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Your Daily Reprieve for Saturday September 14, 2013

From Stuart, Florida

"The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion."

~Paulo Coelho

"Kindness pays most when you don't do it for pay."
--Unknown

"Be at least as interested in what goes on inside you as what happens outside." ~

Eckhart Tolle

"When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor.

It's to enjoy each step along the way."

- Wayne Dyer

Big Book Quote

"We have no monopoly on God; we merely have an approach that worked
with us."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Working With Others, pg. 95~

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Geraldine Delaney

at 14th Rogue Round-up 1989 , 42 years sober

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September 2013 Anniversaries

9/1 Molly C. (New York, NY)…..2

9/1 Arline R. (Stuart, FL)…..33

9/2 Leslie Z. (Valley Village, CA)…..32

9/3 Gail K. (Portsmouth, NH)…..28

9/3 Sara G. (Salisbury, UK)…..1

9/4 Jan V. (Lewisville, TX)…..27

9/5 Chris L. (Bristol, RI)…..25

9/5 Jaime M. (Elmsford, NY)…..9

9/6 John L. (OnABoat, Somewhere)…..26

9/6 Bernie L. (Floral Park, NY)…..3

9/7 George D. (Hobe Sound, FL)…..29

9/7 Tommy M. (Los Angeles, CA)…..4

9/8 Brad G. Portsmouth, NH)…..5

9/10 Kevin D. (Nantucket, MA)…..24

9/10 Brian O. (Cushendall, Ireland)…..24

9/13 Lisa N. (NJ)…..2

9/13 Kevin C. (Garden City, NY)…..1

9/15 Patrick H. (Port St. Lucie, FL)…..2

9/17 Carol J. (Wharton, NJ)…..5

9/18 Jim H. (Houston, TX)…..3

9/19 Elaina C. (NYC, NY)…..2

9/20 Paul T. (Stuart, FL)…..2

9/22 Peter H. (Nantucket/Ringwood, NJ)…..14

9/22 Tyler L. (Exeter, NH)…..30

9/23 Bill G. (Marblehead, MA)…..28

9/23 David A. (NYC, NY)…..12

9/24 Tim B. (Douglaston, NY)…..8

9/28 Jack K. (Bernardsville/Gladstone, NJ)…..50

9/29 Judy F. (Nantucket, MA)…..21

452 Total Years of Sobriety

12&12

Step Ten - "Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it."

Aren't these practices joy-killers as well as time-consumers? Must A.A.'s spend most of their waking hours drearily rehashing their sins of omission or commission? Well, hardly. The emphasis on inventory is heavy only because a great many of us have never really acquired the habit of accurate self-appraisal. Once this healthy practice has become grooved, it will be so interesting and profitable that the time it takes won't be missed. For these minutes and sometimes hours spent in self-examination are bound to make all the other hours of our day better and happier. And at length our inventories become a regular part of everyday living, rather than something unusual or set apart.

pp. 89-90

Twenty Four Hours

A.A. Thought For The Day

"How does A.A. grow? Some of us sell A.A. as we go about.
Little clusters of twos and threes and fives keep springing
up in different communities, through contact with the larger
centers. Those of us who travel drop in at other groups as
often as we can. This practice enables us to lend a hand to
new groups which are springing up all over the land. New
groups are being started each month. A.A. is even spreading
outside the United States and is slowly becoming world-wide.
Thus we grow." Am I doing all I can to spread A.A. wherever I go?

Meditation For The Day

"Lord we believe. Help Thou our unbelief." This cry of the
human heart is an expression of human frailty. It signifies
the soul's sincere desire for progress. As a person feels the
existence of God and His power, that person believes in Him
more and more. At the same time, a person is more conscious of
his falling short of absolute trust in God. The soul's progress
is an increasing belief, then a cry for more faith, a plea to
conquer all unbelief, all lack of trust. We can believe that
that cry is heard by God and that prayer is answered in due
time. And so our faith grows, little by little, day by day.

Prayer For The Day

I pray that with more power in my life will come more faith.
I pray that I may come to trust God more each day.

Daily Thought

^*^*^*^*^
(\   ~~ /)
(   \ (AA)/   )
(_   /AA\ _)
/AA\
^*^*^*^*^
Solution
^*^*^
"There is a solution.
Almost none of us liked the self-searching, the leveling
of our pride, the confessions of shortcomings
which the process requires for its successful
consummation.
But we saw that it really worked in others,
and we had come to believe in the
hopelessness and futility of life as we had been living it.
When, therefore, we were approached by those
in whom the problem had been solved,
there was nothing left for us but to pick up
the simple kit of spiritual tools laid at our feet.
We have found much of heaven
and we have been rocketed into a fourth dimension
of existence of which we had not even dreamed."
1976AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 25
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Thought to Consider . . .

The solution is simple.
The solution is spiritual.

*~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~*
H O P E = Heart Open; Please Enter.

Daily Reflection

PEACE OF MIND

Do we lay the matter before our sponsor or spiritual

adviser, earnestly asking God's help and guidance—

meanwhile resolving to do the right thing when it becomes

clear, cost what it may?

TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, pp. 86-87

My belief in a Higher Power is an essential part of my

work on Step Nine; forgiveness, timing, and right motives

are the other ingredients. My willingness to do the Step is a

growing experience that opens the door for new and honest

relationships with the people I have harmed. My

responsible action brings me closer to the spiritual

principles of the program—love and service. Peace of

mind, serenity, and a stronger faith are sure to follow.

Pot Luck

The readiness is all.
--William Shakespeare

Newcomer

I went to two different Step meetings this week, in different parts of town, and both of them were on the Fourth Step. I keep hearing that "there are no coincidences." Does this mean I'm supposed to start the Fourth Step now? How do I know if I'm ready?

Sponsor

First of all, I'm glad to hear that you're going to Step meetings, and I encourage you to keep it up. Your willingness has brought you a long way already, and it continues to be the key.

In approaching a new Step, I find it useful to ask myself if I've taken the Steps that precede it in a complete, whole-hearted way.

I review Step One and remember why I'm on this path of recovery in the first place: addiction brought me to spiritual depths I don't want to sink to again.

Reviewing Step Two reminds me that I'm not alone, and that I have faith that I'll be given what I need to become a whole and free person again.

Step Three reminds me that I've made a decision. I'm willing to do what's necessary for recovery and to trust the process. I remember that I only have to do my part; my progress in recovery isn't entirely up to me. My Higher Power will do the rest. When I reach Step Four, I trust that in the process of writing about the events of my addictive life, I'll be taken care of.

Today, I bring willingness and an open mind to the next stop in my recovery. I relax and trust that I am not alone.