Your Daily Reprieve 11.30.24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your Daily Reprieve for Saturday November 30, 2024   Waynesville, NC

Sometimes you need to give people something that's for them, not just something that makes you feel good giving it. ~Katherine Paterson   Compassion is not religious business, it is human business; it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability; it is essential for human survival. ~~Dalai Lama   Figuring out who you are is the whole point of the human experience. ~Anna Quindlen   Happiness is the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads ~Albert Camus

Big Book Quote   Being all powerful, He provided what we needed, if we kept close to Him and performed His work well. Established on such a footing we became less and less interested in ourselves, our little plans and designs. More and more we became interested in seeing what we could contribute to life.   P63

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12&12   Tradition Two - "For our group purpose, there is but one ultimate authority - a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience." "Although I asked Charlie for a little time to consider it, my own mind was about made up. Racing back to Brooklyn on the subway, I had a seeming flash of divine guidance. It was only a single sentence, but most convincing. In fact, it came right out of the Bible - a voice kept saying to me, `The laborer is worthy of his hire.' Arriving home, I found Lois cooking as usual, while three drunks looked hungrily on from the kitchen door. I drew her aside and told the glorious news. She looked interested, but not as excited as I thought she should be. p. 137

Twenty-Four Hours   A.A. Thought For The Day We have slips in A.A. It has been said these are not slips but premeditated drunks, because we have to think about taking a drink before we actually take one. The thought always comes before the act. It has been suggested that people should always get in touch with an A.A. before taking that first drink. The failure to do so makes it probable that they decided to take the drink anyway. And yet the thoughts that come before taking a drink are often largely subconscious. People usually don't know consciously what made them do it. Therefore, the common practice is to call these things slips. Am I on guard against wrong thinking? Meditation For The Day "The eternal God is thy refuge." He is a sanctuary, a refuge from the cares of life. You can get away from the misunderstanding of others by retiring into your own place of meditation. But from yourself, from your sense of failure, your weakness, your shortcomings, whither can you flee? Only to the eternal God, your refuge, until the immensity of His spirit envelopes your spirit and it loses its smallness and weakness and comes into harmony again with His. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may lose my limitations in the immensity of God's love. I pray that my spirit may be in harmony with His spirit.

Daily Thought ^*^*^*^*^ (\    ~~    /) (    \(AA)/    ) (_ /AA\ _) / AA \ ^*^*^*^*^ Fellowship "Today, I'm counting my blessings instead of my troubles. When I walked into the friendly atmosphere of my first A.A. meeting, I knew I was where I belonged. Here were people who had thought and felt as I had. Here was the understanding I'd been searching for all my life. These people were my friends, and I felt their sincere interest in me. With these new and enlightening doors opening up to me, I was able to make the eventual decision to stop drinking, a day at a time - because I, too, was an alcoholic. And with this came the only real freedom, the freedom of truth." c. 1976 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 355 Thought to Consider . . . If you love someone, tell them now and tell them often. *~*AACRONYMS*~* F E A R False Evidence Appearing Real

Daily Reflection   PROTECTION FOR ALL At the personal level, anonymity provides protection or all members from identification as alcoholics, a safeguard often of special importance to newcomers, i t the level of press, radio, TV, and films, anonymity tresses the equality in the Fellowship of all members by putting the brake on those who might otherwise exploit their A.A. affiliation to achieve recognition, power, or personal gain. "UNDERSTANDING ANONYMITY," p. 5   Attraction is the main force in the Fellowship of A.A. The miracle of continuous sobriety of alcoholics within A.A. confirms this fact every day. It would be harmful if the Fellowship promoted itself by publicizing, through the media of radio and TV, the sobriety of well-known public personalities who became members of A.A. If these personalities happened to have slips, outsiders would think our movement is not strong and they might question the veracity of the miracle of the century. Alcoholics Anonymous is not anonymous, but its members should be.

Pot Luck   "We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once."   I tend to get overwhelmed by all the things I want to do. The perfect career, the best relationship, get into top physical shape, write a bestseller, and have time left to read, hike, vacation in Europe—the list is endless. When I was drinking and crashing toward my bottom, all these goals were like ripped pieces of a parachute trailing me from above. When I finally hit the ground, the scattered bits of my goals lay around me. As I began working the program and developed some clarity, I began to pick those pieces back up. Suddenly, I wanted to do everything again—and even more! It didn’t take long for me to be overwhelmed again, and that’s when I had to surrender once more. As I discussed this with others and with my sponsor, I realized my number-one goal was to get through the Steps and establish a firm foundation in recovery. Everyone assured me there would be plenty of time for all the rest if I made sobriety my priority. While it was hard to put other things on hold, I now see the wisdom in that advice. I realized I couldn’t do everything at once, but I could concentrate on the most important thing, my recovery, and I could take a definite action toward that at once. I made it a priority to go to meetings, to get commitments, and to work the Steps. By doing so, my life improved immeasurably. Today, when I once again get overwhelmed by my dreams, goals, and wants, I remember I can’t do them all. But I can pick the most important thing for today, and I can do something at once.

Wee Willie’s Sobriety First Media AA CD’s Literature and tapes https://www.mediafire.com/sobrietyfirst   Committee Consideration from the 73rd General Service Conference In response to a Committee Consideration from the 73rd General Service Conference regarding any possible future changes to literature written by A.A.’s founders,  that committee agreed it would be beneficial to gather shared experience from the Fellowship regarding this topic. Questionaire   How Should We Treat A.A. Founders' Writings?  https://bit.ly/3uhEPBK       DR. PAUL O. There is More to Quitting Drinking Than Quitting Drinking (Audio Book) Introduction http://bit.ly/1IlFBbp Part I http://bit.ly/1MPV5Za Part II http://bit.ly/1Ksd9eA Part III http://bit.ly/1GQCGGE Part IV http://bit.ly/1Ip0hn8 AA CDs Literature and tapes https://www.mediafire.com/sobrietyfirst       ZOOM MEETINGS   Loose Garment Group https://us02web.zoom.us/j/238977518 Saturday & Sunday….Pot Luck…0900 ID: 238 977 518 PW: 004 394       ARCHIVES     AA World Service Board Meeting Highlights October 2023  https://bit.ly/3GlcOvE  A New Pair of Glasses in PDF (download) is available at: https://bit.ly/4bUr0Js     Bill Schaberg Writing The Big Book Video Readings https://www.youtube.com/@billschaberg8911/videos   *Angel Force USA www.AngelForceUSA.com   Angel Force USA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. OUR MISSION STOP SUISILENCE The avoidance of discussion about suicide Our goal is to raise awareness of the military suicide epidemic.       RICHMOND WALKER & THE TWENTY-FOUR HOUR BOOK Glenn C. (South Bend, Indiana) Talk given at the 8th Annual National A.A. Archives Workshop, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Sept. 27, 2003 https://www.prestongroup.org/aa_docs/24_hours_a_day.txt       **NEW MEDITATIONS** http://www.11thstepmeditation.org/     **Podcasts** https://boiledowlaa.org/ https://www.aagrapevine.org/podcast     12 Step Meditations  www.stepmeditation.com   These are 12 meditations, each about 12 minutes long and the content (other than the meditation instructions) are straight from the text of the big book and 12 & 12 (created by Matt H.)     Speaker Recordings   Wee Willie’s Sobriety First Media AA CD’s Literature and tapes https://www.mediafire.com/sobrietyfirst *****   The Lights are On http://xa-speakers.org/   AA Speaker Tapes http://www.aaspeakers.org/AA_Speaker_Tapes   Recovery Speakers http://recoveryspeakers.com/