AA Thought for the Day
March 14, 2005
Fear
The achievement of freedom from fear
is a lifetime undertaking,
one that can never be wholly completed.
When under heavy attack, acute illness,
or in other conditions of serious insecurity,
we shall all react, well or badly, as the case may be.
Only the vainglorious claim perfect freedom from fear,
though their very grandiosity is really rooted in the fears
they have temporarily forgotten.
Reprinted from Box 1980: The AA Grapevine, January 1962. Reprinted with permission of The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.
Thought to Ponder....
Fear is a darkroom for developing negatives.
Recovery Related Acronym
F E A R = False Expectations Appearing Real.
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