Your Daily Reprieve 01.29.26

Your Daily Reprieve for Thursday January 29, 2026

From Lebanon, TN

The test before us as a people

is not whether our commitments match our will and our courage;

but whether we have the will and courage to match our commitments.

-Lyndon B. Johnson

Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart

and try to love the questions themselves. . . .

Don’t search for the answers, which could not be given to you now,

because you would not be able to live them.

And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now.

Perhaps, then, someday far in the future,

you will gradually, without even noticing it,

live your way into the answer.

-Rainer Maria Rilke

Those who have a why to live for

can bear almost any how.

-Friedrich Nietzsche

Nothing great was ever done without much enduring.

-Catherine of Siena

BIG BOOK QUOTE

Most of us feel we need look no further for Utopia.

We have it with us right here and now.

P16

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"Shoemaker, stick to thy last!" ... better do one thing supremely well than many badly. That is the central theme of this Tradition. Around it our Society gathers in unity. The very life of our Fellowship requires the preservation of this principle.

p. 150

Twenty-Four Hours

A.A. Thought For The Day

What a load wasting money puts on your shoulders! They
say that members of A.A. have paid the highest initiation
fee of any club members in the world, because we've
wasted so much money on liquor. We'll never be able to
figure out how much it was. We not only waste our own
money, but also the money we should have spent on our
families. When you come into A.A., that terrible load
of wasted money falls off your shoulders. We alcoholics
were getting round-shouldered from carrying all those
loads that drinking put on our shoulders. But when we
come into A.A., we get a wonderful feeling of release
and freedom. Can I throw back my shoulders and look
the whole world in the face again?

Meditation For The Day

I believe that the future is in the hands of God. He
knows better than I what the future holds for me. I am
not at the mercy of fate or buffeted about by life. I
am being led in a very definite way, as I try to rebuild
my life. I am the builder, but God is the architect. It
is mine to build as best I can, under His guidance.

Prayer For The Day

I pray that I may depend on God, since He has planned my
life. I pray that I may live my life as I believe God
wants me to live it.

Daily Thought

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( \(AA)/ )
(_ /AA\ _)
/AA\
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Diagnosis

"We do not like to pronounce any individual as alcoholic, but you can quickly diagnose yourself. Step over to the nearest barroom and try some controlled drinking. Try to drink and stop abruptly. Try it more than once. It will not take long for you to decide, if you are honest with yourself about it. It may be worth a bad case of jitters if you get a full knowledge of your condition."
c. 1976 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 31-2

Thought to Consider . . .
If you want to quit drinking, you are going to have to quit drinking.

*~*AACRONYMS*~*

D E A D
Drinking Ends All Dreams

DAILY REFLECTIONS

THE JOY OF SHARING

Life will take on new meaning. To watch people recover, to

see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a

fellowship grow up about you, to have a host of friends—

this is an experience you must not miss. We know you will

not want to miss it. Frequent contact with newcomers and

with each other is the bright spot of our lives.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 89

To know that each newcomer with whom I share has the

opportunity to experience the relief that I have found in this

Fellowship fills me with joy and gratitude. I feel that all the

things described in A.A. will come to pass for them, as they

have for me, if they seize the opportunity and embrace the

program fully.

POT LUCK

Walk In Dry Places

Light for Dark corners

Honesty

Newspaper writers know that there's usually a future story in the "dark side" of any person who is being lavishly praised in the media. That's because almost every person has a "dark side" or secrets that are carefully guarded.

We should look for such dark corners in our own lives. Most of us are not public figures fearing exposure, but recovering people seeking to stay sober and healthy.

We can begin to illuminate our dark corners by discussing our secrets with others. This does not necessarily eliminate whatever shortcoming is involved, but our honesty is a step in the right direction.

False pride may also play a part in keeping dark secrets from others, causing fear that others might see us as we really are. Thus, learning to confront and confess our dark sides can lead to victory over both fear and pride.

I'll strive today to be honest about any weaknesses or wrongs that I've been concealing. Under the light of such honesty, my dark secrets can be transformed.

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