AA Thought for the Day

February 24, 2002

Resentment

Resentment is the "number one" offender.
It destroys more alcoholics than anything else.
From it stem all forms of spiritual disease,
for we have been not only mentally and physically ill,
we have been spiritually sick.
When the spiritual malady is overcome,
we straighten our mentally and physically.
In dealing with resentments, we set them on paper.
We listed people, institutions or principles
with whom we were angry.
We asked ourselves why we were angry.
In most cases it was found that our self-esteem,
our pocketbooks, our ambitions,
our personal relationships (including sex)
were hurt or threatened.

Reprinted from Alcoholics Anonymous, Page 64-65, with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.


Thought to Ponder....

Resentment is like taking poison
and waiting for the other person to die.


Recovery Related Acronym

Coffee Pot

P A C E = Positive Attitudes Change Everything.


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