Your Daily Reprieve 01.20.26

Your Daily Reprieve for Tuesday January 20, 2026

From Waynesville, NC

“Continuing to cling to the patterns you know

inhibits your ability to discover what you don't know.”
—Eric Allenbaugh

If you do not conquer self,

you will be conquered by self.

~Napoleon Hill

“When you stop expecting people to be perfect,

you can like them for who they are.”
—Donald Miller

"The meeting of two personalities

is like the contact of two chemical substances:

if there is any reaction, both are transformed."
—Carl Jung

Big Book Quote

This was only a beginning, though if honestly and humbly made, an effect, sometimes a very great one, was felt at once.

P63

Daily Share!

AA Speaker of the Day

Gary M.

Serenity Improvement Group

03.02.21

https://bit.ly/4prPzUz

Celebrate Your Anniversary Here

SHOW NEWCOMERS HOW IT WORKS!!

JANUARY 2025 Miracles

1/1 Terri M. (Pleasant Hill, CA)…..49

1/1 Bob V. (Basking Ridge, NJ)…..42

1/1 John S. ….37

1/1 Phil L. (Palm Coast, FL)…..32

1/1 Mike M. (Manhasset, NY)…..1

1/1 Kingsley C. (Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK)…..13

1/1 Severine Z. (Sacramento, CA)…..9

1/1 Deirdre K. (Madison NJ)…..21

1/1 Maura Mc. (Greenwich, CT)…..20

1/1 Terrance R. (Morristown, NJ)…..32

1/2 Bob C. (Jacksonville, FL)…..36

1/2 Roger M. Kennebunk, ME)…..4

1/2 Tara M. (New York, NY)…..11

1/2 Gregory B. (New York, NY)…..14

1/3 William W. (Whispering Pines, NC)…..38

1/3 Johny R. (Stuart, FL)…..49

1/3 Grace C. (Stuart, FL)…..35

1/4 Kevin J. (Bristol, RI)…..35

1/4 Linda B. (Memphis, TN)…..29

1/4 Nick M. (Tryon, NC)…..32

1/5 Tim G. (Dallas, TX)…..14

1/6 Caitlin R. (Westhampton Beach, NY)…..1

1/6 George R. (Stratham, NH)…..14

1/6 Mary B. (Key Largo, FL)…..20

1/6 Ann OK-B. (Greenwich, CT)…..47

1/6 Mike S. (Orange Park, FL)…..20

1/7 Luke T. (Nantucket)…..7

1/7 Michelle S. (Canton MI)…..5

1/7 Robert W. (Gatineau, Quebec)…..32

1/7 Alexis R. (Devon, UK)…..24

1/7 Liz O. (New York, NY)…..22

1/7 Leo D. (Warren, NJ)…..28

1/8 Alan J.(Woodstock, NY)…..18

1/8 Alan H. (Gainesville, GA) …..10

1/8 Jollylou (Sarasota, FL)…..13

1/8 Harry B. (Palm Beach Gardens, FL)…..21

1/9 Patty A. (Waynesville, NC)…..1

1/9 Ginger S. (Aberdeen, NC)…..17

1/9 Peter C. (Miami, FL)…..25

1/9 Tefft S. (Wahington, DC )…..41

1/10 Sheree F. (Silver Spring, MD)…..37

1/10 Tim S. (Ringwood, UK)…..20

1/10 Paula B. (Charleston, SC)…..43

1/10 Kelly S. (Methuen/Tampa)…..37

1/10 Bill H. (Charlotte, NC)…..7

1/11 Linda K. (Lake Hiawatha, NJ)…..6

1/11 Will P. (Waynesville, NC)…..37

1/12 David F. (Calgary, Canada)…..13

1/13 David S. (Newport, RI)…..40

1/13 Stephanie B. (Falkville, AL)…..1

1/13 Hope C. (Orlando, FL)….1

1/13 Tara M. (Larchmont, NY)…..13

1/13 Robbi H. (Port Charlotte, FL)…..44

1/13 John E. (Reading, UK)…..11

1/13 Brian G. (Ridgewood, NJ)…..36

1/13 Linda H. (Guam)…..24

1/14 Calvin A. (Rockville, MD)…..1

1/14 Dot C. (Acton, MA)…..13

1/14 Jo M. (Port Charlotte, FL)…..22

1/15 Sue J. (Palm Coast, FL)…..16

1/15 Parrish M. (NC)…..7

1/15 Matt M. (Pensacola, FL)…..7

1/15 Steve D. (Bernardsville, NJ)…..14

1/16 Tree A. (San Anselmo, CA)…..37

1/16 Marta C. (Germantown, MD)…..1

1/16 Bonni S. (Charleston, SC)…..41

1/16 Chip S. (Birmingham, AL)…..23

1/17 Dennis D. (Palm Coast, FL)…..15

1/17 Carol C. (Sarasota, FL)…..4

1/17 Jenny P. (Flemington, NJ)…..33

1/17 Helen C. (Dover, UK)…..54

1/18 Mike H. (East Dorset, VT)…..39

1/18 Paul O’ (Ireland)…..15

1/18 John D. (Key Largo, FL)…..3

1/18 Simon S. (New York City)…..5

1/19 Bill W.(Sun City Center, FL) …..31

1/19 Carol L. (Aspen, CO)…..35

1/20 Rick S. (Sarasota, FL)…..41

1/20 Dan D. (Sun City Center, FL)…..17

1/21 Rob B. (Simpsonville, SC)…..10

1/21 Liz M. (NY)…..27

1/21 Heather N.(Wylie, TX) …..29

1/22 Stacey C. (Lancaster, PA)…..19

1/22 Daylene L. (Litchfield Park, AZ)…..21

1/22 Erin M. (Salem, NH)…..7

1/22 Brian McD. (Leland, NC)…..42

1/23 Mike C. (Solon, OH)…..11

1/23 Jay O’D. …..16

1/24 Steve A. (Syracuse, NY)…..2

1/24 Vito (Saratoga Springs, NY)…..34

1/24 Steve L. (Starke, FL)…..8

1/24 Paul B. (NBPT, MA/Ports NH/SSI,GA)…..40

1/25 PJ C. (Bel Air, MD)…..11

1/25 Susan G. (Guelph, ON)…..1

1/26 Ann S. (Stuart, FL)…..34

1/26 Manny T. (Montreal, Canada)…..5

1/28 David C. (Ruskin, FL)…..2

1/29 Geri O. (Tucson, AZ)…..39

1/29 Sandra C. (New York, NY)…..50

1/30 Al L. (White Plains, NY)…..40

1/31 Pat B. (Oneida, NY)…..37

1/31 Sandy W. (East Hampton/Naples)…..30

1/31 Bob P. (Jacksonville, NC)…..42

1/31 Kim J. (Streator, IL)…..15

1/31 Judy C. (Vero Beach, FL)…..41

2331 Total Years of Sobriety

Drop a Buck in the Basket?

PayPal paypal.me/TomMurphy

Venmo @Tom-Murphy-160

12&12

Tradition Four - "Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or A.A. as a whole."

AUTONOMY is a ten-dollar word. But in relation to us, it means very simply that every A..A. group can manage its affairs exactly as it pleases, except when A.A. as a whole is threatened. Comes now the same question raised in Tradition One.. Isn't such liberty foolishly dangerous?
Over the years, every conceivable deviation from our Twelve Steps and Traditions has been tried. That was sure to be, since we are so largely a band of ego-driven individualists. Children of chaos, we have defiantly played with every brand of fire, only to emerge unharmed and, we think, wiser. These very deviations created a vast process of trial and error which, under the grace of God, has brought us to where we stand today.

p. 146

Twenty-Four Hours

A.A. Thought For The Day

In A.A., we're all through with lying, hangovers, remorse
and wasted money. When we were drinking, we were only
half alive. Now that we're trying to live decent, honest,
unselfish lives, we're really alive. Life has a new
meaning for us, so that we can really enjoy it. We feel
that we're some use in the world. We're on the right
side of the fence, instead of on the wrong side. We can
look the world in the face instead of hiding in alleys.
We come into A.A. to get sober and if we stay long
enough, we learn a new way of living. Am I convinced
that no matter how much fun I got out of drinking, that
life was never as good as the life I can build in A.A.?

Meditation For The Day

I want to be at one with the Divine Spirit of the
universe. I will set my deepest affections on things
spiritual, not on things material. As we think,
so we are. So I will think of and desire that which will
help, not hinder, my spiritual growth. I will try to be
at one with God. No human aspiration can reach higher
than this.

Prayer For The Day

I pray that I may think love, and love will surround me. I
pray that I may think health, and health will come to me.

Daily Thought

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

"My actions drunk or sober, before A.A., were not those of a sane person. My desire to be honest with myself made it necessary for me to realize that my drinking was irrational. It had to be, or I could not have justified my erratic behavior as I did. I've been benefited from a dictionary definition I found that reads: 'rationalization is giving a socially acceptable reason for socially unacceptable behavior, and socially unacceptable behavior is a form of insanity."
c. 1976 AAWS
Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 550-551

Thought to Consider . . .
Let the lunatic out of the attic.

*~*AACRONYMS*~*

F A I T H
Facing All In Trusting Him

DAILY REFLECTIONS

"WE PAUSE . . . AND ASK"

As we go through the day we pause, when agitated or

doubtful, and ask for the right thought or action.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 87

Today I humbly ask my Higher Power for the grace to find

the space between my impulse and my action; to let flow a

cooling breeze when I would respond with heat; to

interrupt fierceness with gentle peace; to accept the

moment which allows judgment to become discernment; to

defer to silence when my tongue would rush to attack or

defend.

I promise to watch for every opportunity to turn toward

my Higher Power for guidance. I know where this power

is: it resides within me, as clear as a mountain brook,

hidden in the hills—it is the unsuspected Inner Resource.

I thank my Higher Power for this world of light and

truth I see when I allow it to direct my vision. I trust it

today and hope it trusts me to make all effort to find the

right thought or action today.

POT LUCK

Walk In Dry Places

Proving Ourselves/Self-esteem

Long after a bitter failure, some of us still cling to the hope that we can erase the defeat in some spectacular way. One dream is to “prove ourselves” to those who scorned us or put us down.

This never really works, even when we do become winners at some later time. For one thing, we may be proving ourselves to people who never will like us.

If we are striving to show others that we can succeed, we are still dancing to their tune. We are accepting their idea of what success should be.

Many of us failed simply because we were alcoholics and could do no better. We might have destroyed opportunities that will never rise again. But by finding sobriety, we may already have proved ourselves to those who really count in our lives...... Including ourselves.

I can prove today that the Twelve Step program works and that a loving Higher Power is present in my life.

**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