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Four Things Newcomers Should Know

Byoldtimer March 6, 2020 Reading Time: 7 minutes

New to AA? Sent by the courts, your psychologist, or your employer and not sure what to expect? Or, maybe you’ve stumbled into a meeting and are now scratching your head wondering, “what the heck is going on here?” Well, this post is for you! AA Background AA may be the most successful mainstream “treatment”…

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Self-Centered Fear – Feels Real – It Isn’t

Byoldtimer February 17, 2019 Reading Time: 3 minutes

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 on a basis of unsatisfied demands, we were in a state of continual disturbance and frustration. 12 + 12 p.76. Fear Without Danger Especially for people…