Your Daily Reprieve 07.09.25

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your Daily Reprieve for Wednesday  July 9 ,  2025   From Waynesville, NC

"The only thing faster than the speed of thought is the speed of forgetfulness.  Good thing we have other people to help us remember." ~Vera Nazarian   The only clear line I draw these days is this: when my religion tries to come between me and my neighbor, I will choose my neighbor. The Lord never commanded me to love my religion.  ~Barbara Brown Taylor   Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are. ~ Soren Kierkegaard   “Tolerance is the art of seeing yourself as others see you -- and not getting mad about it.” ~June 1964, “Short Takes,” AA Grapevine

Big Book Quote   We found that as soon as we were able to lay aside prejudice and express even a willingness to believe in a Power greater than ourselves, we commenced to get results, even though it was impossible for any of us to fully define or comprehend that Power, which is God.   P46

Daily Share!     AA Speaker of the Day   STEVE L Step 1 The Backroom Ontario, Canada 05.09.22   https://bit.ly/3ZLFDeL

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12&12   Step Four - "Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves." By now the newcomer has probably arrived at the following conclusions: that his character defects, representing instincts gone astray, have been the primary cause of his drinking and his failure at life; that unless he is now willing to work hard at the elimination of the worst of these defects, both sobriety and peace of mind will elude him; that all the faulty foundation of his life will have to be torn out and built anew on bedrock. Now willing to commence the search for his own defects, he will ask: “Just how do I go about this? How do I take inventory of myself?” p. 50

Twenty-Four Hours    A.A. Thought For The Day Disillusionment and spiritual confusion mark our age. Many of us have cast aside old ideas without acquiring new ones. Many men and women are creeping through life on their hands and knees, merely because they refuse to rely on any power but themselves. Many of them feel that they are being brave and independent, but actually they are only courting disaster. Anxiety and the inferiority complex have become the greatest of all modern plagues. In A.A. we have the answer to these ills. Have I ceased to rely on myself only? Meditation For The Day Disillusionment and doubt spoil life. The doubting ones are the disillusioned ones. When you are in doubt, you are on the fence. You are not going anywhere. Doubt poisons all action. "Well. I don't know"--so you don't know anything. You should meet life with a "Yes," an affirmative attitude. There is good in the world and we can follow that good. There is power available to help us to do the right thing; therefore we will accept that power. There are miracles of change in people's lives; therefore we will accept those miracles as evidence of God's power. Prayer For The Day I pray that I will not be paralyzed by doubt. I pray that I may go along on the venture of faith.

Daily Thought ^*^*^*^*^ (\    ~~    /) (     \(AA)/     ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Powerless "Who cares to admit complete defeat? Practically no one, of course. Every natural instinct cries out against the idea of personal powerlessness. No other kind of bankruptcy is like this one. Alcohol, the rapacious creditor, bleeds us of all self-sufficiency and all will to resist its demands. But upon entering A.A. we soon take quite another view of this absolute humiliation. Our admissions of personal powerlessness finally turn out to be firm bedrock upon which happy and purposeful lives may be built." Bill W., Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 21 Thought to Consider . . . "Admission of powerlessness is the first step in liberation." Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 5 *~*AACRONYMS*~* N E W Nothing Else Worked

Daily Reflection   I AM AN INSTRUMENT Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 70   The subject of humility is a difficult one. Humility is not thinking less of myself than I ought to; it is acknowledging that I do certain things well, it is accepting a compliment graciously. God can only do for me what He can do through me. Humility is the result of knowing that God is the doer, not me. In the light of this awareness, how can I take pride in my accomplishments? I am an instrument and any work I seem to be doing is being done by God through me. I ask God on a daily basis to remove my shortcomings, in order that I may more freely go about my A.A. business of "love and service."

Pot Luck     "Things might not get better for me, but I can get better despite things." When I was a newcomer, I was convinced that because I was now sober, things in my life would get better. I was sure my career would finally get on track, my relationships would improve, and so on. And I thought that as those things came together, I would finally be happy. In fact, I secretly felt like I deserved for things to improve now that I was being “good.” Boy, was I wrong. What actually happened was that my life started to spiral out of control. It was as if things had a natural momentum to them, and even though I wasn’t acting the same way, the wreckage of my past was beginning to catch up with me. As I grew more and more miserable, my sponsor taught me something that set me free. I remember he sat me down and asked me if I could make it through the day without a drink or a drug. I told him I could, and that’s when he taught me that while I may not be able to control all the things in my life, I could control the most important thing of all—my sobriety and my recovery. He told me that if I took care of that, then all the other “things” would work out. While at first I didn’t believe him, it turns out he was right. Today, I know that while things may not always get better for me, I can get better if I focus on the one thing that matters: my sobriety.

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