Your Daily Reprieve 11.05.24

Your Daily Reprieve for Tuesday November 5 , 2024

Amesbury, MA

“I made the decision to turn my will and my life

over to the care of God,

and then I got out of the way.”

~Christchurch, New Zealand, March 2010

"We come into this world crying while all around us are smiling.

May we so live that we go out of this world smiling

while everybody around us is weeping"

~Persian Proverb

"One of the biggest things I've learned is that

I don't always have to be right."

—Jeffrey B. Swartz

"The future is always beginning now."
—Mark Strand

Big Book Quote

For a brief moment, I had needed and wanted God. There had been a humble willingness to have Him with me-and He came.

P12

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NOVEMBER 2024 Miracles

11/01 Anne K. (Bend, OR)…..29

11/01 Brendan K. (Clinton, CT).....6

11/01 Rick B. (Dyersburg, TN) …..6

11/02 Liz L. (Bernardsville, NJ)…..17

11/03 Brendan H. (Brooklyn, NY)…..10

11/04 Pat O’D. (Boston, MA)…..44

11/04 Lou L. (Smithtown, NY)…..28

11/05 Kent L. (Silverdale, WA)…..39

11/06 Dave B. (Galveston, TX)…..50

11/06 Margo F. (Ft. Myers-Sanibel)…..38

11/06 Jaime P. (So. Orange, NJ)…..7

11/06 Shelly M. (Cave Creek, AZ)…..37

11/06 Nancy J. (The Villages, FL)…..14

11/07 Harry D. (Hampstead, NH)…..33

11/07 Leslie E. (Mamaroneck, NY)…..18

11/7 Ken A. (Lincoln, NE)…..

11/8 John E. (Nantucket, MA)…..2

11/12 Michael M. …..38

11/13 Debbie S. (Hobe Sound, FL)…..13

11/13 Joe J. (Ludlow, VT)…..19

11/12 Rhodora R. (VA & GA {Turning Point})…..1

11/15 Ned W. (Portland, ME)…..39

11/16 Robert M. (Stuart, FL)…..40

11/16 Bob S. (Amesbury, MA)…..14

11/17 Tray B. (Waynesville, NC)…..9

11/19 Barbara C. (Poughkeepsie, NY)…..42

11/19 Tommy S. (Newport, RI)…..11

11/22 Terry S. (Maui, HI)…..7

11/23 Carol S. (Edinburgh, Scotland)…..27

11/23 Colleen M. (Clayton, NC)…..7

11/23 Donna B. (Hampton, NH)…..44

11/23 Lindsey P. (Jacksonville, FL) …..1

11/24 John P. (Frisco, NC)…..17

11/26 Pam B. (Summerfield, FL)…..40

11/27 Christina S. (Jensen Beach, FL)…..2

11/28 Hendy H. (Islington, MA)…..51

11/29 Peter V. (Kittery, ME)…..44

11/30 Peter B. (New York City)…..34

11/30 Dave C. (Methuen, MA)…..27

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12&12

Step Twelve - "Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs."

Let's here take note of our improved outlook upon the problems of personal importance, power, ambition, and leadership. These were reefs upon which many of us came to shipwreck during our drinking careers.

p. 122

Twenty-Four Hours

A.A. Thought For The Day

During our thoughts about the rewards

that have come to us as a result of our new
way of living, we find that we have new kinds of homes,

new relationships with our
spouses and with our children.

Also, peace, contentment, hope, faith, charity, and
new ambition. What are some of the things we have lost?

Each one of us can answer this question in many ways.

I have lost much of my fear.

It used to control me; it was my master.

It paralyzed my efforts. Fear always got me down.

It made me
an introvert, an ingrown person.

When fear was replaced by faith, I got well.

Have I lost some of my fears?

Meditation For The Day

The world would sooner be brought close to God.

His will would sooner be done on earth,

if all who acknowledge Him

gave themselves unreservedly to being used by Him.

God can use every human being as a channel f

or divine love and power.

What delays the bringing of the world

closer to God is the backwardness of His followers.

If each one lived each day for God

and allowed God to work through him,

then the world would soon be drawn much closer to God,

its Founder and Preserver.

Prayer For The Day

I pray that I may be used as a channel to express the Divine Love.

I pray that I may so live as to bring God's spirit closer to the world

Daily Thought

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Newcomers

"Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to Him and your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and join us. We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny. May God bless you and keep you - until then."
1976 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 164

Thought to Consider . . .
Newcomers are the lifeblood of the program. But our oldtimers are the arteries.

*~*AACRONYMS*~*

A B C
Acceptance, Belief, Change

Daily Reflection

"THE QUALITY OF FAITH"

This . . . has to do with the quality of faith. . . . In no deep

or meaningful sense had we ever taken stock of ourselves. .

. . We had not even prayed rightly. We had always said,

"Grant me my wishes" instead of "Thy will be done."

TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 32

God does not grant me material possessions, take away my

suffering, or spare me from disasters, but He does give me

a good life, the ability to cope, and peace of mind. My

prayers are simple: first, they express my gratitude for the

good things in my life, regardless of how hard I have to

search for them; and second, I ask only for the strength and

the wisdom to do His will. He answers with solutions to my

problems, sustaining my ability to live through daily

frustrations with a serenity I did not believe existed, and

with the strength to practice the principles of A.A. in all of

my everyday affairs.

Pot Luck

"Improve your memory—tell the truth."

Toward the end of my drinking, my memory got worse and worse. To start with, my mind was a big blur from being constantly loaded, or from recovering from a blackout. In addition, it got harder and harder to remember what story or excuse I had recently made up or told to different people. Because my drinking had become the most important thing in my life, I had begun lying to protect it, and because most of the lies and stories I made up were followed by a drinking binge, I couldn’t keep anything straight. It’s no wonder people stopped hanging around me.

When I got sober and my head began to clear, I went right on lying and telling stories. As I worked the Steps, I realized that I was lying to protect my ego and get my own way. I quickly found the truth in the statement that “self-centeredness and self-seeking” was my natural state as an untreated alcoholic. It took a lot of inventories and conversations with my sponsor before I was ready to get honest. I also had to uncover, discover, and discard a lot of character defects that were keeping me sick before I could fully recover.

These days, my life is much easier now that my default is to just tell the truth. I no longer feel the need to defend or construct a big story because today I’ve learned how to be responsible and honest. Now I go through life looking for ways to be of service rather than to cheat or deceive. It’s a wonderful feeling being able to look someone in the eye again and feel a part of the human race. And best of all, my memory has improved because today, I tell the truth.

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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?

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DR. PAUL O.
There is More to Quitting Drinking Than Quitting Drinking
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RICHMOND WALKER & THE TWENTY-FOUR HOUR BOOK
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Talk given at the 8th Annual National A.A. Archives Workshop, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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