AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy AA-Alive.net)
July 21, 2024
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Anger
I know I would never have recovered from violence and alcoholism without A.A.’s
12 Steps, which are uniquely tailored for people like me. Just as importantly I
believed I recovered through the grace of a Higher Power, despite the fact I was
very angry and wanted nothing to do with God when I arrived in A.A. In fact I did
not need to find God. I only needed to open my mind and the spirit found me.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, (The Perpetual Quest) p. 397
Thought to Ponder
Anger is but a mask for fear.
AA-related 'Alconym'
C A L M = Cause Anger Left Me.
A Member Shares:
My name is Woody and I am an alcoholic. I used to be a very angry person. Now that I have worked the steps, I am no longer generally angry, usually the opposite. I learned something over the past few days about my anger. I have been going through a tough time lately. I normally like to stay in the solution, but my family and I have been sick with COVID for a week now. I take care of my elderly parents and they have really struggled with it. My dad has been hospitalized but is now back home. I was too sick to offer much help and I felt totally out of control. When I feel powerless, overwhelmed, out of control or afraid, the emotion that always emerges in the end is anger, rageful anger. It makes me feel like I am in control for a brief period of time and then the shame spiral follows. I have learned that is very hard for me to sit still and have faith in my higher power, whom I choose to call God. I have not directed my anger at him in a while but I can always feel it going there towards the end of the cycle. I have to have someone to blame. Hopefully, I will learn from this experience and exercise faith in the future rather than devolving into fear based anger. Thank you for letting me share.
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