Your Daily Reprieve 04.24.26

 

 

 

Your Daily Reprieve for Friday April 24, 2026

 

From Boston, MA

 

 

"There is nothing that we can see on earth

which does not either show

the wretchedness of man or the mercy of God.

One either sees the powerlessness of man without God,

or the strength of man with God."

~Blaise Pascal

 

"When you have faith in God,

you don't have to worry about the future.

You just know it's all in His hands.

You just go and do your best."

~Elder Bryan Mathison

 

 

 

“Be willing to be willing to follow directions

and you will find your life changing in all areas.”

Milwaukie, Oregon, June 1999

 

 

Challenges make you discover

things about yourself that you never really knew. 

They're what makes the instrument stretch

--what makes you go beyond the norm.   

-Cicely Tyson

 

 

 

 

 

BIG BOOK QUOTE

 

What could we have done better? Were we thinking of ourselves most of the time? Or were we thinking of what we could do for others, of what we could pack into the stream of life?

 

P86

 

 

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

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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

This book deals with the "Twelve Steps" and the "Twelve Traditions" of Alcoholics Anonymous. It presents an explicit view of principles by which A.A. members recover and by which their Society functions.

p. 15

 

Twenty-Four Hours



 A.A. Thought For The Day

It's been proved that we alcoholics can't get sober by our
willpower. We've failed again and again. Therefore I believe
there must be a Higher Power which helps me. I think of that
power as the grace of God. And I pray to God every morning
for the strength to stay sober today. I know that power is
there because it never fails to help me. Do I believe that
AA. works through the grace of God?

Meditation For The Day

Once I am "born of the spirit," that is my life's breath.
Within me is the life of life, so that I can never perish.
The life that down the ages has kept God's children through
peril, adversity, and sorrow. I must try never to doubt or
worry, but follow where the life of the spirit leads. How
often, when little I know it, God goes before me to prepare
the way, to soften a heart, or to overrule a resentment. As
the life of the spirit grows, natural wants become less
important.

Prayer For The Day

I pray that my life may become centered in God more than in
self. I pray that my will may be directed toward doing His will.

 





Daily Thought

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(    \(AA)/    )

(_ /AA\ _)

/ AA \

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Communication


From the beginning, communication in A.A. has been no ordinary transmission of helpful ideas and attitudes. Because of our kinship in suffering, and because our common means of deliverance are effective for ourselves only when constantly carried to others, our channels of contact have always been charged with the language of the heart.
c. 1967 AAWS, As Bill Sees It, p. 195


Thought to Consider . . .

Listening feeds the spirit.

*~*AACRONYMS*~*

D E A D
Drinking Ends All Dreams

 

DAILY REFLECTIONS

 

LEARNING TO LOVE OURSELVES

Alcoholism was a lonely business, even though we were

surrounded by people who loved us . . . We were trying to

find emotional security either by dominating or by being

dependent upon others . . . We still vainly tried to be secure

by some unhealthy sort of domination or dependence.

AS BILL SEES IT, p. 252

 

When I did my personal inventory I found that I had

unhealthy relationships with most people in my life—my

friends and family, for example. I always felt isolated and

lonely. I drank to dull emotional pain.

It was through staying sober, having a good sponsor and

working the Twelve Steps that I was able to build up my

low self-esteem. First the Twelve Steps taught me to

become my own best friend, and then, when I was able to

love myself, I could reach out and love others.

 

 

 

POT LUCK

 

"You can always restart your day."

 

The first time I heard this quote, it was a revelation to me. I could start my day over? This was so unlike the way I had lived my life, I could barely comprehend it. My usual way of living was to wake up and wait for something negative to set the tone for my day. An angry or hurt look from my girlfriend, a driver cutting me off, or just not getting what I wanted, and that was it—the whole day was ruined. And with this attitude, I’d ruin everyone else’s day as well.


Early into recovery, I looked for negative events to once again launch me into my day, and I found plenty. Many days I woke up with a new sense of shame or hopelessness as I struggled to put my life back together or stay sober. I walked around as if a dark cloud was over me—until I got to a meeting. And then, as if miraculously, I discovered hope again as I drank in the laughter and warmth from the fellowship. That’s when I heard this quote.
 

While it was hard to practice in the beginning, I got better at it as I persevered. And I had many occasions to practice it. The first thing I had to do, however, was recognize I had slipped into a funk because I was so used to feeling bad all the time. But once I did, I remembered I could start over. I needed help to do this, of course, and that’s when a quick prayer to my Higher Power helped. Even today, I often get quiet and ask God to reset my attitude, and it always works. It saves me from ruining my and other people’s day. Knowing I can always restart my day is another precious gift of recovery.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Twenty Four Hours a Day

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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.

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