VALUES AND SITUATIONS CAN EXPOSE RESENTMENTS AS WELL -

"We list the people, places, social values, institutions, and situations against which we bear anger. We examine not only the circumstances surrounding these resentments, but we look at the part we played in them." (It Works, How & Why, p. 30)




CHASING AWAY THE BOGEYMAN -

" ... the testimony of A.A.'s who have really tried a moral inventory is that pride and fear of this sort turn out to be bogeymen, nothing else. Once we have a complete willingness to take inventory, and exert ourselves to do the job thoroughly, a wonderful light falls upon this foggy scene." (12 & 12, p. 49)




"People and
things do not up-
set us, rather we up-
set ourselves by be-
lieving that they
can upset us."

- Albert Ellis (1913 - 2007) U.S. psychologist





HP - Higher Power - is any power greater than oneself, like Nature, the Cosmos, or even the legal system.

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Zonr Suggestions:
Find a quiet place while you put aside all pre-judgments and open yourself up to the Universal Truths above that unite spiritual traditions from around the world . You may want replace alcohol & drugs with your own struggles with smoking, food, sex, money, rage, work, or even love, in order to make each SFZ a closer, personal fit.


ο»ΏTo receive your own SFZs each day.