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Your
Daily Reprieve for Friday April 23, 2021 From Waynesvile, NC |
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Today I have a clearer
perspective on what my role as a
sponsor is and isn’t. It is to stay sober, be
available to listen, share my thoughts, pray for others, and let
them live their own lives. It is not to ‘fix’ anyone,
get them sober, make them happy, demand
they conform, or make their
decisions.” ~Grapevine: Berlin, Conn.,
September 2004 Unfortunately, all is not
beauty and peace. I don't believe I've ever
met a person who hasn't been challenged
or wounded by something. Difficulties present
choices: we can either waste away
from our wounds or use them to grow our
souls. -Joan Borysenko I also see the world of
religion. I see some of my brothers
and sisters trying to be religious without being fully
human. They seem a little rigid
and narrow at times, wanting to be holy, but not
human. They seem to be winning a
place in heaven, without realizing or
enjoying the beauty of earth. They keep the ten
commandments, but their observances look so joyless.
Such a world seems small and the air in that world
is stale. -John Powell, S.J. Character defects are like
mushrooms, They grow in the dark and
die when exposed to the Light. ~Unknown |
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Big Book Quote "At a certain
point in the drinking of every alcoholic, he passes into a state where
the most powerful desire to stop drinking is of absolutely no avail.
This tragic situation has already arrived in practically every
case long before it is suspected." ~Alcoholics
Anonymous, 4th Edition, There Is A Solution, pg. 24~ |
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Daily Share! AA Speaker of the Day BOB
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Celebrate Your Anniversary Here SHOW NEWCOMERS HOW IT WORKS!! APRIL 2021
Anniversaries 4/1 Ken A. (Stone Ridge, NY)…..41 4/1 Cary W.(Palm City, FL)…..14 4/1 Kevin B. (Godshill, New Forest, UK)…..33 4/1 Joyce G. (Bradford, MA)…..33 4/1 Ron F. (Cincinnati. OH)…..44 4/1 Grady S. ()…..30 4/1 Hill B. ()…..32 4/1 Craig B. ()…..42 4/1 Brian N. (Diamondhead, MS)…..8 4/1 Sherry G. (Princeton,NJ)…..33 4/1 Brindalee (Stuart, FL)…..18 4/2 Julian M. (St. Albans, UK)….. 3 4/2 Justin L. (Waynesville, NC).….3 4/3 Patti D. (Stuart, FL)…..7 4/4 Lori K. ()…..34 4/4 Matt D. (Port Washington, NY)…..7 4/4 Liz S. (Portland , OR)…..1 4/5 Kevin O. (Cape Cod, MA)…..11 4/6 Christine R. (Mill Valley, CA)…..30 4/6 Eugene R. (Barcelona, Spain)…..7 4/6 Nick E. (Twickenham, UK)…..22 4/6 Kevin M. (San Tan Valley, AZ)…..13 4/7 Madeleine M. (Groveland, MA)…..38 4/7 Walt C. (College Station, TX)…..7 4/7 Jane T. (Vancouver, BC)…..35 4/8 Ashley G. (Miami, FL)…..9 4/8 Paul K. N. Canton, OH)…..17 4/9 Dayton H. (New York, NY)…..31 4/9 Keith R. (Ixtlahuacan, MX)…..2 4/10 Kevin L. (Cherry Hill, NJ)…..38 4/10 Chas T. (Aiken, SC)…..9 4/11 Diane M. (Waynesville,NC/Jax, FL)…..13 4/11 Jerry W. (Walker, LA)…..48 4/11 Chrissy M. (Succasunna, NJ)…..12 4/11 Jeremy S. (Austin,TX)…..9 4/11 Matt K. ()…..6 4/12 Kathleen M. (Naples, FL/Foster, KY)…..33 4/12 Jean P. (Westport, CT)…..14 4/12 Lisa S. (Valley Cottage, NY)…..19 4/13 David C. (Clermont, FL)…..4 4/14 Sue B. (Waynesville, NC)…..11 4/15 Larry R. (Westchester, NY)…..42 4/15 Erin S. (Wayland/Nantucket, MA)…..16 4/15 Kelly Mc. (Edson, NJ)…..6 4/15 Patricia B. ()…..4 4/16 Jack F. ()…..44 4/16 Lindsay P. (Minneapolis, MN)…..5 4/17 Rich W. (Evanston, IL)…..4 4/17 Jay M. (Cleveland, OH)…..7 4/17 Frank T. ()…..12 4/17 Vicky M. (Waynesville, NC)…..40 4/18 Brad G. (St Louis, MO)…..20 4/18 Liz A. (Westfield, NJ)…..10 4/19 Joanna J. (Port St. Lucie, FL)…..40 4/19 Kathie J. (Massachusetts)…..23 4/19 Kris C. ()…..35 4/19 Rex R. (Eureka, CA)…..7 4/20 Kristin R. (Rockland County, NY)…..5 4/21 Tom Mc. (Leesburg, FL)…..51 4/21 Lizzy W. (The Main Line,
PA/Guatemala)…..15 4/21 Andy M (Port Orange, FL)…..30 4/21 Nesrin K. (San Diego, CA)…..26 4/22 Mary D. (Evansville, IN)…..36 4/22 Ken D. (Dover Plains, NY)…..3 4/22 Jeannie C. (Nantucket, MA)…..29 4/23 Dorothy V. (Nantucket,MA)…..17 4/23 Brian L. (Jeddah, Saudi
Arabia)…..32 4/23 Steve W. (Syracuse,
NY/Indialantic, FL)…..16 4/24 Fran D. (Randolph, NJ)…..46 4/24 Sam F. (NYC, NY)…..3 4/25 Glen I. ()…..26 4/25 Grainne F. (Chiang Ming, Thai./Dublin, Ire.)…..11 4/25 Rourke H. (St Maarten, BWI)…..22 4/26 Steve S. (Davidson, NC)…..8 4/26 Margie W. (Waltham, MA)…..4 4/27 Norma D. (Bradford, MA)…..10 4/27 Michael Sp. ()…..3 4/27 Del W. (Indian Harbour Beach, FL)…..1 4/27 Kathy C. (Princeton, NJ)…..13 4/27 Karin B. ()…..15 4/28 Julie T. (Norristown, NJ)…..8 4/28 Jason F. (Forest Hills, NY)…..6 4/28 Laurie M. (New Jersey)…..36 4/28 Bobby S. (South Boston, MA)…..19 4/28 Amanda S. (Newburgh, NY)…..3 4/28 Larry B. (Dayton, NJ)…..1 4/30 Sandra Mac (Wales)…..32 1622 Total Years of Sobriety |
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12&12 Step Eight - "Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and
became willing to make amends to them all." |
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Twenty-Four Hours A.A. Thought For The Day |
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Daily Thought ^*^*^*^*^ "Showing others
who suffer how we were given help is the very thing which makes life seem so
worthwhile to us now. Cling to the thought that, in God's hands, the dark
past is the greatest possession you have - the key to life and happiness for
others. With it you can avert death and misery for them." Alcoholics
Anonymous, p. 124
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P A C E
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Daily Reflection A.A. IS NOT A CURE-ALL It would be a product of false pride to claim that A. A. is a cure-all, even for alcoholism AS BILL SEES IT, p. 285 In my early years of sobriety I was full of pride, thinking that A. A. was the only source of treatment for a good and happy life. It certainly was the basic ingredient for my sobriety and even today, with over twelve years in the program, I am very involved in meetings, sponsorship and service. During the first four years of my recovery, I found it necessary to seek professional help, since my emotional health was extremely poor. There are those folks too, who have found sobriety and happiness in other organizations. A.A. taught me that I had a choice: to go to any lengths to enhance my sobriety. A.A. may not be a cure-all for everything, but it is the center of my sober living. |
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Pot Luck Today's quotation: Anger will never disappear so long as
thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear
just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten. ~The Buddha Today's Meditation: What positive things have anger and
resentment given birth to in your life? What good has it brought to you
or to those you love? How many pleasant memories of nice times with
loved ones have been the result of anger? I've known many angry people in my life, and
none of them have inspired positive memories. I've been angry myself
many times, and never has that anger made me feel better about myself, about
life, or about any situation. And I've found that as long as I hold on
to the resentment that I feel because of something someone else did (or that
I think they did), my anger will continue to grow, to fester, to become a
destructive force that will bring nothing positive to my life. As I'm feeling the resentment, it's easy to
convince myself that it's justified, and that it's going to be productive to
express my anger. I don't think it really has been, though, especially
when I consider the potential options to expressing my anger. Thoughts
of resentment are like logs in a fireplace, while the flame is the anger
itself--without the logs there, there is no fire. How can we get rid of thoughts of
resentment? Compassion helps--trying to understand just why another
person has done something can help me to see the situation in a different
light. Giving the person the benefit of the doubt--perhaps they didn't
understand the effects of their action, or perhaps no one has ever taught
them proper ways to talk or act. It's possible they don't even realize
that what they've done has affected others. Or maybe the person acted
out of fear, and it would help us and them to help them to deal with their
fear rather than getting angry at them. Are we going to provide our anger with
plenty of fuel by harboring thoughts of resentment, or are we going to lessen
our own spiritual and emotional load by letting go of those
feelings? Which path would be most beneficial to the greatest number of people? |
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