Your Daily Reprieve 06.25.25

Your Daily Reprieve for Wednesday June 25, 2025

From Waynesville, NC

"Change is scary, even if it promises a better life."

~ Watsonville, California, June 2009

“Alcoholics Anonymous has an answer to problems in sobriety,

making sobriety, eventually, something wonderful

instead of something that can drive people to drink.”

~Tasmania, December 2006,

"Almost every sinful action ever committed

can be traced back to a selfish motive.

It is a trait we hate in other people

but justify in ourselves."

~Stephen Kendrick

"Better keep yourself clean and bright;

you are the window through which you must see the world."

—George Bernard Shaw

Happy Birthday Dad!

Wish I knew then,

What I know now.

We could go to a meeting.

That would be the greatest!!

Big Book Quote

Each person is like an actor who wants to run the whole show; is forever trying to arrange the lights, the ballet, the scenery and the rest of the players in his own way.

P60

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Step 1

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JUNE 2025 Miracles

6/1 Kristin C. (Dallas, TX)…..22

6/3 Tom W. (Amelia Island/Jacksonville FL)…..39

6/3 Norm G. (Ludlow, VT)…..2

6/4 Nate S. (Yulee, FL)…..9

6/4 Bob G. (Peapack, NJ)…..10

6/4 Sue B. (The Woodlands, TX/Valley Stream, NY)…..56

6/5 Roy L. (The Woodlands, TX/Valley Stream, NY)…..56

6/5 Fergus G. (Wicklow, Ireland)…..36

6/6 Bob B. (Danbury, CT)…..9

6/7 Stephen B, (Bethel, ME)…..49

6/7 Bill K. (Carle Place)…..30

6/7 David A. (Concord, NH)…..16

6/8 Michael L. (Mt. Vernon, NY)…..9

6/8 Joanne L. Nantucket, MA)…..11

6/9 Nancy R. (Stamford, CT)…..35

6/9 Vickie S. (Pentwater, MI)…..40

6/9 Dan K. (Jacksonville, FL)…..6

6/10 Beverly B. (Hendersonville, NC)…..37

6/10 Clarke J. (Lake Forest, IL)…..18

6/10 Dave McD. (Hudson, FL)…..48

6/10 Peter B. (Cape Coral, FL)…..34

6/10 Christophe B. (Puerto Vallarta, MX)…..1

6/10 John M. (Eliot, ME)…..4

6/11 Morgain P. (Lexington, KY)…..35

6/11 Cheryl B. (Palm Coast, FL)…..37

6/11 Scott O. …..10

6/12 Craig W. (Fort Lee, NJ)…..23

6/14 Michael C. (Port Chester, NY)…..5

6/14 Isa G. (Waynesville, NC)…..7

6/15 Tim M. (New Jersey)…..6

6/15 Pat B-H (Mount Pleasant, SC)…..10

6/15 Fran F. (Dover, DE)…..36

6/15 Judy S. (Punta Gorda, FL)…..33

6/15 Adair B. (Amarillo, TX)…..3

6/16 Rob W. (Fernandina Beach, FL)…..8

6/16 Suzanne C. (Phoenixville, PA)…..11

6/16 Scanny S. (Virginia Water, UK)…..1

6/16 Lara H. (Nantucket/Watertown, CT)…..5

6/16 Max P. (Charleston/Lakewood Ranch, FL)…..44

6/16 Eli M. (Nantucket)…..6

6/17 Paul Mac (Valatie, NY)…..51

6/17 Margo (Rothesay, Scotland)…..58

6/19 Jack D. …..32

6/19 Joel B. (Waynesville, NC)…..30

6/19 Sandy S. (Toccoa, GA)…..12

6/20 Joe R. (Ridgewood, NJ)…..19

6/21 Laura F. (Cleveland OH/Israel)…..33

6/22 Bob G. (Naples, FL)…..39

6/23 Edele …..12

6/23 Chris B. (Rockville, MD)…..12

6/23 Robin P.(Corpus Christi, TX)…..39

6/23 Reggie R. (Nantucket, MA)…..38

624 Annette C. (Corpus Christi, TX)…..13

6/24 Franki (Australia)…..6

6/24 Charles R. (Birmingham, AL)…..1

6/25 Tommy R. (Warren, NJ)…..1

6/25 Patty A. (Corpus Christi, TX)…..13

6/26 Bob H. (Farmerville, LA)…..19

6/27 Jim C. (Nantucket, MA)…..18

6/27 Jim E. (Maryville, TN)…..22

6/28 Christina S. (Papillon, NE)…..4

6/28 Paul D. (Orlando, FL)…..42

6/30 Donna T. (Sechells, BC)…..16

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Step Five - "Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs."

Yet if A.A.'s experience means anything at all, this is not only unwise, but is actually a perilous resolve. Few muddled attitudes have caused us more trouble than holding back on Step Five. Some people are unable to stay sober at all; others will relapse periodically until they really clean house. Even A.A. old timers, sober for years, often pay dearly for skimping this Step. They will tell how they tried to carry the load alone; how much they suffered of irritability, anxiety, remorse, and depression; and how, unconsciously seeking relief, they would sometimes accuse even their best friends of the very character defects they themselves were trying to conceal. They always discovered that relief never came by confessing the sins of other people. Everybody had to confess his own.

p. 56

Twenty-Four Hours

A.A. Thought For The Day

One of the most encouraging facts of life is that your weakness can
become your greatest asset. Kites and airplanes rise against the wind.
In climbing up a high mountain, we need the stony crags and rough
places to aid us in our climb. So your weakness can become an asset if
you will face it, examine it, and trace it to its origin. Set it in the very
center of your mind. No weakness, such as drinking, ever turned into
an asset until it was first fairly faced. Am I making my weakness my
greatest asset?

Meditation For The Day

Whenever we seek to worship God, we think of the great universe
that God rules over, of creation, of mighty law and order throughout
the universe. Then we feel the awe that precedes worship. I too must
feel awe, feel the desire to worship God in wondering amazement. My
mind is in a box of space and time and it is so made that I cannot
conceive of what is beyond space or time, the limitless and the eternal.
But I know that there must be something beyond space and time, and
that something must be the limitless and eternal Power behind the
universe. I also know that I can experience that Power in my life.

Prayer For The Day

I pray that I may accept the limitless and eternal Spirit. I pray that It
may express Itself in my life.

Daily Thought

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Intoxication

"As newcomers, many of us have indulged in spiritual intoxication. Like a prospector, belt drawn in over the last ounce of food, we saw our pick strike gold. Joy at our release from a lifetime of frustration knew no bounds. The newcomer feels he has struck something better than gold. He may not see at once that he has barely scratched a limitless lode which will pay dividends only if he mines it for the rest of his life and insists on giving away the entire product."
Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 128-129
As Bill Sees It, p. 57

Thought to Consider . . .
We give it away to keep it.

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T H I N K
The Happiness I Never Knew

Daily Reflection

A TWO-WAY STREET

If we ask, God will certainly forgive our derelictions. But in

no case does He render us white as snow and keep us that

way without our cooperation.

TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 65

When I prayed, I used to omit a lot of things for which I

needed to be forgiven. I thought that if I didn't mention

these things to God, He would never know about them. I

did not know that if I had just forgiven myself for some of

my past deeds, God would forgive me also. I was always

taught to prepare for the journey through life, never

realizing until I came to A.A.—when I honestly became

willing to be taught forgiveness and forgiving—that life

itself is the journey. The journey of life is a very happy

one, as long as I am willing to accept change and

responsibility.

Pot Luck

Memories

I give thanks for the blessing of my memories.

My memories are the gossamer threads of my life experiences, each strand

-tying one experience to another to weave a tapestry that is the picture of my life.

Each recollection connects my past experiences with the present.

Some are tender, some can make me laugh, and some might bring a tear to my eye.

I give thanks for lessons learned, relishing the happy times and blessing and releasing any unhappy ones. All form the fiber of my being.

They comprise the sum total of who I am, how I respond to present circumstances, and how I weigh the decisions I make for the future.

My memories shape my thoughts, supporting me as fuel for my spiritual growth as well as light that guides me every day.

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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.

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