Your Daily Reprieve 10.09.25
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Your Daily Reprieve for Thursday October 9 , 2025 From Waynesville,
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Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared. --Mahatma Gandhi "Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things." --Robert Brault As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way. --Ralph Waldo Emerson The paradox of control is simple. The more we try to control life, the less control we have. --Joan Borysenko, Ph.D. |
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Big Book
Quote There is a solution. Almost none of us liked the
self-searching, the leveling of our pride, the confession of shortcomings
which the process requires for its successful consummation. P25 |
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Daily Share! AA
Speaker of the Day BEN T. BILL B. Magic:
The Power of the Twelve Steps @52nd
Atlanta Mens’s Workshop Rock
Eagle, GA 2012 |
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Celebrate Your Anniversary
Here SHOW NEWCOMERS HOW IT
WORKS!! OCTOBER 2025 Miracles 10/1 Jim B. (Brunswick, ME)…..9 10/1 Tom K. (Livingston,
NJ)…..1 10/1 Mary H. (Andover, MA)…..37 10/1 Leo N. (Ogunquit, Maine)…..21 10/1 Rich R. (Bluffton,
SC)…..51 10/2 Jaimee L. (Ft. Myers,
FL)…..9 10/2 Dave R. (Bedminster,
NJ)…..14 10/3 Eric M. (Wells, ME)…..5 10/4 Melissa H. (Orlando,
FL)…..15 10/4 Kristopher B. (Toledo,
OH)…..11 10/4 Tom H. (Strongsville, OH)
…..25 10/4 Josh G. (Anchorage,
Alaska)…..9 10/4 Frank T. (NH)…..5 10/5 Gary G. (Otsego MI/Ruskin,
FL)…..36 10/6 Russ W. (Milford, CT)…..12 10/6 Laura D. (Bogota, NJ)…..10 10/6 Jason K. (Bear Valley,
CA)…..33 10/6 Dan O. (Manorville, Long
Island, NY)…..3 10/6 Spike C. (Vero Beach,
FL)…..6 10/6 Terry S. (Collingwood,
ON)…..35 10/7 Donna C. (Punta Gorda,
FL)…..50 10/8 Katy R. (Berkhamsted,
Hertfordshire, UK)…..1 10/9 Xavier F. (Phoenix, AZ)…..12 10/10 Steve Bombo B. (Rojo
Group)…..53 10/10 George B. (Fernandina
Beach, FL)…..39 10/10 Ray H. (Cookeville,
TN)…..15 10/11 Harriett B. (Parsonsburg,
MD)…..37 10/12 Richard T. (Hampstead,
NH)…..45 10/13 Angie T. (Sturminster Newton, UK)…..21 10/13 Robert L. (Surf City,
NC)….. …..24 10/14 Steve P. (Hampton,
NH)…..41 10/14 Carol HS (Key Largo,
FL)…..40 10/14 Mary A. (Goose Creek,
SC)…..12 10/14 Jack R. (Santa Monica,
CA)…..13 10/14 Louise D. (Amesbury,
MA)…..3 10/15 John C. (East Quogue,
NY)…..4 10/17 Linda S. (Orange Park,
FL)…..13 10/18 Theresa TK (Green Valley,
AZ)…..32 10/19 DeeDee L. (Charlotte,
NC)…..26 10/20 Kathleen G. (Greenwich,
CT)…..13 10/22 Harry G. (Sarasota,
FL)…..33 10/23 James D. (NYC)…..48 10/25 Robyn M. (Delray Beach,
FL)…..36 10/25 Keely S. (Orick, CA)…..43 10/26 Niall H. (Dublin,
Ireland)……33 10/27 Pamela L. (Basking Ridge,
NJ)…..39 10/27 Sue B. (Seabrook, NH)…..40 10/27 Charlie B. (Stuart,
FL)…..28 10/27 Ridge A. …..2 10/28 Rowena D. (Staffordshire,
UK)…..5 1348 Total Years
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12&12
Step Eleven
- "Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact
with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us
and the power to carry that out." p. 98-99 |
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Twenty-Four Hours A.A. Thought For The Day Am I willing to listen to much repetition of A.A.
principles? Am I willing to hear the same thing over and over again? Am I willing to listen to a long blow by blow personal
story, because it might help some new member? go into every detail of their past? Am I willing to take it, because it is doing them good to
get it off their chest? My feelings are not too important. The good of A.A. comes first, even if it is not always He would have all people drawn closer to each other in the bonds of the spirit. God, the great Spirit of the
universe, of which each of our own spirits is a small part, must want unity
between Himself and all His children. "Unity of the spirit in the bonds of peace."
Each experience of our life, of of success, of hardship, of ease, each should be accepted as part of our common lot, in the bonds of the spirit. I pray that I may be brought closer to unity with God and
other people.
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Daily Thought ^*^*^*^*^
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DAILY
REFLECTIONS A
SPIRITUAL AXIOM It
is a spiritual axiom that every time we are disturbed, no matter
what the cause, there is something wrong with
us. TWELVE
STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 90 I
never truly understood the Tenth Step's spiritual axiom until
I had the following experience. I was sitting in my bedroom,
reading into the wee hours, when suddenly I heard
my dogs barking in the back yard. My neighbors frown
on this kind of disturbance so, with mixed feelings of anger
and shame, as well as fear of my neighbors' disapproval,
I immediately called in my dogs. Several weeks
later the exact situation repeated itself but this time, because
I was feeling more at peace with myself, I was able to
accept the situation—dogs will bark—and I calmly called
in the dogs. Both incidents taught me that when a person
experiences nearly identical events and reacts two different
ways, then it is not the event which is of prime importance,
but the person's spiritual condition. Feelings come
from inside, not from outward circumstances. When my
spiritual condition is positive, I react positively. |
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Pot Luck Touchstones When a
person drowns himself in negative thinking he is committing an unspeakable
crime against himself. — Maxwell
Maltz Negative
thoughts can rule our lives as compulsively as an addiction. The feelings of
power we get from holding a dismal and gloomy outlook deprive us of the
positive and pleasant parts of life. Some of us have said, “If I expect the
worst, I won’t be disappointed. If I think the worst about myself, no one
else can cut me down.” It’s like taking a driving trip and looking only for
trash and garbage in the ditches, ignoring the beauty beyond. Indeed, what we
see may be real, but it is a very limited piece of the picture. When we have
relied on negative thinking, it feels risky to give it up. We cannot do it in
one day. We can begin by imagining ourselves with a more open attitude toward
ourselves and the world. Then we can try it out as an experiment in little
ways, with no commitment. Finally, we reach the point where we can take a
risk and entrust our Higher Power with the outcome. Today, I
will experiment with hopeful and positive thoughts about what happens. |
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