Your Daily Reprieve 06.30.22

Your Daily Reprieve for Thursday June 30, 2022

From Waynesville, NC

Remember that not to be happy is not to be grateful.

-Elizabeth Carter

Be grateful simply for being alive.

When you are grateful for life, pure and simple,

your life becomes one you can be grateful for.

That may strike you as circular or even backward logic,

but your attitude really does have an effect on how things work out.

When you can’t change your life any other way,

you can still change your attitude.

When you do, your life changes.

You find more chances to love,

and you will be surprised to see

how much more love is returned to you.

~Bernie Siegel

The world is full of beautiful places.

Your heart is one of them.

May God bless your beautiful heart,

and may you always nurture its beauty.

~Prayables

Don't wait for extraordinary
opportunities. Seize common
occasions and make them great.
~Orison Swett Marden

Big Book Quote

"When we became alcoholics, crushed by a self-imposed crisis we could not postpone or evade, we had to fearlessly face the proposition that either God is everything or else He is nothing. God either is or He isn't."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, We Agnostics, pg. 53~

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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!

June 2022 Miracles

6/1 Shawn A. (Jacksonville, FL)…..2

6/1 Kristin C. (Dallas, TX)…..19

6/2 Elaine S. (Shreveport, LA)…..28

6/2 Sabrina R. (Larchmont, NY)…..7

6/2 Stan and Linda B. (Dallas, TX)…..42/42

6/3 Catia S. (Los Angeles, CA)…..1

6/3 Beth M. (Seattle, WA)…..41

6/3 Tom W. (Jacksonville, FL)…..36

6/4 Maura McG. (Brooklyn, NY)…..1

6/4 Vinny O’D (Newport, RI)…..38

6/4 Bob G. (Peapack, NJ)…..7

6/4 Patricia B. (Woodstock, NY)…..35

6/5 John K. (High Point, NC)…..46

6/5 Roy L. (Woodlands, TX)…..53

6/6 Lo P. (Indianapolis, IN)…..1

6/6 Bob B. (Danbury, CT)…..6

6/6 Yvonne F. (Haverhill, MA)…..13

6/6 Carolina L. (Astoria, NY)…..3

6/7 Bill K. (Carle Place, NY)…..27

6/7 Jeanette P. (Gothenburg, Sweden)…..23

6/8 Joanne L. (Nantucket, MA)…..8

6/8 Michael L. (Dobbs Ferry, NY)…..6

6/8 Cynthia L. (Naples, FL)…..

6/9 Pasquale D. (East Moriches, NY)…..10

6/9 Vickie S. (Pentwater, MI/Punta Gorda, FL)…..37

6/9 Robbin K. (Port Charlotte, FL)…..3

6/10 Peter B. (Cape Coral, FL)…..31

6/10 Clarke J. (Pepper Pike, OH/Ocean Ridge, FL)…..15

6/10 Jennifer O. (Saddle River, NJ)…..6

6/10 John M2, (Portsmouth, NH/Eliot, ME)…..1

6/10 Beverly B. (Waynesville, NC)…..34

6/10 Dave McD. (Hudson, FL) …..45

6/10 Hank G. (Tortola/ Stuart, FL)…..12

6/10 Bruce V. (Portsmouth, RI)…..31

6/11 Cathy W. (Huntersville, NC)…..15

6/11 Brooke W. (Starke, FL)…..11

6/12 Craig W. (Fort Lee, NJ)…..20

6/12 Robert R. (NYC)…..34

6/13 Rob B. (Fair Haven, NJ)…..7

6/14 Michael C. (Port Chester, NY)…..2

6/15 Brenda B. (Maui, Hawaii)…..1

6/15 Russ S. (Roxbury, NJ)…..7

6/15 Fran F. (Dover, DE)…..33

6/16 Max P. (Mount Pleasant, SC)…..41

6/16 Rich H. (Tarrytown, NY)…..7

6/15 Jamie W, (Huntington, NY)…..10

6/16 Lara H. (Nantucket, MA/Watertown, CT)…..2

6/16 Laura T. …..31

6/16 Eli M. (Nantucket/Basking Ridge, NJ)…..3

6/16 Rob W. (St. Mary’s, GA)…..5

6/16 Suzanne C. (Berwyn, PA)…..8

6/16 Jeff B. (Jacksonville, FL)…..10

6/16 Mike C. (Temple, ME)…..2

6/17 Margo H. (Rothesay Bute, Scotland) …..55

6/17 Paul M. (Valatie, NY)…..48

6/17 Vin F. (Astoria, NY)…..9

6/18 Annie T. …..3

6/18 Diane T. (Boca Raton, FL)…..12

6/19 Joel B. (Waynesville, NC)…..27

6/19 Kate T. (Portland, ME)…..2

6/19 Jack D. Larchmont, NY)…..29

6/19 Lee F. (Hertfordshire, UK)…..1

6/20 Joe R. (Ridgewood, NJ)…..16

6/20 Greg C. …..40

6/20 Casey C. (Stuart, FL)…..36

6/20 Chandler G. (Cow Hollow Men’s, S.F. CA)…..12

6/20 Chris G. (Wilson Group, Montauk, NY)…..12

6/21 Bea S. (Port Charlotte, FL)…..50

6/21 Carol H. (Guilford, UK)…..30

6/21 Laura F. …..30

6/22 Robin P. (Corpus Christi, TX)…..36

6/23 Chris B. (Rockville, MD)…..9

6/23 Reggie R. (Nantucket, MA)…..35

6/23 Gayle S. (Hampton, NH)…..33

6/24 Betsy F. (Stuart, FL)…..4

6/24 Andrew H. (Guilford, UK)…..17

6/24 Annette C. (Corpus Christi, TX)…..10

6/24 Ed C. (Oceanside, NY)…..52

6/24 Jeanne H. (Perpetual Traveler)…..38

6/24 Steve Z. (Cozumel, Mexico)…..19

6/25 Patty A. (Corpus Christi, TX)…..10

6/25 Roy R. (Newburgh, NY)…..4

6/25 David C. (Marinsville, NJ)…..35

6/26 Phyllis McC. (Tulsa,OK)…..46

6/26 Sean O’G (L.A,. CA)…..5

6/27 Jim C. (Nantucket, MA)…..15

6/27 Gary K. (Stuart, FL)…..8

6/27 Jim E……19

6/28 Billie L. (Port Charlotte, FL)…..13

6/28 Chuck D. (Leesburg, FL)…..11

6/28 Win R. (Miami, FL)…..8

6/29 Ashley T. (Fayetteville, AR)…..6

6/30 Mary W. (Royal Palm Beach, FL)…..12

6/30 Jonathan {JP} D. (Hampstead, NH)…..2

6/30 Peter K. (Vancouver, BC)…..26

1762 Total Years of Sobriety

12&12

Step Ten - "Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it."

Disagreeable or unexpected problems are not the only ones that call for self-control. We must be quite as careful when we begin to achieve some measure of importance and material success. For no people have ever loved personal triumphs more than we have loved them; we drank of success as of a wine which could never fail to make us feel elated. When temporary good fortune came our way, we indulged ourselves in fantasies of still greater victories over people and circumstances. Thus blinded by prideful self confidence, we were apt to play the big shot. Of course, people turned away from us, bored or hurt.

pp. 91-92

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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Why Worry?

"There are many short phrases and expressions in A.A. which make sound sense; 'First Things First: solving our immediate problems before we try to solve all the others.' 'Easy Does it.' 'Relax a little.' 'Try for inner contentment.' 'No one individual can carry all the burdens of the world.' 'Everyone has problems. Getting drunk won't solve them.' 'Twenty-four hours a day.' 'Today is the day. Doing our best, living each day to the fullest is the art of living.' 'Yesterday is gone, and we don't know whether we will be here tomorrow.' 'If we do a good job of living today, and if tomorrow comes for us, then the chances are we will do a good job when it arrives - so why worry about it?'"
1976 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 382

Thought to Consider . . .

Every day is a gift. That is why we call it the present.

*~*AACRONYMS*~*

S I T
Stay In Today

Daily Reflection

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.

Pot Luck

Because you cannot see him, God is everywhere.

~ Yasunari Kawabata

What a nice reminder that God is everywhere, even when we don't remember God. Many of us still spend time each day trying to manipulate future outcomes and try to control other people in the process. We wear ourselves out trying to control the uncontrollable, while God patiently waits to receive our burdens. All we need to do is send them over: God's presence is here, now.

When we surrender all our concerns to God — both our failures and successes —we begin to realize the breadth of God's care and the constancy of God's presence in our life. We have always been close to God, as close as our breath.

Learning to acknowledge God as our protector and guide is exhilarating and it eases our every step, thought, plan and dream. We are learning that we can do nothing alone, but we can do anything if we just let God join us in partnership.

I have God as my companion always. I'll remember that today and beauties.

In God’s Care

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