Your Daily Reprieve for Wednesday November 25, 2020
From Waynesville, NC
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A well-kept garden filled
with flowers
“I realize now that most of the problems in my life were a direct result of my attempts to handle my own life, to be in control of my own destiny. I am grateful that today, sober, I can still say my life has ‘become unmanageable.’” ~Grapevine: College Park, Md., June 1982
"You are not your struggles. You are the survivor who keeps moving forward in spite of them." ~Lori Deschene
"Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago." ~Warren Buffett Go placidly amid the noise and haste and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly, and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant—they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, for they are vexations to the spirit. - Max Ehrmann
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Big Book Quote
“..we were at Step
Three, which is that we decided to turn our will
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Daily Share!
AA Speaker of the Day
CHRIS C. Boston, MA Sane and Happy Usefulness @Burlington, VT 10.09.10
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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Celebrate Your Anniversary Here SHOW NEWCOMERS HOW IT WORKS!! Send your sober date to sober@yourdailyreprieve.com
It will look like this : 6/10 Bob S. (Akron, OH).....85
November 2020 Miracles
1111/1 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 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 11/11 Will K. (Houston, TX)…..14 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 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
1289 Total Years of Sobriety
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12&12
Foreword
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Twenty-Four Hours
A.A. Thought For The Day I pray that my soul may find its rest in God.
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Daily Thought ^*^*^*^*^
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Daily Reflection
A POWERFUL TRADITION In the years before the publication of the book, "Alcoholics Anonymous," we had no name. . . . By a narrow majority the verdict was for naming our book "The Way Out" . . . One of our early lone members . . . found exactly twelve books already titled "The Way Out" . . . So "Alcoholics Anonymous" became first choice. That's how we got a name for our book of experience, a name for our movement and, as we are now beginning to see, a tradition of the greatest spiritual import. "A.A. TRADITION: HOW IT DEVELOPED," pp. 35-36
Beginning with Bill's momentous decision in Akron to make a telephone call rather than a visit to the hotel bar, how often has a Higher Power made itself felt at crucial moments in our history! The eventual importance that the principle of anonymity would acquire was but dimly perceived, if at all, in those early days. There seems to have been an element of chance even in the choice of a name for our Fellowship. God is no stranger to anonymity and often appears in human affairs in the guises of "luck," "chance," or "coincidence." If anonymity, somewhat fortuitously, became the spiritual basis for all of our Traditions, perhaps God was acting anonymously on our behalf.
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Pot Luck
Today's Quotation:
Don’t expect perfection and things to go the way you want them to when it comes to people, business, your prospects, and your social life. When things don’t go according to your desires, when the weather of life is foul, be creative and consider what may be the higher reasons why this is happening and why you must adjust. Perhaps it’s to gain forbearance, patience, inner strength, flexibility, or the ability to withhold criticism while serving as a loving model. ~Michael Goddart
Today's Meditation:
It's kind of nice not knowing why things happen--it relieves us of the obligation of explaining why. Life throws us a vast array of situations and occurrences, and usually they come at us on life's terms, not on ours. Sometimes our ideas of what life should be like happen to correspond to life itself, but usually we find that what life is giving us isn't exactly what we wanted or envisioned. But that's okay--one thing we can be sure of is that it's always for the best.
We can learn from everything that happens to us and around us. We can pull threads of wisdom from every sweater that unravels, and we can find gold nuggets in every load of mud that's dumped on our doorways. Whether we do so or not depends entirely upon how we choose to see things, and how we choose to take them. If something goes wrong, do we take it personally and see it as something awful, or do we see it as an important lesson that will help us to grow, and try to get what we can out of it?
Life will do as it pleases, as it ought to. And we should do the same. Most of how we feel and how we see life is determined by the way we take things, so if we can settle down and look at life's occurrences from a healthy perspective, we definitely can gain something valuable from every experience, no matter how painful it may seem, no matter how difficult it may be to find the value in it.
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Speaker Recordings
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On Line Meetings Directory
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AA Membership Survey (2014) http://www.aa.org/pdf/products/p-48_membershipsurvey.pdf
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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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