Your Daily Reprieve 02.13.26

 

 

Your Daily Reprieve for Friday February 13, 2026   From Ponte Vedra, FL

"God put us here on this carnival ride. We close our eyes, never knowing where it'll take us next." ~Carrie Underwood   Walk a mile in my shoes. See what I see. Hear what I hear. Feel what I feel. Then maybe you'll understand why I do what I do. ~author unknown   "The future is completely open and we are writing it moment to moment " ~ Penna Chödrön   “Sometimes we register surprise, shock, and anger when people find fault with AA. We are apt to be disturbed to such an extent that we cannot benefit from constructive criticism. This sort of resentment makes no friends and achieves no constructive purpose. Certainly, this is an area in which we can improve.” ~AA Co-Founder, Bill W., July 1965     If You'd Like To Sign Up ADD A Friend , A Sponsee, A Sponsor or a Newcomer To Your Daily Reprieve Email List  Send me an email at: sober@yourdailyreprieve.com.

BIG BOOK QUOTE   Besides a seeming inability to accept much on faith, we often found ourselves handicapped  by obstinacy, sensitiveness, and unreasoning prejudice.   P47,48

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12&12   Tradition Eight - "Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional, but our service centers may employ special workers." ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS will never have a professional class. We have gained some understanding of the ancient words "Freely ye have received, freely give." We have discovered that at the point of professionalism, money and spirituality do not mis. Almost no recovery from alcoholism has ever been brought about by the world's best professionals, whether medical or religious. We do not decry professionalism in other fields, but we accept the sober fact that it does not work for us. Every time we have tried to professionalize our Twelfth Step, the result has been exactly the same: Our single purpose has been defeated. p. 166

Twenty-Four Hours   A.A. Thought For The Day Sometimes we can't help thinking: Why can't we ever drink again? We know it's because we're alcoholics, but why did we have to get that way? The answer is that at some point in our drinking careers, we passed what is called our "tolerance point." When we passed this point, we passed from a condition in which we could tolerate alcohol to a condition in which we could not tolerate it at all. After that, if we took one drink we would sooner or later end up drunk. When I think of liquor now, do I think of it as something that I can never tolerate again? Meditation For The Day In a race, it is when a goal is in sight that heart and nerves and muscles and courage are strained almost to the breaking point. So with us. The goal of the spiritual life is in sight. All we need is the final effort. The saddest records made by people are those who ran well, with brave stout hearts, until the sight of the goal and then some weakness or self-indulgence held them back. They never knew how near the goal they were or how near they were to victory. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may press on until the goal is reached. I pray that I may not give up in the final stretch.

Daily Thought ^*^*^*^*^ (\   ~~   /) (    \(AA)/    ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Carrying the Message "Alcoholics simply will not listen to a paid twelfth-stepper. Almost from the beginning, we have been positive that face-to-face work with the alcoholic who suffers could be based only on the desire to help and be helped. When an A.A. talks for money, whether at a meeting or to a single newcomer, it can have a very bad effect on him, too. The money motive compromises him and everything he says and does for his prospect. This has always been so obvious that only a very few A.A.'s have ever worked the Twelfth Step for a fee." c. 1952 AAWS Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 166 Thought to Consider . . There is no materialism in A.A. - just spirituality. *~*AACRONYMS*~* A S A P Always Say A Prayer

DAILY REFLECTIONS   WE CAN'T THINK OUR WAY SOBER To the intellectually self-sufficient man or woman, many A. A.'s can say, "Yes, we were like you—far too smart for our own good. . . . Secretly, we felt we could float above the rest of the folks on our brain power alone." AS BILL SEES IT, p. 60   Even the most brilliant mind is no defense against the disease of alcoholism. I can't think my way sober. I try to remember that intelligence is a God-given attribute that I may use, a joy—like having a talent for dancing or drawing or carpentry. It does not make me better than anyone else, and it is not a particularly reliable tool for recovery, for it is a power greater than myself who will restore me to sanity—not a high IQ or a college degree.

POT LUCK     "There are only two times when you should go to a meeting: when you feel like going, and when you don’t feel like going."     It is hard living with a disease that tells me I don’t have it. When I’m in between meetings and life is busy, it’s easy for me to think of going to a meeting as an imposition. I’m fine. I don’t want to drink, haven’t in years, and I’m too busy for a meeting! That kind of thinking can get me into big trouble, and if I listen to it, I can grow irritable, restless, and discontented. And that can put me in real danger.   One of the most valuable lessons I’ve learned in the program is to take contrary action to what my head is telling me. In fact, I’ve learned that when my head is telling me I don’t need a meeting, it actually means that I really need one. Thankfully, I learned in early recovery to take that contrary action, and when I follow it and go to a meeting, without exception, I always feel better.   I’ve heard that the only thing an alcoholic does in moderation is work the Steps. Because this disease is cunning, baffling, and powerful, and constantly tells me not to do something that will make me feel better, I have to remain vigilant and ready. This is why I just take the right actions regardless of what my head is saying. So, for me, there are two times when I should go to a meeting: when I feel like it and when I don’t.

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