| AA Thought for the Day
AA Thought for the Day
September 26, 2005
Self-restraint
Nothing pays off like restraint of tongue and pen.
We must avoid quick-tempered criticism
and furious, power-driven argument.
The same goes for sulking or silent scorn.
These are emotional booby traps baited with pride
and vengefulness.
Our first job is to sidestep the traps. . .
For we can neither think nor act to good purpose
until the habit of self-restraint has become automatic.
c. 1953 AAWS, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 91
With permission, Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.
Thought to Ponder . . .
If I am upset, I am the problem.
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