Your Daily Reprieve 08.28.25

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Thursday August 28, 2025    from Waynesville, NC         Acceptance of one's life has nothing to do with resignation; it does not mean running away from the struggle.  On the contrary it means accepting it as it comes. . . .  To accept is to say yes to life in its entirety. ~Paul Tournier     A moment’s insight is sometimes worth a life’s experience. -Oliver Wendell Holmes     "Being honest may not get you a lot of friends but it'll always get you the right ones." ~John Lennon     "Keep expecting and believing that your due season is coming. Declare that the good you have harvested in your life  will manifest" ~Germany Kent     Please Use This Link If You'd Like To Sign Up ADD A Friend , A Sponsee, A Sponsor or a Newcomer To Your Daily Reprieve Email List  https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/EA6cC5s           BIG BOOK QUOTE       We vigorously commenced this way of living as we cleaned up the past. We have entered the world of the Spirit. Our next function is to grow in understanding and effectiveness.   P84             DAILY SHARE   AA Speaker of the Day   JIMMY M. Tupelo, MS Serenity Improvement Group 07.12.25   https://bit.ly/45AkN44           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!     AUGUST2025 Miracles     8/1 Bill H. (Wells, ME/Melbourne Beach, FL)…..16 8/1 David G. (Salem, NH)…..34 8/1 Michael K. …..15 8/1 Janet F. (Myrtle Beach, SC)…..3 8/1 Jessica E. (Sugar Land, TX)..…8 8/2 Garry K. (Kelowna, BC)…..56 8/2 Judy J. …..1 8/3 Dan S. (Glen Rock, NJ)…..10 8/3 Kurt O. (Sarasota, FL)…..3 8/4 Dan M. (Nantucket, MA)…..23 8/4 Maureen Q. (Syracuse, NY)…..31 8/5 Andre de (Bracknell, UK)…..23 8/5 Mary OO (Marina del Rey, CA)…..45 8/6 Jason J. (Maggie Valley, NC)…..13 8/7 Carrie B. (Orange Park, FL)…..6 8/7 Sherri R. (Panama City, FL)…..1 8/7 Glad H. (Atlantic Beach, FL)…..29 8/7 John D. (Natick, MA).….17 8/8/08 Donna F. (Cocoa Beach, FL)…..17 8/8 Steve R. (Port Charlotte, FL)…..1 8/8 Chris G. (Stuart, FL/Stone Harbor, NJ)…..21 8/8 Lisa L. (Canton, NC)…..10 8/8 David T. (Newmarket, NH)…..43 8/8 Leslie N. (New Providence, NJ)…..37 8/9 Jay C. (Waco, TX)…..23 8/9 Louise M. (Palm Coast, FL)….16 8/9 Vern M. (Basking Ridge, NJ)…..25 8/9 Laura R. (Beaverton, OR)…..37 8/10 Justin B. (Anderson, SC)…..7 8/10 Susan B. (Tinton Falls, NJ)…..23 8/10 Rich M. (Rhinebeck, NY)…..11 8/11 Caroline O. (Selsey Bill, UK)…..16 8/11 Page H. (Amelia Island, FL)…..49 8/12 Billy M. (Haymarket, VA)…..25 8/13 Tommy OC. …..40 8/13 Kate P. (Hampton, NH)…..36 8/14 Tim D. (Newburyport, MA)…..32 8/14 Dottie Lu W. (St. Simons Island, GA)…..40 8/14 Wendy R. (WPB, FL)…..8 8/15 Tom W. (Charlotte, NC)…..1 8/15 Brian M. (Bernardsville, NJ)…..37 8/15 Dave O. (Everett, MA)…..6 8/15 Malley H. (Kingston, NY)…..40 8/15 George Y. …..31 8/15 Kurtis E. (Stuart, FL)…..3 8/15 Ronnie B. (Graham, NC)…..3 8/15 Siobhan (NYC)…..26 8/15 Ann W. (Darien, CT)…..40 8/16 Charlotte C. (New York City)…..16 8/16 Jody M. (Laguna Niguel, CA)…..19 8/16 Jeffrey B. (Vancouver, BC, CA)…..22 8/17 Charlie K. (Bay Village, OH/Naples, FL)…..27 8/17 John T. (Sarasota, FL)…..9 8/17 Susan D. (Parsippany, NJ)…..1 8/17 Jon B. (Parsonsburg, MD)…..37 8/18 Billy M. (Austin, TX)…..4 8/18 Paul D. (Hampton, NH)…..5 8/18 Steve C. (Jacksonville, FL)…..7 8/19 Dave C. (Murphy, NC)…..13 8/20 Bill W. (Sarasota, FL)…..33 8/20 Kurt M. (Jacksonville, FL)…..18 8/20 Larry B. (Kansas City, Kansas)…..24 8/21 Yolanda H. (Santa Cruz, CA)…..38 8/21 Kevin J. (Hampton NH …..16 8/22 Jackie Y. (Tustin, CA)…..31 8/22 John K. (Ruskin, FL)…..3 8/24 Marilyn R. (Sarasota, FL)…..30 8/24 Scott W. (Sarasota, FL)…..24 8/24 Claire S. (Garnerville, NY)…..38 8/25 John P. (Mallorca, Spain)…..6 8/26 Mike C. (Hilliard, OH)…..27 8/27 Stuart W. (Old Tappan, NJ)…..24 8/27 Greg R. (NYC)…..18 8/27 Kim S. (Port Charlotte, FL)…..30 8/28 Chuck M. (Boston, MA)…..40 8/28 Delia S. (Savannah, GA)…..35 8/28 John P. (Mallorca, SP)…..6 8/28 Patrick O. (Salt Lake City, UT)…..1 8/28 John D. (Graham, NC)…..7 8/28 Rick K. (Westport, CT)…..9 8/29 Mary O’C. (Maynard, MA)…..13 8/30 Chris B. (Sandwich, NH)…..33 8/30 Holly S. (Montreal, CA)…..28 8/30 Jeff G. (Morristown, NJ)…..12 8/31 Sarah M. …..17   1767 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   Step Eight - "Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all." Though in some cases we cannot make restitution at all, and in some cases action ought to be deferred, we should nevertheless make an accurate and really exhaustive survey of our past life as it has affected other people. In many instances we shall find that though the harm done others has not been great, the emotional harm we have done ourselves has. Very deep, sometimes quite forgotten, damaging emotional conflicts persist below the level of consciousness. At the time of these occurrences, they may actually have given our emotions violent twists which have since discolored our personalities and altered our lives for the worse. pp. 79-80               TWENTY-FOUR HOURS     A.A. Thought For The Day   "We must continue to take personal inventory and continue to set right any new mistakes as we go along. We should grow in understanding and effectiveness. This is not an overnight matter; it should continue for our lifetime. Continue to watch for selfishness, dishonesty, resentment, and fear. When these crop up, we ask God at once to remove them. We must not rest on our laurels. We are headed for trouble if we do. We are not cured of alcoholism. What we really have is a daily reprieve, contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition." Am I checking my spiritual condition daily?   Meditation For The Day   Happiness cannot be sought directly; it is a byproduct of love and service. Service is a law of our being. With love in your heart, there is always some service to other people. A life of power and joy and satisfaction is built on love and service. Persons who hate or are selfish are going against the law of their own being. They are cutting themselves off from God and other people. Little acts of love and encouragement, of service and help, erase the rough places of life and help to make a path smooth. If we do these things, we cannot help having our share of happiness.   Prayer For The Day  I pray that I may give my share of love and service. I pray that I may not grow weary in my attempts to do the right thing.           DAILY THOUGHT    ^*^*^*^*^ (\   ~~   /) (  \(AA)/    ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Fun "Every day, I feel a little bit more useful, more happy, and more free. Life, including some ups and downs, is a lot of fun. I am part of A.A. which is a way of life. If I had not become an active alcoholic and joined A.A., I might never have found my own identity or become a part of anything." 1976 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 417   Thought to Consider . . . Joy is in knowing there is an answer.   *~*AACRONYMS*~* F I N E Free, Independent, New and Energetic         DAILY REFLECTION   LIGHTENING THE BURDEN Showing others who suffer how we were given help is the very thing which makes life seem so worth while to us now. . . . the dark past is . . . the key to life and happiness for others. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 124   Since I have been sober, I have been healed of many pains: deceiving my partner, deserting my best friend, and spoiling my mother's hopes for my life. In each case someone in the program told me of a similar problem, and I was able to share what happened to me. When my story was told, both of us got up with lighter hearts.           POT LUCK        One Day At A Time   ACCEPTANCE     “And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. I need to concentrate not so much on what needs to be changed in the world as what needs to be changed in me and in my attitudes.” Big Book, pg. 417     Dissatisfaction has been part of my disease and it played a significant role in bringing me to recovery. It is the human condition to dislike where we are. Like many of us, I used to think that only some mystical, non-existent person, place, thing or situation would make me happy. If only my spouse loved me as I want to be loved; if only the boss would see and appreciate my contributions; or if only my house and children were perfect. I sat year after year speculating and fantasizing my life away.     The Serenity Prayer tells me to ask God for the wisdom to know His will for me. I lived in darkness and despair until I learned that my Higher Power is here. He is in charge. I must, through prayer and meditation, seek God’s will and do the next right thing. I need to cooperate with my Higher Power to change my attitude. To that end, I do the footwork just for today.    One day at a time … I will seek and accept God’s will for my life. ~ Danny               UPDATED      **NEW** "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. 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