AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy aa-alive.net)
March 7, 2025
Our Defects
The chief activator of our defects has been self-centered fear—primarily
fear that we would lose something we already possessed or would fail to
get something we demanded. Living upon a basis of unsatisfied demands,
we were in a state of continual disturbance and frustration.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Seven) p. 76
Thought to Ponder . . .
Things I fear are rarely as bad as the fear itself.
AA-related 'Alconym'
F E A R = False Evidence Appearing Real.
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