F.E.A.R. = Frustration, Ego, Anxiety and Resentment. -- Anonymous
We don't want to return to the life we led before recovery, but fear should never be the reason why we don't. Fear keeps us from being open to the Program. If we're only in the Program because we're afraid of the old way of life, we'll never pay attention and open our souls to learn about the new way. We'll be too busy looking back over our shoulders to make sure the old life isn't creeping up on us.
We have to want the Program out of a desire for a new life, not out of a fear of the old. Positive thinking and behavior will be in charge if we are to make any character growth. Every fear encourages negative thinking that can destroy us. Guilt and shame come from the past, just like fear. If those feelings are what drive us, we will never grow.
I will make it a practice to take note of my fears. I will take an inventory of each fear until I understand what caused it. Then I will be able to find a way to work through them.
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Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ~Dr. Seuss
I must say that reading through this was my fear at first when I enter the program and can relate to it, I also had to learn to have an open mind for spiritual and positive changes to a better life.
Today I still have fears and honestly say that I'm working through them one day at a time. And that with the help of the program and the willingness to except the things I cannot change. Also acceptance for the present.
