Your Daily Reprieve 07.03.26

 

Your Daily Reprieve for Friday July 3, 2026   From Waynesville, NC

“By working with others I’m allowed to witness the miracle of sobriety and observe the twinkling eyes as others learn to speak the language of the heart.” ~Orange, Calif., November 1996, “…And Learn”, AA Grapevine      If only our eyes saw souls instead of bodies, how different our ideals of beauty would be. ~Lauren Jauregui     "If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude." ~Maya Angelou     A fault which humbles a person  is of more use to him or her than a good action which puffs him or her up. ~Woodrow Wilson        If You'd Like To Sign Up ADD A Friend , A Sponsee, A Sponsor or a Newcomer To Your Daily Reprieve Email List Use This Link   https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/1fhScpD

Big Book Quote   “All these, and many others, have one symptom in common: they cannot start drinking without developing the phenomenon of craving.”   Alcoholics Anonymous, p.xxx

Daily Share!   AA Speaker of the Day   RANDI SARGENTI Tres Pinos Group California 09.24.26   https://bit.ly/4vOioi4

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12&12   Step Three - "Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him." Once we have come into agreement with these ideas, it is really easy to begin the practice of Step Three. In all times of emotional disturbance or indecision, we can pause, ask for quiet, and in the stillness simply say: "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference. Thy will, not mine, be done." pp. 40-41

Twenty-Four Hours   AA Thought for the Day In the beginning of Alcoholics Anonymous there were only two persons. Now there are many groups and thousands of members. True, the surface has only been scratched. There are probably ten million or more persons in America alone who need our help. More and more people are making a start in AA each day. In the case of individual members, the beginning has been accomplished when they admit they are powerless and turn to a Power greater than themselves, admitting that their lives have become unmanageable. Our Higher Power works for good in all things and helps us to accomplish much in individual growth and in the growth of AA groups. Am I doing my part in helping AA to grow?   Meditation for the Day   “Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.” Only in the fullness of faith can the heart-sick and faint and weary be satisfied, healed, and rested. Think of the wonderful spiritual revelations still to be found by those who are trying to live the spiritual life. Much of life is spiritually unexplored country. Only to the consecrated and loving people who walk with God in spirit can these great spiritual discoveries be revealed. Keep going forward, and keep growing in righteousness. Prayer for the Day     I pray that I may not be held back by the material things of the world. I pray that I may let God lead me forward.

Daily Thought ^*^*^*^*^ (\    ~~    /) (    \ (AA)/    ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Amends "Learning how to live in the greatest peace, partnership, and brotherhood with all men and women, of whatever description, is a moving and fascinating adventure. Every A.A. has found that he can make little headway in this new adventure of living until he first backtracks and really makes an accurate and unsparing survey of the human wreckage he has left in his wake." Bill W. Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 77 As Bill Sees It, p. 145 Thought to Consider . . . We are as sick as our secrets. *~*AACRONYMS*~* D E N I A L Don't Even Notice I Am Lying

Daily Reflection   EXPERIENCE: THE BEST TEACHER Being still inexperienced and having just made conscious contact with God, it is not probable that we are going to be inspired at all times. — ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 87 Some say that experience is the best teacher, but I believe that experience is the only teacher. I have been able to learn of God’s love for me only by the experience of my dependence on that love. At first I could not be sure of His direction in my life, but now I see that if I am to be bold enough to ask for His guidance, I must act as if He has provided it. I frequently ask God to help me remember that He has a path for me.

Pot Luck       "Recovery isn’t for people who need it; it’s for people who want it."   After I was sober awhile, I started thinking about all the people I knew who could really benefit from—and, in fact, really needed—the recovery I had found in the program. I began thinking of some of my family members, my drinking buddies, and especially the newcomers who kept relapsing. “They really need this program,” I’d say to my sponsor. “Why can’t they get it?” And that’s when he told me that this program isn’t for people who need it; it’s for people who want it. He said that if everyone who needed the program attended meetings, we’d have to rent out stadiums, not just rooms and dining halls. He told me that only the desperate can become willing enough to do what we do to get what we have. And that’s when I thought about my own journey. For years I needed recovery, but I still had better ideas. It wasn’t until I had hit my bottom, and was willing to abandon myself to this program, that I began to recover. I now understand when someone says to a newcomer, “I wish you desperation,” because it is only by bottoming out that one can go from needing this to wanting it. Today, I realize that everyone is on their own journey, and that although many may need recovery, until they want it, they won’t be able to get it.         "Recovery isn’t for people who need it; it’s for people who want it."       "Recovery isn’t for people who need it; it’s for people who want it."   After I was sober awhile, I started thinking about all the people I knew who could really benefit from—and, in fact, really needed—the recovery I had found in the program. I began thinking of some of my family members, my drinking buddies, and especially the newcomers who kept relapsing. “They really need this program,” I’d say to my sponsor. “Why can’t they get it?” And that’s when he told me that this program isn’t for people who need it; it’s for people who want it. He said that if everyone who needed the program attended meetings, we’d have to rent out stadiums, not just rooms and dining halls. He told me that only the desperate can become willing enough to do what we do to get what we have. And that’s when I thought about my own journey. For years I needed recovery, but I still had better ideas. It wasn’t until I had hit my bottom, and was willing to abandon myself to this program, that I began to recover. I now understand when someone says to a newcomer, “I wish you desperation,” because it is only by bottoming out that one can go from needing this to wanting it. Today, I realize that everyone is on their own journey, and that although many may need recovery, until they want it, they won’t be able to get it.

Wee Willie’s Sobriety First Media AA CD’s Literature and tapes https://www.mediafire.com/sobrietyfirst   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   *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       **NEW MEDITATIONS** http://www.11thstepmeditation.org/     **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/   AA Speaker Tapes http://www.aaspeakers.org/AA_Speaker_Tapes   Recovery Speakers http://recoveryspeakers.com/