AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy aa-alive.net)
July 23, 2025
Pride Steps In
Pride lures us into making demands upon ourselves or upon
others which cannot be met without perverting or misusing our
God-given instincts. When the satisfaction of our instincts for
sex, security, and society becomes the sole object of our lives,
then pride steps in to justify our excesses.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Four) p. 49
Thought to Ponder . . .
Pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.
AA-related 'Alconym'
P R I D E = Personal Recovery Involves Deflating Ego.
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