Your Daily Reprieve 08.05..26

 

September 28, 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 ______________________________________ Discipline is the duty and the hope of all who would enjoy the benefits of society and of instruction. John H. A. Bomberger ______________________________________ If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us. Control from without flourishes when discipline from within grows weak. William Feather ______________________________________ Discipline is important simply because we live in an organized society where, if you have not learned life's requirements at early age, you will be taught later, not by those whose love tempers the lesson but by strangers who could not care less about the harm they do to your personality. William E. Homan ______________________________________ 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 September 28 He Sold Himself Short The next day I went back to Chicago and started a vigorous campaign among my so-called friends or drinking companions. Their answer was always the same: If they needed it at any time , they would surely get in touch with me. I went to a minister and a doctor whom I still knew, and they, in turn, asked me how long I had been sober. When I told them six weeks, they were polite and said that they would contact me in case they had anyone with an alcoholic problem. p. 264 __________________________________________________________ 12-Steps & 12-Traditions September 28 Tradition Three – “The only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop drinking.” As group after group saw these possibilities, they finally abandoned all membership regulations. One dramatic experience after another clinched this determination until it became our universal tradition. Here are two examples: On the A.A. calendar it was Year Two. In that time nothing could be seen but two struggling, nameless groups of alcoholics trying to hold their faces up to the light. p. 141 DAILY SHARE AA Speaker of the Day Tom M. Florida (Waynesville, NC) 2013 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LXj_O7pNzm2eR899nlrKmbtxWBr7DP0q/view?usp=sharing 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 enail 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. Please note at the base of this email, I've put directions to allow you to update your own profile. My hope is I will be able to use the contact infomation used for regisrtation to compile the birthdays from now on. SEPTEMBER2026 MIRACLES SOB Date Short Name City/Province State/Country Years 9/1 Bill K Vero Beach Florida 26 9/1 John R Stuart FL 46 9/1 Maria B Pacific Palisades CA 24 9/2 GeorgeB CocoaBeach FL 12 9/2 Laura P Montreal CAN 2 9/2 Leslie Z ValleyVillage CA 45 9/2 Richie D NewSmyrnaBeach FL 43 9/3 Edward H Andover MA 43 9/3 Sandy F Sarasota FL 1 9/4 Bob B NorthFortMyers FL 53 9/4 Cathy LH LosAngeles CA 42 9/5 Chris L Bristol RI 38 9/5 James O’K Portland ME 13 9/5 Janet F Nantucket MA 33 9/5 Susan L BaskingRidge NJ 32 9/6 Angela PortCharlotte FL 4 9/6 Jim H FernandinaBech FL 7 9/6 Karen M Peekskill NY 34 9/6 Neil B Floral Park NY 33 9/6 Rosie M Madison NJ 3 9/7 April C River Vale NJ 14 9/8 Billy O Tequesta FL 46 9/8 CarolAnn B Bedminster NJ 30 9/8 Carolyn C Portsmouth RI 41 9/8 JulieN Port Washington NY 8 9/8 Rochelle G Toronto ONT 60 9/8 Sherlock N Washington NY 8 Date Name City/Province State/Country Years 9/9 Cary R Atlantic Highlands NJ 41 9/9 Brent L 6 9/9 Jeanne W Jacksonville FL 6 9/9 Tony S Jacksonville FL 4 9/10 Kitty G Sarasota FL 11 9/10 Steve S VeroBeach FL 25 9/10 Susan B Melbourne FL Haiku HI 15 9/11 Amelia G Sydney Australia 2 9/11 Deck H Westport CT 40 9/11 Gillian J 12 9/12 Joe C PalmCoast FL Waynesville NC 36 9/13 Jim L Ludlow,VT/ Readfield,ME Ludlow,VT/ Readfield,ME 14 9/13 Linda B Port St Lucie Fla 12 9/13 Linda L B Port St Lucie Florida 12 9/13 Lisa N Bergen County NJ 15 9/13 Mark M Long Island NY 9 9/14 Jackson R Palm Coast FL 4 9/14 Linda L Port St. Lucie FL 12 9/14 Mitchell W 6 9/15 Arlene D Sarasota FL 44 9/15 David M Harlem New York 31 9/15 Fiona H Hampshire UK 7 9/15 Hillary M New Canaan CT 9 9/15 Sue B VT FL 13 9/16 Janice R Aiken SC 7 9/16 Ron G Ashland MA 54 9/16 Sean N Solihull England UK 6 9/16 Trish W Portsmouth UK 6 9/17 Barbaree K Fernandina Beach FL 44 Date Name City/Province State/Country Years 9/17 Leslie New Brunswick 28 9/17 Rich C 24 9/18 George P London England 41 9/18 George P London England 50 9/18 Jim H Houston TX 16 9/18 Maureen K Morristown NJ 16 9/19 Gayle R Topsfield MA 2 9/19 Jim H New Rochelle NY 45 9/19 John A Gainesville GA 15 9/19 Mark S Scotland Perth AU 6 9/19 Wendy H California 42 9/20 Dawn D NewYork NY 17 9/20 Patricia W Portsmouth GB UK 6 9/20 Paul T Hobe Sound FL 15 9/20 Ted Z Gibsonville NC 38 9/21 Nelle C. Auburn AL 33 9/21 Diane F Fernandina Beach Fl 10 9/23 Bill G Woodstock VT 41 9/23 David A NYC NY 25 9/23 Diana T 50 9/23 Lori H Miami FL 11 9/23 Pat C Ruskin FL 52 9/24 Frank P Westfield NJ 3 9/24 Julia O Westhampton Beach NY 8 9/24 Katie S East Hampton NY 26 9/24 Steven S Putnam County NY 23 9/25 Barry A Ruskin FL 27 9/26 Alexander P NewYork NY 2 9/26 Rik VdV. 14 Date Name City/Province State/Country Years 9/27 Melanie M. Bradenton FL 1 9/27 Karen R Ft. Lauderdale FL 4 9/28 Kristen C Jacksonville FL 17 9/28 Holly D Jacksonville FL 30 9/28 Stephanie M FernPark FL 2 9/29 John B Miramichi NB Canada 53 9/29 Mike C Palm Coast FL 24 9/29 Sinead G West Midlands UK 16 9/30 Jim M Summerville SC 6 2082 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 September 28 Honesty And Recovery, p.270 In taking an inventory, a member might consider questions such as these: How did my selfish pursuit of the sex relation damage other people and me? What people were hurt, and how badly? Just how did I react at the time? Did I burn with guilt? Or did I insist that I was the pursued and not the pursuer, and thus absolve myself? How have I reacted to frustration in sexual matters? When denied, did I become vengeful or depressed? Did I take it out on other people? If there was rejection, or coldness at home, did I use this as a reason for promiscuity? Let no alcoholic say he cannot recover unless he has his family back. His recovery is not dependent upon people. It is dependent upon his relationship with God, however he may define Him. 1. 12 & 12 ,pp. 50-51 2. Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 99-100 TWENTY-FOUR HOURS September 28 A.A. Thought For The Day For the past two months we have been studying passages and steps from the Big Book. Now why not read the book itself again? It is essential that the A.A. program become part of us. We must have its essentials at our finger tips. We cannot study the big book too much or too often. The more we read it and study it, the better equipped we are to think A.A., act A.A., and live A.A. We cannot know too much about the program. The chances are that we will never know enough. But we can make as much of it our own as possible. How much of the Big Book have I thoroughly mastered? Meditation For The Day We need to accept the difficulties and disciplines of life so as to fully share the common life of other people. Many things that we must accept in life are not to be taken so much as being necessary for us personally, as to be experienced in order that we may share in the sufferings and problems of humanity. We need sympathy and understanding. We must share many of the experiences of life, in order to understand and sympathize with others. Unless we have been through the same experiences, we cannot understand other people or their makeup well enough to be able to help them. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may accept everything that comes my way as part of life. I pray that I may make use of it in helping my fellow men. A Day At A Time September 28 Reflection For The Day Now that we’re free from our addictions, living life one day at a time, we can begin to stop making unreasonable demands upon those we love. We can show kindness where we had shown none; we can take the time and initiative to be thoughtful, considerate and compassionate. Even with the people we dislike, we can at least try to be courteous, at times literally going out of our way to understand and help them. Just For Today, will I try to understand rather than be understood, being courteous and respectful to all people with whom I’m in contact? Today I Pray May I never forget my old sponge-like self, who soaked up every drop of affection and attention my family or friends could give me, until they were sapped dry. May I learn to be a giver, rather than a constant taker. May I practice offering interest, kindness, consideration and compassion until sensitivity to others becomes second nature for me. Today I Will Remember Giving is part of being. DAILY THOUGHTS ___________________________________________________________ ^*^*^*^*^ (\~AA~/) (  \(AA)/  ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Solution "The tremendous fact for every one of us is that we have discovered a common solution. We have a way out on which we can absolutely agree, and upon which we can join in brotherly and harmonious action." Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 17 Thought to Consider . . .  The solution is simple. The solution is spiritual. *~*AACRONYMS*~* C A R E Comforting And Reassuring Each other ___________________________________________________________ DAILY REFLECTION September 28 LOVE WITHOUT STRINGS Practical experience shows that nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics. -ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 89 Sponsorship held two surprises for me. First, that my sponsees cared about me. What I had thought was gratitude was more like love. They wanted me to be happy, to grow and remain sober. Knowing how they felt kept me from drinking more than once. Second, I discovered that I was able to love someone else responsibly, with respectful and genuine concern for that person’s growth. Before that time, I had thought that my ability to care sincerely about another’s well-being had atrophied from lack of use. To learn that I can love, without greed or anxiety, has been one of the deepest gifts the program has given. Gratitude for that gift has kept me sober many times. POT LUCK Father Leo’s Daily Meditation September 28 MISTAKES “Good people are good because they’ve come to wisdom through failure.” – William Saroyan Today I am able to learn from my mistakes because I can see that they really were mistakes! I was trying to play the game of life without a full deck. My big mistake in life was trying to drink alcohol like a non-alcoholic. I couldn’t do it. Drugs do not think; they react. They always work, and for me they worked against me. Most of my failures in life stemmed from a fundamental misconception — alcoholics cannot drink like non-alcoholics! This I now accept. And in a strange way that is difficult to explain, I am a stronger person for having lived through my alcoholism. God has become more real, the world is more comprehensible, my life is more understandable because of the pain. If a part of “goodness” is knowing that you are not perfect, then on a daily basis I am becoming a good person. God, who has created a world in which there is pain and failure, help me to accept both as vehicles to wisdom. 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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