Your Daily Reprieve 03.01.25

Your Daily Reprieve for Saturday March 1,  2025   On Retreat Brothers Un Our Defects Marywood, Jacksonville

Acceptance is not submission; it is acknowledgement of the facts of a situation,  then deciding what you're going to do about it.   -Kathleen Casey Theisen     “I am responsible for reporting for duty and making the effort to overcome adversity,  and in so doing to overcome myself.” Van Nuys, California, November 1966, AA Grapevine     “Nearly all of us, when we think about it, agree that we are a long, long way from being anywhere near grown up, from almost any point of view. We can clearly see that our job as individuals and as a Fellowship is to keep right on growing by the constant use of our Twelve Steps.” ~AA Co-Founder, Bill W., July 1960     There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect too much; but then, if one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better: we find comfort somewhere. -- Jane Austen

Big Book Quote   The barriers he had built through the years were swept away. He stood in the Presence of Infinite Power and Love. He had stepped from bridge to shore.   P56

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12&12   Tradition Ten - "Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy." Maybe this sounds as though the alcoholics in A.A. had suddenly gone peaceable, and become one great big happy family. Of course, this isn't so at all. Human beings that we are, we squabble. Before we leveled off a bit, A.A. looked more like one prodigious squabble than anything else, at least on the surface. A corporation director who had just voted a company expenditure of a hundred thousand dollars would appear at an A.A. business meeting and blow his top over an outlay of twenty-five dollars' worth of needed postage stamps. Disliking the attempt of some to manage a group, half its membership might angrily rush off to form another group more to their liking. Elders, temporarily turned Pharisee, have sulked. Bitter attacks have been directed against people suspected of mixed motives. Despite their din, our puny rows never did A.A. a particle of harm. They were just part and parcel of learning to work and live together. Let it be noted, too, that they were almost always concerned with ways to make A.A. more effective, how to do the most good for the most alcoholics. pp. 177-178

Twenty-Four Hours    A.A. Thought For The Day When I find myself thinking about taking a drink, I say to myself. "Don't reach out and take that problem back. You've given it to God and there's nothing you can do about it." So I forget about the drink. One of the most important parts of the A.A. program is to give our drink problem to God honestly and fully and never to reach out and take the problem back to ourselves. If we let God have it and keep it for good and then cooperate with Him, we'll stay sober. Have I determined not to take the drink problem back to myself? Meditation For The Day Constant effort is necessary if I am to grow spiritually and develop my spiritual life. I must keep the spiritual rules persistently, perseveringly, lovingly, patiently, and hopefully. By keeping them, every mountain of difficulty shall be laid low, the rough places of poverty of spirit shall be made smooth, and all who know me shall know that God is the Lord of all my ways. To get close to the spirit of God is to find life and healing and strength. Prayer For The Day I pray that God's spirit may be everything to my soul. I pray that God's spirit may grow within me.

Daily Thought ^*^*^*^*^ (\   ~~   /) (    \(AA)/    ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Meetings Through going to meetings and listening, and occasionally speaking, through doing Twelfth Step work, whereby in  helping others you are both the teacher and the student, by making many wonderful A.A. friends, I have been taught all the things in life that are worth having. c. 1976 AAWS Alcoholics Anonymous, (3rd Edition), p. 416 Thought to Consider . . .  Meetings:  A checkup from the neck up   *~*AACRONYMS*~* W I L L I N G When I Live Life, I Need God

Daily Reflection   IT WORKS It works—it really does. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 88   When I got sober I initially had faith only in the program of Alcoholics Anonymous. Desperation and fear kept me sober (and maybe a caring and/or tough sponsor helped!). Faith in a Higher Power came much later. This faith came slowly at first, after I began listening to others share at meetings about their experiences—experiences that I had never faced sober, but that they were facing with strength from a Higher Power. Out of their sharing came hope that I too would—and could—"get" a Higher Power. In time, I learned that a Higher Power—a faith that works under all conditions—is possible. Today this faith, plus the honesty, open-mindedness and willingness to work the Steps of the program, gives me the serenity that I seek. It works—it really does.

Pot Luck   Dream     I dream of the highest and best. My life is full.     My dreams are achievable, so I don't let the idea of improbable or impossible _ hold me back. I dream big. I dream the seemingly impossible, knowing all things are possible with God. I align my mind and heart with the presence of God within and trust the vision I hold is manifesting perfectly.     As I dream, I journey through each step, following my heart and living my passion. I explore with curiosity and courage. I am confident and comfortable with the unknown, open to unfolding good.     Seeming obstacles do not hinder my prog-ress. Even if my plans take a different direction, I discover unexpected blessings. My dream is mine to envision and shape. It is mine to live and enjoy. I live my dream with my whole heart.

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