Your Daily Reprieve 06.30.26

Your Daily Reprieve for Tuesday June 30, 2026

Waynesville, NC

Wherever I go and whatever I do,

I know that God is with me, that God loves me.

Divine love goes with me even to the farthest points of the world.

I allow myself to feel secure, for God’s love for me

is unfailing and without end.

There is nothing I could ever do that would

separate me from God’s loving, protective presence.

So I let go worries, I let go fears,

I let go anything that creates a doubt in my mind.

I trust in God with all my heart, and I experience peace that is divine.

~unattributed

"Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live,

it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.”

~Oscar Wilde

We all have such a marvelous opportunity in this life

to evolve, grow, and move more and more toward becoming all we can be.

At the end of our lives, who we are and what that has contributed

to the process of healing the planet will probably be much more important

than anything we have produced or done for money, fame, or power.

We are a piece of the puzzle of the universe.

Taking our place as the fullest piece we can be

will probably be our most precious contribution.

-Anne Wilson Schaef

Wisdom is the reward you get

for a lifetime of listening

when you’d have preferred to talk.

-Doug Larson

BIG BOOK QUOTE

The fact is that most alcoholics, for reasons yet obscure, have lost the power of choice in drink.

P24

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Step Three - "Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him."

At first that "somebody" is likely to be his closest A.A. friend. He relies upon the assurance that his many troubles, now made more acute because he cannot use alcohol to kill the pain, can be solved, too. Of course the sponsor points out that our friend's life is still unmanageable even though he is sober, that after all, only a bare start on A.A.'s program has been made. More sobriety brought about by the admission of alcoholism and by attendance at a few meetings is very good indeed, but it is bound to be a far cry from permanent sobriety and a contented, useful life. That is just where the remaining Steps of the A.A. program come in. Nothing short of continuous action upon these as a way of life can bring the much-desired result.

pp. 39-40

Twenty-Four Hours

A.A. Thought For The Day

Alcoholics are unable or unwilling, during their addiction
to alcohol, to live in the present. The result is that they
live in a constant state of remorse and fear because of
their unholy past and its morbid attraction, or the uncertain
future and its vague foreboding. So the only real hope for
the alcoholic is to face the present. Now is the time. Now is
ours. The past is beyond recall. The future is as uncertain
as life itself. Only the now belongs to us. Am I living in
the now?

Meditation For The Day

I must forget the past as much as possible. The past is over
and gone forever. Nothing can be done about the past, except
to make what restitution I can. I must not carry the burden of
my past failures. I must go on in faith. The clouds will clear
and the way will lighten. The path will become less stony with
every forward step I take. God has no reproach for anything
that He has healed. I can be made whole and free, even though
I have wrecked my life in the past. Remember the saying:
"Neither do I condemn thee; go and sin no more."

Prayer For The Day

I pray that I may not carry the burden of the past. I pray that
I may cast it off and press on in faith.

Daily Thought

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Virtues

"We of A.A. are apt sometimes to brag of the virtues of our fellowship. Let us remember that none of these are earned virtues. We have been forced into them, to begin with, by the cruel lash of John Barleycorn. We have adopted these attitudes, these practices, this structure, not at first because we wished to but because we had to. But today I think we stand willing to conform permanently and gladly to the principles which experience, under the grace of God, has taught us."
Bill W., Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age, p. 224

Thought to Consider . . .

Unless I accept my virtues, I will be overwhelmed with my faults.

*~*AACRONYMS*~*

W H O
Willingness, Honesty, Openmindedness

DAILY REFLECTIONS

SACRIFICE = UNITY = SURVIVAL

The unity, the effectiveness, and even the survival of A.A.

will always depend upon our continued willingness to give

up some of our personal ambitions and desires for the

common safety and welfare. Just as sacrifice means

survival for the individual alcoholic, so does sacrifice mean

unity and survival for the group and for A.A. 's entire

Fellowship.

AS BILL SEES IT, p. 220

I have learned that I must sacrifice some of my personality

traits for the good of A.A. and, as a result, I have been

rewarded with many gifts. False pride can be inflated

through prestige but, by living Tradition Six, I receive the

gift of humility instead. Cooperation without affiliation is

often deceiving. If I remain unrelated to outside interests, I

am free to keep A.A. autonomous. Then the Fellowship will

be here, healthy and strong for generations to come.

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Liking Ourselves

Self-esteem.

It's maybe unsettling to learn that we need to like ourselves more, especially when we've often been accused of being conceited.

Being conceited does not mean liking oneself; it's really a matter of being smug and contemptuous in our dealing with others. This attitude is easily recognized by others, and it causes them to dislike us.

However, if we like ourselves in the right way, others sense this too, and they will be drawn to us. We will truly like ourselves more as we learn to practice the principles of AA. We will like the kind of life we are trying to live. We will like ourselves for practicing fairness and honesty. We will also like ourselves for letting people see us as we are and feel comfortable doing so. In liking ourselves, we feel no need to impress or dazzle others.

I'll remember today that I have a right to be in the world. I will do my best to be fair toward others, but I will like myself regardless of their reactions.

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