Your Daily Reprieve 03.22.26

 


 

 

Your Daily Reprieve for Sunday March 22, 2026

 

From Ponte Vedra, FL

 

 

 

"Great opportunities to help others seldom come,

but small ones surround us every day.

~Sally Koch

 

“We don't need more to be thankful for;

we need to be more thankful.”
—unknown

 

"All change is not growth,

as all movement is not forward."
—Ellen Glasgow

 

 

“Whenever things get hard,

or I don’t want to follow through with a suggestion,

I simply humble myself to my Higher Power and say,

‘Just for today.’ That helps me live in the moment.”

~ San José, California, October 2011

 

 

BIG BOOK QUOTE

 

A kindly act once in a while isn't enough.

 You have to act the Good Samaritan every day, if need be.

 

P97

 

 

Daily Share!

 

 

AA Speaker of the Day

 

 

SCOTT L.

High Point, NC

Serenity Improvement Group

09.25.21

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ZOOM

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MARCH 2026 Miracles

 

3/1 Rich W. (Astoria, NY)…..11

3/2 Biancy M. (Fort Thomas, KY)…..38

3/3 Kelly T. (Newmarket, NH)…..35

3/3 Heather S. (Wildwood, FL)…..1

3/3 Craig K. (Boiling Springs, SC)…..5

3/4 Jennifer B. (Normandy, FR)…..11

3/4 Adam L. (NY, NY/Soma, NJ)…..12

¾ Ron H. (San Diego, CA)…..42

3/5 Suzanne S. (Wayne, PA)…..48

3/5 Eric S. (Wayne, PA)…..48

3/5 Tom M. (The Fourth Dimension)…..32

3/6 Nora M. (Jacksonville, FL)…..8

3/7 Dave G. (Vancouver, Canada)…..23

3/7 Diane C. (Larkspur, CA)…..52

3/7 Gregory S. (Fort Pierce, FL)…..41

3/7 George H. (Milwaukee, WI)…..18

3/9 Patty K. (Baiting Hollow, NY)…..42

3/9 Danny S. (Narragansett, RI)…..26

3/9 Andy W. (Long Beach, NY)…..39

3/10 Craig M. (Woodbine, GA)…..5

3/10 Rob H. (Punta Gorda, FL)…..2

3/11 Crystal H. (Richmond BC)…..8

3/11 John M. (Vero Beach, FL)…..17

3/11 Ken S. (Austin, TX)…..20

3/12 Ned W. (Melbourne, FL)…..29

3/13 Andy G. (Flemington, NJ)…..22

3/13 Tom V. (Morris Plains, NJ)…..19

3/13 Matt H. (Huntersville, NC)…..39

3/15 Vivian R. aka Lady V. (Queens, NY)…..42

3/16 Suzan B. (Bunnell, FL)…..2

3/16 Mark B. (Bradenton, FL)…..3

3/16 Billy I, (Chatham, MA)…..41

3/16 Deborah B.(Amelia Island, FL) …..35

3/17 Dan D. (Indialantic, FL)…..47

3/19 Mike B. (Purchase, NY)…..26

3/19 Mike J. (Kingston, NH)…..18

3/20 Michelle O. (Los Angeles, CA)…..27

3/21 Johnetta W.  (Amelia Island, FL)…..18

3/21 Pamela B. (Clinton, NJ)…..43

3/21 Kate A. (Nyack, NY)…..38

3/22 Tim F. (Greenbrier, TN)…..11

3/24 Amy BS. (New York, New York) …..38

3/24 Trey B.(Austin, TX)…..20

3/25 Buffy H. (Gambier, OH/Nantucket)…..34

3/25 Drue A. (Yulee, FL)…..20

3/26 Fred H. (Amelia Island, FL)…..50

3/26 Walter O’. (Miramichi, NB, Canada)…..56

3/27 Sylvia A. (West Ossipee, NH)…..3

3/28 Steven S. (Summit, NJ)…..16

3/28 Terry A. (Nashville, TN)…..11

3/28 Christian B. (Wycoff, NJ)…..10

3/29 Toni Y. Austin, TX)…..21

3/30 Wendy B. (Wanaque, NJ) …..36

3/30 Soteros C. (Melbourne, FL)…..31

3/31 Beth V. (Hackettstown, NJ)…..22

3/31 Loretta H. (Basking Ridge, NJ)…..18

 

1430 Total Years of Recovery

 

 

 

 

 

 

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12&12

 

Tradition Nine - "A.A., as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve."

You might think A.A.'s headquarters in New York would be an exception. Surely, the people there would have to have some authority. But long ago, trustees and staff members alike found they could do no more than make suggestions, and very mild ones at that. They even had to coin a couple of sentences which still go into half the letters they write: "Of course, you are at perfect liberty to handle this matter any way you please. But the majority experience in A.A. does seem to suggest . . . " Now, that attitude is far removed from central government, isn't it? We recognize that alcoholics can't be dictated to--individually or collectively.

pp. 173-174

 

 

Twenty-Four Hours

 

A.A. Thought For The Day

We're all looking for the power to overcome drinking. A
fellow comes into A.A. and his first question is: How do
I get the strength to quit? At first, it seems to him that
he will never get the necessary strength. He sees older
members who have found the power he is looking for, but he
doesn't know the process by which they got it. This
necessary strength comes in many ways. Have I found all the
strength I need?

Meditation For The Day

You cannot have a spiritual need which God cannot supply.
Your fundamental need is a spiritual need, the need of
power to lead the good life. The best spiritual supply is
received by you when you want it to pass on to other
people. You get it largely by giving it away. God gives
you strength as you pass it on to another person. That
strength means increased health; increased health means
more good work, and more good work means more people
helped. And so it goes on, a constant supply to meet all
spiritual needs.

Prayer For The Day

I pray that my every spiritual need will be supplied by
God. I pray that I may use the power I receive to help
others.

 

 

Daily Thought

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

Change

 

How many of us would presume to declare, "Well, I'm sober, and I'm happy. What more can I want, or do? I'm fine the way I am." We know that the price of such self-satisfaction is an inevitable backslide, punctuated at some point by a very rude awakening. We have to grow or else deteriorate. For us, the status quo can only be for today, never for tomorrow. Change we must; we cannot stand still.

Bill W., April 1961
c. 1967 AAWS, As Bill Sees It, p. 25


Thought to Consider . . .
Backsliding begins when knee-bending stops

 

*~*AACRONYMS*~*

 

C H A N G E
Can Helping Attract New Gifts and Energy?

 

 



DAILY REFLECTIONS

 

NO MORE STRUGGLE. . .

And we have ceased fighting anything or anyone— even

alcohol.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 84

 

When A.A. found me, I thought I was in for a struggle, and

that A.A. might provide the strength I needed to beat

alcohol. Victorious in that fight, who knows what other

battles I could win. I would need to be strong, though. All

my previous experience with life proved that. Today I do

not have to struggle or exert my will. If I take those Twelve

Steps and let my Higher Power do the real work, my

alcohol problem disappears all by itself. My living

problems also cease to be struggles. I just have to ask

whether acceptance—or change—is required. It is not my

will, but His, that needs doing.

 

 

 

POT LUCK

 

Journey To The Heart

 

The Best Is Yet to Come

 

Set yourself free from limitations, limitations you have placed on yourself.

Sometimes in life we may begin thinking the best part is over. I’ve done my best work, had my best times. We don’t have to limit ourselves, life or the universe.

 

You’ve had many great times, visited many interesting places, done excellent work, and had truly memorable experiences. You’ve experienced a lifetime of love – with family members, friends, loved ones. But the best isn’t over.

Whether you’re at the end of a particular relationship, task, or part of your journey, the best is not over. It is still to come.

 

Memories of excellent times are to be cherished. Clinging to them in a way that limits our lives is a different issue. Often, it keeps us from cherishing the present moment and creatively participating in our future.

 

All endings are inexorably tied to new beginnings. That’s the nature of the journey. It continues to unfold. It builds on itself. It can’t help itself from doing that. Cherish the moments, all of them. You have seen and felt much in life so far. But still, the best is yet to come.

 

Open yourself to all the journey holds. The universe is abundant. You are ready to be healed, calmed, empowered. You are ready to partake of the banquet of life, again and again. You are ready to take your place in new, creative experiences. There are many places still to see, soul mates yet to meet, lessons to be learned, joys to be experienced.

 

Transcend your limitations. Open your mind and heart to all that lies ahead.

Call it to you often in the quietness of your heart by believing what is true.

 

The best is yet to come.

 

 

**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

 

 

 

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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

 

Great Minds Quotes

https://twitter.com/GreatestQuotes

 

 

 

MOOJI GUIDED Meditation

http://bit.ly/2Ogwe9v

 

 

**Podcasts**

https://boiledowlaa.org/

https://www.aagrapevine.org/podcast

 

 

12 Step Meditations

 www.stepmeditation.com

 

These are 12 meditations,

each about 12 minutes long and the content

(other than the meditation instructions)

are straight from the text of the big book and 12 & 12

(created by Matt H.)

 

 

Speaker Recordings

 

Wee Willie’s

Sobriety First Media

AA CD’s Literature and tapes

https://www.mediafire.com/sobrietyfirst

*****

 

The Lights are On

http://xa-speakers.org/

 

 

Recovery Speakers

http://recoveryspeakers.com/

 

Miscellaneous Sources

Living Life Fully

http://www.livinglifefully.com/

 

 

Twenty Four Hours a Day

Since 1954, Twenty-Four Hours a Day has become a stable force in the recovery of many alcoholics

throughout the world. With over nine million copies in print (the original text has been revised),

this "little black book" offers daily thoughts, meditations, and prayers for living a clean and sober life.

A spiritual resource with practical applications to fit our daily lives.

Copyright 1975 Hazeleden Foundation

 

Tammy’s recovery links

http://www.bluidkiti.com/forums/

 

AA Photo Archives

http://www.rewritables.net/cybriety/aa_photos.htm

 

Heard at A Meeting

https://twitter.com/heardinameeting

 

Breast Cancer Site

Take a minute and click to provide free mammograms

https://thebreastcancersite.greatergood.com/clickToGive/bcs/home

 

MEN FIGHTING CANCER TOGETHER

America’s largest volunteer men’s cancer support group

and advocacy national nonprofit organization.

http://malecare.org/

 

 

Prayables

http://prayables.org/

 

 

Daily Thought

http://groups.google.com/group/TransitionsDaily

 

Speaker Recordings

Stories of Recovery - A 12-Step Collection

https://storiesofrecovery.org/index.html

 

 


 

 

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