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07-12-2003, 08:09 AM
AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy AAOnline.net)
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.
c. 1952 AAWS, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 76
With permission, Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.
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(courtesy AAOnline.net)
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.
c. 1952 AAWS, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 76
With permission, Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.
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