Your Daily Reprieve 04.23.26

 

 

 

 

Your Daily Reprieve for Thursday April 23, 2026

 

From Boston, MA

 

 

 

A life of significance does not look the same for every person. 

Each is as individual as the person who lives it. 

They come in many shapes and sizes.  However,

there are some things that all people

who achieve significance have in common: 

They strive for excellence.  They do the small things well. 

They care about others.  They constantly improve themselves.

 They give it their all.   

 -John Maxwell

 

The best way to be more free

 is to grant more freedom to others.  

-Carlo Dossi

 

 

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include

the freedom to make mistakes.      

~Mohandas Gandhi

 

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. 

In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats,

so you can know who you are, what you can rise from,

how you can still come out of it.
~Maya Angelou

 

BIG BOOK QUOTE

 

Much has already been said about receiving strength, inspiration, and direction from Him who has all knowledge and power. If we have carefully followed directions, we have begun to sense the flow of His Spirit into us.

 

P85

 

 

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4/1 Ron F. (Cincinnati, OH)…..49

4/1 Gregory D. (Water Mill, NY)…..9

4/1 Joyce G. (Bradford, Ma)…..38

4/1 Grady S. (Sunnyvale, CA)…..35

4/1 John B. (Greenwich, CT/Stuart, FL)…..45

4/1 Julian G. (Salt Lake City, UT)…..11

4/1 Cary W. (Palm City, FL)…..19

4/1 Michael C. (Los Angeles, CA)…..45

4/1 Brinda L. (Stuart, FL)…..23

4/1 Steve W. (Middletown, CT)…..13

4/2 Mark B. (Haiku, HI)…..5

4/3 Leigh A. (Bethesda, MD)…..28

4/4 Tim D. (Seaforth, Ontario)…..15

4/4 Mark S. (Washington, DC)…..21

4/5 Alison I. (Edinburgh, Scotland) …..32

4/5 Elizabeth B. …..21

4/6 Eugene R. (Barcelona, Spain)…..12

4/6 Vige B. (Clinton, NY)…..49

4/6 Nick E. (Devon,UK)…..27

4/7 Madeleine M. (Groveland, MA)…..43

4/7 Louis D. …..1

4/7 Jane T. (Vancouver, BC, Canada)…..40

4/8 John M. (Mendham TWP, NJ)…..35

4/8 Paul K. (Canton, OH)…..22

4/8 Maureen K. (Morristown, NJ)…..16

4/8 Ashley G. (Miami, FL)…..14

4/8 Demetria B. (Memphis, TN)…..1

4/9 Dayton H. (New York, NY)…..36

4/10 Chas T. (Johnston, SC)…..14

4/11 Diane M. (Waynesville, NC)…..18

4/11 Steve O. (Travelers Rest, SC)…..2

4/11 Christine M. (Dingman’s Ferry, PA/Vero Beach)…..17

4/11 Jeremy S. (Austin, TX)…..14

4/12 Lisa S. (Port St. Lucie, FL)…..24

4/12 Kathleen M. (Naples, FL)…..38

4/12 Kelly R. (Nantucket, MA)…..2

4/13 Lauren E. (NYC)…..13

4/13 Catherine G.(Austin, TX)…..31

4/13 Wendy (Puerto Vallarta, MX)…..4

4/14 Sue B. (Waynesville, NC)…..16

4/14 Rachel K. (Springfield, MA)…..1

4/14 Mark M. (Pinellas Park, FL)…..41

4/15 Erin S. (Nantucket, MA)…..21

4/15 Dorcas C. (Fairfax, CA)…..12

4/17 Jay M. (Pepper Pike, OH)…..12

4/17 Vince K. (Palm City, FL)…..44

4/17 Jennifer E. (Palm Harbor, FL)…..37

4/17 Rich W. (Evanston, IL)…..9

4/18 Liz A. (Westfield, NJ)…..15

4/19 Joanna J. (Port St. Lucie, FL)…..45

4/19 Brent A. (New Rochelle, NY)…..3

4/20 Frank M. (Kingsland, GA)…..5

4/21 Jackie Z. (Palm Coast, FL)…..45

4/22 Mary D. (Evansville, IN)…..41

4/22 Jeannie C. (Nantucket, MA)…..34

4/23 Steve W. (Syracuse/Indialantic, FL)…..21

4/23 Brian L. (Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia)…..37

4/24 Scott G. (Chicago)…..2

4/25 Lesley Anne S. (Las Lunas, NM).….41

4/25 Melissa S. (NYC)…..17

4/26 Sean H. (Greenville, SC)…..2

4/26 Debbie S. (Yulee, FL)…..11

4/27 Norma D. (Bradford, MA)…..15

4/27 Angela L. (Boiling Springs, SC)…..7

4/28 Julie T. (Morristown, NJ)…..13

4/28 Laurie M. (Midcoast, ME)…..41

4/29 Judy F. (Sarasota, FL)…..48

4/30 Mike V. (Puerto Vallarta/Ottawa, IL)…..28

 

1534 Total Years of Sobriety

 

 

 

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Foreword

Alcoholics Anonymous is a worldwide fellowship of more than one hundred thousand* alcoholic men and women who are banded together to solve their common problems and to help fellow sufferers in recovery from that age-old, baffling malady, alcoholism.

*In 1998, it is estimated that nearly two million have recovered through A.A.

p. 15

 

 

Twenty-Four Hours


 A.A. Thought For The Day

Men and women keep coming into A.A., licked by alcohol, often given
up by doctors as hopeless cases, they themselves admitting they're
helpless to stop drinking. When I see these men and women get sober
and stay sober over a period of months and years, I know that A.A.
works. The change I see in people who come into A.A. not only
convinces me that A.A. works, but it also convinces me that there
must be a Power greater than ourselves which helps us to make that
change. Am I convinced that a Higher Power can help me to change?

Meditation For The Day

Cooperation with God is the great necessity for our lives. All else
follows naturally. Cooperation with God is the result of our
consciousness of His presence. Guidance is bound to come to us as we
live more and more with God, as our consciousness becomes more and
more attuned to the great Consciousness of the universe. We must
have many quiet times when we not so much ask to be shown and led
by God, as to feel and realize His presence. New spiritual growth
comes naturally from cooperation with God.

Prayer For The Day

I pray that God may supply me with strength and show me the
direction in which He wants me to grow. I pray that these things may
come naturally from my cooperation with Him.

 





Daily Thought

^*^*^*^*^

(\    ~~    /)

(    \(AA)/    )

(_ /AA\ _)

/ AA \

^*^*^*^*^

 

Choice

The fact is that most alcoholics, for reasons yet obscure, have lost the power of choice in drink. Our so-called will power becomes practically nonexistent. We are unable, at certain times, to bring into our consciousness with sufficient force the memory of the suffering and humiliation of even a week or a month ago. We are without defense against the first drink.
c. 1976, 2001 AAWS
Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 24


Thought to Consider . . .

Just for today, I choose not to drink.

~*AACRONYMS*~

A.A.
Absolute Abstinence



 

DAILY REFLECTIONS

 

A.A. IS NOT A CURE-ALL

It would be a product of false pride to claim that A. A. is a

cure-all, even for alcoholism

AS BILL SEES IT, p. 285

 

In my early years of sobriety I was full of pride, thinking

that A. A. was the only source of treatment for a good and

happy life. It certainly was the basic ingredient for my

sobriety and even today, with over twelve years in the

program, I am very involved in meetings, sponsorship and

service. During the first four years of my recovery, I found

it necessary to seek professional help, since my emotional

health was extremely poor. There are those folks too, who

have found sobriety and happiness in other organizations.

A.A. taught me that I had a choice: to go to any lengths to

enhance my sobriety. A.A. may not be a cure-all for

everything, but it is the center of my sober living.

 

 

POT LUCK

 

Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade.

~Middle Eastern proverb

We need to remember what got us well. The Twelve Steps heal us. The meetings we attend heal us. Reading and listening to program literature heal us. Talking with our sponsor heals us. The time we spend with program friends heals us.

Sometimes we're pressed for time. As a result, we have to make choices about how to use our time. We may think we know enough about the program. We may feel like cutting down on meetings. These are danger signs. We only know how to stay sober one day at a time: by working the Steps. Let's not forget them as we grow in this program. It may seem like we've been recovering a long time, but we're all beginners.

Prayer for the Day

Higher Power, I've found You in the program. Help me find ways to stay a "beginner" in the program.

Action for the Day

Today I'll take time to read the Twelve Steps. I'll meditate on how much these Steps have given me.

 

Keep it Simple: Daily Meditations for Twelve Step Beginnings and Renewal*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Blog

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AA Membership Survey 2022

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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
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Writing The Big Book

Video Readings

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BIG BOOK for DUMMIES

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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

 

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Voice only

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Free Guided Meditations

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Resources

 

Great Minds Quotes

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MOOJI GUIDED Meditation

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**Podcasts**

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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

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AA CD’s Literature and tapes

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The Lights are On

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Recovery Speakers

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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

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AA Photo Archives

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Heard at A Meeting

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Breast Cancer Site

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MEN FIGHTING CANCER TOGETHER

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and advocacy national nonprofit organization.

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Prayables

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Daily Thought

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Speaker Recordings

Stories of Recovery - A 12-Step Collection

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