Your Daily Reprieve 09.03.25

 

Your Daily Reprieve for Wednesday  September 3, 2025   From Waynesville, NC

“There is very little in life that I must personally handle  or that someone else couldn't do as well. On the other hand, no one else in the world can take my place at my meetings.” ~ Washington Township, New Jersey, AA Grapevine   "Without the sense of fellowship with men of like minds.... Life would have seemed to me empty" ~Albert Einstein   Emotions are, first of all, a gift from God so that we can touch upon reality by a way other than our brain.  —Richard Rohr    To feel an emotion is to allow it and let it run through, to learn from what it is telling you about you, about your relationships. Feeling is a self-acceptance of your own emotions  and the wisdom of your body.   —Prentis Hemphill

Big Book Quote   We vigorously commenced this way of living as we cleaned up the past. We have entered the world of the Spirit. Our next function is to grow in understanding and effectiveness. This is not an overnight matter. It should continue for our lifetime.   P84

Daily Share!     AA Speaker of the Day   KIRSTEN H. Toronto, Canada Serenity Improvement Group 05.31.25   https://bit.ly/4fJAevi

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12&12  Step Nine - "Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others." After we have made the list of people we have harmed, have reflected carefully upon each instance, and have tried to possess ourselves of the right attitude in which to proceed, we will see that the making of direct amends divides those we should approach into several classes. There will be those who ought to be dealt with just as soon as we become reasonably confident that we can maintain our sobriety. There will be those to whom we can make only partial restitution, lest complete disclosures do them or others more harm than good. There will be other cases where action ought to be deferred, and still others in which by the very nature of the situation we shall never be able to make direct personal contact at all. p. 83

Twenty-Four Hours   A.A. Thought For The Day "Offer new prospects friendship and fellowship. Tell them that if they want to get well you will do anything to help. Burn the idea into the consciousness of new prospects that they can get well, regardless of anyone else. Job or no job, spouse or no spouse, they cannot stop drinking as long as they place dependence on other people ahead of dependence on God. Let no alcoholic say they cannot recover unless they have their family back. This just isn't so. Their recovery is not dependent upon other people. It is dependent on their own relationship with God." Can I recognize all excuses made by a prospect? Meditation For The Day The spiritual life depends upon the unseen. To live the spiritual life you must believe in the unseen. Try not to loose the consciousness of God's spirit in you and in others. As a child in its mother's arms, stay sheltered in the understanding and love of God. God will relieve you of the weight of worry and care, misery and depression, want and woe, faintness and heartache, if you will let Him. Lift up your eyes from earth's troubles and view the glory of the unseen God. Each day try to see more good in people, more of the unseen in the seen. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may rest and abide in the presence of the unseen God. I pray that I may leave my burdens in His care.

Daily Thought ^*^*^*^*^ (\    ~~    /) (     \(AA)/     ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Spirituality "Do not let any prejudice you may have against spiritual terms deter you from honestly asking yourself what they mean to you. At the start, this was all we needed to commence spiritual growth, to effect our first conscious relation with God as we understood Him. Afterward, we found ourselves accepting many things which then seemed entirely out of reach. That was growth, but if we wished to grow we had to begin somewhere. So we used our own conception, however limited it was." 1976 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 47 Thought to Consider . . . The solution is simple. The solution is spiritual. *~*AACRONYMS*~* S O B E R Spiritually On Beam; Everything's Right

DAILY REFLECTIONS   BUILDING A NEW LIFE We feel a man is unthinking when he says sobriety is enough. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 82   When I reflect on Step Nine, I see that physical sobriety must be enough for me. I need to remember the hopelessness I felt before I found sobriety, and how I was willing to go to any lengths for it. Physical sobriety is not enough for those around me, however, since I must see that God's gift is used to build a new life for my family and loved ones. Just as importantly, I must be available to help others who want the A.A. way of life. I ask God to help me share the gift of sobriety so that its benefits may be shown to those I know and love.

Pot Luck     Father Leo’s Daily Meditation   HUMILITY   “I believe the first test of a really great man is humility.” – John Ruskin   An understanding of humility that makes sense to me is that of the man who is aware of his limitations but still reaches for the stars.   For years I thought that humility was groveling in the dirt. Keeping quiet and acting obsequious. Being a religious doormat for others to walk upon.   Nothing could be further from the truth! Humility is about speaking your mind, fighting for your ideas and opinions, creating through effort, sweat and debate.   The humble man’s ego is based on reality — not fed on illusion. When he is wrong, he can admit it and is open to the ideas of others.   Humility is based upon a realistic self-love.   O God, let me humbly rejoice in Your gift of creativity.

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