge, but we'd use that holy part of ourselves to contribute a great deal more love and compassion to the planet and to our fellow travelers upon this planet. Finding a quiet place for even five or ten minutes and allowing God to be a part of you and actually listening for what that part of you wants to tell you can make a tremendous difference to you.  The fact is that God always is talking to us, but we rarely try to listen, for we've become so busy and we're surrounded by so much noise that we don't even notice the voice any more.  Peace and quiet and looking inside--God's in there, right where we'll find happiness (remember yesterday?). Max Ehrmann tells us to "be at peace with God, whatever you conceive him to be."  Find the peace, and find your God.

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