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Sunday MAY 3, 2026    Waynesville, NC       What we do during do during our working hours determine what we have; what we do in our leisure hours determines what we are.      -George Eastman    Work doesn’t work without play. Shonda Rhimes     Being able to provide for the family is important but when living without recreation is like a car without gas. It’s stopped and parked waiting to be taking away. So why not give it some gas and take it to a wonderful place.      -Lian Chin     “At the beginning we sacrificed alcohol.  We had to, or it would have killed us. But we couldn’t get rid of alcohol unless we made other sacrifices. Big shot-ism and phony thinking had to go. We had to toss self-justification, self-pity, and anger right out the window. We had to quit the crazy contest for personal prestige and big bank balances. We had to take personal responsibility for our sorry state and quit blaming others for it.” ~ Bill W., January 1955       If You'd Like To Sign Up ADD A Friend , A Sponsee, A Sponsor or a Newcomer To Your Daily Reprieve Email List Use This Link   https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/1fhScpD           BIG BOOK QUOTE   When we saw others solve their problems by a simple reliance upon the Spirit of the Universe, we had to stop doubting the power of God. Our ideas did not work. But the God idea did.   P52                DAILY SHARE   AA Speaker of the Day   KIRSTEN M ST Petersburg, FL Young Peoples Monday Night Speaker 10.27.2008   https://bit.ly/4u2EQCJ             ZOOM Loose Garment Group https://us02web.zoom.us/j/238977518 Saturday & Sunday…. Topic: Pot Luck…9AM EST 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!     MAY2026 Miracles     5/1 Douglas P. (Homestead, FL)…..44 5/1 Rhonda B. (Tucson, AZ)…..25 5/1 Connie L. (Palm Coast, FL)…..11 5/1 Stacey E. (Dothan, AL)…..20 5/1 Bryan E. (NYC)…..12 5/4 Rob L. (Carcassonne, FR)…..36 5/5 Ricky Mc. (Tampa, Fl)…..12 5/5 Bill O’D. (East Hampton, NY)…..22 5/6 Cathy S. (Waynesville, NC)…..30 5/7 Anthony A. (Mamaroneck, NY)…..30 5/7 Lisa B. (Canada)…..15 5/7 Anthony A.(BYOC, Mamaroneck, NY)…..30 5/8 Anne L. (Kent, UK)…..10 5/9 Peter D. (NY, NY)…..14 5/10 John H. (Miami, FL)…..44 5/10 Sue V. (Kittery, ME)…..20 5/12 Teresa S. (Aberystwyth, Wales)…..20 5/12 Susan K. (Cape Cod, MA)…..2 5/13 Gary V. …..40 5/13 Greg S. (So. Carolina)…..15 5/15 Gary V. (Portage, IN)…..40 5/15 Jana R. (Fernandina Beach, FL)…..13 5/15 Chris W. ( LI NY, Stuart Fl, São Pedro da Aldeia, Rj Brasil)…..37 5/17 Alan T. (Sarasota, FL)…..34 5/20 Steve P. (Old Saybrook, CT)…..1 5/21 Britta G. (Mendham, NJ)…..38 5/22 Kevin S. (Fernandina Beach, FL)…..7 5/23 Phyllis C……33 5/23 Diane W. (Asbury Park, NJ)…..3 5/26 Monica F. (Los Angeles, CA)…..9 5/26 Lisa F. (Siracusa, Italy)…..22 5/27 Bobby S, (Kelowna World Traveler)…..22 5/28 Philippe J. (Montreal, Canada)…..10 5/29 Kathleen S. (Bernardsville, NJ)…..25 5/29 Allen V. (Phoenicia, NY)…..18 5/31 Red L. …..48   0778 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   Nevertheless, the infant Society determined to set down its experience in a book which finally reached the public in April 1939. At this time the recoveries numbered about one hundred. The book was called "Alcoholics Anonymous," and from it the Fellowship took its name. In it alcoholism was described from the alcoholic's point of view, the spiritual ideas of the Society were codified for the first time in the Twelve Steps, and the application of these Steps to the alcoholic's dilemma was made clear. The remainder of the book was devoted to thirty stories or case histories in which the alcoholics described their drinking experiences and recoveries. This established identification with alcoholic readers and proved to them that the virtually impossible had now become possible. The book "Alcoholics Anonymous" became the basic text of the Fellowship, and it still is. This present volume proposes to broaden and deepen the understanding of the Twelve Steps as first was written in the earlier work. p. 17           TWENTY-FOUR HOURS     A.A. Thought For The Day A.A. teaches us to take it easy. We learn how to relax and to stop worrying about the past or the future, to give up our resentments and hates and tempers, to stop being critical of people, and to try to help them instead. That's what "Easy Does It" means. So in the time that's left to me to live, I'm going to try to take it easy, to relax and not to worry, to try to be helpful to others, and to trust God. For what's left of my life, is my motto going to be "Easy Does It"? Meditation For The Day I must overcome myself before I can truly forgive other people for injuries done to me. The self in me cannot forgive injuries. The very thought of wrongs means that my self is in the foreground. Since the self cannot forgive, I must overcome my selfishness. I must cease trying to forgive those who fretted and wronged me. It is a mistake for me even to think about these injuries. I must aim at overcoming myself in my daily life and then I will find there is nothing in me that remembers injury, because the only thing injured, my selfishness, is gone. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may hold no resentments. I pray that my mind may be washed clean of all past hates and fears.             DAILY THOUGHT ^*^*^*^*^ (\   ~~   /) (    \(AA)/  ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Humility Every newcomer in A.A. is told, and soon realizes for himself, that his humble admission of powerlessness over alcohol is his first step toward liberation from its paralyzing grip. So it is that we first see humility as a necessity. But this is the barest beginning . . . A whole lifetime geared to self-centeredness cannot be set in reverse all at once. Rebellion dogs our every step at first. c. 1952 AAWS Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, pp. 72-73   Thought to Consider . . . Many people haven't even a nodding acquaintance with humility as a way of life.   *~*AACRONYMS*~* H O P E Helping Other People Everyday           DAILY REFLECTION   CLEANING HOUSE Somehow, being alone with God doesn't seem as embarrassing as facing up to another person. Until we actually sit down and talk aloud about what we have so long hidden, our willingness to clean house is still largely theoretical. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 60   It wasn't unusual for me to talk to God, and myself, about my character defects. But to sit down, face to face, and openly discuss these intimacies with another person was much more difficult. I recognized in the experience, however, a similar relief to the one I had experienced when I first admitted I was an alcoholic. I began to appreciate the spiritual significance of the program and that this Step was just an introduction to what was yet to come in the remaining seven Steps.             POT LUCK       The "Slipper" Needs Understanding  "Slips can often be charged to rebellion; some of us are more rebellious than others. Slips may be due to the illusion that one can be 'cured' of alcoholism. Slips can also be charged to carelessness and complacency. Many of us fail to ride out these periods sober. Things go fine for two or three years--then the member is seen no more. Some of us suffer extreme guilt because of vices or practices that we can't or won't let go of. Too little self-forgiveness and too little prayer--well, this combination adds up to slips.   "Then some of us are far more alcohol-damaged than others. Still others encounter a series of calamities and cannot seem to find the spiritual resources to meet them. There are those of us who are physically ill. 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Thursday MAY 7, 2026    Waynesville, NC         “I can no longer use the illness of alcoholism as an excuse for anything. There is a catch, however.  If I fail to use my recovery in service to others, I will become sick again.” ~ Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 1979     There are only two days a year when nothing can be done. One is called yesterday, and the other is called tomorrow, so today is the right day to love, believe, do, and mostly live.  ~Dalai Lama XIV     "I don't understand it all, but when heaven decides to invade earth, who are we to argue?" ~Rachel Hauck    “Do not be afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still.” — Chinese Proverb           

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BIG BOOK QUOTE   As we felt new power flow in, as we enjoyed peace of mind, as we discovered we could face life successfully, as we became conscious of His presence, we began to lose our fear of today, tomorrow or the hereafter. We were reborn.   P63       

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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!     MAY2026 Miracles   5/1 Douglas P. (Homestead, FL)…..44 5/1 Rhonda B. (Tucson, AZ)…..25 5/1 Connie L. (Palm Coast, FL)…..11 5/1 Stacey E. (Dothan, AL)…..20 5/1 Bryan E. (NYC)…..12

5/2 Marcia U. (Calabash, NC)…..30

5/4 Rob L. (Carcassonne, FR)…..36 5/5 Ricky Mc. (Tampa, Fl)…..12

5/6 Cathy S. (Waynesville, NC)…..30

5/7 Anthony A. (Mamaroneck, NY)…..30 5/7 Lisa B. (Canada)…..15

5/7 Sallie C. (Peaks Island, ME)…..8

5/8 Anne L. (Kent, UK)…..10

5/8 Krista D. (Bristol, VT)…..37

5/9 Peter D. (NY, NY)…..14 5/10 John H. (Miami, FL)…..44

5/10 Jeffery A. (New Milford, NJ)…..33

5/10 Sue V. (Kittery, ME)…..20 5/12 Teresa S. (Aberystwyth, Wales)…..20 5/12 Susan K. (Cape Cod, MA)…..2 5/13 Gary V. …..40 5/13 Greg S. (So. Carolina)…..15

5/14 Caitlan D. (Cape Cod, MA)…..10

5/15 Gary V. (Portage, IN)…..40

5/15 Erik A. (Mequon, WI)…..43 5/15 Bill O’D (East Hampton, NY)…..15

5/15 Jana R. (Fernandina Beach, FL)…..13 5/15 Chris W. ( LI NY, Stuart Fl, São Pedro da Aldeia, Rj Brasil)…..37

5/17 David “LivinMyDream”(Elizabethton, TN)…..36

5/17 Alan T. (Sarasota, FL)…..34

7/17 Lisa B. (Punta Gorda, FL)…..15 5/19 Chuck B. (Beachwood, NJ)…..15

5/20 Steve P. (Old Saybrook, CT)…..1 5/21 Britta G. (Mendham, NJ)…..38 5/22 Kevin S. (Fernandina Beach, FL)…..7 5/23 Phyllis C……33 5/23 Diane W. (Asbury Park, NJ)…..3 5/26 Monica F. (Los Angeles, CA)…..9 5/26 Lisa F. (Siracusa, Italy)…..22 5/27 Bobby S, (Kelowna World Traveler)…..22 5/28 Philippe J. (Montreal, Canada)…..10 5/29 Kathleen S. (Bernardsville, NJ)…..25 5/29 Allen V. (Phoenicia, NY)…..18

5/29 George B. (Westlake, OH)…..13 5/31 Red L. …..48 3/31 Dave P. (Greer, SC)…..12   0954 Total Years of Sobriety

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12&12   Foreword As A.A. now enters maturity, it has begun to reach into forty foreign lands.* In the view of its friends, this is but the beginning of its unique and valuable service. It is hoped that this volume will afford all who read it a close-up view of the principles and forces which have made Alcoholics Anonymous what it is. (A.A.'s General Service Office may be reached by writing: Alcoholics Anonymous, P.O. Box 459, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163, U.S.A.) *In 1998, A.A. is established in 150 countries. p. 18

TWENTY-FOUR HOURS     A.A. Thought For The Day

It's very important to keep in a grateful frame of mind, if we want to stay sober. We should be grateful that we're living in a day and age when alcoholics aren't treated as they often used to be treated before Alcoholics Anonymous was started. In the old days, every town had its town drunk who was regarded with scorn and ridiculed by the rest of the townspeople. We have come into A.A. and found all the sympathy, understanding, and fellowship that we could ask for. There's no other group like A.A. in the world. Am I grateful?   Meditation For The Day   God takes our efforts for good and blesses them. God needs our efforts. We need God's blessing. Together, they mean spiritual success. Our efforts are necessary. We cannot merely relax and drift with the tide. We must often direct our efforts against the tide of materialism around us. When difficulties come, our efforts are needed to surmount them. But God directs our efforts into the right channels and God's power is necessary to help us choose the right.   Prayer For The Day  I pray that I may choose the right. I pray that I may have God's blessing and direction in all my efforts for good.

DAILY THOUGHT ^*^*^*^*^ (\  ~~  /) (  \(AA)/  ) (_ /AA\ _) / AA \ ^*^*^*^*^

Vigilance Now that we're in A.A. and sober, and winning back the esteem of our friends and business associates, we find that we still need to exercise special vigilance. As an insurance against "big-shot-ism" we can often check ourselves by remembering we are today sober only by the grace of God and that any success we may be having is far more His success than ours. c. 1952 AAWS, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 92

Thought to Consider . . .

Always remember you're unique . . . just like everyone else.   *~*AACRONYMS*~* H A L T  Hope, Acceptance, Love, Tolerance            DAILY REFLECTION   RESPECT FOR OTHERS Such parts of our story we tell to someone who will understand, yet be unaffected. The rule is we must be hard on ourself, but always considerate of others. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 74   Respect for others is the lesson that I take out of this passage. I must go to any lengths to free myself if I wish to find that peace of mind that I have sought for so long. However, none of this must be done at another's expense. Selfishness has no place in the A.A. way of life. When I take the Fifth Step it's wiser to choose a person with whom I share common aims because if that person does not understand me, my spiritual progress may be delayed and I could be in danger of a relapse. So I ask for divine guidance before choosing the man or woman whom I take into my confidence.             POT LUCK     The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ~Chinese proverb   Life holds so many choices now that we are sober. We'd like to go so many places. We'd like to see so many things. We have so much to do.   We are slowly learning how to trust our dreams and reach for them. Our program teaches us that we live one day at a time. We make progress by doing first things first. Easy does it. Our dreams may seem very big and far away. We wonder if we'll ever get there, but our faith tells us to go for it. And we know how: one step at a time.     Prayer for the Day Higher Power, help me know this gentle truth: my life matters. Help me set goals that I can grow toward, one step at a time.     Action for the Day Today I'll think about one of my goals. I will list ten little steps that will help me get there.     Keep it Simple: Daily Meditations for Twelve Step Beginnings and Renewal

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Thursday MAY 14, 2026    Waynesville, NC             ‘The more we know, the more we realize there is to know.’ ~Jennifer Doudna     ‘When a person drowns himself in negative thinking, he is committing an unspeakable crime against himself.’ ~Maxwell Maltz     You are constantly making choices and decisions that set the tone for your life. Sometimes these choices are intimidating, they can cause you paralyzing fright. If that happens, go to God. May you be blessed to seek guidance in prayer. Discuss your options from a spiritual perspective to the spiritual One. When you do, your choices become abundantly clear. ~Prayables "The Littlest Things," Jamaica Plain, Mass.,     You know the truth when you see it, let skeptic and scoffer say what they choose. Your faith comes in moments, and there is a depth in those brief moments beyond your expectations. May you be blessed with spiritual moments ​​​​​​​for which there is only one rational explanation...God. ~Prayables

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BIG BOOK QUOTE     We are convinced to a man that alcoholics of our type are in the grip of a progressive illness. Over any considerable period we get worse, never better.   P30     

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5/5 Denny M. (The Villages)…..42

5/6 Cathy S. (Waynesville, NC)…..30 5/7 Anthony A. (Mamaroneck, NY)…..30 5/7 Lisa B. (Canada)…..15 5/7 Sallie C. (Peaks Island, ME)…..8 5/8 Anne L. (Kent, UK)…..10

5/8 Mickey B. (NYC/Southampton/Hobe Sound)…..38

5/9 Peter D. (NY, NY)…..14 5/10 John H. (Miami, FL)…..44 5/10 Jeffery A. (New Milford, NJ)…..33 5/10 Sue V. (Kittery, ME)…..20

5/12 Theresa S. (Aberystwyth, Wales)…..20

5/12 Susan K. (Cape Cod, MA)…..2

5/12 Greg S. (So. Carolina)…..15 5/13 Kevin C. (Bowling Green, KY)…..4 5/13 Gary V. (Portage, IN) …..40

5/14 Caitlan D. (Cape Cod, MA)…..10

5/14 Marine Tom S. (Sarasota, FL)…..35 5/14 Nancy K. (Chaska, MN)…..48 5/15 Bill O’D (East Hampton, NY)…..22

5/15 Jana R. (Fernandina Beach, FL)…..13 5/15 Chris W. ( LI NY, Stuart Fl, São Pedro da Aldeia, Rj Brasil)…..37 5/17 David “LivinMyDream”(Elizabethton, TN)…..36 5/17 Alan T. (Sarasota, FL)…..34

5/17 Lisa B. (Punta Gorda, FL)…..15

5/19 Chuck B. (Beachwood, NJ)…..15 5/20 Steve P. (Old Saybrook, CT)…..1

5/20 Daniel D. (Palm Coast, FL)…..6

5/21 Britta G. (Mendham, NJ)…..38 5/22 Kevin S. (Fernandina Beach, FL)…..7

5/23 Erik A. (Mequon, WI)…..43 5/23 Phyllis C (Galveston, TX)……33

5/23 Diane W. (Asbury Park, NJ)…..3 5/26 Monica F. (Los Angeles, CA)…..9 5/26 Lisa F. (Siracusa, Italy)…..22

5/26 Michael W. (North Vancouver)…..11 5/26 Jerry S. (NY, NY)…..44

5/27 Bobby S, (Kelowna World Traveler)…..22

5/28 Krista D. (Bristol, VT)…..37

5/28 Philippe J. (Montreal, Canada)…..10 5/29 Kathleen S. (Bernardsville, NJ)…..25 5/29 Allen V. (Phoenicia, NY)…..18 5/29 George B. (Westlake, OH)…..13 5/31 Red L. …..48

5/31 Dave P. (Greer, SC)…..12 5/31 Art D. (Mequon, WI)…..42   1149 Total Years of Sobriety

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12&12   Foreword After three years of trial and error in selecting the most workable tenets upon which the Society could be based, and after a large amount of failure in getting alcoholics to recover, three successful groups emerged--the first at Akron, the second at New York, and the third at Cleveland. Even then it was hard to find two score of sure recoveries in all three groups. pp. 16-17

TWENTY-FOUR HOURS      A.A. Thought For The Day

Having gotten over drinking, we have only just begun to enjoy the benefits of A.A. We find new friends, so that we are no longer lonely. We find new relationships with our families, so that we are happy at home. We find release from our troubles and worries through a new way of looking at things. We find an outlet for our energies in helping other people. Am I enjoying these benefits of A.A.?   Meditation For The Day   The kingdom of heaven is within you. God sees, as no one can see, what is within you. He sees you growing more and more like Himself. That is our reason for existence, to grow more and more like God, to develop more and more the spirit of God within you. You can often see in others those qualities and aspirations that you yourself possess. So also can God recognize His own spirit in you. Your motives and aspirations can only be understood by those who have attained the same spiritual level as you have.   Prayer For The Day  I pray that I may not expect complete understanding from others. I pray that I may only expect this from God, as I try to grow more like Him.

DAILY THOUGHT  ^*^*^*^*^ (\  ~~  /) (  \(AA)/  ) (_ /AA\ _) / AA \ ^*^*^*^*^

Children of Chaos Over the years, every conceivable deviation from our Twelve Steps and Traditions has been tried. That was sure to be, since we are largely a band of ego-driven individuals. Children of chaos, we have definitely played with every brand of fire, only to emerge unharmed and, we think, wiser. These very deviations created a vast process of trial and error which, under the grace of God, has brought us to where we stand today. c. 1952 AAWS, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 146

Thought to Consider . . .

Once we clear a hurdle, it doesn't seem so high    *~*AACRONYMS*~* C H A O S Can't Handle Another Overwhelming Situation           DAILY REFLECTION     IT'S OKAY TO BE ME Time after time newcomers have tried to keep to themselves certain facts about their lives. . . . they have turned to easier methods. . . . But they had not learned enough humility. . . . ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, pp. 72-73   Humility sounds so much like humiliation, but it really is the ability to look at myself—and honestly accept what I find. I no longer need to be the "smartest" or "dumbest" or any other "est." Finally, it is okay to be me. It is easier for me to accept myself if I share my whole life. If I cannot share in meetings, then I had better have a sponsor — someone with whom I can share those "certain facts" that could lead me back to a drunk, to death. I need to take all the Steps. I need the Fifth Step to learn true humility. Easier methods do not work.           POT LUCK   "Watch out; I still have a self-destruct button."     I used to be the master of self-sabotage and self-destruct. If things were going well, or might go well, I had the knack for ruining them. Surprise party for someone close to me? I would get tight at the party and spoil it. Great job interview in the morning? I would sleep in because I had celebrated too hard the night before. I foiled countless opportunities and thought my punishment was Alcoholics Anonymous.     When I was ninety days sober, at my regular Wednesday night meeting to take a chip, I left because they were out of them. I went home and drank. I beat myself up for months over that and finally crawled back four months later. As I worked through the Steps, I continued to make mistakes, and my anger grew into rage. To my surprise, I found my rage was mainly directed inward, and that’s when I discovered that the core characteristic of alcoholism is a deep self-loathing. That is why we can ruin so many lives and drink ourselves to death. . . .     It has taken many years to move beyond the illusion of alcoholic hatred. What I found is that in the core of each of us is not loathing but rather love—God’s love. Recovery means that we find this love and learn to act from it, and to share it with others. We rely on the Steps to help us grow past the destructive impulse of the disease, but we must remain vigilant because the disease never goes away. Today, I still have a self-destruct button, but I also have the path to healing and love. And because of recovery, I have the power to choose God’s love.