Your Daily Reprieve 01.05.26

Your Daily Reprieve for Monday January 5, 2026

From Waynesville, NC

"In the recovery world, it's a higher power that helps you.

You have to turn your life over to something greater.

Anytime I tried to control my life, I had screwed it up."

~Chris Mullin

“As long as I am acting in a loving and caring manner,

I am not responsible for how others react.

This frees me from pleasing people at my own emotional expense.”

~Temple, Texas, March 1983

“To be grateful is to recognize the Love of God

in everything He has given us

- and He has given us everything.

Every breath we draw is a gift of His love,

every moment of existence is a grace,

for it brings with it immense graces from Him.
Gratitude therefore takes nothing for granted,

is never unresponsive, is constantly awakening to new wonder

and to praise of the goodness of God.

For the grateful person knows that God is good,

not by hearsay but by experience.

And that is what makes all the difference.” - Thomas Merton

Without Divine intervention I will always wind up believing that how I feel is the most important thing in the Universe.

~Don M. (Woodstock 2017)

Big Book Quote

If a mere code of morals or a better philosophy of life

were sufficient to overcome alcoholism,

many of us would have recovered long ago.

P44,45

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"We were resolved to admit nobody to A.A. but that hypothetical class of people we termed `pure alcoholics.' Except for their guzzling, and the unfortunate results thereof, they could have no other complications. So beggars, tramps, asylum inmates, prisoners, queers, plain crackpots, and fallen women were definitely out. Yes sir, we'd cater only to pure and respectable alcoholics! Any others would surely destroy us. Besides, if we took in those odd ones, what would decent people say about us? We built a fine-mesh fence right around A.A.
"Maybe this sounds comical now. Maybe you think we oldtimers were pretty intolerant. But I can tell you there was nothing funny about the situation then. We were grim because we felt our lives and homes were threatened, and that was no laughing matter. Intolerant, you say? Well, we were frightened. Naturally, we began to act like most everybody does when afraid. After all, isn't fear the true basis of intolerance? Yes, we were intolerant."

p. 140

Twenty-Four Hours

A.A. Thought For The Day

Have I turned to a Higher Power for help? Do I believe
that each man or woman I see in A.A. is a demonstration
of the power of God to change a human being from a
drunkard into a sober, useful citizen? Do I believe that
this Higher Power can help me from drinking? Am I living
one day at a time? Do I ask God to give me the power to
stay sober for each twenty-four hours? Do I attend A.A.
meetings regularly?

Meditation For The Day

I believe that God's presence brings peace and that peace,
like a quiet flowing river, will cleanse all irritants
away. In these quiet times, God will teach me how to rest
my nerves. I will not be afraid. I will learn how to relax.
When I am relaxed, God's strength will flow into me. I
will be at peace.

Prayer For The Day

I pray for that peace which passes all understanding.
I pray for that peace which the world can neither give
nor take away.

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Trudging

"Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to Him and to your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and join us. We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny. May God bless you and keep you - until then."
c.1976 AAWS
Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 164

Thought to Consider . . .

I didn't know how sick I was until I started getting better.

*~*AACRONYMS*~*

O D A A T
One Day At A Time

DAILY REFLECTIONS

TOTAL ACCEPTANCE

He cannot picture life without alcohol Some day he will be

unable to imagine life either with alcohol or without it.

Then he will know loneliness such as few do. He will be at

the jumping-off place. He will wish for the end.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 152

Only an alcoholic can understand the exact meaning of a

statement like this one. The double standard that held me

captive as an active alcoholic also filled me with terror and

confusion: "If I don't get a drink I'm going to die,"

competed with "If I continue drinking it's going to kill me."

Both compulsive thoughts pushed me ever closer to the

bottom. That bottom produced a total acceptance of my alcoholism—

with no reservations whatsoever—and one that

was absolutely essential for my recovery. It was a dilemma

unlike anything I had ever faced, but as I found out later on,

a necessary one if I was to succeed in this program.

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Let Go, Let God

I let go, let God, and welcome the new year.

As I look back upon this year, I may be visited by all kinds of memories, pleasant ones and others I might want to forget.

Letting go means eliminating all that no longer serves me, forgiving others or myself for things said or done. Releasing feelings of guilt or resentment over a past that cannot be changed frees me to welcome a future of opportunity and delight.

Letting God means I will not limit my future by holding rigid ideas of how it should unfold. I will dream big and set goals for the coming year, welcoming God's grace in ways that may surpass what I can imagine.

I say goodbye to the old year with a fresh, unburdened mind and heart. I let go and let God as I welcome the new year.

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