Your Daily Reprieve 04.10.26

 

 

 

 

Your Daily Reprieve for Friday April 10, 2026

 

From Waynesville, NC

 

 

To love another person is to see the face of God. 
Victor Hugo

 

 "The older I grow, 

the more I listen to people who don't talk much."

~Germaine Glidden

 

See each morning a world made anew,

as if it were the morning of the very first day;

treasure and use it, as if it were

the final hour of the very last day.
Fay Hartzell Arnold

 

“Life hasn’t been all smooth sailing,

but because of AA, I no longer have to live in fear.

I sleep at night ... I have a purpose in life.

~ Mankato, Minnesota, May 1997

 

 

BIG BOOK QUOTE

 

These men had found something brand new in life. Though they knew they must help other alcoholics if they would remain sober, that motive became secondary. It was transcended by the happiness they found in giving themselves for others.

 

P159

 

 

 

Daily Share!

 

 

AA Speaker of the Day

 

ANDY C

St. Petersburgh, FL

Monday Night Speaker

08.11.2008

 

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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. (Greenwich, CT/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

4/1 Brinda L. (Stuart, FL)…..23

4/2 Mark B. (Haiku, HI)…..5

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

4/5 Elizabeth B. …..21

4/6 Eugene R. (Barcelona, Spain)…..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 John M. (Mendham TWP, NJ)…..35

4/8 Paul K. (Canton, OH)…..22

4/8 Maureen K. (Morristown, NJ)…..16

4/8 Ashley G. (Miami, FL)…..14

4/8 Demetria B. (Memphis, TN)…..1

4/9 Dayton H. (New York, NY)…..36

4/10 Chas T. (Johnston, SC)…..14

4/11 Diane M. (Waynesville, NC)…..18

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

4/11 Christine M. (Dingman’s Ferry, PA/Vero Beach)…..17

4/11 Jeremy S. (Austin, TX)…..14

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

4/13 Lauren E. (NYC)…..13

4/14 Sue B. (Waynesville, NC)…..16

4/14 Rachel K. (Springfield, MA)…..1

4/14 Mark M. (Pinellas Park, FL)…..41

4/15 Erin S. (Nantucket, MA)…..21

4/17 Jay M. (Pepper Pike, OH)…..12

4/17 Vince K. (Palm City, FL)…..44

4/17 Jennifer E. (Palm Harbor, FL)…..37

4/17 Rich W. (Evanston, IL)…..9

4/18 Liz A. (Westfield, NJ)…..15

4/19 Joanna J. (Port St. Lucie, FL)…..45

4/19 Brent A. (New Rochelle, NY)…..3

4/20 Frank M. (Kingsland, GA)…..5

4/21 Jackie Z. (Palm Coast, FL)…..45

4/22 Mary D. (Evanston, IL)…..41

4/23 Steve W. (Syracuse/Indialantic, FL)…..21

4/23 Brian L. (Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia)…..37

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

4/26 Debbie S. (Yulee, FL)…..11

4/27 Norma D. (Bradford, MA)…..15

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

4/28 Julie T. (Morristown, NJ)…..13

4/28 Laurie M. (Midcoast, ME)…..41

4/29 Judy F. (Sarasota, FL)…..48

 

1372 Total Years of Sobriety

 

 

 

 

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12&12

 

Tradition Eleven - "Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, and films."

The Foundation* wrote letters to practically every news outlet in North America, setting forth our public relations policy of attraction rather than promotion, and emphasizing personal anonymity as A.A.'s greatest protection. Since that time, editors and rewrite men have repeatedly deleted names and pictures of members from A.A. copy; frequently, they have reminded ambitious individuals of A.A.'s anonymity policy. They have even sacrificed good stories to this end. The force of their cooperation has certainly helped. Only a few A.A. members are left who deliberately break anonymity at the public level.

*In 1954, the name of the Alcoholic Foundation, Inc., was changed to the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office.

pp. 182-183

 

 

Twenty-Four Hours


 A.A. Thought For The Day

When I came into A.A., I came into a new world. A sober
world. A world of sobriety, peace, serenity, and happiness.
But I know that if I take just one drink, I'll go right
back into that old world. That alcoholic world. That world
of drunkenness, conflict, and misery. That alcoholic world
is not a pleasant place for an alcoholic to live in. Looking
at the world through the bottom of a whiskey glass is no fun
after you've become an alcoholic. Do I want to go back to
that alcoholic world?

Meditation For The Day

Pride stands sentinel at the door of the heart and shuts out
the love of God. God can only dwell with the humble and the
obedient. Obedience to God's will is the key unlocking the
door to God's kingdom. You cannot obey God to the best of your
ability without in time realizing God's love and responding to
that love. The rough stone steps of obedience lead up to where
the mosaic floor of love and joy is laid. Where God's spirit
is, there is your home. There is heaven for you.

Prayer For The Day

I pray that God may make His home in my humble and obedient
heart. I pray that I may obey His guidance to the best of
my ability.

 




Daily Thought

^*^*^*^*^

(\    ~~    /)

(    \(AA)/    )

(_ /AA\ _)

/ AA \

^*^*^*^*^

Sponsors

 

Every sponsor is necessarily a leader. The stakes are huge. A human life, and usually the happiness of a whole family, hangs in the balance. What the sponsor does and says, how well he estimates the reactions of his prospects, how well he times and makes his presentation, how well he handles criticisms, and how well he leads his prospect on by personal spiritual example . . . well, these attributes of leadership can make all the difference, often the difference between life and death. Thank God that Alcoholics Anonymous is blessed with so much leadership in each and all of its great affairs!

Bill W., April 1959

c. 1988 AA Grapevine, The Language of the Heart,  p. 292 

 

 

Thought to Consider . . .

Sponsors are not mentioned in the first 164 pages of the 4th Edition of the Big Book but are found 68 times in the 42 stories.

 

 

*~*AACRONYMS*~*

 

D U E S
Desperately Using Everything but the Steps




DAILY REFLECTIONS

 

GROWING UP

The essence of all growth is a willingness to change for the

better and then an unremitting willingness to shoulder

whatever responsibility this entails.

AS BILL SEES IT, p. 115

 

Sometimes when I've become willing to do what I should

have been doing all along, I want praise and recognition. I

don't realize that the more I'm willing to act differently, the

more exciting my life is. The more I am willing to help

others, the more rewards I receive. That's what practicing

the principles means to me. Fun and benefits for me are in

the willingness to do the actions, not to get immediate

results. Being a little kinder, a little slower to anger, a little

more loving makes my life better— day by day.

 

 

 

 

 

POT LUCK

 

Gracious and Loving Father, I come before You today

seeking refuge from the weight of insecurity and the

constant need for approval.

 

I renounce the spirit of inferiority. Lord, deliver me from

the complex that makes me feel incapable or less than

others. Remind me that I am fearfully and wonderfully

made in Your image. When I look in the mirror, help me to

see Your masterpiece instead of my own perceived flaws.

I release my hypersensitivity to the words of others. I ask

for the strength to stabilize my emotions and bring them

under Your peace. Quiet the voices—both internal and

external—that tell me I am not enough. Help me to be ‘slow

to take offense’ and to find my stability in Your unshakeable

promises rather than the shaky opinions of the world.

I surrender my need for human approval. I pray that I

would find my identity in You. I surrender my need for

human approval. I pray that I would find my identity in

You alone. May Your love cast out every shadow of doubt,

and clothe me with strength and dignity. Teach me that my

worth is not found in my successes, my education, or the

number of people who like me, but in the fact that You have

chosen and redeemed me.

 

Free me from the prison of self-consciousness. Give me

the courage to walk in the fullness of who You created me to

be, free from fear and embraced by Your unfailing grace.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Blogs, Audio and Video Articles

 

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"AA Recovery Interviews" Podcast

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Blog

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Wee Willie’s

Sobriety First Media

AA CD’s Literature and tapes

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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?

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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
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ARCHIVES

 

 

AA World Service Board Meeting Highlights

October 2023

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A New Pair of Glasses in PDF (download) is available at:

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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

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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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