Your Daily Reprieve 03.28.25

Your Daily Reprieve for Friday March 28, 2025

From Waynesville, NC

Kindness is like coffee,

it awakens your spirit and improves your day.
~Mary Ellen Villarreal

"You never really learn much

from hearing yourself speak."

~George Clooney

“Each AA has been an individual who,

because of his alcoholism, could seldom govern himself.

Nor could any other human being govern the alcoholic’s obsession to drink,

his drive to have things his own way ...

Yet we alcoholics can be led, we can be inspired.”

~ Bill W., January 1947,

“Will AA Ever Have a Personal Government?”

Today's to-do list

1-Smile

2-Don’t sweat the small stuff

3-Think positive

4-inspire

5-Love

6-Be grateful

7-Be happy

~Jon Meltzer

Big Book Quote

The tremendous fact for every one of us is that we have discovered a common solution. We have a way out on which we can absolutely agree, and upon which we can join in brotherly and harmonious action.

P17

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MARCH 2025 Miracles

3/1 Steve O. (Chang Mai, Thailand)…..24

3/1 Rich W. (Astoria, NY)…..10

3/1 Jose (Northern NJ)…..1

3/2 Liz C. (Boca Raton, FL)…..16

3/3 Kelly T. (Newmarket, NH …..34

3/3 Stephen L. …..28

3/3 Larry H. (Spencer, OH)…..45

3/3 Craig K. (Boiling Springs, SC)…..4

3/2 Beth O. (Salisbury, MD) …..34

3/2 Dan C. (Ridgefield, CT)…..23

3/4 Andy W. …..1

3/4 Scott D. …..1

3/4 Adam L. (UWS, NY/Soma, NY)…..11

3/5 Joann T. (Princeton, NJ)…..36

3/5 Tom M. (Waynesville, NC)…..31

3/5 Ron H. (San Diego, CA)…..41

3/6 Nora M. (Jacksonville, FL)…..7

3/7 Dan J. (New York, NY)…..13

3/7 Greg S. (Fort Pierce, FL)…..40

3/7 George H. (Milwaukee, WI)…..17

3/7 Dave G. (Vancouver, Canada)…..22

3/7 Raymond P. …..6

3/8 Tony R. (Delray Beach, FL)…..1

3/9 Danny S. (Narraganset/No. Salem)…..25

3/9 Patti K. (Baiting Hollow, NY)…..41

3/9 Andy W. (Barnegat, NJ)…..38

3/10 Kimberly T. (Evanston, IL)…..2

3/10 Robert H. (Punta Gorda, FL)…..1

3/10 Carla D. …..36

3/10 Craig M. (Woodbine, GA)…..4

3/11 John M. (PA & Vero Beach, FL)…..16

3/11 Katie E. …..12

3/12 Ned W. (Melbourne, FL)…..28

3/12 Marty G. (San Francisco, CA)…..39

3/13 Matt H. (Huntersville, NC)…..38

3/13 Tom V. (Morris Plains, NJ)…..18

3/14 Thomas L. (Port Charlotte, FL)…..1

3/14 Larry S. (Summerville, SC)…..43

3/15 Paul M. (Burlington, NC)…..13

3/17 Pam W. (Bunnell, FL)…..3

3/17 Tortola Dan (Indialantic, FL)…..46

3/18 Cheryl S. (Dothan, AL)…..19

3/18 Tom K. (Riverhead, NY)…..8

3/18 Robert R. …..11

3/19 Mike B. (Purchase, NY)…..25

3/20 Steve J. (Woodruff, WI)…..32

3/21 Kate A. (Nyack, NY)…..37

3/21 Pamela B. (Clinton, NJ)…..42

3/21 BethLynn C. (Silver Spring, MD)…..33

3/21 Johnetta (Fernandina Beach, FL)…..17

3/21 storla (Clermont, FL)…..30

3/22 Joseph H. (Neshanic Station, NJ)…..46

3/22 Tim F. (Greenbrier, TN)…..10

3/23 Jeff W. …..14

3/23 Marlene P. (Stuart, FL)…..23

3/23 Jenai Mc. (Palm Coast, FL)…..6

3/24 Amy BS (NYC)…..37

3/24 Trey B. (Austin, TX)…..19

3/25 Buffy H. (Gambier, OH/Nantucket, MA)…..33

3/25 Jrm (Black River Bridge, N.B., Canada)…..12

3/25 Drue A. (Yulee, FL)…..19

3/26 Fred H. (Amelia Island)…..49

3/26 Walter O’T. (Miramichi, NB)…..55

3/26 Jen S. (Seaford, DE)…..12

3/26 Christina U. (Palm Coast, FL)…..13

3/27 Barbara K. (Melville, NY)…..20

3/28 Steven S. …..15

3/28 Aimee S. (NYC)…..12

3/28 Terry A. (Nashville, TN)…..10

3/29 Toni (Austin, TX)…..20

3/29 Robin S. (New York, NY)…..32

3/30 Celia S. (London, UK)…..15

3/30 Cheryl G. …..4

3/30 Loretta H. …..17

3/30 Wendy B. (Wanaque, NJ)…..35

3/30 Joe S. (Paris)…..2

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Foreword

Though the essays which follow were written mainly for members, it is thought by many of A.A.'s friends that these pieces might arouse interest and find application outside A.A. itself.

p. 15

Twenty-Four Hours

A.A. Thought For The Day

When you come into an A.A. meeting, you're not just
coming into a meeting, you're coming into a new life.
I'm always impressed by the change I see in people after
they've been in A.A. for a while. I sometimes take an
inventory of myself, to see whether I have changed and if
so, in what way. Before I met A.A., I was very selfish. I
wanted my own way in everything. I don't believe I ever
grew up. When things went wrong, I sulked like a spoiled
child and often went out and got drunk. Am I still all get
and no give?

Meditation For The Day

There are two things we must have if we are going to change
our way of life. One is faith, the confidence in things
unseen, that fundamental goodness and purpose in the
universe. The other is obedience, that is living according
to our faith, living each day as we believe God wants us to
live, with gratitude, humility, honesty, purity,
unselfishness and love. Faith and obedience, these two,
will give us all the strength we need to overcome sin and
temptation and to live a new and more abundant life.

Prayer For The Day

I pray that I may have more faith and obedience. I pray that
I may live a more abundant life as a result of these things.

Daily Thought

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/ AA \

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Defense

The alcoholic at certain times has no effective mental defense against the first drink. Except in a few rare cases, neither he nor any other human being can provide such a defense. His defense must come from a Higher Power.

c. 2001 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 43

Thought to Consider

Alcohol . . . cunning, baffling, powerful!

*~*AACRONYMS*~*

S O B E R
Spirituality Over Booze Equals Recovery

Daily Reflection

EQUALITY

Our membership ought to include all who suffer from

alcoholism Hence we may refuse none who wish to recover.

Nor ought A.A. membership ever depend upon money or

conformity. Any two or three alcoholics gathered together

for sobriety may call themselves an A.A. group, provided

that, as a group, they have no other affiliation.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 565

Prior to A.A., I often felt that I didn't "fit in" with the

people around me. Usually "they" had more/ less money

than I did, and my points of view didn't jibe with "theirs."

The amount of prejudice I had experienced in society only

proved to me just how phony some self-righteous people

were. After joining A. A., I found the way of life I had been

searching for. In A.A. no member is better than any other

member; we're just alcoholics trying to recover from

alcoholism.

Pot Luck

Backing Off

He has spent all his life letting down baskets into empty wells.

~Sydney Smith

We can always resist an argument where there is obviously no chance of either side solving a problem. Taking time to evaluate the situation will save us possible embarrassment and apologies.

We don't have to be winners in matters that are unimportant to spiritual progress. We have also learned that there is no disgrace in changing directions when one way won't work.

Of course, nobody wins by retreating from a confrontation, but aggressiveness is sure to be useless. Sometimes backing off is winning if nothing is to be gained by confrontation. We can often avoid another blow to the wounded dignity we brought into our program.

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