| AA Thought for the Day
AA Thought for the Day
June 18, 2005
Grudges
In AA we slowly learned that something had to be done
about our vengeful resentments, self-pity,
and unwarranted pride.
We had to see that every time we played the big shot,
we turned people against us.
We had to see that when we harbored grudges
and planned revenge for such defeats,
we were really beating ourselves with the club of anger
we had intended to use on others.
We learned that if we were seriously disturbed,
our first need was to quiet that disturbance,
regardless of who or what we thought caused it.
c. 1953 AAWS, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 47
With permission, Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.
Thought to Ponder . . .
Those who anger me, conquer me.
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