The Importance of Step Twelve
Freedom from all Unresolved Mental Issues my life. I never got enough of what I thought I needed. I was insecure. I had no self-esteem. No one had…
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Daily Reprieve · March 2022
Grapes Upon the Vine — A Poem
They say four billion years ago life showed its face on earth. And as it happened, man became, the product of that birth Then grapes appeared upon the…
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Welcome to the Latest Edition
“Who cares to admit complete defeat, practically no one of course.” 12 Steps and 12 Traditions pg 21. As alcoholics who keep sober one day at a time,…
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Daily Reprieve · October 2021
Welcome to the Latest Edition
As sober alcoholics we know that connection to the God of our understanding is more often-than-not connected through working with others. This is the spirit of service and…
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Service — Yeah Right!
see a drunk who’s in hospital, go to a meeting and share honesty with other drunks, get the water at meetings, help with the newsletter, put the books…
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Vitamin S — Prevention Through Service
I’ve enjoyed the gift of sobriety for a while now, but sometimes I get wrapped up in petty concerns with my worldview, my drama, me me me. When…
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Service Is a Broad Term
“Service” is a broad term. In my opinion, simply attending a meeting is Service. My life in recovery has taken me all over the world, to meetings big…
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Peace of Mind and a Quiet Heart
What More Could A Person Want In my early days of sobriety, I was hearing a lot of words that were unfamiliar to me and I did not…
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Four Reasons to Be of Service
As a Los Angeles taxi driver during the 1980s, many “adventures” took place calling for immediate use of Step Ten, for instance: Drunks vomiting in the back seat,…
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I Do Not Understand Thermodynamics
Where is All This Warmth Coming From? I came to Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) bankrupt in every department. When I started to take the steps, my first big challenge…
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Do You Believe in Mother?
In a mother’s womb were two babies. One asked the other: “Do you believe in life after delivery?” if there is life, then why has no one ever…
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Service Has Me Showing Up
I love the idea of writing something for the newsletter, but when it comes to actually sitting down to write, I’m thinking: “the quality of my writing could…
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Who Holds the Key to Willingness?
The Control Rooms in My Brainbox There are many proven, practical suggestions in Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) literature that, if followed, would lead to a life of serenity and…
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Dear H — A Tribute
Dear H It was always good to see you on the zoom morning meetings. You’d usually share, even if you didn’t want to. Maybe especially if you didn’t…
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How Service Keeps Us Sober
I came into AA in Roosevelt, at the WE CARE AA Group on Long Island, New York–my first Home Group. Those Old Timers would always say almost at…
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Yes Service Keeps Us Sober
Service keeps us sober It helps our heart to shine Like chestnuts in October Peel off the selfish rind If we do work for others We find that…
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Daily Reprieve · July 2021
Letter from the Editors
Welcome to the latest edition of the Daily Reprieve! Most of us here at AA have had many wonderful experiences, which range from small things like being on…
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Hi, I’m Tatiana, Grateful Recovering Alcoholic
poor selves and how mummy and daddy didn’t love them! That was a tough pill to swallow. I was apparently affected by my alcoholic abusive father, sexual abuse…
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My Greatest Lessons in Sobriety
Could I choose the greatest lesson? Maybe it has to be the lesson of humility. This is necessary for me to let go and to change the way…
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Invisible Wall — A Poem
Invisible wall Imagined division Standing up tall In smug opposition Glib satisfaction Of knowing I’m right Fades to a fraction From morning to night Leaves behind stains Of…
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God Leaves the Door Open for Everyone
No Need to Overthink This Issue power greater than myself. I was the one in the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12&12) that tried religion and had found…
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My Greatest Lesson in Sobriety
Here is an example of H.O.P.E. from the brilliant Anthony Hopkins: https://youtu.be/7cKTrH0Utd4 How can one love, help, build relationships, connections with an inner feeling of self-hatred? Not possible.…
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My Greatest Lesson in Sobriety — Ateca
My Greatest Lesson in Sobriety “It’s not my fault!”, “Well if you helped me I wouldn’t be in this mess!”, “Of course you are to blame!” “Why else…
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My Greatest Lesson in Sobriety — Three Lessons
My Greatest Lesson in Sobriety My greatest lesson in sobriety… It’s difficult to boil it down to 1 thing. When I came into the rooms nearly 9 months…
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The Best Lesson AA Has Taught Me
The best lesson that AA has taught me My name is Adrian and I am an alcoholic. I had such a distaste for that word because my Dad…
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Our Greatest Lesson in Sobriety
Practical experience shows that nothing will so much ensure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics. It works when other activities fail. This is our twelfth…
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What Saved You?
Announcing my 3 months of Sobriety at that Saturday morning meeting was thrilling. I felt so proud and grateful for AA. When the meeting was closed, I asked…
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The Gift of Desperation
With these acquaintances, the common denominator was golf or fishing. That is what bound us to each other. I quit playing golf about 15 years ago and when…
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The Importance of Step Twelve
It was my choice to summon up my Conscience for that role. Unselfishness has been the answer to a life of grief. The more I put it into…
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Grapes Upon the Vine — A Poem
So, I sat with my abuser. Him: “Can you forgive me?” Me: a simple nod. Forgiveness is life’s hardest lesson The sweetest exit on life’s tawdry, bumpy road.…
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