Your Daily Reprieve 02.21.26

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Saturday February 21, 2026    from Ponte Vedra Beach, FL         If you deny yourself commitment  what can you do with your life? -Harvey Fierstein     It's not how physically strong you are that matters, it's the level of commitment that you hold in your heart that will get you through the hard parts. -Scott Rogers     “Alcoholism is relieved of its power when honesty, open-mindedness, and willingness combine within me to change my question from ‘Why?’ to ‘How?’ Then, I can get into the stream of life and out of my own way.” ~ Penngrove, California, January 2008, AA Grapevine     Did I offer peace today? Did I bring a smile to someone's face? Did I say words of healing? Did I love? These are the real questions.  ~Henri Nouwen   Happy Birthday Ma! I love and miss you still!!        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   We have listed and analyzed our resentments. We have begun to comprehend their futility and their fatality. We have commenced to see their terrible destructiveness.   P70          DAILY SHARE   AA Speaker of the Day     MARTY R. Serenity Improvement Group 06.12.21   https://bit.ly/4kxKt8n           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 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   1222 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 Eight - "Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional, but our service centers may employ special workers." No individuals have been more buffeted by such emotional gusts than those A.A.'s bold enough to accept employment with outside agencies dealing with the alcohol problem. A university wanted an A.A. member to educate the public on alcoholism. A corporation wanted a personnel man familiar with the subject. A state drunk farm wanted a manager who could really handle inebriates. A city wanted an experienced social worker who understood what alcohol could do to a family. A state alcohol commission wanted a paid researcher. These are only a few of the jobs which A.A. members as individuals have been asked to fill. Now and then, A.A. members have bought farms or rest homes where badly beat-up topers could find needed care. The question was--and sometimes still is--are such activities to be branded as professionalism under A.A. tradition? pp. 169-170         TWENTY-FOUR HOURS     A.A. Thought For The Day   I go to the A.A. meetings because it helps me in my business of keeping sober. And I try to help other alcoholics when I can, because that's my part of my business of keeping sober. I also have a partner in this business and that's God. I pray to Him every day to help me keep sober. As long as I keep in mind that liquor can never be my friend again, but is now my deadly enemy, and as long as I remember that my main business is keeping sober and that it's the most important thing in my life, I believe that I'll be prepared for that crucial moment when the idea of having a drink pops into my mind. When that idea comes, will I be able to resist it and not take that drink?   Meditation For The Day   I will be more afraid of spirit-unrest, of soul- disturbance, of any ruffling of the mind, than of earthquake or fire. When I feel the calm of my spirit has been broken by emotional upset, then I must steal away alone with God, until my heart sings and all is strong and calm again. Uncalm times are the only times when evil can find an entrance. I will beware of unguarded spots of unrest. I will try to keep calm, no matter what turmoil surrounds me.   Prayer For The Day  I pray that no emotional upset will hinder God's power in my life. I pray that I may keep a calm spirit and a steady heart.             DAILY THOUGHT ^*^*^*^*^ (\ ~~ /) (  \(AA)/   ) ( /AA\ ) /AA\   ^*^*^*^*^ Alternatives If you are as seriously alcoholic as we were, we believe there is no middle-of-the-road solution. We were in a position where life was becoming impossible, and if we had passed into the region from which there is no return through human aid, we had but two alternatives. One was to go on to the bitter end, blotting out the consciousness of our intolerable situation as best we could, and the other, to accept spiritual help. This we did because we honestly wanted to, and were willing to make the effort. c. 1976 2001 AAWS Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 25-26  Thought to Consider . . .  If you always do what you've always done, you will always be where you've always been.     *~*AACRONYMS*~* A B C Acceptance, Belief, Change             DAILY REFLECTION   I'M PART OF THE WHOLE At once, I became a part—if only a tiny part—of a cosmos. . . . AS BILL SEES IT, p. 225   When I first came to A.A., I decided that "they" were very nice people—perhaps a little naive, a little too friendly, but basically decent, earnest people (with whom I had nothing in common). I saw "them" at meetings—after all, that was where "they" existed. I shook hands with "them" and, when I went out the door, I forgot about "them." Then one day my Higher Power, whom I did not then believe in, arranged to create a community project outside of A.A., but one which happened to involve many A.A. members. We worked together, I got to know "them" as people. I came to admire "them," even to like "them" and, in spite of myself, to enjoy "them." "Their" practice of the program in their daily lives—not just in talk at meetings— attracted me and I wanted what they had. Suddenly the "they" became "we." I have not had a drink since.             POT LUCK     "Just another Bozo on the bus."     All my life I’ve been taught to do whatever I could to be the best. In school my parents drove me to work harder than everyone else so that I could get As and stand out. In athletics my coaches drilled us to practice harder and then pushed us to give it all we had to win. When I began working professionally, it was very clear that average performance would get you fired, and that if you wanted to excel and move up, you had to work harder and be better than everyone around you. Even when I partied, I prided myself on being able to out-drink and out-use others as well.     Because of this approach to life, when I entered the program, my ego was accustomed to comparing and to finding ways of proving I was better than you. When I heard some people’s stories, I immediately felt better than them because I had never done that. And when it was suggested that I clean the coffee mugs after a meeting, I thought that was beneath me: I mean, don’t you know who I am? All these feelings of entitlement and imagined privilege nearly sabotaged my recovery, but luckily I heard today’s quote and was able to humble myself long enough to truly understand it.     My sponsor explained to me that if I wanted to get and stay sober, then I had to deflate my ego and learn to become “right-sized.” He told me that I wasn’t any worse or any better than anybody else; I was simply a child of God. He suggested that I would get along with people better and live more comfortably in my own skin if I could strive to become “average.” It took a lot of years for me to see the wisdom in this kind of thinking and living, but now I’m truly happier being just another Bozo on the bus.                 UPDATED    BIG BOOK for DUMMIES https://bit.ly/4mDbNCx    (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoYDjgj9FYY9O_Py_HxvToTUS_3B-vBcf&si=00m3zjpik036G1Sn)     **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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