Your Daily Reprieve 09.13.25

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Saturday September 13, 2025    from Waynesville, NC       Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result. ~Robert Green Ingersoll     People who have attained things worth having in this world have worked while others idled, have persevered when others gave up in despair, have practiced early in life the valuable habits  of self-denial, industry, and singleness of purpose.  As a result, they enjoy in later life the success so often erroneously attributed to good luck.    -Grenville Kleiser     "Let go of the past, but keep the lessons it taught you. ~Chiara Gizzi     Every act has its effect. To do nothing is an act t hat stems from feelings of hopelessness and despair.  Please remember, no matter how dark the future looks, you can make a difference.  When you live the true life you were sent here to live, the difference you make will enhance life rather than destroy it.  Do not spend time worrying how big a difference you make.  Anything that enhances a life makes a difference;  helping one individual recover from a broken heart; easing one person's pain; helping one ugly duckling discover his or her beauty.   Keep working as long as you live, and live as long as you can, and when you finish your marathon t hey will hang a medal around your neck that says, "You Make a Difference." ~Bernie Siegel       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     Here was something at work in a human heart  which had done the impossible.   P11               DAILY SHARE   AA Speaker of the Day     CHRIS R. Ingram, TX Serenity Improvement Group 07.29.25   https://bit.ly/4mH2phm         SEPTEMBERCelebrate 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!     SEPTEMBER2025 Miracles     9/1 Billy K. (Vero Beach, FL)…..25 9/2 George B. (Cocoa Beach, FL)…..11 9/2 Leslie Z. (Valley Village, CA)…..44 9/3 Edward H. (Andover, MA)…..42 9/4 Bob B. (North Fort Myers, FL)…..52 9/4 Cathy LH (Los Angeles, CA)…..41 9/5 Janet F. (Nantucket, MA)…..32 9/5 James O’K. (Portland, ME) …..12 9/5 Susan L. (Basking Ridge, NJ)…..31 9/5 Chris L. (Bristol, RI)…..37 9/6 Jim H. (Fernandina Bech, FL)…..6 9/6 Karen M. (NY)…..33 9/6 Rosie M. (Madison, NJ)…..2 9/6 Neil B. (Floral Park)…..32 9/7 April Ginger (NJ)…..13 9/8 Carol Ann B. (Bedminster, NJ)…..29 9/8 Billy O. (Tequesta, FL)…..45 9/8 Julie N. (Port Washington, NY)…..7 9/8 Carolyn C. (Portsmouth, RI)…..40 9/9 Tony S. (Jacksonville, FL)…..3 9/9 Jeanne W. (Jacksonville, FL)…..5 9/10 Sue B. (Haiku, HI/Melbourne Beach, FL)…..14 9/10 Steve S. (Vero Beach, FL)…..24 9/10 Kitty G. (Sarasota, FL)…..10 9/11 Amelia G. (Sydney, Australia)…..1 9/11 Deck H. (Westport, CT)…..39 9/12 Joe C. (Palm Coast/Waynesville, NC)…..35 9/13 Jim L. (Ludlow, VT)…..13 9/13 Lisa N. (Bergen County, NJ)…..14 9/13 Mark M. (Long Island, NY)…..8 9/14 Mitchell W. …..5 9/14 Jackson R. (Palm Coast, FL)…..3 9/15 Fiona H. (Hampshire, UK)…..6 9/15 Arlene D. (Sarasota, FL)…..43 9/15 Hillary M. (New Canaan, CT) …..8 9/15 Sue B. (Montpelier, VT/Gulfport, FL)…..12 9/16 Trish W. (Portsmouth, UK)…..5 9/16 Sean N. (Solihull, UK)…..5 9/18 George P. (London, England)…..49 9/18 Jim H. (Houston, TX)…..15 9/17 Barbaree K. …..43 9/19 Wendy H. (California)…..41 9/19 John A. (Gainesville, GA)…..14 9/19 Mark S. (Scotland/Perth, AU)…..5 9/19 Jim H. (New Rochelle, NY)……44 9/20 Patricia W. (Portsmouth GB, UK)…..5 9/20 Dawn D. (New York, NY)…..16 9/20 Paul T. (Hobe Sound, FL)…..14 9/20 Ted Z. (Gibsonville, NC)…..37 9/23 Bill G. (Woodstock, VT)…..40 9/23Lori H. (Miami, FL)…..10 9/23 David A. (NYC)…..24 9/23 Pat C. (Ruskin, FL)…..51 9/24 Katie S. (East Hampton, NY…..25 9/24 Julia O. (Westhampton Beach, NY)…..7 9/25 Barry A. (Ruskin, FL)…..26 9/27 Karen R. (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)…..3 9/27 Kristen C. (Jacksonville, FL)…..16 9/28 Stephanie M. (Fern Park, FL)…..1 9/29 Mike C. (Palm Coast, FL)…..23 9/29 John B. (Miramichi, NB, Canada)…..52 9/30 Jim M.(Summerville, SC)…..5   1349 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 Ten - "Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it." A continuous look at our assets and liabilities, and a real desire to learn and grow by this means, are necessities for us. We alcoholics have learned this the hard way. More experienced people, of course, in all times and places have practiced unsparing self-survey and criticism. For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching becomes a regular habit, until he is able to admit and accept what he finds, and until he patiently and persistently tries to correct what is wrong. p. 88             TWENTY-FOUR HOURS     A.A. Thought For The Day   "No one is too discredited, nor has sunk too low, to be welcomed cordially into A.A., if he or she means business. Social distinctions, petty rivalries and jealousies are laughed out of countenance. Being wrecked in the same vessel, being restored and united under one God, with hearts and minds attuned to the welfare of others, the things which matter so much to some people no longer signify much to us. In A.A., we have true democracy and true brotherhood."   Meditation For The Day   When you call on God in prayer to help you overcome weakness, sorrow, pain, discord, and conflict, God never fails in some way to answer the appeal. When you are in need of strength for yourself or for the help of some other person, call on God in prayer. The power you need will come simply, naturally, and forcefully. Pray to God not only when you need help, but also just to commune with Him. The spirit of prayer can alter an atmosphere from one of discord to one of reconciliation. It will raise the quality of thought and word and bring order out of chaos.   Prayer For The Day  I pray that I may bring peace where there is discord. I pray that I may bring conciliation where there is conflict.           DAILY THOUGHT ^*^*^*^*^ (\   ~~  /) (    \(AA)/  ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Prayer "All of us, without exception, pass through times when we can pray only with the greatest exertion of will. Occasionally we go even further than this. We are seized with a rebellion so sickening that we simply won't pray. When these things happen we should not think too ill of ourselves. We should simply resume prayer as soon as we can, doing what we know to be good for us." 1952 AAWS Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 105   Thought to Consider . . . Trying to pray is praying.  *~*AACRONYMS*~*   H O P E Hang On; Pray Every day           DAILY REFLECTION     REPAIRING THE DAMAGE Good judgment, a careful sense of timing courage and prudence—these are the qualities we shall need when we take Step Nine. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 83   To make amends can be viewed two ways: first, that of repairing damage, for if I have damaged my neighbor's fence, I "make a mend," and that is a direct amend; the second way is by modifying my behavior, for if my actions have harmed someone, I make a daily effort to cause no further harm. I "mend my ways," and that is an indirect amend. Which is the best approach? The only right approach, provided that I am causing no further harm in so doing, is to do both. If harm is done, then I simply "mend my ways." To take action in this manner assures me of making honest amends.         POT LUCK      Each Day a New Beginning   What difference does it make how I am treated by life? My real life is within. —Angela L. Wozniak     It is said that we teach people how to treat us. How we treat others invites similar treatment. Our response to the external conditions of our lives can be greatly altered by our perceptions of those conditions. And we have control of that perception. No experience has to demoralize us. Each situation can be appreciated for its long-term contribution to our growth as happy, secure women.     No outside circumstances will offer us full time and forever the security we all long for. And in like manner, none will adversely interfere with our well being, except briefly and on occasion.     The program offers us the awareness that our security, happiness, and well being reside within. The uplifting moments of our lives may enhance our security, but they can’t guarantee that it will last. Only the relationship we have with ourselves and God within can promise the gift of security.     The ripples in my day are reminders to me to go within.                 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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