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Friday February 27, 2026    from Ponte Vedra Beach, FL         “For the two of us, home isn't a place. It is a person. And we are finally home.” —Stephanie Perkins    "To be fully seen by somebody, then,  and be loved anyhow— this is a human offering that can border on miraculous." —Elizabeth Gilber     Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.  ~Elbert Hubbard     “I have had to face my past, one episode at a time, and become willing to look at the truth. I could feel the pain and fear, like trolls under the bridge, waiting to jump out and challenge my self-esteem.” ~Cleveland, Ohio, February 1993, AA Grapevine            If You'd Like To Sign Up ADD A Friend , A Sponsee, A Sponsor or a Newcomer To Your Daily Reprieve Email List  Send me an email at: so...@yourdailyreprieve.com.           BIG BOOK QUOTE     Though our decision was a vital and crucial step, it could have little permanent effect unless at once followed by a strenuous effort to face, and to be rid of, the things in ourselves which had been blocking us. Our liquor was but a symptom. So we had to get down to causes and conditions.   P64            DAILY SHARE   AA Speaker of the Day     MICHAEL D. Serenity Improvement Group 11.06.21   https://bit.ly/3MEEBhg           ZOOM Loose Garment Group https://us02web.zoom.us/j/238977518 Saturday & Sunday….Pot Luck…0900 ID: 238 977 518 PW: 004 394           Celebrate Your Anniversary Here SHOW NEWCOMERS HOW IT WORKS!! Send your sober date and location to : so...@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. So I wish you would send your locations with your anniversary dates. 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!     FEBRUARY2026 Miracles     2/1 Gilly L. (Brighton, UK)…..26 2/1 Rick J. (Rye, NY)…..34 2/1 Jerry I. (Pittstown, NJ)…..33 2/1 Mike P. (Floral Pary, NY)…..38 2/1 Sean D. (Rochester, NY)…..18 2/1 Peter the Builder (London, UK)…..28 2/1 Barbara L. (Tampa, FL)…..8 2/2 Cortney M. …..9 2/2 Brad M. (Westfield NY)…..43 2/2 Lorraine (Ft. Pierce, FL)…..27 2/2 Jennifer W. (Amelia Island, FL)…..10 2/2 Maureen B. (NY, NY/Hobe Sound, FL)…..37 2/3 Sherry M. (Jackson Hole, WY)…..22 2/4 Bob F. (New Rochelle, NY)…..11 2/4 Pam S. (North Hollywood, CA)…..39 2/4 Covi C. (Jupiter, FL)…..8 2/5 Jane S. (Newfound Lake, NH)…..17 2/6 Vanessa G. (Stuart, FL)…..30 2/6 Joey H. (Waynesville, NC…..3 2/6 Kevin N. (Jasper, GA)…..9 2/8 Mark B. (Deal, NJ)…..10 2/9 Darlene A. (Clearwater Beach, FL)…..32 2/10 Doreen T. (Beaufort, NC)…..2 2/10 Howard S. (Fort Myers, FL)…..12 2/11 Catherine T. (Ireland)…..15 2/11 Tim S. (Charlotte, NC)…..14 2/11 Stephen B. (Wenham, MA)…..46 2/11 Stacey Z. (Waynesville, NC)…..14 2/12 Erin M. (MA)…..3 2/12 Chuck H. (Houston, TX)…..4 2/12 Julie K. (Wisconsin)…..14 2/13 Beth O’. (Cedar Knolls, NJ)…..1 2/13 Constance G. (High Point, NC)…..41 2/14 Laura C. (Jersey City, NJ)…..11 2/14 Mike R. (Mendham, NJ)…..4 2/15 Josh D. (Bath, UK)…..21 2/15 Jack B. (Streator, IL)…..38 2/17 Peter R. (Basking Ridge, NJ)…..15 2/17 Kevin K. (Delray Beach, FL)…..12 2/17 Lisa D. (Palm Coast, FL)…..1 2/17 David H. (Rye, NH)…..48 2/17 Noel S. (Harrison, NY)…..17 2/18 Michael P. (Elmont, NY)…..34 2/18 Allan C. (No. Andover, MA)…..15 2/18 Stephanie K. (Melbourne, FL)…..9 2/18 Marcia T. (Sag Harbor, NY) …..41 2/19 Perry K. (Port Charlotte, FL)…..15 2/19 Lisa H. (Longwood, FL)…..1 2/20 Jackie M. (Basking Ridge, NJ)…..20 2/20 Cami M.(Louisiana)…..16 2/22 Chris M. (Chatham, NJ)…..9 2/22 Mike H. (Miami, FL)…..4 2/22 Casey Q. (ManchVegas, NH)…..33 2/22 Marshall T. (Nantucket, MA)…..28 2/23 Mike D. (Nantucket, MA)…..33 2/23 Laura T. (Jacksonville, FL)…..13 2/24 Verda D. (Waynesville, NC)…..11 2/24 Rex S. (Port Charlotte, FL)…..12 2/24 Michael W. (Washington Terrace, UT)…..1 2/24 Betsy W. (Sarasota, FL)…..37 2/25 Judy S. (Los Angeles, CA)…..45 2/25 Mike B. (Haw River, NC)…..4 2/25 Scott W. (Bedford, MA)…..6 2/26 Vaiva (Monterey, CA)…..25 2/26 John G. (Stuart, FL)…..41 2/27 Neil R. (Queens, NY)…..12 2/27 John T. (Rye, NY)…..37 2/28 Matthew M. (Pelham, NY)…..16 2/29 Royce McC. (Unicoi, TN)…..30   1233 Total Years of Sobriety                  Drop a Buck in the Basket? PayPal paypal.me/TomMurphy Venmo @Tom-Murphy-160     The cost to mail Your Daily Reprieve just went up to $195 a month!!       Thank you everyone for your generous contributions.       12&12   Tradition Seven - "Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions." "The meeting that night was at New York's old 24th Street Clubhouse. During the intermission, the treasurer gave a timid talk on how broke the club was. (That was in the period when you couldn't mix money and A.A.) But finally he said it--the landlord would put us out if we didn't pay up. He concluded his remarks by saying, "Now boys, please go heavier on the hat tonight, will you?" p. 163         TWENTY-FOUR HOURS     A.A. Thought For The Day   When we first came into A.A., the first thing we did was to admit that we couldn't do anything about our drinking. We admitted that alcohol had us licked and that we were helpless against it. We never could decide whether or not to take a drink. We always took the drink. And since we couldn't do anything about it ourselves, we put our whole drink problem into the hands of God. We turned the whole thing over to that Power greater than ourselves. And we have nothing more to do about it, except to trust God to take care of the problem for us. Have I done this honestly and fully?   Meditation For The Day   This is the time for my spirit to touch the spirit of God. I know that the feeling of the spirit-touch is more important than all the sensations of material things. I must seek a silence of spirit-touching with God. Just a moment's contact and all the fever of life leaves me. Then I am well, whole, calm and able to arise and minister to others. God's touch is a potent healer. I must feel that touch and sense God's presence.   Prayer For The Day  I pray that the fever of resentment, worry and fear may melt into nothingness. I pray that health, joy, peace and serenity may take its place.             DAILY THOUGHT ^*^*^*^*^ (\ ~~ /) (  \(AA)/   ) ( /AA\ ) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Certainty   The great fact is just this, and nothing less: That we have had deep and effective spiritual experiences which have revolutionized our whole attitude toward life, toward our fellows, and toward God's universe. The central fact of our lives today is the absolute certainty that our Creator has entered into our hearts and lives in a way which is indeed miraculous. He has commenced to accomplish those things for us which we could never do by ourselves. c. 2001 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 25     Thought to Consider . . . I stood in the sunlight at last.    *~*AACRONYMS*~* S T E P S Solutions To Every Problem in Sobriety         DAILY REFLECTION     A UNIQUE STABILITY Where does A.A. get its direction? . . . These practical folk then read Tradition Two, and learn that the sole authority in A.A. is a loving God as He may express Himself in the group conscience. . . . The elder statesman is the one who sees the wisdom of the group's decision, who holds no resentment over his reduced status, whose judgment, fortified by considerable experience, is sound, and who is willing to sit quietly on the sidelines patiently awaiting developments TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, pp. 132, 135    Into the fabric of recovery from alcoholism are woven the Twelve Steps and the Twelve Traditions. As my recovery progressed, I realized that the new mantle was tailor-made for me. The elders of the group gently offered suggestions when change seemed impossible. Everyone's shared experiences became the substance for treasured friendships. I know that the Fellowship is ready and equipped to aid each suffering alcoholic at all crossroads in life. In a world beset by many problems, I find this assurance a unique stability. I cherish the gift of sobriety. I offer God my gratitude for the strength I receive in a Fellowship that truly exists for the good of all members.           POT LUCK     Life, I love you All is groovy. ~Paul Simon     Working the Twelve Steps is more than recovery from alcohol or other drug addiction. It's also about how to enjoy life.    Our illness pulled us toward death. Our spirits were dying, and maybe even our bodies were dying. 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