AA Thought for the Day

December 2, 2002

Demands

The chief activator of our defects
has been self-centered 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.
Therefore, no peace was to be had
unless we could find a means of reducing these demands.
The difference between a demand and a simple request
is plain to everyone.

Reprinted from Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, Page 76, with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.


Thought to Ponder....

Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.


Recovery Related Acronym

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F E A R = Frustration, Ego, Anxiety, Resentment.


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