SELFISHNESS ILLS -
"So our trou-
bles, we think, are
basically of our own
making. They arise out
of ourselves" "and an ex-
treme example of SELF-
WILL RUN RIOT, though
he usually doesn't think
so. Above everything
we ... must be rid of
this selfishness.
We must, or it
kills us." (The
Big Book,
p. 62)
BREAKING FREE OF OUR DESIGNER STRAIGHT JACKETS -
"Now indulgence
in these character
defects clouds our abil-
ity to think logically. Self-
ishness becomes an in-
tolerable, destructive
chain that ties us to
our bad habits."
(The Basic
Text, p.
34)
"Selfishness
is not living as
one wishes to live,
it is asking oth-
ers to live as
one wishes
to live."
- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) famed UK author, died in prison for being openly Gay
HP - Higher Power - is any power greater than oneself, like Nature, the Cosmos, or even the legal system.