Your Daily Reprieve 03.17.26

 

 

 

 

Your Daily Reprieve for Tuesday March 17, 2026

 

From Ponte Vedra, FL

 

 

🍀 Happy St Patrick’s Day

 

 

“May your blessings outnumber the shamrocks that grow,

and may trouble avoid you wherever you go.”

 

“May your heart be light and your troubles few on this St. Patrick’s Day.”

 

“May your joys be deep and your friendships strong.”

 

“Let your day be touched by a bit of Irish luck, brightened by a song, and warmed by the smiles of the people you love.”

 

☘️☘️☘️☘️

 

 

 

“Wishing you shamrocks, sunshine, and smiles today.”

“Irish cheer doesn’t need beer.”

“Green vibes only.”

“May your day be as bright as a rainbow and as warm as a cup of tea.”

 

☘️☘️☘️☘️

 

 

“A good friend is like a four‑leaf clover: hard to find and lucky to have.”

“A kind word never broke anyone’s mouth.”

“Wherever you go and whatever you do,

may the luck of the Irish be there with you.”

 

 

 

BIG BOOK QUOTE

 

If we were to live, we had to be free of anger. The grouch and the brainstorm were not for us. They may be the dubious luxury of normal men, but for alcoholics these things are poison.

 

P66

 

 

 

 

Daily Share!

 

 

AA Speaker of the Day

 

REGGIE W.

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01.09.21

 

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MARCH 2026 Miracles

 

3/1 Rich W. (Astoria, NY)…..11

3/2 Biancy M. (Fort Thomas, KY)…..38

3/3 Kelly T. (Newmarket, NH)…..35

3/3 Heather S. (Wildwood, FL)…..1

3/3 Craig K. (Boiling Springs, SC)…..5

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3/9 Patty K. (Baiting Hollow, NY)…..42

3/9 Danny S. (Narragansett, RI)…..26

3/9 Andy W. (Long Beach, NY)…..39

3/10 Craig M. (Woodbine, GA)…..5

3/10 Rob H. (Punta Gorda, FL)…..2

3/11 Crystal H. (Richmond BC)…..8

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3/11 Ken S. (Austin, TX)…..20

3/12 Ned W. (Melbourne, FL)…..29

3/13 Andy G. (Flemington, NJ)…..22

3/13 Tom V. (Morris Plains, NJ)…..19

3/13 Matt H. (Huntersville, NC)…..39

3/15 Vivian R. aka Lady V. (Queens, NY)…..42

3/16 Suzan B. (Bunnell, FL)…..2

3/16 Mark B. (Bradenton, FL)…..3

3/16 Deborah B.(Amelia Island, FL) …..35

3/17 Dan D. (Indialantic, FL)…..47

3/19 Mike B. (Purchase, NY)…..26

3/19 Mike J. (Kingston, NH)…..18

3/20 Michelle O. (Los Angeles, CA)…..27

3/21 Johnetta W.  (Amelia Island, FL)…..18

3/22 Tim F. (Greenbrier, TN)…..11

3/21 Pamela B. (Clinton, NJ)…..43

3/21 Kate A. (Nyack, NY)…..38

3/24 Amy BS. (New York, New York) …..38

3/24 Trey B.(Austin, TX)…..20

3/25 Buffy H. (Gambier, OH/Nantucket)…..34

3/25 Drue A. (Yulee, FL)…..20

3/26 Fred H. (Amelia Island, FL)…..50

3/26 Walter O’. (Miramichi, NB, Canada)…..56

3/28 Steven S. (Summit, NJ)…..16

3/28 Terry A. (Nashville, TN)…..11

3/28 Christian B. (Wycoff, NJ)…..10

3/29 Toni Y. Austin, TX)…..21

3/30 Wendy B. (Wanaque, NJ) …..36

3/30 Soteros C. (Melbourne, FL)…..31

3/31 Beth V. (Hackettstown, NJ)…..22

3/31 Loretta H. (Basking Ridge, NJ)…..18

 

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Tradition Eight - "Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional, but our service centers may employ special workers."

It is significant, now that almost no A.A. in our Fellowship breaks anonymity at the public level, that nearly all these fears have subsided. We see that we have no right or need to discourage A.A.'s who wish to work as individuals in these wider fields. It would be actually antisocial were we to forbid them. We cannot declare A.A. such a closed corporation that we keep our knowledge and experience top secret. If an A.A. member acting as a citizen can become a better researcher, educator, personnel officer, then why not? Everybody gains, and we have lost nothing. True, some of the projects to which A.A.'s have attached themselves have been ill-conceived, but that makes not the slightest difference with the principle involved.

p. 171

 

 

Twenty-Four Hours

 

A.A. Thought For The Day

A. A. also helps us to hang onto sobriety. By having
regular meetings so that we can associate with other
alcoholics who have come through that same door in the
wall, by encouraging us to tell the story of our own
sad experiences with alcohol, and by showing us how to
help other alcoholics. A.A. keeps us sober. Our attitude
toward life changes from one of pride and selfishness to
one of humility and gratitude. Am I going to step back
through that door in the wall to my old helpless,
hopeless, drunken life?

Meditation For The Day

Withdraw into the calm of communion with God. Rest in that
calm and peace. When the soul finds its home of rest in
God, then it is that real life begins. Only when you are
calm and serene can you do good work. Emotional upsets
make you useless. The eternal life is calmness and when a
man enters into that, then he lives as an eternal being.
Calmness is based on complete trust in God. Nothing in
this world can separate you from the love of God.

Prayer For The Day

I pray that I may wear the world like a loose garment.
I pray that I may keep serene at the center of my being.




 

 

Daily Thought

^*^*^*^*^

(\    ~~    /)

(    \(AA)/    )

(_ /AA\ _)

/ AA \

^*^*^*^*^

Joyous

We have been speaking to you of serious, sometimes tragic things. We have been dealing with alcohol in its worst aspects. But we aren't a glum lot. If newcomers could see no joy in our existence, they wouldn't want it. We absolutely insist on enjoying life. We try not to indulge in cynicism over the state of the nations, nor do we carry the world's troubles on our shoulders.

c. 2001 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 132

 

Thought to Consider . . . 

 

Laughter is the sound of recovery

 

*~*AACRONYMS*~*


H J F
Happy, Joyous, Free

 

 



DAILY REFLECTIONS

 

MYSTERIOUS WAYS

. . . out of every season of grief or suffering when the hand

of God seemed heavy or even unjust, new lessons for living

were learned, new resources of courage were uncovered,

and that finally, inescapably, the conviction came that God

does "move in a mysterious way His wonders to perform."

TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 105

 

After losing my career, family and health, I remained

unconvinced that my way of life needed a second look. My

drinking and other drug use were killing me, but I had never

met a recovering person or an A.A. member. I thought I was

destined to die alone and that I deserved it. At the peak of

my despair, my infant son became critically ill with a rare

disease. Doctors' efforts to help him proved useless. I

redoubled my efforts to block my feelings, but now the

alcohol had stopped working. I was left staring into God's

eyes, begging for help. My introduction to A.A. came

within days, through an odd series of coincidences, and I

have remained sober ever since. My son lived and his

disease is in remission. The entire episode convinced me of

my powerlessness and the unmanageability of my life.

Today my son and I thank God for His intervention.

 

 

POT LUCK

 

Touchstones Meditation For Men

 

 

 

It is senseless to speak of optimism or pessimism. The only important thing to remember is that if one works well in a potato field, the potatoes will grow. If one works well among men, they will grow. That’s reality. The rest is smoke.

—Danilo Dolci

 

We can get so mired in our pessimism and negativity! What is the point in it? We even get committed to our pessimism, and we challenge the world – or God – to give us reason for hope. In our pessimism, we don’t notice we have chosen a negative place to stand.

 

Recovery means loosening our grip on negativism. We are then free to do the work we need to do. We can slowly take the risk of believing that positive things will happen too.

 

Any man can see the results in his own life. When we work well at this program, when we are faithful to it, we do grow. We see this truth in one another’s lives.

 

The work is not always easy. We sometimes wish to avoid it or find a reason to not even try. But there is no doubt, when we look around us, that the effort is rewarded with fulfilling lives.

 

God, please remove pessimism from me so I may continue my work

 

 

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Blogs, Audio and Video Articles

 

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"AA Recovery Interviews" Podcast

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Blog

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Wee Willie’s

Sobriety First Media

AA CD’s Literature and tapes

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AA Membership Survey 2022

Alcoholics Anonymous 2022 Membership Survey | Alcoholics Anonymous

 

 

Committee Consideration

from the 73rd General Service Conference

In response to a Committee Consideration from the 73rd General Service Conference

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.

Questionaire

 

How Should We Treat A.A. Founders' Writings?

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DR. PAUL O.
There is More to Quitting Drinking Than Quitting Drinking
(Audio Book)

Introduction
http://bit.ly/1IlFBbp

Part I
http://bit.ly/1MPV5Za

Part II
http://bit.ly/1Ksd9eA

Part III
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Part IV
http://bit.ly/1Ip0hn8

AA CDs Literature and tapes
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ARCHIVES

 

 

AA World Service Board Meeting Highlights

October 2023

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A New Pair of Glasses in PDF (download) is available at:

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Bill Schaberg

Writing The Big Book

Video Readings

https://www.youtube.com/@billschaberg8911/videos

 

BIG BOOK for DUMMIES

https://bigbookfordummies.com/

 

 

 

*Angel Force USA

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Angel Force USA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

OUR MISSION

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The avoidance of discussion about suicide

Our goal is to raise awareness of the military suicide epidemic.

 

 

 

RICHMOND WALKER & THE TWENTY-FOUR HOUR BOOK
Glenn C. (South Bend, Indiana)
Talk given at the 8th Annual National A.A. Archives Workshop, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Sept. 27, 2003

https://www.prestongroup.org/aa_docs/24_hours_a_day.txt

 

 

 

MEDITATIONS

http://www.11thstepmeditation.org/

 

Loving Kindness Meditations

 

With Music

 

http://www.excelatlife.com/mp3/direct_download.php?file=lovingkindnessmusic.mp3

 

 

Voice only

http://www.excelatlife.com/mp3/direct_download.php?file=lovingkindness.mp3

 

*****

Free Guided Meditations

http://marc.ucla.edu/body.cfm?id=22

Resources

 

Great Minds Quotes

https://twitter.com/GreatestQuotes

 

 

 

MOOJI GUIDED Meditation

http://bit.ly/2Ogwe9v

 

 

**Podcasts**

https://boiledowlaa.org/

https://www.aagrapevine.org/podcast

 

 

12 Step Meditations

 www.stepmeditation.com

 

These are 12 meditations,

each about 12 minutes long and the content

(other than the meditation instructions)

are straight from the text of the big book and 12 & 12

(created by Matt H.)

 

 

Speaker Recordings

 

Wee Willie’s

Sobriety First Media

AA CD’s Literature and tapes

https://www.mediafire.com/sobrietyfirst

*****

 

The Lights are On

http://xa-speakers.org/

 

 

Recovery Speakers

http://recoveryspeakers.com/

 

Miscellaneous Sources

Living Life Fully

http://www.livinglifefully.com/

 

 

Twenty Four Hours a Day

Since 1954, Twenty-Four Hours a Day has become a stable force in the recovery of many alcoholics

throughout the world. With over nine million copies in print (the original text has been revised),

this "little black book" offers daily thoughts, meditations, and prayers for living a clean and sober life.

A spiritual resource with practical applications to fit our daily lives.

Copyright 1975 Hazeleden Foundation

 

Tammy’s recovery links

http://www.bluidkiti.com/forums/

 

AA Photo Archives

http://www.rewritables.net/cybriety/aa_photos.htm

 

Heard at A Meeting

https://twitter.com/heardinameeting

 

Breast Cancer Site

Take a minute and click to provide free mammograms

https://thebreastcancersite.greatergood.com/clickToGive/bcs/home

 

MEN FIGHTING CANCER TOGETHER

America’s largest volunteer men’s cancer support group

and advocacy national nonprofit organization.

http://malecare.org/

 

 

Prayables

http://prayables.org/

 

 

Daily Thought

http://groups.google.com/group/TransitionsDaily

 

Speaker Recordings

Stories of Recovery - A 12-Step Collection

https://storiesofrecovery.org/index.html

 

 


 

 

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