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Friday June 5, 2026    Mission Hospital Asheville, NC       When you are good to others, you are best to yourself.  ~Benjamin Franklin     A.W. Tozer once said,  "Nothing twists and deforms a soul more than a low or unworthy conception of God." Our view of God affects everything we do in life. If we have a warped view of Him, it will alter the way we perceive the world and poison the way we respond to the events in our life.     "Everything is created twice, first in the mind and then in reality." ~Robin Sharma     “I know that I am not a total loss, even when I think I am. I know that freedom and usefulness, love, outgoingness, and sharing are the important things in life.” New Canaan, Conn., April 1976,              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   We have three little mottoes which are apropos.  Here they are:   First Things First Live and Let Live Easy Does It.   P135                DAILY SHARE   AA Speaker of the Day   TOM BRADY Charlotte, NC Part 1 What is the Solution 2006   https://bit.ly/3Pyp2t4               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!     6/1 Lorraine F. (Fernandina Beach, FL)…..38 6/1 Kristin C. (Dallas, TX)…..23 6/2 David E. (South Conway, NH)…..26 6/3 Tom W. (Amelia Island, FL)…..40 6/4 Nathan S. (Yulee, FL)…..10 6/4 Bob G. (Peapack, NJ)…..11 6/5 John K. (High Point, NC)…..50 6/6 Frayser W. (Salisbury, MD)…..28 6/7 Bill K. (Carle Place)…..31 6/7 David A. (Concord, NH)…..17 6/7 Jeanette P. (Gothenburg, Sweden)…..27 6/8 Michael L. (Mount Vernon, NY)……10 6/9 Vickie S. (Pentwater, MI)…..41 6/9 Dan K. (Jacksonville, FL)…..7 6/10 Clarke J. (Chicago)…..19 6/10 Peter B. (Cape Coral, FL)…..35 6/10 Matthew S. (Sarasota, FL)…..20 6/10 Beverly B. (Hendersonville, NC)…..38 6/11 Cathy W. (Huntersville, NC)…..19 6/13 Laura P. (UK)…..1 6/13 Chuck A. (Calabash, NC)…..30 6/14 Michael C. (Port Chester, NY)…..6 6/16 Lara H. (Watertown, CT/Nantucket)…..6 6/16 Max P. (Lakewood Ranch, FL)…..45 6/16 Suzanne C. (Phoenixville, PA)…..12 6/16 Rob W. (Amelia Island, FL)…..9 6/18 Jacqueline P. (Cincinnati, OH)…..2 6/19 Jack D. (Larchmont, NY)…..33 6/19 Joel B. (Waynesville, NC)…..31 6/20 Joe R. (Ridgewood, NJ)…..20 6/23 Edele P. (Cleveland, OH)…..13 6/23 Chris B. (Rockville, MD)…..13 6/24 Annette C. (Corpus Christi, TX)…..14 6/27 Jim C. (Nantucket)…..19 6/27 Wes McG. (Winter Garden, FL)…..1 6/28 Janet D. (Montgomery TWP, NJ)…..46 6/30 Jeff C. (Port Charlotte, FL)…..1   0774 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   Step Two - "Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity." "This is only one man's opinion based on his own experience, of course. I must quickly assure you that A.A.'s tread innumerable paths in their quest for faith. If you don't care for the one I've suggested, you'll be sure to discover one that suits if only you look and listen. Many a man like you has begun to solve the problem by the method of substitution. You can, if you wish, make A.A., itself your `higher power.' Here's a very large group of people who have solved their alcohol problem. In this respect they are certainly a power greater than you, who have not even come close to a solution. Surely you can have faith in them. Even this minimum of faith will be enough. You will find many members who have crossed the threshold just this way. All of them will tell you that, once across, their faith broadened and deepened. Relieved of the alcohol obsession, their lives unaccountably transformed, they came to believe in a Higher Power, and most of them began to talk of God." pp. 27-28           TWENTY-FOUR HOURS    A.A. Thought For The Day   We alcoholics are fortunate to be living in a day and age when there is such a thing as Alcoholics Anonymous. Before A.A. came into being, there was very little hope for the alcoholic. A.A. is a great rebuilder of human wreckage. It takes men and women whose personality problem expresses itself in alcoholism and offers them a program that, if they are willing to accept it, allows them not only to get sober, but also to find a much better way of living. Have I found a better way of living?   Meditation For The Day   Very quietly God speaks through your thoughts and feelings. Heed the Divine voice of your conscience. Listen for this and you will never be disappointed in the results in your life. Listen for this small, still voice and your tired nerves will become rested. The Divine voice comes to you as strength as well as tenderness, as power as well as restfulness. Your moral strength derives its effectiveness from the power that comes when you listen patiently for the still, small voice.   Prayer For The Day  I pray that I may listen for the still, small voice of God. I pray that I may obey the leading of my conscience.             DAILY THOUGHT ^*^*^*^*^ (\  ~~  /) (  \(AA)/  ) (_ /AA\ _) / AA \ ^*^*^*^*^ The Light   "To what extent I was personally responsible for my drinking, I don't know. Yet I'm not one to take complete refuge in the idea that I was a sick man only. In earlier years, I certainly had some degree of free will. That free will I used badly, to the great misery of my mother and countless others. I am deeply ashamed. As one who knows me a little, you may have heard how, ten years ago, a friend, himself a liberated alcoholic, came to me bearing the light which finally led me out of the toils. There will come a day like that for you and yours - I'm so confident!" Bill W., Letter to the Mother of an Alcoholic, Dec. Language of the Heart, p. 102   Thought to Consider . . . It's impossible for me to love God and hate myself.   *~*AACRONYMS*~* A L C O H O L I C S A Life Centered On Helping Others Live In Complete Sobriety           DAILY REFLECTION   ENTIRELY READY? "This is the Step that separates the men from the boys " . . . the difference between "the boys and the men" is the difference between striving for a self-determined objective and for the perfect objective which is of God. . . . It is suggested that we ought to become entirely willing to aim toward perfection. . . . The moment we say, "No, never!" our minds close against the grace of God. . . . This is the exact point at which we abandon limited objectives, and move toward God's will for us TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, pp. 63, 68, 69   Am I entirely ready to have God remove these defects of character? Do I know at long last that I cannot save myself? I have come to believe that I cannot. If I am unable, if my best intentions go wrong, if my desires are selfishly motivated and if my knowledge and will are limited—then I am ready to embrace God's will for my life.             POT LUCK       Sometimes I'm awfully impressed by fools. ~Kelly Q.     The man who said this memorable line had once believed he might feel better about himself if only he owned more. As an adult child, he felt he had missed out on something and somehow got the idea he could achieve peace by acquisition. So he started to collect things like boats, expensive new cars, better clothes, and so on. His models were people who had all the toys he was now collecting. He listened to them, followed them around, and imitated them. They were his heroes.     Luckily, it didn't take him too long to discover the truth. As he got to know these people, he saw they were no happier because of what they had. One or two of them were happy, but their happiness didn't depend on what they had. The rest of them, he learned, were fools who mindlessly looked for joy and meaning outside themselves.     This man's "recovery by acquisition" experiment was only a slight detour, and he is back on the road to healthy thinking.     He is no fool.     Today, I thank God for peace and happiness and remember these riches are inside, not outside, me.                 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. 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Saturday June 6, 2026    Waynesville, NC       “I know that I will never be sober long enough to be alcohol-proof.” ~Iowa City, IA, August 2012     There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires. " Nelson Mandela   We will find the key to our liberation only when we accept that what we once did to survive is now destroying us. -- Laura van Dernoot Lipsky     “A mind that is open to new ideas will never return to its original size.” — Albert Einstein

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BIG BOOK QUOTE   We thank God from the bottom of our heart that we know Him better.    P75       

DAILY SHARE   AA Speaker of the Day   TOM BRADY Charlotte, NC

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JUNE2026 Miracles

6/17 Margo H. (Rothesay, Scotland)…..59

6/18 Jacqueline P. (Cincinnati, OH)…..2 6/19 Jack D. (Larchmont, NY)…..33 6/19 Joel B. (Waynesville, NC)…..31 6/20 Joe R. (Ridgewood, NJ)…..20 6/23 Edele P. (Cleveland, OH)…..13 6/23 Chris B. (Rockville, MD)…..13 6/24 Annette C. (Corpus Christi, TX)…..14 6/27 Jim C. (Nantucket)…..19 6/27 Wes McG. (Winter Garden, FL)…..1 6/28 Janet D. (Montgomery TWP, NJ)…..46 6/30 Jeff C. (Port Charlotte, FL)…..1

0733 Total Years of Sobriety

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12&12   Step Two - "Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity."

Consider next the plight of those who once had faith, but have lost it. There will be those who have drifted into indifference, those filled with self-sufficiency who have cut themselves off, those who have become prejudiced against religion, and those who are downright defiant because God has failed to fulfill their demands. Can A.A. experience tell all these they may still find a faith that works? p. 28

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

Drinking is the way we alcoholics express our maladjustment's to life. I believe that I was a potential alcoholic from the start. I had an inferiority complex. I didn't make friends easily. There was a wall between me and other people. And I was lonely. I was not well adjusted to life. Did I drink to escape from myself?   Meditation For The Day   According to the varying needs of each person, so does each person think of God. It is not necessary that you think of God as others think of Him, but it is necessary that you think of Him as supplying what you personally need. The weak need God's strength. The strong need God's tenderness. The tempted and fallen need God's saving grace. The righteous needs God's pity for sinners. The lonely need God as a friend. The fighters for righteousness need a leader in God. You may think of God in any way you wish. We usually do not turn to God until we need Him.   Prayer For The Day   I pray that I may think of God as supplying my needs. I pray that I will bring all my problems to Him for help in meeting them.             DAILY THOUGHT ^*^*^*^*^ (\ ~~~ /)

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Life on Life's Terms   "For years, I was sure the worst thing that could happen to a nice guy like me would be that I would turn out to be an alcoholic. Today, I find it's the best thing that has ever happened to me. This proves I don't know what's good for me. And if I don't know what's good for me, then I don't know what's good or bad for you or for anyone. So I'm better off if I don't give advice, don't figure I know what's best, and just accept life on life's terms, as it is today - especially my own life, as it actually is. Before A.A., I judged myself by my intentions, while the world was judging me by my actions." Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 449-450

Thought to Consider . . .

I am liberated from dreaming the impossible dream and free, finally, to start living the possible dream.   *~*AACRONYMS*~* D U E S Desperately Using Everything but Surrender           DAILY REFLECTION   ALL WE DO IS TRY Can He now take them all—every one? ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 76   In doing Step Six it helped me a lot to remember that I am striving for "spiritual progress." Some of my character defects may be with me for the rest of my life, but most have been toned down or eliminated. All that Step Six asks of me is to become willing to name my defects, claim them as my own, and be willing to discard the ones I can, just for today. As I grow in the program, many of my defects become more objectionable to me than previously and, therefore, I need to repeat Step Six so that I can become happier with myself and maintain my serenity.             POT LUCK   "You may be the only Big Book anyone ever reads."     As I was leaving a meeting at a church near my home the other night, I saw one of our members bring his cigarette onto the church parking lot (smoking is not allowed on church property) and then throw it on the ground as he got into his car and drove away. This made me angry as I thought about how this would reflect on the rest of us, and I wondered how he could be so self-centered and insensitive.     About a week later, I found myself at my bank dealing with an online banking error. I was resentful I had to take the time out of my day, indignant they hadn’t been able to fix it over the phone, and I was generally a pain in the ass to the guy who was trying to help me. After he resolved the issue and I calmed down, I thought about the kind of example I was setting and quickly made amends to him for my behavior.     On the way home, I thought about Step Twelve and the importance of practicing these principles in all our affairs. I realized how easy it is for me to still be self-centered and insensitive, and how the Tenth Step helps me guard against these character defects. I also realized that I have a responsibility to the program because I am an example of us all. Today, I work all the Steps to the best of my ability because I know that I may be the only Big Book anyone ever reads.