AA Thought for the Day

July 12, 2003

Demands

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.
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 anyone.

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


Thought to Ponder....

Life is too short to be small.


Recovery Related Acronym

Coffee Pot

F E A R = False Expectations Appearing Real.


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