Your Daily Reprieve 09.09.20

 

 

Your Daily Reprieve for Wednesday September 9, 2020   From Waynesville, NC

More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of. Therefore, let thy voice rise like a fountain for me night and day. ~Alred Lord Tennyson     Loving, like prayer, is a power as well as a process. It’s curative.  It is creative. -Zona Gale   We are close to God when we are close to people. If we think of God as something in favor of the betterment of human beings, and if we act in a way that brings about that betterment --if we do not cling to riches, selfishness, or greed— then I believe we are getting closer to God. ~Daniel Ortega   “What counts is not that which can be held in the hand but that which can be held in the heart.” ~Grapevine: North Hollywood, California, August 1982

Big Book Quote   "Actually we were fooling ourselves, for deep down in every man, woman, and child, is the fundamental idea of God. It may be obscured by calamity, by pomp, by worship of other things, but in some form or other it is there. For faith in a Power greater than ourselves, and miraculous demonstrations of that power in human lives, are facts as old as man himself." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, We Agnostics, pg. 55~

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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 9/8 Carol B. ()…..24 9/8 Julie N. (NY)…..2 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 9/23 Lori H. (Miami, FL)…..5 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   1131 Total Years of Sobriety

12&12   Tradition Six - "An A.A. group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the A.A. name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, and prestige divert us from our primary purpose." THE moment we saw that we had an answer for alcoholism, it was reasonable (or so it seemed at the time) for us to feel that we might have the answer to a lot of other things. The A.A. groups, many thought, could go into business, might finance any enterprise whatever in the total field of alcoholism. In fact, we felt duty-bound to throw the whole weight of the A.A. name behind any meritorious cause. p. 155

Twenty-Four Hours   A.A. Thought For The Day When an alcoholic is offered a life of sobriety by following the A.A. program, he will look at the prospect of living without alcohol and he will ask: "Am I to be consigned to a life where I shall be stupid, boring and glum, like some of the righteous people I see? I know I must get along without liquor, but how can I? Have you a sufficient substitute?" Have I found a more than sufficient substitute for drinking? Meditation For The Day In God's strength you conquer life. Your conquering power is the grace of God. There can be no complete failure with God. Do you want to make the best of life? Then live as near as possible to God, the Master and Giver of all life. Your regard for depending on God's strength will be sure. Sometimes the reward will be renewed power to face life, sometimes wrong thinking overcome, sometimes people brought to a new way of living. Whatever success comes will not be all your own doing, but largely the working out of the grace of God. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may try to rely more fully on the grace of God. I pray that I may live a victorious life.

Daily Thought ^*^*^*^*^ (\    ~~    /) (     \(AA)/     ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Fear "The practice of A.A.'s Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions in our personal lives also brought incredible releases from fear of every description, despite the wide prevalence of formidable personal problems. When fear did persist, we knew it for what it was, and under God's grace we became able to handle it. We began to see each adversity as a God-given opportunity to develop the kind of courage which is born of humility, rather than bravado. Thus we were enabled to accept ourselves, our circumstances, and our fellows." Bill W., January 1962 1988 AA Grapevine The Language of the Heart, p. 268 Thought to Consider . . . Courage is the willingness to accept fear and act anyway. *~*AACRONYMS*~* F E A R Fools Every Alcoholic Repeatedly

Daily Reflection   OPENING NEW DOORS They [the Promises] are being fulfilled among us— sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 84   The Promises talked about in this passage are slowly coming to life for me. What has given me hope is putting Step Nine into action. The Step has allowed me to see and set goals for myself in recovery. Old habits and behaviors die hard. Working Step Nine enables me to close the door on the drunk I was, and to open new avenues for myself as a sober alcoholic. Making direct amends is crucial for me. As I repair relationships and behavior of the past, I am better able to live a sober life! Although I have some years of sobriety, there are times when the "old stuff" from the past needs to be taken care of, and Step Nine always works, when I work it.

Pot Luck   If you let it go, maybe something more beautiful will come along. If you let it go, maybe then there will be room enough for the magic of simplicity to surprise your soul again. If you let it go, perhaps then life right now won't feel so heavy. Try it, darling, genuinely let it go and see what happens. You're not losing out, you're just loosening your grip on everything so that you can do and feel other things in your day. You're showing yourself some love. You're showing your life some trust. Samantha C. Lourie

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