have an earning power considerably above average we forgot the immense good will of our brother A.A.'s who were only too eager to help us to better jobs when we deserved them we forgot the actual or potential financial insecurity of every human being in the world. Complete financial security we must have - or else. This made us misers and penny-pinchers all over again. Financial importance was no longer our principal aim we now clamored for material secutity.Įven when we re-established in our business, terrible fears often continued to haunt us. Upon entering A.A., the spectacle of years of waste threw us into panic. Then we shall need to find both the courage and the grace to deal constructively with whatever fears remain.ĪSBI 22.2: GRAPEVINE, JANUARY 1962 Fear of Financial Insecurity We shall have to try for all the freedom from fear that is possible for us to attain. The problem of resolving fear has two aspects. find that our basic antidote for fear is a spiritual awakening.ĪBSI 196.2: GRAPEVINE, JANUARY 1962 Freedom From Fear The vast underlying fear of nothingness commences to subside.
These fears are the termites that ceaselessly devour the foundations of whatever sort of life we try to build.Īs faith grows, so does inner security. We loaf and procrastinate, or at best work grudgingly and under half steam. And, with genuine alarm at the prospect at work, we stay lazy. We eat, drink, and grab for more of everything than we need, fearing we shall never have enough. Unreasonable fear that our instincts will not be satisfied drives us to covet the possessions of others, to lust for sex and power, to become angry when our instinctive demands are threatened, to be envious when the ambitions of others seem to be realized while ours are not. This sickness, in turn, generates still more character defects. When our failings generate fear, we then have soul-sickness. But did not we often set the ball rolling ourselves?ĪBSI 61.1: ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, PP. It set in motion trains of circumstances which brought us misfortune we felt we didn't deserve. It was an evil and corroding thread the fabric of our existence was shot through with fear. Members of 12 Step recovery programs describe their experiences with "fear" before and during their recovery.įear somehow touched about every aspect of our lives. Twelve Steps To Recovery – free, simple, proven
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