Your Daily Reprieve 12.12.25

 

Your Daily Reprieve for Friday December 12, 2025   From Waynesville, NC

“The whole world became mine when I had nowhere else to go.” ~Brick Town, New Jersey, January 1977   Half the failures of this world arise from pulling in one's horse as he is leaping. --Augustus Hare   "Tis grace that brought me safe thus far. Tis grace will lead me home." --John Newton     He did each single thing as if he did nothing else.     -Charles Dickens

Big Book Quote   Here was something at work in a human heart which had done the impossible.   P11

Daily Share!     AA Speaker of the Day     BOB D. Boca Raton, FL Serenity Improvement Group 09.08.2020   https://bit.ly/4alo0Z8

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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." With each passing day of our lives, may every one of us sense more deeply the inner meaning of A.A. simple prayer: God grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, Courage to change the things we can, And wisdom to know the difference. p. 125

Twenty-Four Hours                                             A.A. Thought For The Day Clergymen speak of the spiritual fellowship of the church. This is much closer to the A.A. way than mere group therapy. Such a fellowship is based on a common belief in God and a common effort to live a spiritual life. We try to do this in A.A. We also try to get down to the real problems in each others' lives. We try to open up to each other. We have a real desire to be of service to each other. We try to go deep down into the personal lives of our members. Do I appreciate the deep personal fellowship of A.A.? Meditation For The Day Love and fear cannot dwell together. By their very natures, they cannot exist side by side. Fear is a very strong force. And therefore a weak and vacillating love can soon be routed by fear. But a strong love, a love that trusts in God, is sure eventually to conquer fear. The only sure way to dispel fear is to have the love of God more and more in your heart and soul. Prayer For The Day I pray that love will drive out the fear in my life. I pray that my fear will flee before the power of the love of God.

Daily Thought ^*^*^*^*^ (\    ~~    /) (     \(AA)/    ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Sponsorship "No satisfaction has been deeper and no joy greater than in a Twelfth Step job well done. To watch the eyes of men and women open with wonder as they move from darkness into light, to see their lives quickly fill with new purpose and meaning, to see whole families reassembled, to see the alcoholic outcast received back into his community in full citizenship, and above all to watch these people awaken to the presence of a loving God in their lives - these things are the substance of what we receive as we carry A.A.'s message to the next alcoholic." c.1952 AAWS Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 110 Thought to Consider . . . A recovering alcoholic without a sponsor is much like a ship without a rudder.   *~*AACRONYMS*~* H E A R T Healing, Enjoying, And Recovering, Together

DAILY REFLECTIONS   A COMMON SOLUTION The tremendous fact for every one of us is that we have discovered a common solution. We have a way out on which we can absolutely agree, and upon which we can join in brotherly and harmonious ac-ion. This is the great news this book carries to those who suffer from alcoholism. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 17   The most far-reaching Twelfth Step work was the publication of our Big Book, Alcoholics Anonymous. Few can equal that book for carrying the message. My idea is to get out of myself and simply do what I can. Even if I haven't been asked to sponsor and my phone rarely rings, I am still able to do Twelfth Step work. I get involved in "brotherly and harmonious action." At meetings I show up early to greet people and to help set up, and to share my experience, strength and hope. I also do what I can with service work. My Higher Power gives me exactly what He wants me to do at any given point in my recovery and, if I let Him, my willingness will bring Twelfth Step work automatically.

POT LUCK   No Need for Envy Overcoming Envy     We would be unusual people if we did not suffer from the common feeling of envy. Quite often, we are envious of people who surpass us in some activity or who threaten our self-esteem in some way. Even if we are high achievers in spite of our drinking, we might envy people who appear to be rivaling or overtaking us.   We can make choices about envy.  We do not have to be envious of anybody when we fully accept ourselves and God's will for us.  There is no reason to be envious of another if we are doing what God wants us to do and if we have turned our will and lives over to God.   We should be on guard for jealous feelings toward those close to us. Most of us can shrug when we read about strangers winning the million-dollar lottery, but how would we feel if a close friend or relative won?  When those envious feeling surface, we might face them by admitting them to others and asking God's help in rising above them. And if we share these feelings in-group discussions, others will be helped by our display of honesty.   I will accept myself, as I am this day. I will not be jealous of anyone's status, possessions, or opportunities.

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