October 1st 2026 - Your Daily Reprieve

 

October 1, 2026 Waynesville, NC Thank you for all the prayers and wishes for our Friend Tom Murphy on what would have been his 77th Birthday If you are not aware as yet, we have sad news that Tom Murphy, our dear friend, was lost to us on the 7th of August, 2026. Tom was the creator of "Your Daily Reprieve". We are linking Tom's Obituary here for all of you to read. There was a Celebration of Life, on what would have been his 77th birthday on September 26th, 2026. Here is a link to the zoom recording, for those that would like hear or see the event. Audio Only Video (Please go to 1:31:40 for the Sharing on either of these until we can edit them) Thoughts to Start Your Day _________________________ “The number one way to relieve pain is to forgive.” ~Grapevine: Hermosa Beach, California, February 1998     ______________________________________ Spirituality has much more to do with subtraction than it does with addition. ~Meister Eckhart  ______________________________________ The secret of contentment is the realization that life is a gift, not a right.       -unattributed ______________________________________ Contentment comes as the infallible result of great acceptances, great humilities -- of not trying to make ourselves this or that, but of surrendering ourselves to the fullness of life -- of letting life flow through us.       -David Grayson _____________________________________ If You'd Like To Sign Up ADD A Friend , A Sponsee, A Sponsor or a Newcomer To Your Daily Reprieve Email List Use This Link https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/bJDtvfe BIG BOOK QUOTE October 1 ME AN ALCOHOLIC? – Alcohol’s wringer squeezed this author–but he escaped quite whole. I’d had absolute faith in science, and only in science. “Knowledge is power,” I’d always been taught. Now I had to face up to the fact that knowledge of this sort, applied to my individual case, was not power. Science could take my mind apart expertly, but it couldn’t seem to put it together again. I crawled back to my analyst, not so much because I had faith in him, but because I had nowhere else to turn. p. 385 __________________________________________________________ 12-Steps & 12-Traditions October 1 Tradition One – “Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon A.A. Unity.” To many minds all this liberty for the individual spells sheer anarchy. Every newcomer, every friend who looks at A.A. for the first time is greatly puzzled. They see liberty verging on license, yet they recognize at once that A.A. has an irresistible strength of purpose and action. “How,” they ask, “can such a crowd of anarchists function at all? How can they possible place their common welfare first? What in Heaven’s name holds them together?” pp. 129-130 DAILY SHARE AA Speaker of the Day Sister Bea Moore California   http://bit.ly/32PxYMN ZOOM Loose Garment Group https://us02web.zoom.us/j/238977518 Saturday & Sunday…. Topic: Pot Luck…9AM EST ID: 238 977 518 PW: 004 394 Celebrate Your Anniversary Here SHOW NEWCOMERS HOW IT WORKS!! Send your sober date and location to : sober@yourdailyreprieve.com I always thought that posting our locations with our anniversaries was a great way to show newcomers that AA is all over the world. We don't celebrate for our own benefit. We celebrate anniversaries to show the program works. If we add our locations we get to show that AA works EVERYWHERE! -- Tom August 2026 Miracles In the meantime if you have an anniversary this month but are not seeing your name here please email me with your Name, Sobriety Date (09/01/2020), and your Location (City/State - City/Country) so that I can update the list and your profile. I put directions to update your own profile. We plan to use the contact infomation used for regisrtation to compile the birthdays from now on. SEPTEMBER2026 MIRACLES Sobriety Name   City/Province  State/Country Years 10/01   Barry F      40 10/01   Jim B.     Brunswick        ME     10 10/01  Leo N.           MA     22 10/01  Mary H.     Andover      MA    38 10/01   Tom K.     Livingston  NJ      2 10/01  Lauri S    Kensington      NH  24 10/01  Michael O   Port Orange      FL 39 10/02   Dave R.    Bedminster NJ        15 10/02  Jaimee L.   Ft. Myers  FL  10 10/03  Eric M.    Wells          ME 6 10/04   Kristopher B.Toledo    OH     12 10/04  Melissa H.  Orlando    FL     16 10/04   Tom H.     Strongsville OH     26 10/05   Gary G.    Otsego MI/Ruskin  FL     37 10/06   Dan O.    Manorville NY    4 10/06   Spike C.   Vero Beach    FL 7 10/06   Terry S.    Collingwood     ON   6 10/06  Jennifer B   1 10/06  Laura D    Teaneck         NJ       11 10/08 Katy R.    Berkhamsted      UK       2 10/09  Xavier F.   Phoenix         AZ       13 10/10  Raymond H  Cookeville  TN        16 10/10  Steve Bombo Minnesota City  MN  54 10/11   Harriett B. Parsonsburg      MD       38 10/12  Mitzi C     Cayman Island  18 10/13  Robert L    Holly Ridge       NC  25 10/13   Tim P    7 10/13 Angie T    Okeford Fitzpaine UK 22 10/14   Maek D     Atlanta     GA 7 10/14  Steve P     42 10/14  Carol HS   Key Largo  FL   41 10/14  Jack R. Santa Monica  CA   14 10/14  Mary A.    Goose Creek  SC  13 10/15  John C.    East Quogue      NY         5 10/18   Theresa TK  Green Valley AZ        33 10/19   Jason M  TN        3 10/20   Kathleen G. Greenwich CT       4 10/22  Doug S    Brookfield    CN   36 10/22   Harry G    Sarasota    FL 34 10/25 Libby M    Vancouver BC    Canada  30 10/25  Robyn M    Delray Beach FL   37 10/26  Niall H.    Dublin   Ireland   34 10/27  Jolene E    Orlando   FL   23 10/27  Pamela L.   Basking Ridge   NJ  40 10/27  Sue B.     Seabrook        NH 41 10/28  Rowena D.   Staffordshire  UK    6 10/30   Estelle R        50 10/30 Rhonda G       30 10/30 Tim H   1 ________________________________________________________________ 1055 Total Years of Sobriety  Drop a Buck in the Basket? PayPal PayPal.com/paypalme/donationforYDR or Venmo @yourdailyreprieve The cost to mail Your Daily Reprieve just went up to $200 a month!! Thank you everyone for your generous contributions. As Bill Sees It October 1 Troubles of Our Own Making, p.272 Selfishness–self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles. Driven by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self-seeking, and self-pity, we step on the toes of our fellows and they retaliate. Sometimes they hurt us, seemingly without provocation, but we invariably find that at some time in the past we have made decisions based on self which later placed us in a position to be hurt. So our troubles, we think, are basically of our own making. They arise out of ourselves, and the alcoholic is an extreme example of self-will run riot, though he usually doesn’t think so. Above everything, we alcoholics must be rid of this selfishness. We must, or it kills us! Alcoholics Anonymous, p.62 TWENTY-FOUR HOURS October 1 A.A. Thought For The Day A.A. will lose some of its effectiveness if I do not do my share. Where am I failing? Are there some things I do not feel like doing? Am I held back by self-consciousness or fear? Self-consciousness is a form of pride. It is a fear that something may happen to you. What happens to you is not very important. The impression you make on others does not depend so much on the kind of job you do as on your sincerity and honesty of purpose. Am I holding back because I am afraid of not making a good impression? Meditation For The Day Look to God for the true power that will make you effective. See no other wholly dependable supply of strength. That is the secret of a truly effective life. And you, in your turn, will be used to help many others find effectiveness. Whatever spiritual help you need, whatever spiritual help you desire for others, look to God. Seek that God’s will be done in your life and seek that your will conforms to His. Failures come from depending too much on your own strength. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may feel that nothing good is too much for me if I look to God for help. I pray that I may be effective through His guidance. A Day At A Time October 1 Reflection For The Day We can be surrounded by people and still feel lonely. We can be all by ourselves and still feel happy and content. What makes the difference? We feel lonely if we look to other people for something they really can’t provide. None else can give us peace of mind, an inner sense of acceptance, and serenity. And when we find ourselves alone, we needn’t feel lonely. God is with us; His presence is like a warm shawl enfolding us. The more we’re aware of ourselves as beloved by God, the more we’re able to feel content and secure — whether we’re with others or when alone.  Am I experiencing a sense of God and His love at all times and in all places? Today I Pray May I understand that we each have our own kind of loneliness — whether we are young and friendless, old and kept waiting by death, bereft, left, running away, or just feeling out of it in a crowd. May my loneliness be eased a bit by the fact that loneliness is, indeed, a universal feeling that everyone knows first hand — even though some lives seem more empty than others. May I — and all the lonely people — take comfort in the companionship of God. Today I Will Remember Shared loneliness is less lonely. DAILY THOUGHTS ___________________________________________________________ ^*^*^*^*^ (\~AA~/) (  \(AA)/  ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Diagnosis "We do not like to pronounce any individual as alcoholic, but you can quickly diagnose yourself. Step over to the nearest barroom and try some controlled drinking. Try a drink and stop abruptly. Try it more than once. It will not take long for you to decide, if you are honest with yourself about it. It may be worth a case of the jitters if you get a full knowledge of your condition." c. 1976, Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 31-2 Thought to Consider . . .  I have learned that I did not get here a day early or a drink short. *~*AACRONYMS*~* Y A N A You Are Not Alone ___________________________________________________________ DAILY REFLECTION October 1 LEST WE BECOME COMPLACENT It is easy to let up on the spiritual program of action and rest on our laurels. We are headed for trouble if we do, for alcohol is a subtle foe. -ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85 When I am in pain it is easy to stay close to the friends I have found in the programs. Relief from that pain is provided in the solutions contained in A.A.’s Twelve Steps. But when I am feeling good and things are going well, I can become complacent. To put it simply, I become lazy and turn into the problem instead of the solution. I need to get into action, to take stock: where am I and where am I going? A daily inventory will tell me what I must change to regain spiritual balance. Admitting what I find within myself, to God and to another human being, keeps me honest and humble. POT LUCK One Day At A Time October 1 The Fear of Failure “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.” –Seneca I was full of excuses: “I can’t start a food plan. Won’t it be the same as a diet? I’m a free spirit! I don’t like such restrictions! If I can’t do something perfectly, why should I even start? I do it perfectly, or I don’t do it at all! I have gone too far to ever go back to being anywhere near healthy. I don’t have time to plan my Food. I am young. I have plenty of time to worry about taking off the weight!” These were my favorite excuses. Underlying all the excuses was the fear of failure. I did not know that true failure comes about by not ever having tried. My life circumstances never got better by ignoring my problems with food. Ignoring my condition began to complicate every aspect of my life. This moment I have a choice. I dare to choose in the next few moments even one small thing that I can do to make my life better or more healthful. One day at a time … If I cannot think of anything, I will pause and ask my Higher Power to help me learn to choose. ~ January K. Excellent Resource Blogs, Audio and Video Articles (Note: I have not as yet verified the below links) https://takethe12.org/   ***************************   "AA Recovery Interviews" Podcast https://aarecoveryinterviews.com   Blog http://todaysreprieve.blogspot.com/   Wee Willie’s Sobriety First Media AA CD’s Literature and tapes https://www.mediafire.com/sobrietyfirst   ***************************   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?  https://bit.ly/3uhEPBK    ***************************   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 http://bit.ly/1GQCGGE Part IV http://bit.ly/1Ip0hn8 ** AA CDs Literature and tapes** https://www.mediafire.com/sobrietyfirst     *************************** **ZOOM MEETINGS**   Loose Garment Group https://us02web.zoom.us/j/238977518 Saturday & Sunday….Pot Luck…0900 ID: 238 977 518 PW: 004 394   ***************************   **ARCHIVES** AA World Service Board Meeting Highlights October 2023  https://bit.ly/3GlcOvE A New Pair of Glasses in PDF (download) is available at: https://bit.ly/4bUr0Js   Bill Schaberg Writing The Big Book Video Readings https://www.youtube.com/@billschaberg8911/videos   BIG BOOK for DUMMIES Big Book for Dummies - YouTube   https://bit.ly/4xHU0QA *Angel Force USA www.AngelForceUSA.com Angel Force USA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. OUR MISSION STOP SUISILENCE 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** Loving Kindness Meditations  With Music http://www.11thstepmeditation.org/   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 MOOJI GUIDED Meditation http://bit.ly/2Ogwe9v   ***************************   **PODCASTS** 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 Note from the Editor Thanks for all the reply emails. Due to my schedule I am sadly lacking time to respond to each one. I would still love to hear from all of you and to get your Sobriety Anniversary and if possible your City/State/Country so that I can be sure to add you to the Birthday's List each month. I will do my best to find times on the weekend to review and respond to as many as possible. Also, I respect that some of you may not see a value in the 'Your Daily Reprieve' email since our friend Tom passes on to the BIG MEETING, so I encourage you to let me know how you feel I might be able to better reach you with the daily email. Update 2: Responding to a few comments, I have done by best to reduce the lengthliness of the email, by returning to the original format Tom had been using last year. I do hope that this will be a good change for everyone. SHARE THIS EMAIL WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY Share This Email Share This Email Share This Email

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