Your Daily Reprieve 04.24.21

 

 

Your Daily Reprieve for Saturday April  24, 2021   From Waynesvile, NC

“So long as there is the slightest interest in sobriety, the most unmoral, the most antisocial, the most critical alcoholic may gather about him a few kindred spirits and announce to us that a new Alcoholics Anonymous group has been formed. Anti-God, anti-medicine, anti-our recovery program, even anti-each other – these rampant individuals are still an AA Group if they think so!” ~AA Co-Founder, Bill W., July 1946   The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved; it is a reality to be experienced. J. J. van der Leeuw   Key to serenity is to never get personally involved in your own life. ~ Dr. Tim D.   Not everything that is thought should be said. Not everything that is said should be repeated.  Not everything that is repeated should be remembered.  ~Israel Salanter     When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves. ~Viktor E. Frankl

Big Book Quote   "Much to our relief, we discovered we did not need to consider another's conception of God. Our own conception, however inadequate, was sufficient to make the approach and to effect a contact with Him. As soon as we admitted the possible existence of a Creative Intelligence, a Spirit of the Universe underlying the totality of things, we began to be possessed of a new sense of power and direction, provided we took other simple steps."   ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, We Agnostics, pg. 46

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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

12&12     Step Eight - "Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all." This is a very large order. It is a task which we may perform with increasing skill, but never really finish. Learning how to live in the greatest peace, partnership, and brotherhood with all men and women, of whatever description, is a moving and fascinating adventure. Every A.A. has found that he can make little headway in this new adventure of living until he first backtracks and really makes an accurate and unsparing survey of the human wreckage he has left in his wake. To a degree, he has already done this when taking moral inventory, but now the time has come when he ought to redouble his efforts to see how many people he has hurt, and in what ways. This reopening of emotional wounds, some old, some perhaps forgotten, and some still painfully festering, will at first look like a purposeless and pointless piece of surgery. But if a willing start is made, then the great advantages of doing this will so quickly reveal themselves that the pain will be lessened as one obstacle after another melts away. pp. 77-78

Twenty-Four Hours   A.A. Thought For The Day It's been proved that we alcoholics can't get sober by our willpower. We've failed again and again. Therefore I believe there must be a Higher Power which helps me. I think of that power as the grace of God. And I pray to God every morning for the strength to stay sober today. I know that power is there because it never fails to help me. Do I believe that AA. works through the grace of God? Meditation For The Day Once I am "born of the spirit," that is my life's breath. Within me is the life of life, so that I can never perish. The life that down the ages has kept God's children through peril, adversity, and sorrow. I must try never to doubt or worry, but follow where the life of the spirit leads. How often, when little I know it, God goes before me to prepare the way, to soften a heart, or to overrule a resentment. As the life of the spirit grows, natural wants become less important. Prayer For The Day I pray that my life may become centered in God more than in self. I pray that my will may be directed toward doing His will.

Daily Thought ^*^*^*^*^ (\  ~~~  /) (    \(AA)/    ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Give Thanks "Though I still find it difficult to accept today's pain and anxiety with any degree of serenity - as those more advanced in the spiritual life seem able to do - I can give thanks for present pain nevertheless. I can remember how the agonies of alcoholism, the pain of rebellion and thwarted pride, have often led me to God's grace, and so to a new freedom." Bill W., Box 1980: The A.A. Grapevine, March 1962 As Bill Sees It, p. 266 Thought to Consider . . . Serenity isn't freedom from the storm; it is peace within the storm. *~*AACRONYMS*~* H O P E Hearing Other Peoples' Experience

Daily Reflection   LEARNING TO LOVE OURSELVES Alcoholism was a lonely business, even though we were surrounded by people who loved us . . . We were trying to find emotional security either by dominating or by being dependent upon others . . . We still vainly tried to be secure by some unhealthy sort of domination or dependence. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 252   When I did my personal inventory I found that I had unhealthy relationships with most people in my life—my friends and family, for example. I always felt isolated and lonely. I drank to dull emotional pain. It was through staying sober, having a good sponsor and working the Twelve Steps that I was able to build up my low self-esteem. First the Twelve Steps taught me to become my own best friend, and then, when I was able to love myself, I could reach out and love others.

Pot Luck   . "R&R stands for rest and relaxation, not rehearse and rehash!"   If only my mind would leave me alone, I often think. I have what I call a digging mind. Like a dog at the beach, it digs and digs and digs in a problem, a worry, or in some other imagined potential problem area or scenario, often without my approval or even awareness. It loves to uncover negative thoughts, feelings, and fears, and then rehearse ugly scenarios or rehash old problems. In the past, the only way of quieting my mind was to drink. My digging mind is not only relentless, but it is consistently negative as well. When I got sober, I rarely found it digging in a positive or hopeful place. During early recovery, it wasn’t dwelling on how great my life would turn out, or how all the damage I had done would get straightened out. Instead, I learned that I was driven by a hundred forms of self-centered fear, and I watched as it searched and dug away at the beaches of disappointment, past regrets, and failure. Thank God I was given tools to rein in my mind, and things to do that kept me focused on the positive aspects of recovery. I learned to take my mind off myself by helping others. I started dealing with my resentments of the past by doing inventories and looking at my part. And I found relief by clearing away the wreckage of my past and making amends. Today, I know how to give myself a break, and when my mind starts digging I direct it to uncover God’s will for me. Today, I’ve learned how to truly rest and relax.

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