In the book Alcoholics Anonymous, fear has been called “an evil and corroding thread; the fabric of our existence was shot through with it. “
In my own case, I drank because I was afraid, afraid that people wouldn't like me the way I was. Alcohol changed me into a person I thought other people would approve of, but ironically, I became less likeable.
As time progressed, again fear caused me to drink more, only now it was fear of things I had done or fear of what I had become. In the end, it was as the book Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions says....”self-centered fear. A fear that I would either lose what I possessed or fail to get what I demanded.”
As with anger, I needed only to turn to a power greater than myself and ask that Power to remove my fear and to direct me to those I could help. Because I trusted and relied upon my higher power, I began to lose my fears and they were later replaced by actions of a positive, helping nature.
Today, I only have fear when I begin to lose my faith.
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