Your Daily Reprieve 12.30.23

Your Daily Reprieve for Saturday December 30, 2023

From Amelia Island, FL

The steps you take, lead you to where you are going.

. . . . unless I accept life completely on life’s terms,

I cannot be happy.

-- Doctor, Alcoholic, Addict, Alcoholics Anonymous, page 449 (3rd Ed.)

-- Acceptance Was The Answer, Alcoholics Anonymous, page 417(4th Ed.)

BB p.417

Once you take alcohol away from an alcoholic,

all that's left is the "ic" (pronounced "ick").

-- Unknown

I am thankful for my struggle because, without it,

I wouldn’t have stumbled across my strength.
Alex Elle

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“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. With it you can avert death and misery for them.”

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, The Family Afterward, pg. 124~

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12&12

Tradition Five - "Each group has but one primary purpose - to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers."

"Thank heaven I came up with the right answer for that one. It was based foursquare on the single purpose of A.A. `You have faith,' I said. `Perhaps far deeper faith than mine. No doubt you're better taught in religious matters than I. So I can't tell you anything about religion. I don't even want to try. I'll bet, too, that you could give me a letter-perfect definition of humility. But from what you've told me about yourself and your problems and how you propose to lick them, I think I know what's wrong.'

"`Okay,' he said. `Give me the business.'

"`Well,' I said, `I think you're just a conceited Irishman who thinks he can run the whole show.'

p. 153

Twenty-Four Hours

A.A. Thought For The Day

To the extent that I fail in my responsibilities, A.A.
fails. To the extent that I succeed, A.A. succeeds. Every
failure of mine will set back A.A. work to that extent.
Every success of mine will put A.A. ahead to that extent.
I shall not wait to be drafted for service to others,
but I shall volunteer. I shall accept every opportunity to
work for A.A. as a challenge, and I shall do my best to
accept every challenge and perform my task
as best I can. Will I accept every challenge gladly?

Meditation For The Day

People are always failures in the deepest sense when they seek
to live without God's sustaining power. Many people try to be
self-sufficient and seek selfish pleasure and find that it
does not workb too well. No matter how much material wealth
they acquire, no matter how much fame and material power,
the time of disillusionment and futility usually comes.
Death is ahead, and they cannot take any material thing
with them when they go. What does it matter if I have gained
the whole world, but lost my own soul?

Prayer For The Day

I pray that I will not come empty to the end of my life. I
pray that I may so live that I will not be afraid to die.

Daily Thought

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Possibility

"As soon as we admitted the possible existence of a Creative Intelligence, a Spirit of the Universe underlying the totality of things, we began to be possessed of a new sense of power and direction, provided we took other simple steps. We found that God does not make too hard terms for those who seek Him. To us, the Realm of the Spirit is broad, roomy, all inclusive, never exclusive or forbidding to those who earnestly seek. It is open, we believe, to all men."
c. 1976 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 46

Thought to Consider . . .
Take a walk with God. He will meet you at the Steps.

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Daily Reflection

ANONYMITY

Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions,

ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 564

Tradition Twelve became important early in my sobriety

and, along with the Twelve Steps, it continues to be a must

in my recovery. I became aware after I joined the

Fellowship that I had personality problems, so that when I

first heard it, the Tradition's message was very clear: there

exists an immediate way for me to face, with others, my

alcoholism and attendant anger, defensiveness,

offensiveness. I saw Tradition Twelve as being a great egodeflator;

it relieved my anger and gave me a chance to

utilize the principles of the program. All of the Steps, and

this particular Tradition, have guided me over decades of

continuous sobriety. I am grateful to those who were here

when I needed them.

Pot Luck

I am maladjusted to life, in full flight from reality & an outright mental defective (thanks Dr. Silkworth). That means (drinking or not):

Although I look like a full grown adult, I remain childish, grandiose & gravely emotionally immature. As a going human concern, my natural state is one of growing anxiety, depression & fear, coupled with an intense desire for excitement. A condition of being which is exacerbated with & complicated by an obsessive, compulsive, impulsive, excessive, controlling, demanding need for attention, acceptance & unqualified approval. A condition of being which renders me restless, irritable & discontented with life.

Mentally, my thought life is controlled by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self-seeking & self-pity; all of which drive me to live my life according to selfish, dishonest, self-seeking, inconsiderate, resentful & frightened motives, motives which left unattended in me arouse & engage dangerous & life threatening levels of lust (I try not to make eye contact).

Pride, anger, envy, greed, sloth, gluttony, I turn into a pig, I want it all - that renders me emotionally a bit sensitive. Which means I have a strong tendency toward taking everything I see or hear personally. I don't like criticism & I'll be damned if I can stand praise (I don't believe you).

When it comes to suffering emotionally, I don't like to suffer emotionally. I don't suffer well & I don't suffer alone.

Socially, I'm a bankrupt idealist & brooding perfectionist who lives defensively & guarded in fear of being found out. As such, I tend to rationalize, minimize, justify & deny all of my actions while casting blame upon innocent people in a vigorous attempt to avoid attention.

When it comes to my fellow man & woman, I demand the absolute possession & control of everybody & every circumstance that enters my arena of life. My response to you is that I am quick to anger, I'm slow to virtue, & I get a distinct & succinct delight & twisted pleasure out of judging & criticizing everybody I see.

My outstanding characteristic is defiance, & rebellion dogs my every step. Now, as a child of God, that is a list of my finer qualities (anybody want a date?).

You'll hear this at every meeting you go to, but from newcomers, this is how you hear them: "I don't fit in, I don't belong, I'm not a part of, my God what's wrong with me - I must be different." And the only thing that satisfies that restless, irritable, dissatisfied nature in me is alcohol or drugs.

In "A Vision For You" it tells me that there's a sufficient substitute & it is vastly more than that. So I don't have to drink & I don't need to run away anymore.

~Wayne B.

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