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Monday February 16, 2026    from Ponte Vedra Beach, FL         We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about. ~Charles Kingsley     "A fear faced is a fear erased." —unknown     "Adventure is not outside a man. It is within." —David Grayson     "And once the storm is over, you won't remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won't even be sure whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won't be the same person who walked in. That's what this storm's all about." - Haruki Murakami.    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     Abandon yourself to God as you understand God.   P164            DAILY SHARE   AA Speaker of the Day   LAURA P. Kennebunkport, ME Serenity Improvement Group 11.02.21   https://bit.ly/3LTZKUs             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. …..41 2/19 Perry K. (Port Charlotte, FL)…..15 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)…..230   1221 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 Six - "An A.A. group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the A.A. name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, and prestige divert us from our primary purpose."   In one of their trade associations, the question arose of just how this campaign should be handled. Of course, they would use the resources of radio, press, and films to make their point. But what kind of person should head the job? They immediately thought of Alcoholics Anonymous. If they could find a good public relations man in our ranks, why wouldn't he be ideal? He'd certainly know the problem. His connection with A.A. would be valuable, because the Fellowship stood high in public favor and hadn't an enemy in the world. p. 157         TWENTY-FOUR HOURS     A.A. Thought For The Day   One drink started a train of thought that became an obsession, and from then on, we couldn't stop drinking. We developed a mental compulsion to keep drinking until we got good and drunk. People generally make two mistakes about alcoholism. One mistake is that it can be cured by physical treatment only. The other mistake is that it can be cured by willpower only. Most alcoholics have tried both of these and have found that they don't work. But we members of A.A. have found a way to arrest alcoholism. Have I got over my obsession by following the A.A. program?   Meditation For The Day   I will try to be unruffled, no matter what happens. I will keep my emotions in check, although others about me are letting theirs go. I will keep calm in the face of disturbance, keep that deep, inner calm through all the experiences of the day. In the rush of work and worry, the deep, inner silence is necessary to keep me on an even keel. I must learn to take the calm with me into the most hurried days.   Prayer For The Day  I pray that I may be still and commune with God. I pray that I may learn patience, humility, and peace.             DAILY THOUGHT   ^*^*^*^*^ (\  ~~  /) (  \(AA)/   ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Pride We scarcely need to be reminded that excessive guilt or rebellion leads to spiritual poverty. But it was a very long time before we knew we could go even more broke on spiritual pride. When we early A.A.'s got our first glimmer of how spiritually prideful we could be, we coined this expression: "Don't try to get too damned good by Thursday!" That old-time admonition may look like another of those handy alibis that can excuse us from trying our best. Yet a closer view reveals just the contrary. This is our A.A. way of warning against pride-blindness, and the imaginary perfection's that we do not possess.  Bill W., June 1961 c. 1988 AA Grapevine, The Language of the Heart, p. 255   Thought to Consider . . . Pride without gratitude is arrogance.  *~*AACRONYMS*~* L E T G O Leave Everything To God, Okay?           DAILY REFLECTION     COMMITMENT Understanding is the key to right principles and attitudes, and right action is the key to good living. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 125   There came a time in my program of recovery when the third stanza of the Serenity Prayer—"The wisdom to know the difference"—became indelibly imprinted in my mind. From that time on, I had to face the ever-present knowledge that my every action, word and thought was within, or outside, the principles of the program. I could no longer hide behind self-rationalization, nor behind the insanity of my disease. The only course open to me, if I was to attain a joyous life for myself (and subsequently for those I love), was one in which I imposed on myself an effort of commitment, discipline, and responsibility.           POT LUCK         Karl Reiland once said, “In about the same degree as you are helpful, you will be happy.”     The service we’re called to do in Step Twelve is a result of our spiritual awakening. When most of us thought of service, we thought of restaurant help, chores around the house, washing windows. The thought of service was burdensome if not downright irritating.     We probably schemed throughout our lives to do as little service as possible. Every moment we gave to someone else was one less moment we could spend on ourselves. This stands to reason, for we were totally self-centered. Even those of us who “act as if” we cared normally received much more than we ever gave.                  The Twelve Step way of life produces “other centeredness.” We, by the grace of God, care less about ourselves and more about our fellows.                  When I pass on my recovery, I keep it. This spiritual paradox becomes an all-determining reality for me, that to keep what I found, I must give it away. Service becomes a way of life.     “Don’t Give Up” …..Stepping Stones to Recovery for Men               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. Questionaire   How Should We Treat A.A. 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