Your Daily Reprieve 07.06.26

 

 

Monday July 6, 2026    Waynesville, NC       Sufficient it is to know that the way we lived our yesterday has determined for us our today.  And, again, when the morning with its fresh beginning comes, all tomorrows should be tomorrows, with which we have nothing to do.  Sufficient to know that the way we live our today determines our tomorrow. ~Ralph Waldo Trine   "Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.” ~Oscar Wilde   When we are no longer able to change a situation  - we are challenged to change ourselves. ~Viktor E. Frankl   “You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” — Buddha          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     “Cling to the thought that, in God’s hands, the dark past is the greatest possession you have— the key to life and happiness for others.”   Alcoholics Anonymous, p.124         

 

 

DAILY SHARE   AA Speaker of the Day       TROY NICKS PPG 4th Anniversary 2010   https://bit.ly/4gh7ZXi     ZOOM Loose Garment Group https://us02web.zoom.us/j/238977518 Saturday & Sunday…. Topic: Pot Luck…9AM EST ID: 238 977 518 PW: 004 394

 

 

Celebrate Your Anniversary Here SHOW NEWCOMERS HOW IT WORKS!! Send your sober date and location to : sober@yourdailyreprieve.com     I always thought that posting our locations with our anniversaries was a great way to show newcomers that AA is all over the world. So I wish you would send your locations with your anniversary dates. We don't celebrate for our own benefit. We celebrate anniversaries to show the program works. If we add our locations we get to show that AA works EVERYWHERE!     JULY2026 Miracles     7/1 Will S. (Shamokin, Dam, PA)…..9 7/1 Ida C. …..18 7/1 Matt S. …..8 7/2 Estelle L. (Palm Coast, FL)…..6 7/2 Rosann (Mayo, Ireland)…..32 7/4 Malcolm S. (Waynesville/Vero Beach)…..41 7/4 Walter L. (Wells, ME)…..18 7/4 Chris D. (Bristol, VT)…..38 7/4 Rob F. (Wading River, NY)…..22 7/4 Dave S. (Gulf Breeze, FL)…..41 7/6 Ron L. (Kittery, ME)…..40 7/6 John B. (Supply, NC)…..5 7/6 Murdoch G. (Nova Scotia, CA)…..14 7/6 Michael R. (Floral Park/Bethpage, NY)…..36 7/6 Don T. (Palm Coast, FL)…..31 7/6 Francis G. (Dallas, TX)…..39 7/7 Pete C. (Yulee, FL)…..18 7/7 Sam F. (Sarasota, FL)…..25 7/7 Jeanne S. (NYC)…..3 7/9 David S. (Commack, NY)…..11 7/10 Richie S. (New Palz, NY)…..51 7/10 David S. (Longboat Key, FL)…..23 7/11 Doug G. (Stamford, CT)…..12 7/11 Joanie T. (NYC)…..43 7/12 Jan K. (Punta Gorda, FL)…..28 7/13 Jill M. (Elmont, NY)….. 7/13 Rick S.(Victor, ID)…..36 7/13 Liz K. (Nantucket, MA)…..13 7/13 Linda C. (Jensen Beach, FL)…..50 7/15 Robin G. (Edison, NJ)…..9 7/15 Michelle A. (Wading River, NY)…..22 7/15 Erika S. (Yulee, FL)…..20 7/16 Jack S. (Franklin Sq., NY)…..31 7/18 Lisa S. (Sarasota, FL)…..26 7/19 Murielle I. (Victoria, BC, Canada)…..20 7/19 Louise H. …..14 7/19 Jake M. (Tucson, AZ)…..4 7/21 Deborah C. (Corvallis, MT)…..23 7/21 Jeffrey M. (Montreal, CA)…..23 7/22 Mark H. …..6 7/22 Sandy S. (Winchester , UK)…..9 7/23 Jamie G. (WPB)…..9 7/24 Rick R. (Danbury CT)…..17 7/26 Jeff U. (Calabash, NC)…..23 7/27 Lisa C. (Liverpool, England)…..10 7/27 David M. (San Francisco, CA)…..21 7/27 Jimmy G. (Louisville, KY)…..41 7/28 Mark L. (Lamoine, ME)…..34 7/29 Linda S. (Oberlin, OH)…..42 7/29 Wynter P. (Madison, CT)…..35 7/30 Davis H. (Manitowish Waters, WI)…..28     1155 Total Years of Sobriety            Drop a Buck in the Basket? PayPal paypal.me/TomMurphy Venmo @Tom-Murphy-160     The cost to mail Your Daily Reprieve just went up to $195 a month!!       Thank you everyone for your generous contributions.

 

 

12&12   Step Four - "Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves." Yet these instincts, so necessary for our existence, often far exceed their proper functions. Powerfully, blindly, many times subtly, they drive us, dominate us, and insist upon ruling our lives. Our desires for sex, for material and emotional security, and for an important place in society often tyrannize us. When thus out of joint, man's natural desires cause him great trouble, practically all the trouble there is. No human being, however good, is exempt from these troubles. Nearly every serious emotional problem can be seen as a case of misdirected instinct. When that happens, our great natural assets, the instincts, have turned into physical and mental liabilities. p. 42

 

 

 

TWENTY-FOUR HOURS    A.A. Thought For The Day We tried to study our alcoholic problem, wondering what was the cause of our strange obsession. Many of us took special treatments, hospitalization, even confinement in institutions. In every case, the relief was only temporary. We tried through crazy excuses to convince ourselves that we knew why we drank, but we went on regardless. Finally drinking had gone far beyond even a habit. We had become alcoholics, men and women who had been destroying themselves against their own will. Am I completely free from my alcoholic obsession? Meditation For The Day "Ask and ye shall receive." Never let yourself think you cannot do something useful or that you never will be able to accomplish a useful task. The fact is that you can do practically anything in the field of human relationships, if you are willing to call on God's supply of strength. The supply may not be immediately available, because you may not be entirely ready to receive it. But it will surely come when you are properly prepared for it. As you grow spiritually, a feeling of being plentifully supplied by God's strength will possess you and you will be able to accomplish many useful things. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may claim God's supply of strength by my faith in Him. I pray that it shall be given to me according to my faith.   

 

 

DAILY THOUGHT ^*^*^*^*^ (\    ~~    /) (    \ (AA)/    ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Responsibility "I Am Responsible . . . When anyone, anywhere, reaches out for help, I want the hand of A.A. always to be there. And for that: I am responsible." Declaration of 30th Anniversary International Convention, 1965 Thought to Consider . . . Service is spirituality in action. *~*AACRONYMS*~* H A L T Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired

 

 

 

DAILY REFLECTION     IDENTIFYING FEAR . . . The chief activator of our defects has been self-centered fear. . . . TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 76   When I feel uncomfortable, irritated, or depressed, I look for fear. This "evil and corroding thread" is the root of my distress: Fear of failure; fear of others' opinions; fear of harm, and many other fears. I have found a Higher Power who does not want me to live in fear and, as a result, the experience of A.A. in my life is freedom and joy. I am no longer willing to live with the multitude of character defects that characterized my life while I was drinking. Step Seven is my vehicle to freedom from these defects. I pray for help in identifying the fear underneath the defect, and then I ask God to relieve me of that fear. This method works for me without fail and is one of the great miracles of my life in Alcoholics Anonymous.

 

 

POT LUCK    "Before you do something stupid, wait twenty-four hours..."   Restraint of pen and tongue was a foreign concept to me before I entered the program. Instead, I was impetuous and acted on feelings of jealousy, fear, anger, or hurt pride. Fueled by resentment, it was easy for me to justify my actions and ignore the repercussions and reactions of others. When I got into the rooms, I was at odds with most people and alienated even from myself. My life had become unmanageable. When I began working the Steps, I learned to take the focus off what other people were doing to me and look at my own behavior instead. It was hard at first not reacting to the many perceived wrongs I felt people were doing to me, but when I finally learned to put a space between what I felt and how I reacted, my life began to dramatically improve. Today, I’ve come to rely on the wisdom and the miracles that can happen in between my thoughts and my actions. Time after time, situations will automatically clear themselves up if I only wait, pray on them, and turn them over. I am much less likely to become excited or agitated, and I’m much less likely to make things worse if I can just pause before I react. Today, I’ve learned that before I do something stupid, I should wait at least twenty-four hours.

 

 

**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 Big Book for Dummies - YouTube   https://bit.ly/4xHU0QA       *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

 

 

 

 

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