Your Daily Reprieve 02.07.26

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Saturday February 7, 2026    from Waynesville, NC         If you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint," then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced. —Vincent Van Gogh     Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs. —Farrah Gray     Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. —Dalai Lama     You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. —Maya Angelou        If You'd Like To Sign Up ADD A Friend , A Sponsee, A Sponsor or a Newcomer To Your Daily Reprieve Email List Please send me an email at:   so...@yourdailyreprieve.com.         BIG BOOK QUOTE     When the spiritual malady is overcome, we straighten out mentally and physically.   P64               DAILY SHARE   AA Speaker of the Day   KEVIN L. Baltimore, MD Serenity Improvement Group 11.27.21   https://bit.ly/3Zndx9b           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 2/2 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 2/4 Bob F. (New Rochelle, NY)…..11 2/4 Pam S. (North Hollywood, CA)…..39 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 2/12 Erin M. (MA)…..3 2/12 Chuck H. (Houston, TX)…..4 2/13 Beth O’. (Cedar Knolls, NJ)…..1 2/13 Constance G. (High Point, NC)…..41 2/14 Laura C. (Jersey City, NJ)…..11 2/15 Josh D. (Bath, UK)…..21 2/17 Peter R. (Basking Ridge, NJ)…..15 2/15 Jack B. (Streator, IL)…..38 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 2/19 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 2/24 Rex S. (Port Charlotte, FL)…..12 2/24 Michael W. (Washington Terrace, UT)…..1 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 2/27 Neil R. (Queens, NY)…..12 2/27 John T. (Rye, NY)…..37   0903 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 Five - "Each group has but one primary purpose - to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers."   “This really rocked him. But as he calmed down, he began to listen while I tried to show him that humility was the main key to sobriety. Finally, he saw that I wasn’t attempting to change his religious views, that I wanted him to find the grace in his own religion that would aid his recovery. From there on we got along fine. p.153               TWENTY-FOUR HOURS     A.A. Thought For The Day   A night club crowded with men and women all dressed up in evening clothes looks like a very festive place. But you should see the rest rooms of that night club the next morning. What a mess! People have been sick all over the place and does it smell! The glamour of the night before is all gone and only the stink of the morning after is left. In A.A. we learn to take a long view of drinking instead of a short view. We learn to think less about the pleasure of the moment and more about the consequences. Has the night before become less important to me and the morning after more important?   Meditation For The Day   Only a few more steps and then God's power shall be seen and known in my life. I am now walking in darkness, surrounded by the limitations of space and time. But even in this darkness, I can have faith and can be a light to guide feet that are afraid. I believe that God's power will break through the darkness and my prayers will pierce even to the ears of God Himself. But only a cry from the heart, a trusting cry, ever pierces that darkness and reaches to the divine ear of God.   Prayer For The Day  I pray that the divine power of God will help my human weakness. I pray that my prayer may reach through the darkness to the ear of God.           DAILY THOUGHT ^*^*^*^*^ (\  ~~  /) (   \(AA)/   ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ A New Life "Is sobriety all that we are to expect of a spiritual awakening? No, sobriety is only a bare beginning; If more gifts are to be received, our awakening has to go on. As it does go on, we find that bit by bit we can discard the old life - the one that did not work - for a new life that can and does work under any conditions whatever." Bill W., Grapevine, December 1957 c. 1967 AAWS, As Bill Sees It p.8   Thought to Consider . . .  Action conquers fear.   *~*AACRONYMS*~* F A I T H Fear Ain't In This House           DAILY REFLECTION   A PATH TO FAITH True humility and an open mind can lead us to faith, and every A.A. meeting is an assurance that God will restore us to sanity if we rightly relate ourselves to Him. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 33   My last drunk had landed me in the hospital, totally broken. It was then that I was able to see my past float in front of me. I realized that, through drinking, I had lived every nightmare I had ever had. My own self-will and obsession to drink had driven me into a dark pit of hallucinations, blackouts and despair. Finally beaten, I asked for God's help. His presence told me to believe. My obsession for alcohol was taken away and my paranoia has since been lifted. I am no longer afraid. I know my life is healthy and sane.           POT LUCK      I just keep goin' up there and swingin' at 'em. ~Babe Ruth     Even Babe Ruth had his share of strikeouts. On this recovery path, relapse is always a possibility, and we need to learn how to avoid it - and how to deal with it if it happens. What do many guys feel first when they relapse? Shame. This feeling may be unavoidable, but we do best if we don't stay there long. It is not what we deserve to feel, and it weakens us.     After a relapse, the first productive thing to do is tell our recovery group and sponsor. When we do that, we expose our addictive and codependent side. That side may want to stay hidden and secret, but our recovery requires that we shine the light of day on it.     The second thing to do is ask ourselves what we can learn from this relapse. If we can learn the lessons it has to teach us, it is no longer a deficit but an asset that strengthens our healing. Some relapses happen when we fail to take care of ourselves; we get too worn out, too depleted, too needy. Some happen because we associate with others who support our addictive impulses. But after a strikeout we can still go up there and swing at 'em again.     Today, I know once again that I am powerless over my addiction and my codependency.   Stepping Stones: More Daily Meditations 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. 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