Your Daily Reprieve 01.01.25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your Daily Reprieve for Wednesday January 1, 2025   Waynesville, NC

Happy New Year!!! 2025     "Here's to a bright New Year and a fond farewell to the old; Here's to the things that are yet to come, and to the memories that we hold."     "New year—a new chapter, new verse, or just the same old story? Ultimately, we write it. The choice is ours." —Alex Morritt   What a wonderful thought it is that some of the best days of our lives haven’t even happened yet." —Anne Frank"   For last year's words belong to last year's language, and next year's words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning." —T.S. Eliot   "New Year's Day is every man's birthday." —Charles Lamb"   Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man." —Benjamin Franklin

Big Book Quote   When the spiritual malady is overcome, we straighten out mentally and physically.   P64

Daily Share!   AA Speaker of the Day   SHELDON FEDDY Las Vegas, NV @ Lake Lanier 2013   https://bit.ly/4gMlHhT

Celebrate Your Anniversary Here SHOW NEWCOMERS HOW IT WORKS!!   JANUARY 2025 Miracles       1/1 Bob V. (basking Ridge, NJ)…..41 1/1 Jim A. (Rockville, MD)…..6 1/1 Severine Z. (Sacramento, CA)…..8 1/1 Shannon L. (Stuart, FL)…..4 1/1 John S. …..36 1/1 Debbie L. …..18 1/1 Peter N. …..3 1/1 Paul W. …..10 1/1 Deirdre K. (Madison, NJ)…..20 1/1 Joan B. (Port Charlotte, FL)…..36 1/1 Howard L. …..36 1/2 Bob C. (Jacksonville, FL)…..35 1/2 Joel T. (Covington, LA)…..19 1/2 Ed B. …..42 1/2  Roger M. (Kennebunk, ME)…..3 1/2 Tara H. (New York City) …..10 1/3 Susan M. (Red Bank, NJ)…..26 1/3 Cindy Z. (Huntersville, NC)…..1 1/3 Johnyr (Stuart, FL)…..47 1/4 Kevin J. (Rhode Island)…..34 1/5 Gwen F. (Key West, FL)…..17 1/6 Mary B. (Key Largo, FL)…..19 1/7 Liz O. (NYC, NY)…..21 1/8 Alan J. (Woodstock, NY)…..17 1/9 Tefft W. …..40 1/9 Ginger E. (Aberdeen, NC)…..16 1/10 Kelly S. (Methuen, MA)…..35 1/13 David S. (Newport, RI)…..39 1/13 Linda L. (Guam)…..23 1/16 Courtney W. …..8 1/17 Jenny P. (Flemington, NJ)…..32 1/19 Bill W. (Sun City Center, FL)…..33 1/20 Rick S. (Sarasota, FL)…..40 1/23 Rick S. …..48 1/23 Sandra S. (Long Island, NY)…..19 1/25 PJ C.  (Bel Air, MD)…..10 1/26 Ann S. (Stuart, FL)…..33 1/28 Wande E. (Cincinnati, OH)…..2 1/29 Sandra C. (NY, NY)…..49 1/30 Darrin A. (Jacksonville, NC)…..30 1/30 Al L. (White Plains, NY)…..39 1/31 Kallyn H. (Milwaukee, WI)…..1 1/31 S. W. (Newhaven, UK)…..3 1/31Sandy (Naples, FL/East Hampton, NY)…..29   1038  Total Years of Sobriety       Drop a Buck in the Basket? PayPal paypal.me/TomMurphy Venmo @Tom-Murphy-160

12&12   Tradition Five - "Each group has but one primary purpose - to carry it's message to the alcoholic who still suffers." Just as firmly bound by obligation are the members of Alcoholics Anonymous, who have demonstrated that they can help problem drinkers as others seldom can. The unique ability of each A.A. to identify himself with, and bring recovery to, the newcomer in no way depends upon his learning, eloquence, or on any special individual skills. the only thing that matters is that he is an alcoholic who has found a key to sobriety. These legacies of suffering and of recovery are easily passed among alcoholics, one to the other. This is our gift from god, and its bestowal upon others like us is the one aim that today animates A.A.'s all around the globe. pp. 150-151

Twenty-Four Hours    A.A. Thought For The Day When I came into A.A., was I a desperate person? Did I have a soul-sickness? Was I so sick of myself and my way of living that I couldn't stand looking at myself in a mirror? Was I ready for A.A.? Was I ready to try anything that would help me to get sober and to get over my soul-sickness? Should I ever forget the condition I was in? Meditation For The Day In the new year, I will live one day at a time. I will make each day one of preparation for better things ahead. I will not dwell on the past or the future, only on the present. I will bury every fear of the future, all thoughts of unkindness and bitterness, all my dislikes, my resentments, my sense of failure, my disappointments in others and in myself, my gloom and my despondency. I will leave all these things buried and go forward, in this new year, into a new life. Prayer For The Day I pray that God will guide me one day at a time in the new year. I pray that for each day, God will supply the wisdom and the strength that I need.

Daily Thought ^*^*^*^*^ (\    ~~    /) (     \(AA)/     ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Amends "This is a very large order. It is a task which we may perform with increasing skill, but we never really finish. 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." c.1952 AAWS Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 77 Thought to Consider . . . It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them. *~*AACRONYMS*~* S T E P S Solutions To Every Problem in Sobriety

Daily Reflection   ^*^*^*^*^ (\    ~~    /) (     \(AA)/     ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Amends "This is a very large order. It is a task which we may perform with increasing skill, but we never really finish. 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." c.1952 AAWS Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 77 Thought to Consider . . . It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them. *~*AACRONYMS*~* S T E P S Solutions To Every Problem in Sobriety

Pot Luck   The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen. ~Frank Lloyd Wright   Today's Meditation: This has been one of the most difficult truths for me to grasp throughout my life. I've had a hard time believing that much of what goes on in my life, many of the things that happen to me, are happening basically because of the ways that I look at the world. When people have hurt me, I can see in retrospect that it came about because I believed that people would hurt me. When financial problems have set in, it's usually been a result of my beliefs that I somehow would always have financial problems. It's very important that we recognize this dynamic, because it's very important that we examine our belief systems. Many people are caught up in destructive relationships because they've always believed deep down that they were unworthy of someone better. Many people are stuck in jobs that they hate because they somehow believe in their hearts that work is meant to be unpleasant and meaningless, and that they don't deserve a decent job with decent pay. It's also very important, though, that we don't start playing the blame game--these beliefs aren't our fault, so to speak. They've developed as we've grown, all our lives long, like our hearts and our lungs have developed: steadily and out of sight. But even though we can't blame ourselves, we also can't allow the negative beliefs continue to disrupt our lives and harm us. We do have to examine our core beliefs and find those that are damaging, and then do the work necessary to replace them with positive beliefs if we're ever to find improvement. No knight in shining armor is going to show up to do it for us--it's work that we must do ourselves. And we must do it soon if there's to be any change soon. Once we replace--truly replace--the old beliefs with positive new ones, we'll find a huge change in our lives. We'll find that things that we've always wanted to happen will start happening, for now we truly believe that we deserve the good things in life. We'll find that things that we've always wanted to do are now possible, for we truly believe in our own abilities, talents, and potential. And once that shift happens, not even the sky is the limit.

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