Your Daily Reprieve 12.01.24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your Daily Reprieve for Sunday December 1, 2024   Waynesville, NC

When you are patient, you take the time to immerse yourself in the joy of the moment which is denied to those who hurry. ~Donald Curtis   “The human race is challenged more than ever before to demonstrate our mastery, not over nature but of ourselves.” ― Rachel Carson   We flourish under the benefits of encouragement, praise, approval, and acceptance. If we live with encouragement--especially our own--we learn to be confident. If we live with self-praise, we learn to appreciate what's around us. If we coexist with self-approval, we're more likely to give ourselves--and others--a little slack. ~Leslie Levine   The finest gift you can give anyone is encouragement. Yet, almost no one gets the encouragement they need  to grow to their full potential. If everyone received the encouragement they need to grow,  the genius in most everyone would blossom and the world would produce abundance beyond the wildest dreams. We would have more than one Einstein, Edison, Schweitzer, Mother Theresa, Dr. Salk and other great minds in a century. ~Sidney Madwed

Big Book Quote   To Christ I conceded the certainty of a great man, not too closely followed by those who claimed Him. His moral teaching-most excellent. For myself, I had adopted those parts which seemed convenient and not too difficult; the rest I disregarded.   P11

Daily Share!   AA Speaker of the Day     HECTOR E. Los Angeles, CA Serenity Improvement Group 08.10.24   https://bit.ly/40OSEFx

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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." "It was meeting night. Although none of the alcoholics we boarded seemed to get sober, some others had. With their wives they crowded into our downstairs parlor. At once I burst into the story of my opportunity. Never shall I forget their impassive faces, and the steady gaze they focused upon me. With waning enthusiasm, my tale trailed off to the end. There was a long silence. p. 137

Twenty-Four Hours   A.A. Thought For The Day The thoughts that come before having a slip are often largely subconscious. It is a question whether or not our subconscious minds ever become entirely free from alcoholic thoughts as long as we live. For instance, some of us dream about being drunk when we are asleep, even after several years of sobriety in A.A. During the period of our drinking days, our subconscious minds have been thoroughly conditioned by our alcoholic way of thinking and it is doubtful that they ever become entirely free of such thoughts during our lifetime. But when our conscious minds are fully conditioned against drinking, we can stay sober and our subconscious minds do not often bother us. Am I still conditioning my conscious mind? Meditation For The Day Having sympathy and compassion for all who are in temptation, a condition which we are sometimes in, we have a responsibility towards them. Sympathy always includes responsibility. Pity is useless because it does not have a remedy for the need. But wherever our sympathy goes, our responsibility goes too. When we are moved with compassion, we should go to the one in need and bind up his wounds as best we can. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may have sympathy for those in temptation. I pray that I may have compassion for others' trials.

Daily Thought ^*^*^*^*^ (\    ~~    /) (    \(AA)/    ) ( /AA\ ) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Working With Others "Life will take on new meaning. To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you, to have a host of friends - this is an experience you must not miss. We know you will not want to miss it." c. 1976 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 89 Thought to Consider . . . We are not our thoughts, emotions, or urges. *~*AACRONYMS*~* S L I P Sobriety Loses Its Priority

Daily Reflection   "SUGGESTED" STEPS Our Twelfth Step also says that as a result of practicing all the Steps, we have each found something called a spiritual awakening. . . . A. A.'s manner of making ready to receive this gift lies in the practice of the Twelve Steps in our program." TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, pp. 106-07   I remember my sponsor's answer when I told him that the Steps were "suggested." He replied that they are "suggested" in the same way that, if you were to jump out of an airplane with a parachute, it is "suggested" that you pull the ripcord to save your life. He pointed out that it was "suggested" I practice the Twelve Steps, if I wanted to save my life. So I try to remember daily that I have a whole program of recovery based on all Twelve of the "suggested" Steps.

Pot Luck   Getting Caught   When I was using, manageability meant not getting caught. Manageability meant getting by again, keeping the scam going, not letting on, admitting anybody else could catch on. Being cool — or at least looking cool. Now my life is different. Now I am out in the open. Now I have admitted that I am powerless. Now I’ve said I need help in living my life.   Now I that I am serious about working my program I should be willing to get caught. I should be willing to admit that I could have done better at that job. That I wasn’t very pleasant company last night.  That I shouldn’t have acted out with that other driver. That I should have practiced the Twelve Steps instead of my anger, or my isolation or my pride.   Who catches me? When I am really lucky I catch myself. I apply the Seventy Step (humbly asking that defects be removed) or the Ninth Step (making amends) or the Tenth Step (promptly admitting I am wrong)   Other times people in the program catch me.  Something I hear at a meeting will give me a sudden insight into my own behavior  I’ll say to myself, “Hey, the jerky thing that guy did, I’ve done that too.”   Sometimes a sponsor or a fellow member will point out a defect in operation. Sometimes it will be a co-worker. Sometimes it will be a family member or a friend. But whoever catches me attests to the function of a Higher Power in my life.  Whoever catches me shows me that I am not alone.  When I get “caught” I learn that I am a part of the community in action. And in this case the action is helping me grow.         Stephen Beal, Editor Stepping Stones to Recovery for Men

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/