Your Daily Reprieve 02.08.16

[Thomas Murphy]

 

Your Daily Reprieve for Monday February  8, 2016   From Stuart, Florida

To find a solution to any problem, you first have to understand what the problem is - but understanding alone is not enough. You have to act on that understanding. And to act you first have to decide to act. It is impossible to take any kind of action without first somehow, in so many words, saying to yourself "This is what I'm going to do." ~A Program for You, page 76 Talk doesn't cook rice. ~Chinese proverb Today, I will take the best plan I have and put it into action. Today, I will say less and do more. ~Days of Healing, Days of Joy Information without application is hallucination. ~Howard G.   "Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things only hoped for." --Epicurus

Big Book Quote   3rd Step Prayer: "God, I offer myself to Thee—, to build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt. Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do Thy will. Take away my difficulties, that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of Thy Power, Thy Love, and Thy Way of life. May I do Thy will always!" ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, How It Works, pg. 63~

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12&12   Step Twelve - "Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs." In the years since, however, most of us have come to agree with those doctors. We have had a much keener look at ourselves and those about us. We have seen that we were prodded by unreasonable fears or anxieties into making a life business of winning fame, money, and what we thought was leadership. So false pride became the reverse side of that ruinous coin marked "Fear." We simply had to be number one people to cover up our deep-lying inferiorities. In fitful successes we boasted of greater feats to be done; in defeat we were bitter. If we didn't have much of any worldly success we became depressed and cowed. Then people said we were of the "inferior" type. But now we see ourselves as chips off the same old block. At heart we had all been abnormally fearful. It mattered little whether we had sat on the shore of life drinking ourselves into forgetfulness or had plunged in recklessly and willfully beyond our depth and ability. The result was the same--all of us had nearly perished in a sea of alcohol. pp. 123-124

Twenty Four Hours   A.A. Thought For The Day When the morning sun comes up on a nice bright day and we jump out of bed, we're thankful to God that we feel well and happy instead of sick and disgusted. Serenity and happiness have become much more important to us than the excitement of drinking, which lifts us up for a short while, but lets us way down in the end. Of course, all of us alcoholics had a lot of fun with drinking. We might as well admit it. We can look back on a lot of good times, before we became alcoholics. But the time comes for all of us alcoholics when drinking ceases to be fun and becomes trouble. Have I learned that drinking can never again be anything but trouble for me? Meditation For The Day I must rely on God. I must trust Him to the limit. I must depend on the Divine Power in all human relationships. I will wait and trust and hope, until God shows me the way. I will wait for guidance on each important decision. I will meet the test of waiting until a thing seems right before I do it. Every work for God must meet this test of time. The guidance will come, if I wait for it. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may meet the test of waiting for God's guidance. I pray that I will not go off on my own.

Daily Thought ^*^*^*^*^   (\    ~~  /) (   \  (AA/   ) (    /AA\ )    /AA\  ^*^*^*^*^ Choices Looking back we see that our freedom to choose badly was not, after all, a very real freedom. When we chose  because we "must," this was not a free choice either. But it got us started in the right direction. When we chose  because we "ought to" we were really doing better. This time we were earning some freedom, making ourselves  ready for more. But when, now and then, we could gladly make right choices without rebellion, holdout, or conflict, then we had our first glimpse of what perfect freedom under God's will could be like.     Bill W., May 1960 c. 1988 AA Grapevine, The Language of the Heart,  p. 302 ^*^*^*^*^ Thought to Consider . . .    Sobriety is a choice and a treasure. *~*AACRONYMS*~* C H A N G E =  Choosing Honesty Allows New Growth Every day

Daily Reflection   CONVINCING "MR. HYDE"   Even then, as we hew away, peace and joy will still elude us. That's the place so many of us A. A. oldsters have come to. And it's a hell of a spot, literally. How shall our unconscious—from which so many of our fears, compulsions and phony aspirations still stream —be brought into line with what we actually believe, know and want! How to convince our dumb, raging and hidden "Mr. Hyde" becomes our main task. THE BEST OF BILL, pp. 42-43   Regular attendance at meetings, serving and helping others is the recipe that many have tried and found to be successful. Whenever I stray from these basic principles, my old habits resurface and my old self also comes back with all its fears and defects. The ultimate goal of each A.A. member is permanent sobriety, achieved One Day at a Time.

Pot Luck   I love being able to say, "I was wrong," or "I made a mistake," and not feel like it's the end of the world. --Carol C. Before recovery, we felt so guilt-ridden we couldn't bear to admit we were less than perfect. Since our insides seemed so awful, we clung to an outside appearance of perfection. That way, we hoped people wouldn't find out what we were really like. But we fooled no one, not even ourselves, for very long. In recovery, we have a chance to change that pattern. Now, we can learn to admit our limitations, our mistakes, and our imperfections. What a wonderful relief, not to have to be perfect. We can be just who we are - very human beings who are groping toward the light. Sometimes we find it, sometimes we lose our way, but still we strive onward. And, in the process, we find ourselves, and serenity. Today help me keep working toward perfection, but forgive my mistakes along the way. You are reading from the book: Body, Mind, and Spirit by Anonymous

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