Your Daily Reprieve 02.26.26

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Thursday February 26, 2026    from Ponte Vedra Beach, FL         "You cannot fulfill God's purposes for your life while focusing on your own plans." ~Rick Warren    The fact is always obvious much too late, but the most singular difference between happiness and joy is that happiness is a liquid and joy a solid.  ~J.D. Salinger     “You never know until you go out to meet it what any given day is going to be, but the way you go to meet it surely makes a difference.” ~ Quogue, N.Y., December 1963     “Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.” —Oprah Winfrey            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   The first requirement is that we be convinced that any life run on self-will can hardly be a success. On that basis we are almost always in collision with something or somebody, even though our motives are good.   P60                DAILY SHARE   AA Speaker of the Day   MEAGAN F. Bismarck, ND Serenity Improvement Group 12.11.21   https://bit.ly/3OxJjxO             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." "To my surprise, the response of the groups was slow. I got mighty sore about it. Looking at this avalanche of mail one morning at the office, I paced up and down ranting how irresponsible and tightwad my fellow members were. Just then an old acquaintance stuck a tousled and aching head in the door. He was our prize slippee. I could see he had an awful hangover. Remembering some of my own, my heart filled with pit. I motioned him to my inside cubicle and produced a five-dollar bill. As my total income was thirty dollars a week at the time, this was a fairly large donation. Lois really needed the money for groceries, but that didn't stop me. The intense relief on my friend's face warmed my heart. I felt especially virtuous as I thought of all the ex-drunks who wouldn't even send the Foundation a dollar apiece, and here I was gladly making a five-dollar investment to fix a hangover. pp. 162-163         TWENTY-FOUR HOURS     A.A. Thought For The Day   When we came into A.A., we came to believe in a Power greater than ourselves. We came to believe in that Divine Principle in the universe which we call God, and to whom we could turn for help. Each morning we have a quiet time. We ask God for the power to stay sober for the next twenty-four hours. And each night we thank Him for helping us to keep sober for that day. Do I believe that each man or woman I see in A.A. is a demonstration of the power of God to change a human being from a drunkard to a sober person?   Meditation For The Day   I should pray for more faith as a thirsty man prays for water in a desert. Do I know what it means to feel sure that God will never fail me? Am I sure of this as I am sure that I still breathe? I should pray daily and most diligently that my faith may increase. There is nothing lacking in my life because really all I need is mine, only I lack the faith to know it. I am a king's son who sits in rags and yet all around me are stores of all I could desire.   Prayer For The Day  I pray for the realization that God has everything I need. I pray that I may know that His power is always available.             DAILY THOUGHT ^*^*^*^*^ (\  ~~  /) (    \(AA)/  ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\   ^*^*^*^*^ Letting Go Letting go of everything at once was both painful and terrifying. I could never have accomplished this alone. It took the help, understanding and wonderful companionship that was given so freely to me by my ex-alkie friends. This and the program of recovery embodied in the Twelve Steps. In learning to practice these steps in my daily living, I began to acquire faith and a philosophy to live by. Whole new vistas were opened up for me, new avenues of experience to be explored, and life began to take on color and interest.  c. 2001 AAWS, Big Book, p. 275   Thought to Consider . . .  The peaks and valleys of my life have become gentle rolling hills.  *~*AACRONYMS*~* F E A R Few Ever Arrive Rejoicing           DAILY REFLECTION     NO ORDINARY SUCCESS STORY A.A. is no success story in the ordinary sense of the word. It is a story of suffering transmuted, under grace, into spiritual progress. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 35   Upon entering A.A. I listened to others talk about the reality of their drinking: loneliness, terror and pain. As I listened further, I soon heard a description of a very different kind—the reality of sobriety. It is a reality of freedom and happiness, of purpose and direction, and of serenity and peace with God, ourselves and others. By attending meetings I am reintroduced to that reality, over and over. I see it in the eyes and hear it in the voices of those around me. By working the program I find the direction and strength with which to make it mine. The joy of A.A. is that this new reality is available to me.           POT LUCK     10th Step     The Tenth Step involves self-reflection and a commitment to promptly admitting when one is wrong. Step 10 encourages individuals to take a daily inventory of their behavior, promptly admit any wrongdoing, and continue personal and spiritual growth. This step aims to maintain emotional sobriety and prevent the accumulation of resentments and unresolved issues.     Up to this point, Steps 1 through 9 have taught you to see the truth about your behavior and how the rest of the world responds to your actions. With this awareness you can now clearly see what is going on during every moment of your day. The purpose of the Tenth Step is to demonstrate to yourself that you can control your actions. You are no longer functioning like a robot under the weight of old habits or while not thinking about what you are doing.     Step 10 isn’t always easy to define or understand. Of course, you are aware of your actions, but are you taking inventory and admitting when you’re wrong or when you’ve done wrong? This personal responsibility is critical to successful recovery from alcohol addiction.     An example of working Step 10 might be getting angry when someone cuts you off at a traffic light. Just as you begin to form the profanities to hurl from your open window, you recognize that the other driver will not be improved by your anger and would benefit more from your demonstration of the right way to react to anger or stress. Instead of hurling abuse, you smile as you pass the driver, even if it’s not a real smile. By responding to a conflict or anger with grace, you have used step 10.     Another example might be that you didn’t get a recent promotion. When your boss tells you it is due to poor work performance, you disagree, and because you’re angry, you tell him off. Working the 10th Step doesn’t mean that you don’t get angry ever again, or that you don’t make mistakes. It means that if you do, you admit when you’re wrong. So immediately after your outburst, you calm down and apologize to your boss for your inappropriate reaction.    Step 10 doesn’t require you to go into a long explanation about why you’re wrong or to make excuses for it. It requires only that you admit you’re wrong.                   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. Founders' Writings?  https://bit.ly/3uhEPBK       DR. PAUL O. There is More to Quitting Drinking Than Quitting Drinking (Audio Book) Introduction http://bit.ly/1IlFBbp Part I http://bit.ly/1MPV5Za Part II http://bit.ly/1Ksd9eA Part III http://bit.ly/1GQCGGE Part IV http://bit.ly/1Ip0hn8 AA CDs Literature and tapes https://www.mediafire.com/sobrietyfirst       ZOOM MEETINGS    Loose Garment Group   https://us02web.zoom.us/j/238977518  ID: 238 977 518 PW: 004 394         ARCHIVES     AA World Service Board Meeting Highlights October 2023  https://bit.ly/3GlcOvE       A New Pair of Glasses in PDF (download) is available at: https://bit.ly/4bUr0Js     Bill Schaberg Writing The Big Book Video Readings https://www.youtube.com/@billschaberg8911/videos   BIG BOOK for DUMMIES https://bigbookfordummies.com/       *Angel Force USA www.AngelForceUSA.com   Angel Force USA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. OUR MISSION STOP SUISILENCE The avoidance of discussion about suicide Our goal is to raise awareness of the military suicide epidemic.       RICHMOND WALKER & THE TWENTY-FOUR HOUR BOOK Glenn C. (South Bend, Indiana) Talk given at the 8th Annual National A.A. Archives Workshop, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Sept. 27, 2003 https://www.prestongroup.org/aa_docs/24_hours_a_day.txt       MEDITATIONS http://www.11thstepmeditation.org/   Loving Kindness Meditations   With Music   http://www.excelatlife.com/mp3/direct_download.php?file=lovingkindnessmusic.mp3     Voice only http://www.excelatlife.com/mp3/direct_download.php?file=lovingkindness.mp3   ***** Free Guided Meditations http://marc.ucla.edu/body.cfm?id=22 Resources   Great Minds Quotes https://twitter.com/GreatestQuotes         MOOJI GUIDED Meditation http://bit.ly/2Ogwe9v     **Podcasts** https://boiledowlaa.org/ https://www.aagrapevine.org/podcast     12 Step Meditations  www.stepmeditation.com   These are 12 meditations, each about 12 minutes long and the content (other than the meditation instructions) are straight from the text of the big book and 12 & 12 (created by Matt H.)       Speaker Recordings   Wee Willie’s Sobriety First Media AA CD’s Literature and tapes https://www.mediafire.com/sobrietyfirst *****   The Lights are On http://xa-speakers.org/     Recovery Speakers http://recoveryspeakers.com/   Miscellaneous Sources Living Life Fully http://www.livinglifefully.com/     Twenty Four Hours a Day Since 1954, Twenty-Four Hours a Day has become a stable force in the recovery of many alcoholics throughout the world. With over nine million copies in print (the original text has been revised), this "little black book" offers daily thoughts, meditations, and prayers for living a clean and sober life. A spiritual resource with practical applications to fit our daily lives. Copyright 1975 Hazeleden Foundation   Tammy’s recovery links http://www.bluidkiti.com/forums/   AA Photo Archives http://www.rewritables.net/cybriety/aa_photos.htm   Heard at A Meeting https://twitter.com/heardinameeting   Breast Cancer Site Take a minute and click to provide free mammograms https://thebreastcancersite.greatergood.com/clickToGive/bcs/home   MEN FIGHTING CANCER TOGETHER America’s largest volunteer men’s cancer support group and advocacy national nonprofit organization. http://malecare.org/     Prayables http://prayables.org/     Daily Thought http://groups.google.com/group/TransitionsDaily   Speaker Recordings Stories of Recovery - A 12-Step Collection https://storiesofrecovery.org/index.html