Your Daily Reprieve 1.2.26

Your Daily Reprieve for Friday January 2, 2026

From Jacksonville, FL

"There is only one small letter between the words CAN and

CAN'T...and that one letter will TOTALLY change your destiny."

-–Doug Firebaugh

Happiness is intrinsic, it's an internal thing. When you build it

into yourself, no external circumstances can take it away. That kind of

happiness is a twenty-four-hour thing.

--Leo F. Buscaglia

God, if I can't see the joy in life, help me look again.

--Melody Beattie

Now and then I like to lift my eyes up from the details of daily life and

remember the bigger picture, and take a breath of God, and feel and

remember that ultimately, it's all okay.

--Dan Millman

God wants us to give from the heart when we see a need.

--Nancy Shelton

Big Book Quote

These were revolutionary and drastic proposals, but the moment I fully accepted them, the effect was electric. There was a sense of victory, followed by such a peace and serenity as I had never known. There was utter confidence.

P14

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Tradition Three - "The only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop drinking."

This Tradition is packed with meaning. For A.A. is really saying to every serious drinker, "You are an A.A. member if you say so. You can declare yourself in; nobody can keep you out. No matter who you are, no matter how low you've gone, no matter how grave your emotional complications - even your crimes - we still can't deny you A.A. We don't want to keep you out. We aren't a bit afraid you'll harm us, never mind how twisted or violent you may be. We just want to be sure that you get the same great chance for sobriety that we've had. So you're an A.A. member the minute you declare yourself."

p. 139

Twenty-Four Hours

A.A. Thought For The Day

What makes A.A. work? The first thing is to have a revulsion against
myself and my way of living. Then I must admit I was helpless, that
alcohol had me licked and I couldn't do anything about it. The next
thing is to honestly want to quit the old life. Then I must surrender
my life to a Higher Power, put my drinking problem in His hands and
leave it there. After these things are done, I should attend meetings
regularly for fellowship and sharing. I should also try to help other
alcoholics. Am I doing these things?

Meditation For The Day

You are so made that you can only carry the weight of twenty-four
hours, no more. If you weigh yourself down with the years behind and
the days ahead, your back breaks. God has promised to help with the
burdens of the day only. If you are foolish enough to gather again
that burden of the past and carry it, then indeed you cannot expect
God to help you bear it. So forget that which lies behind you and
breathe in the blessing of each new day.

Prayer For The Day

I pray that I may realize that, for good or bad, past days have ended.
I pray that I may face each new day, the coming twenty-four hours,
with hope and courage.

Daily Thought

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Touchstones

"All A.A. progress can be reckoned in terms of just two words: humility and responsibility. Our whole spiritual development can be accurately measured by our degree of adherence to these magnificent standards. Ever deepening humility, accompanied by an ever greater willingness to accept and act upon clear-cut obligations - these are truly our touchstones for all growth in the life of the spirit. They hold up to us the very essence of right being and right doing. It is by them that we are enabled to find and to do God's will."
Bill W., Talk, 1965
c.1967 AAWS Inc.
As Bill Sees It, p. 271

Thought to Consider . . .

The solution is simple. The solution is spiritual.

*~*AACRONYMS*~*

S O B E R
Staying Off Booze Enjoying Recovery

DAILY REFLECTIONS

FIRST, THE FOUNDATION

Is sobriety all that we can expect of a spiritual awakening?

No, sobriety is only a bare beginning.

AS BILL SEES IT, p. 8

Practicing the A.A. program is like building a house. First I

had to pour a big, thick concrete slab on which to erect the

house; that, to me, was the equivalent of stopping drinking.

But it's pretty uncomfortable living on a concrete slab,

unprotected and exposed to the heat, cold, wind and rain.

So I built a room on the slab by starting to practice the

program. The first room was rickety because I wasn't used

to the work. But as time passed, as I practiced the program,

I learned to build better rooms. The more I practiced, and

the more I built, the more comfortable, and happy, was the

home I now have to live in.

POT LUCK

"The Power behind me is bigger than the problem in front of me."

In the past, I faced life alone. It was up to me to manage everything I had, to arrange things to get what I wanted, and to solve the problems I encountered. This was an exhausting task, and at times the mere thought of my current problems, or problems unforeseen, would overwhelm me, leaving me depressed and listless. How can I keep getting up in the morning feeling this way? was a thought I often had.

In the rooms of recovery, the first great relief I had came from the energy of the collective spirit I felt from all the people who had already recovered. Suddenly, I was no longer alone, and now I, too, had access to solutions and a new way of living and dealing with life. Most important of all, I discovered a Power greater than myself, and I grew to trust and rely upon this Power that I now call God.

Today, after years of trying and relying on this Power, I have the confidence that comes from faith, because I know that by relying on God’s solutions to my life and problems, I am always taken care of. Whenever I remember to include or turn to God for life’s answers, I am amazed and delighted by how problems melt, situations change, and my life flows like the river of peace I believe God is. Today, I have faith that the Power behind me is bigger than the problem in front of me

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