Your Daily Reprieve 11.24.25

Your Daily Reprieve for Monday November 24, 2025

From Waynesville, NC

“Self-justification is a universal destroyer of harmony and of love.

It sets man against man, nation against nation.

By it, every form of folly and violence can be made to look right,

and even respectable. Of course it is not for us to condemn.

We need only investigate ourselves.”

~AA Co-Founder, Bill W., June 1961

The soul would have no rainbow had the eye no tears.
~John Vance Cheney

"The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you really are."

Carl Jung

"Think about every good thing in your life right now.

Free yourself of worrying. Let go of the anxiety, breathe.

Stay positive, all is well."

~Germany Kent

Big Book Quote

Before we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives.

P86

Daily Share!

AA Speaker of the Day

HAL

Atlantic Group, NY

2008

https://bit.ly/3LI3Oqo

Celebrate Your Anniversary Here

SHOW NEWCOMERS HOW IT WORKS!!

November 2025 Miracles

11/1 Pat B. (Jacksonville, FL)…..18

11/1 Tom K. …..1

11/1 Rick B. …..(Dyersburg, TN)…..7

11/2Liz L. (Bernardsville, NJ)…..18

11/3 Brendan H. (Brookly, NY)…..11

11/4 Patrick OD (Boston, MA)…..45

11/4 Lou L. (Smithtown, NY)…..29

11/5 Kent L. (Silverdale, WA)…..40

11/5 Neil B. (Puerto Vallarta. MX)…..54

11/6 Joyce E. (Key Largo, FL)…..1

11/6 Nancy J. (The Villages, FL)…..15

11/6 Brownie (Burlington, VT)…..40

11/6 Margo F. (Fort Myers, FL)…..39

11/7 Christine R. (Hilton Head, SC)…..2

11/7 Harry D. (Hampstead, NH)…..34

11/7 Leslie E. (Mamaroneck, NY)…..19

11/8 John E. (Nantucket, MA)…..3

11/8 Martha K. (New Hampshire)…..1

11/9 Richard D. (West Roxbury, MA)…..10

11/9 Kevin B. (Franklin, TN)…..8

11/9 Jessie R. (Brookfield, CT)…..19

11/13 Joe J. (Ludlow, VT)…..20

11/14 Kent B. (Patrick Space Force Base)…..1

11/15 Ned W. (Portland, ME)…..40

11/16 Sondra K. (Newfound Lake)…..1

11/16 Bob S. (Kensington, NH)…..15

11/16 Robert M. (Stuart, FL)…..41

11/17 Tray B. (Waynesville, NC)…..10

11/20 Alan R. (NYC)…..3

11/20 Kristy G. (Salisbury, MA)…..4

11/22 Laine C. (Yulee, FL)…..4

11/22 Michele M. (Spring Hill, FL)…..1

11/22 Terry S. (Maui, HI)…..8

11/22 Eileen M. (Sarasota, FL)…..4

11/23 Elaine P. (Las Vegas, NV)…..40

11/23 Lindsey P. (Jacksonville, FL)…..2

11/23 Caroline S. (Edinburgh, Scotland)…..29

11/24 Gayle B. (Portsmouth, NH).....31

11/24 Imogen B. (London, UK)…..22

11/25 Lucy K. (Boulder, CO)…..28

11/26 Chuck C. (Fernandina Beach, FL)…..31

11/28 Hendy H. (Islington, MA)…..52

11/29 Peter V. (Kittery, ME)…..45

11/30 Peter B. (New York, NY)…..35

11/30 Morgan I. (Stirling, Scotland)…..3

0890 Total Tears of Sobriety

Drop a Buck in the Basket?

PayPal paypal.me/TomMurphy

Venmo @Tom-Murphy-160

12&12

Step Twelve - "Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs."

Nearly Every sound human being experiences at some time in life, a compelling desire to find a mate of the opposite sex with whom the fullest possible union can be made—spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical. This mighty urge is the root of great human accomplishments, a creative energy that deeply influences our lives. God fashioned us that way. So our question will be this: How, by ignorance, compulsion, and self-will, do we misuse this gift for our own destruction? We A.A.’s cannot pretend to offer full answers to age-old perplexities, but our own experience does provide certain answers that work for us.

p.117

Twenty-Four Hours

A.A. Thought For The Day

Instead of being pretended perfectionists, in A.A. we
are content if we are making progress. The main thing
is to be growing. We realize that perfectionism is
only a result of false pride and an excuse to save our
faces. In A.A. we are willing to make mistakes and to
stumble, provided we are always stumbling forward. We
are not so interested in what we are as in what we are
becoming. We are on the way, not at the goal. And we
will be on the way as long as we live. No A.A. has ever
"arrived." But we are getting better. Am I making
progress?

Meditation For The Day

Each new day brings an opportunity to do some little
thing that will help to make a better world, that will
bring God's kingdom a little nearer to being realized
on earth. Take each day's happenings as opportunities
for something you can do for God. In that spirit, a
blessing will attend all that you do. Offering this
day's service to God, you are sharing in His work. You
do not have to do great things.

Prayer For The Day

I pray that today I may do the next thing, the unselfish thing,
the loving thing. I pray that I may be content with doing
small things as long as they are right.

Daily Thought

^*^*^*^*^
(\ ~~ /)
( \(AA)/ )
(_ /AA\ _)
/AA\
^*^*^*^*^
Faith

"While drinking, we were certain that our intelligence, backed by will power, could rightly control our inner lives and guarantee us success in the world around us. This brave philosophy, wherein each man played God, sounded good in the speaking, but it still had to meet the acid test: How well did it actually work? One good look in the mirror was answer enough."
c. 1967 AAWS, As Bill Sees It, p. 225

Thought to Consider . . .
Faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the evidence of things not seen.

*~*AACRONYMS*~*

F A I T H
Finding Answers In The Heart

DAILY REFLECTIONS

A UNIVERSAL SEARCH

Be quick to see where religious people are right Make use

of what they offer.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 87

I do not claim to have all the answers in spiritual matters,

any more than I claim to have all the answers about

alcoholism. There are others who are also engaged in a

spiritual search. If I keep an open mind about what others

have to say, I have much to gain. My sobriety is greatly

enriched, and my practice of the Eleventh Step more

fruitful, when I use both the literature and practices of my

Judeo-Christian tradition, and the resources of other religions.

Thus, I receive support from many sources in

staying away from the first drink.

POT LUCK

Today's quotation:

There are as many nights as days, and the one is just as long as the other in the year's course. Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word "happy" would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better to take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.
~Carl Jung

Today's Meditation:

I think that most of us react so strongly to sadness or despair partly because we're afraid that the conditions that have caused the feelings will last forever. When sadness comes along, when depression hits, when we feel a lack of hope that things will get better, it's very easy to get caught in the trap of losing sight of the good in life, losing our ability to see the bright sides of our lives. And once we lose sight of those things, it's logical to fear that they'll never come back.

But when night comes, we don't enter into a fit of despair out of fear that the day won't return. The darkness is easy to deal with when we're sure that the light will return. Carl is saying here that even in our darkest hours, we should keep in mind always that our bright hours and days shall return-- and if we do keep that idea in mind, the darker hours won't seem nearly as dreadful, and they won't be able to pull us down nearly as far.

Bad things will happen to me. People I know will die. People I know will be hospitalized and will have bad things happen to them. My patience and my ability to see the beauty in life will be tried. People I know will offend me and try to hurt me. But no matter what may come, my own feelings are tempered by my perspective-- the way I feel is up to me, not to these situations. If I can respond to anything that happens with the realistic perspective that "This, too, shall pass," then I'm setting myself up for much less misery during my trying times.

Life is balance, in many ways. We can consciously balance our feelings and our reactions to outside stimuli in order to keep ourselves seeing the reality of our situation-- that life is full of cycles, and that this negative part of the cycle will soon give way to the more positive elements of my life. And those positive parts haven't even left-- I just see them less clearly now.

**NEW**

Excellent Resource

Blogs, Audio and Video Articles

https://takethe12.org/

*****

"AA Recovery Interviews" Podcast

https://aarecoveryinterviews.com

Blog

http://todaysreprieve.blogspot.com/

Wee Willie’s

Sobriety First Media

AA CD’s Literature and tapes

https://www.mediafire.com/sobrietyfirst

AA Membership Survey 2022

Alcoholics Anonymous 2022 Membership Survey | Alcoholics Anonymous

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

BIG BOOK for DUMMIES

https://bigbookfordummies.com/

*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

MEDITATIONS

http://www.11thstepmeditation.org/

Loving Kindness Meditations

With Music

http://www.excelatlife.com/mp3/direct_download.php?file=lovingkindnessmusic.mp3

Voice only

http://www.excelatlife.com/mp3/direct_download.php?file=lovingkindness.mp3

*****

Free Guided Meditations

http://marc.ucla.edu/body.cfm?id=22

Resources