AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy AA-Alive.net)
June 29, 2017
Pride
For pride, leading to self-justification, and always spurred by conscious or unconscious fears,
is the basic breeder of most human difficulties, the chief block to true progress.
Pride lures us into making demands upon ourselves or upon others which cannot be met
without perverting or misusing our God-given instincts.
- 12 Steps & 12 Traditions, pp. 48 - 49
Thought to Ponder . . .
Swallowing my pride will not get me drunk.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
P R I D E = Pretty Ridiculous Individual Directing Everything.
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