Your Daily Reprieve for Saturday November 21, 2020
From Waynesville, NC
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Social lubricant, formerly alcohol, now humility. ~Anonymous
“We can, through broken anonymity, resume our old and disastrous pursuit of personal power and prestige, public honors, and money -- the same implacable urges that when frustrated once caused us to drink; the same forces that are today ripping the globe apart at its seams.” ~ Bill W., January 1955
Every day I live I am more convinced that the waste of life lies in the love we have not given, the powers we have not used, the selfish prudence that will risk nothing and which, shirking pain, misses happiness as well. -Mary Cholmondeley
Character is the product of daily, hourly actions, words and thoughts: daily forgiveness, unselfishness, kindnesses, sympathies, charities, sacrifices for the good of others, struggles against temptation, submissiveness under trial. It is these, like the blinding colors in a picture, or the blending notes of music, which constitute the person.
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Big Book Quote
"Burn the idea
into the consciousness of every man that he can get
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Daily Share!
AA Speaker of the Day
Hiro S. Serenity Improvement Group 07.14.20
Loose Garment Nooner M-F 12:00 EST (NY) ID: 238 977 518 PW: 004 394
Saturday Morning 9AM EST (NY) Loose Garment Group ID: 630 312 898 PW: 364 433
Wee Willie’s Sobriety First Media AA CD’s Literature and tapes https://www.mediafire.com/sobrietyfirst
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It will look like this : 6/10 Bob S. (Akron, OH).....85
November 2020 Miracles
11/1 Keli R. (Pasadena, CA)…..9 11/1 Kris F. (Rockport, MA)…..5 11/1 Trish H. (NJ)…..29 11/2 Liz L. (Bernardsville, NJ)…..13 11/2 Joyce C. (San Diego, CA./Loreto, Baja, México)…..10 11/3 Katy R. (Portland. OR)…..29 11/3 Brendan H. (Smithtown, NY)…..6 11/3 Marybeth F. (Bernardsville, NJ)…..6 11/4 Pat O’D. (Boston, MA)…..40 11/4 Ernie C. (Charlottetown)…..35 11/4 Lou L. (Smithtown, NY)…..24 11/5 Kent L. (Silverdale, WA)……35 11/5 Chrissy R-C. (Hilton Head, SC)…..2 11/5 Donna M. (Methuen, MA)…..14 11/6 Nancy M. (The Villages, FL)…..10 11/6 Shelley M. ()…..33 11/7 Harry D. (Hampstead, NH)…..29 11/7 Craig S. (Vero Beach, FL)…..15 11/7 Leslie W. (Mamaroneck, NY)…..14 11/8 Richard F. ()…..11 11/9 Jessie R. (Carmel, NY)…..14 11/9 Matt K. (Bernardsville, NJ)…..10 11/9 Richie D. (Marblehead, MA)…..5 11/10 Taylor W. (Tampa, FL)…..6 11/10 Russ S. (Palm City, FL)…..35 11/10 Neal C. ()…..5 11/10 Donna P. (Chelmsford, MA)…..19 11/11 H.T. K. ()…..12 11/11 Jay D. (Stuart, FL)…..39 11/12 Billy M. (Port Chester, NY)…..4 11/12 Ray G. (Canal Fulton, OH)…..8 11/12 Paula V. ()…..29 11/13 Joe J. (Ludlow, VT)…..15 11/13 Stan S. (Powhatan, VA)…..9 11/15 Francine F. (Bridgeport, CT)…..41 11/15 Ned W. (Portland, ME)…..35 11/15 Jamie G. (Seymour, CT)…..5 11/15 Jarryd K. (Bridgewater, NJ)…..4 11/16 Robert M. (Stuart, FL)…..36 11/17 Tray B. (Waynesville, NC)…..5 11/17 Dan K. (Astoria)…..11 11/18 Danny S. (Gainesville, GA)…..24 11/19 Tommy S. (Newport, RI)…..7 11/20 Jackie R. (N. Miami, FL)…..15 11/22 Chip B. (Destin, FL)…..33 11/22 Terry S. (Maui, HI)…..3 11/22 Teresa K-B. (St Pete Beach, FL)…..38 11/22 Brandi S. (Corpus Christi, TX)…..7 11/22 Anne T-F. (Madison, CT)…..45 11/23 Alan P. (West Palm Beach, FL)…..50 11/23 Colleen M. (Clayton, NC)…..3 11/23 Kyle G. (Boca Raton, FL)…..1 11/24 Peter V. (Kittery, ME)…..40 11/24 Tony booda (Mastic Beach, NY)…..18 11/24 Ray G. (Maine)…..52 11/24 Imogen B. (London, UK)…..24 11/25 Dermot G. (Maidstone, UK)…..7 11/25 Mark W. (Syracuse, NY)…..1 11/26 Pam B. (Summerfield, FL)…..36 11/28 Hendy H. (Islington, MA)…..47 11/28 Chuck Mc. (Charlotte, NC)…..2 11/28 Doug B. (Tequesta, FL)…..23 11/29 Deb M. (Bedford, MA)…..7 11/29 Skip P. (Mt. Laurel, NJ)…..24 11/29 Delano S. (Virgin Gorda, BVI)…..8 11/29 Bob W. (Concord, NH)…..26 11/30 Dave C. (Methuen, MA)…..23
1275 Total Years of Sobriety
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12&12
Foreword
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Twenty-Four Hours
A.A. Thought For The
Day
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Daily Thought ^*^*^*^*^
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Daily Reflection
A CLASSIC PRAYER Lord, make me a channel for thy peace—that where there is hatred, I may bring love—that where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness—that where there is discord, I may bring harmony—that where there is error, I may bring truth—that where there is doubt, I may bring faith—that where there is despair, I may bring hope—that where there are shadows, I may bring light—that where there is sadness, I may bring joy. Lord, grant that I may seek rather to comfort than to be comforted—to understand, than to be understood—to love, than to be loved. For it is by self-forgetting that one finds. It is by forgiving that one is forgiven. It is by dying that one awakens to Eternal Life. Amen. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 99
No matter where I am in my spiritual growth, the St. Francis prayer helps me improve my conscious contact with the God of my understanding. I think that one of the great advantages of my faith in God is that I do not understand Him, or Her, or It. It may be that my relationship with my Higher Power is so fruitful that I do not have to understand. All that I am certain of is that if I work the Eleventh Step regularly, as best I can, I will continue to improve my conscious contact, I will know His will
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Pot Luck
“This is the very thing which makes up the virtue of the happy person and a well-flowing life—when the affairs of life are in every way tuned to the harmony between the individual divine spirit and the will of the director of the universe.” —Chrysippus, quoted in Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Eminent Philosophers
In undergoing a twelve-step program, many addicts struggle most with step 2: acknowledging a higher power. Addicts often fight this one. At first they claim it’s because they’re atheists or because they don’t like religion or because they don’t understand why it matters.
But they later realize that this is just the addiction talking—it’s another form of selfishness and self-absorption. The actual language of the step is pretty easy to swallow: “[We] came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.” Subsequent steps ask the addict to submit and let go. The second step really has less to do with “god” than those other steps—the letting go. It’s about attuning to the universe and discarding the toxic idea that we’re at the center of it.
It’s no wonder that the Stoics are popular with those in twelve-step programs. It’s also clear that this wisdom is beneficial to us all. You don’t have to believe there is a god directing the universe, you just need to stop believing that you’re that director. As soon as you can attune your spirit to that idea, the easier and happier your life will be, because you will have given up the most potent addiction of all: control.”
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Speaker Recordings
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Meditation Resources
http://www.peterrussell.com/TV/3Min.php
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Loving Kindness Meditations
With Music
http://www.excelatlife.com/mp3/direct_download.php?file=lovingkindnessmusic.mp3
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***** Free Guided Meditations http://marc.ucla.edu/body.cfm?id=22
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Resources
*NEW* Living Life Fully http://www.livinglifefully.com/
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
AA History Lovers is now located @ https://groups.io/g/AAHistoryLovers
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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