Your Daily Reprieve 03.04.26

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Wednesday March 4, 2026    from Ponte Vedra Beach, FL         Life in the Spirit will feel like being “caught” much more than being “taught”  about any particular doctrine. ~Richard Rohr     “The program is a road, not a resting place.” ~Riverside, Illinois, January 1977     "Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things only hoped for."    --Epicurus   When desperation meets opportunity a window of grace opens up "The Promise of the 12 Steps is that we will wake up spiritually" Mildred F.            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   So we clean house with the family, asking each morning in meditation that our Creator show us the way of patience, tolerance, kindliness and love.   P83              DAILY SHARE   AA Speaker of the Day   NANCY S. Serenity Improvement Group 05.29.21     https://bit.ly/4soci67             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!     MARCH2026 Miracles   3/1 Rich W. (Astoria, NY)…..11 3/3 Kelly T. (Newmarket, NH)…..35 3/3 Heather S. (Wildwood, FL)…..1 3/3 Craig K. (Boiling Springs, SC)…..5 3/4 Jennifer B. (Normandy, FR)…..11 3/4 Adam L. (NY, NY/Soma, NJ)…..12 3/5 Suzanne S. (Wayne, PA)…..48 3/5 Tom M. (The Fourth Dimension)…..32 3/6 Nora M. (Jacksonville, FL)…..8 3/7 Dave G. (Vancouver, Canada)…..23 3/7 Diane C. (Larkspur, CA)…..52 3/7 George H. (Milwaukee, WI)…..18 3/9 Patty K. (Baiting Hollow, NY)…..42 3/9 Danny S. (Narragansett, RI)…..26 3/9 Andy W. (Long Beach, NY)…..39 3/10 Craig M. (Woodbine, GA)…..5 3/10 Rob H. (Punta Gorda, FL)…..2 3/11 Crystal H. (Richmond BC)…..8 3/12 Ned W. (Melbourne, FL)…..29 3/13 Andy G. (Flemington, NJ)…..22 3/13 Tom V. (Morris Plains, NJ)…..19 3/16 Suzan B. (Bunnell, FL)…..2 3/16 Mark B. (Bradenton, FL)…..3 3/19 Mike B. (Purchase, NY)…..26 3/20 Michelle O. (Los Angeles, CA)…..27 3/21 Agnes W. …..18 3/21 Pamela B. (Clinton, NJ)…..43 3/24 Amy BS. (New York, New York) …..38 3/25 Buffy H. (Gambier, OH/Nantucket)…..34 3/26 Fred H. (Amelia Island, FL)…..50 3/28 Steven S. (Summit, NJ)…..16 3/30 Wendy B. (Wanaque, NJ) …..36 3/31 Beth V. (Hackettstown, NJ)…..22   0763 Total Years of Recovery              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." Then came the opposition. They pointed out that the Foundation board already knew of a total of half a million dollars set aside for A.A. in the wills of people still alive. Heaven only knew how much there was we hadn't heard about. If outside donations weren't declined, absolutely cut off, then the Foundation would one day become rich. Moreover, at the slightest intimation to the general public from our trustees that we needed money, we could become immensely rich. Compared to this prospect, the ten thousand dollars under consideration wasn't much, but like the alcoholic's first drink it would, if taken, inevitably set up a disastrous chain reaction. Where would that land us? Whoever pays the piper is apt to call the tune, and if the A.A. Foundation obtained money from outside sources, its trustees might be tempted to run things without reference to the wishes of A.A. as a while. Relieved of responsibility, every alcoholic would shrug and say, "Oh, the Foundation is wealthy--why should I bother?" The pressure of that fat treasury would surely tempt the board to invent all kinds of schemes to do good with such funds, and so divert A.A. from its primary purpose. The moment that happened, our Fellowship's confidence would be shaken. The board would be isolated, and would fall under heavy attack of criticism from both A.A. and the public. These were the possibilities, pro and con. pp. 164-165         TWENTY-FOUR HOURS   A.A. Thought For The Day Having surrendered our lives to God and put our drink problem in His Hands doesn't mean that we'll never be tempted to drink. So we must build up strength for the time when temptation will come. In this quiet time, we read and pray and get our minds in the right mood for the day. Starting the day right is a great help in keeping sober. As the days go by and we get used to the sober life, it gets easier and easier. We begin to develop a deep gratitude to God for saving us from that old life. And we begin to enjoy peace and serenity and real quiet happiness. Am I trying to live the way God wants me to live? Meditation For The Day The elimination of selfishness is the key to happiness and can only be accomplished with God's help. We start out with a spark of the Divine Spirit but a large amount of selfishness. As we grow and come in contact with other people, we can take one of two paths. We can become more and more selfish and practically extinguish the Divine Spark within us or we can become more unselfish and develop our spirituality until it becomes the most important thing in our lives. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may grow more and more unselfish, honest, pure and loving. I pray that I may take the right path every day.             DAILY THOUGHT   ^*^*^*^*^ (\  ~~  /) (  \(AA)/  ) (_ /AA\ _) / AA \ ^*^*^*^*^ Motives   We were depressed and complained we felt bad, when in fact we were mainly asking for sympathy and attention. This odd trait of mind and emotion, this perverse wish to hide a bad motive underneath a good one, permeates human affairs from top to bottom. This subtle and elusive kind of self-righteousness can underlie the smallest act or thought. Learning daily to spot, admit, and correct these flaws is the essence of character building and good living. An honest regret for harms done, a genuine gratitude for blessings received, and a willingness to try for better things tomorrow will be the permanent assets we shall seek. c. 1952 AAWS Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, pp. 94-95     Thought to Consider . . . The best things in life aren't things     *~*AACRONYMS*~*   O U R Openly Using Recovery         DAILY REFLECTION     WEEDING THE GARDEN The essence of all growth is a willingness to make a change for the better and then an unremitting willingness to shoulder whatever responsibility this entails. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 115   By the time I had reached Step Three I had been freed of my dependence on alcohol, but bitter experience has shown me that continuous sobriety requires continuous effort. Every now and then I pause to take a good look at my progress. More and more of my garden is weeded each time I look, but each time I also find new weeds sprouting where I thought I had made my final pass with the blade. As I head back to get the newly sprouted weed (it's easier when they are young), I take a moment to admire how lush the growing vegetables and flowers are, and my labors are rewarded. My sobriety grows and bears fruit.           POT LUCK     Reflection for the Day    If I live just one day at a time, I won't so quickly entertain fears of what might happen tomorrow. As long as I'm concentrating on today's activities, there won't be room in my mind for worrying. I'll try to fill every minute of this day with something good - seen, heard, accomplished. Then, when the day is ended, I'll be able to look back on it with satisfaction, serenity, and gratitude. Do I sometimes cherish bad feelings so that I can feel sorry for myself?     Today I Pray That I will get out of the self-pity act and live for today. May I notice the good things from dawn to nightfall, learn to talk about them and thank my Higher Power for them. 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