Self-Esteem Comes from Esteemable Acts
S ȥ Ɲ Ȩ dz Ƕ ǃ Ȯ comes from esteemable acts. I have begun to see my body . . . differently – as something that I…
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Daily Reprieve · March 2021
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Daily Reprieve · March 2021
Overcoming Fear of the Future
OvercominǗ FeaȨ Of Thǃ Futurǃ Whaȵ iȮ thǃ PlaǾ? How Step Two can restore sanity through faith in action This new year brings hope that last year’s dismal…
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Alcoholics Have a Hard Time with Tea
Newcomer: “I’ve noticed that all the meetings here serve coffee, but not tea. Why?” Old-timer: “Alcoholics have a hard time with tea.” Newcomer: “Any kind of tea?” Old-timer:…
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A Decision and a Prayer
I like the saying: “I can’t. God can! I’ll ask Him to help me.” And I would like to add: NOW. The Third Step decision, followed by a…
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Force into Stillness
Forceƿ intȆ stillnesȮ FeaȨ of self insteaƿ revealȮ
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My Name Is Anjali and I Am an Alcoholic
and I was bored. Restless, irritable, discontent. But by now I had more “selves”. One of these selves was a tough-strong-woman-with-good-recovery-who-said-all-the-right-th ings-at-meetings-and-who-wasn’t-going-to-crack. I made sure I still ticked…
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The Four Horsemen of Procrastination
statements of arrogance was, he said, “who are you to believe you could have such an outsized impact on a person’s life?!” I retreated home after that session…
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Rewards of Step Four
RewardȮ of Steȥ FouȨ I faced Step Four with some trepidation, but my sponsor did not allow time for irrational fear to take over. He had me begin…
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Being True to Yourself
BeinǗ Truǃ tȆ YouȨself Being true to yourself has two different meanings – the one before AA and the one after Before AA, being true to myself was…
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Being True to Myself
BeinǗ truǃ tȆ mɖself This year has been a big old lesson on this. I thought being true to myself meant that I had to ‘live up’ to…
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Being True to Ourselves
BeinǗ Truǃ tȆ OuȨselveȮ WOW! What a title. On the back of the AA Anniversary Coin, it reads TO THY OWN SELF BE TRUE. Why I love this…
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Finding My Authentic Self
FindinǗ Mɖ Authentiƹ Self The sojourn through my active alcoholism was a dark and nihilistic time. I had become an anxious and angry woman, a chronic people pleaser…
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Fully Recovered Alcoholic
Fullɖ Recovereƿ Alcoholiƹ What does that mean? I am a fully recovered alcoholic. This means if I throw God and AA under the bus tomorrow morning, I could…
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Letter from the Editor
LeɬeȨ froǽ thǃ EditoȨ Welcome to the latest edition of the Daily Reprieve! Most of us have received tokens of sobriety in the form of a coin -…
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Giving Back Is the Foundation
GivinǗ Bacdz iȮ thǃ FoundatioǾ My Forgiving, crying, voicing Is the way to peace of mind Honouring the pain and anger Relief emerges you will find Repressing pain…
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