Your Daily Reprieve 05.28.26

 

Your Daily Reprieve for Thursday May 28, 2026   Waynesville, NC

The good 'ole days weren't always good, and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems.  Billy Joel   Behavior  is the mirror in which everyone shows their image. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe     “Whether I conceive of God as a set of immutable cosmic laws or as an old man with a white robe and matching beard is totally and gloriously irrelevant. All that matters are my values and attitudes and how I act upon them.” Culver City, Calif., May 1977   "Different people must contend with different trials, but adversities in some shape or other come to everyone." --R. C. McCarthy

BIG BOOK QUOTE   It has been repeatedly proven among us that upon this simple cornerstone a wonderfully effective spiritual structure can be built.   P47

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12&12   Step One - "We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable." Under the lash of alcoholism, we are driven to A.A., and there we discover the fatal nature of our situation. Then, and only then, do we become as open-minded to conviction and as willing to listen as the dying can be. We stand ready to do anything which will lift the merciless obsession from us. p. 24

Twenty-Four Hours  A.A. Thought For The Day In A.A. we learn that since we are alcoholics we can be uniquely useful people. That is, we can help other alcoholics when perhaps somebody who has not had our experience with drinking could not help them. That makes us uniquely useful. The A.A.s are a unique group of people because they have taken their own greatest defeat and failure and sickness and used it as a means of helping others. We who have been through the same thing are the ones who can best help other alcoholics. Do I believe that I can be uniquely useful? Meditation For The Day I should try to practice the presence of God. I can feel that He is with me and near me, protecting and strengthening me always. In spite of every difficulty, every trial, every failure, the presence of God suffices. Just to believe that He is near me brings strength and peace. I should try to live as though God were beside me. I cannot see Him because I was not made with the ability to see Him else there were no room for faith. But I can feel His spirit with me. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may try to practice the presence of God. I pray that by doing so I may never feel alone or helpless again.

Daily Thought ^*^*^*^*^ (\    ~~    /) (    \(AA)/    ) (_ /AA\ _) / AA \ ^*^*^*^*^ Selfishness Selfishness, self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles. Driven by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self-seeking, and self-pity, we step on the toes of our fellows and they retaliate. Sometimes they hurt us, seemingly without provocation, but we invariably find that at some time in the past we have made decisions based on self which later placed us in a position to be hurt. c. 2001 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 62 Thought to Consider . . . Swallowing your pride will not get you drunk. *~*AACRONYMS*~* D E T A C H Don't Even Think About Changing Him/Her

DAILY REFLECTIONS   EQUAL RIGHTS At one time or another most A.A. groups go on rulemaking benders. . . . After a time fear and intolerance subside, [and we realize] We do not wish to deny anyone his chance to recover from alcoholism. We wish to be just as inclusive as we can, never exclusive. "A.A. TRADITION: HOW IT DEVELOPED," pp. 10, 11, 12   A.A. offered me complete freedom and accepted me into the Fellowship for myself. Membership did not depend upon conformity, financial success or education and I am so grateful for that. I often ask myself if I extend the same equality to others or if I deny them the freedom to be different. Today I try to replace my fear and intolerance with faith, patience, love and acceptance. I can bring these strengths to my A.A. group, my home and my office. I make an effort to bring my positive attitude everywhere that I go. I have neither the right, nor the responsibility, to judge others. Depending on my attitude I can view newcomers to A.A., family members and friends as menaces or as teachers. When I think of some of my past judgments, it is clear how my self-righteousness caused me spiritual harm.

POT LUCK   A weed is but an unloved flower. ~Ella Wheeler Wilcox   We nurture each other's special beauty by our loving actions. We all need to know we're truly appreciated. We may already believe that our life is purposeful, and we may already appreciate our unique talents. And the contribution we're making at a particular time may be evident to our friends or co-workers. Even so, our fears of not being lovable can still haunt us at times. These fears are easily put to rest when we help someone else feel special. All it takes is a moment of thoughtfulness, perhaps the simple decision to offer a smile or a loving touch. Offering words of encouragement to friends who are feeling helpless, or simply taking time to listen when they need to talk, will assure them that they matter and that we care. Our Higher Power needs us as emissaries of love in the world. I will help a friend blossom today, and I will grow as well. In God's Care: Daily Meditations on Spirituality in Recovery*

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