Your Daily Reprieve 04.02.26

 

 

 

 

Your Daily Reprieve for Thursday April 21, 2026

 

From Waynesville, NC

 

 

Fears are educated into us and can, if we wish, be educated out.
~Karl A. Menninger

 

 

Fear begins and ends with the desire to be secure; inward and outward security, with the desire to be certain, to have permanency. The continuity of permanence is sought in every direction, in virtue, in relationship, in action, in experience, in knowledge, in outward and inward things. To find security and be secure is the everlasting cry. It is this insistent demand that breeds fear.

~Jiddu Krishnamurti

 

 

“As faith grows, so does inner security.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., January 1962

 

 

When I begin to sit with the dawn in solitude,

I begin to really live.

It makes me treasure every single moment of life.

- Gloria Vanderbilt

 

BIG BOOK QUOTE

 

When we sincerely took such a position,

all sorts of remarkable things followed.

 

P63

 

 

Daily Share!

 

 

AA Speaker of the Day

 

 

VINCE T.

Serenity Improvement Group

04.20.21

 

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ZOOM

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MARCH 2026 Miracles

 

4/1 Ron F. (Cincinnati, OH)…..49

4/1 Gregory D. (Water Mill, NY)…..9

4/1 Joyce G. (Bradford, Ma)…..38

4/1 Grady S. (Sunnyvale, CA)…..35

4/1 John B. (Stuart, FL)…..45

4/1 Julian G. (Salt Lake City, UT)…..11

4/1 Cary W. (Palm City, FL)…..19

4/1 Michael C. (Los Angeles, CA)…..45

4/3 Leigh A. (Bethesda, MD)…..28

4/4 Tim D. (Seaforth, Ontario)…..15

4/4 Mark S. (Washington, DC)…..21

4/5 Alison I. (Edinburgh, Scotland) …..32

4/6 Eugene R. (Barcelona, Spaim)…..12

4/6 Vige B. (Clinton, NY)…..49

4/6 Nick E. (Devon,UK)…..27

4/7 Madeleine M. (Groveland, MA)…..43

4/7 Louis D. …..1

4/7 Jane T. (Vancouver, BC, Canada)…..40

4/8 Maureen K. (Morristown, NJ)…..16

4/8 Demetria B. (Memphis, TN)…..1

4/9 Dayton H. (New York, NY)…..36

4/11 Steve O. (Travelers Rest, SC)…..2

4/11 Jeremy S. (Austin, TX)…..14

4/12 Lisa S. (Port St. Lucie, FL)…..24

4/14 Rachel K. (Springfield, MA)…..1

4/17 Jay M. (Pepper Pike, OH)…..12

4/18 Liz A. (Westfield, NJ)…..15

4/21 Jackie Z. (Palm Coast, FL)…..45

4/24 Scott G. (Chicago)…..2

4/25 Lesley Anne S. (Las Lunas, NM).….41

4/25 Melissa S. (NYC)…..17

4/26 Sean H. (Greenville, SC)…..2

4/27 Norma D. (Bradford, MA)…..15

4/27 Angela L. (Boiling Springs, NC)…..7

 

0757 Total Years of Sobriety

 

 

 

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12&12

 

Tradition Ten - "Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy."

The lesson to be learned from the Washingtonians was not overlooked by Alcoholics Anonymous. As we surveyed the wreck of that movement, early A.A. members resolved to keep our Society out of public controversy. Thus was laid the cornerstone for Tradition Ten: "Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy."

pp. 178-179

 

 

Twenty-Four Hours

 

A.A. Thought For The Day

Since I've been in A.A., have I made a start toward
becoming more loving to my family and friends? Do I visit
my parents? Am I more appreciative of my spouse than I was
before? Am I grateful to my family for having put up with
me? Have I found real understanding with my children? Do I
feel that the friends I've found in A.A. are real friends?
Do I believe that they are always ready to help me and
do I want to help them if I can? Do I really care now about
other people?

Meditation For The Day

Not what you do so much as what you are, that is the miracle-
working power. You can be a force for good, with the help of
God. God is here to help you and to bless you, here to company
with you. You can be a worker with God. Changed by God's grace,
you shed one garment of the spirit for a better one. In time,
you throw that one aside for a yet finer one. And so from
character to character, you are gradually transformed.

Prayer For The Day

I pray that I may accept every challenge. I pray that each
acceptance of a challenge may make me grow into a better
person.




Daily Thought

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(\    ~~    /)

(    \(AA)/    )

(_ /AA\ _)

/ AA \

^*^*^*^*^

Slip

"I had commenced to drink as though the cocktails were ginger ale. I now remembered what my alcoholic friends had told me, how they prophesied that if I had an alcoholic mind, the time and place would come - I would drink again . . . I knew from that moment that I had an alcoholic mind. I saw that will power and self-knowledge would not help in those strange mental blank spots . . . I had never been able to understand people who said that a problem had them hopelessly defeated. I knew then. It was a crushing blow."
c. 1976, 2001AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 41-42

 

 

Thought to Consider . . .

I have learned it's the first drink that gets me drunk

*~*AACRONYMS*~*


S L I P

Sobriety Loses Its Priority



DAILY REFLECTIONS

 

CHARACTER BUILDING

Demands made upon other people for too much attention,

protection, and love can only invite domination or

revulsion. . . .

TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 44

 

When I uncovered my need for approval in the Fourth Step,

I didn't think it should rank as a character defect. I wanted

to think of it more as an asset (that is, the desire to please

people). It was quickly pointed out to me that this "need"

can be very crippling. Today I still enjoy getting the

approval of others, but I am not willing to pay the price I

used to pay to get it. I will not bend myself into a pretzel to

get others to like me. If I get your approval, that's fine; but

if I don't, I will survive without it. I am responsible for

speaking what I perceive to be the truth, not what I think

others may want to hear.

Similarly, my false pride always kept me overly

concerned about my reputation. Since being enlightened in

the A.A. program, my aim is to improve my character.

 

 

 

POT LUCK

Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.

~Confucius

Our program asks us "to be fearless and thorough from the very start." We are warned that some of us will hold on to old ideas and that the result will be nil unless "we let go absolutely." Recovery asks that we put our heart into our programs. How? By working the Steps. By calling group members to see how they're doing or to let them know how we're doing. By meeting with our sponsors so they can get to know us and guide us in working the Steps.

This is just what we need. We must not sit on the sidelines of the program. We should not settle for the illusion of commitment that we got by drinking and drugging. We need to surrender, to let go absolutely and enjoy the ride.

Prayer for the Day

Higher Power, I give my heart and soul to you to do with as you want. Place me where I can do the most good.

I pray for willingness to let go absolutely.

Today's Action

For today I will work at stepping into the day with all my heart. I will work at having the attitude and actions of letting go absolutely.

 

 

 

**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

 

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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