I don’t like being bored and I don’t like to be scared,
therefore, I avoid both of these states of being like the plague! And
yet, conversations about both boredom and fear interest me immeasurably!
Okay, nothing about living a life of recovery should
ever bore
me, in my opinion. Recovery has been a total transformation and an
embracing of gratitude, so where inside of that would I find boredom? I
don't recall in the last eight years ever even uttering the words, "I'm
bored." Maybe part of this is how I was raised? I do remember hearing at
a much younger age, "If you're bored, you're boring." So, therefore, I
detest the state of boredom.
Fear. Ewe. Even the mere
thought of that
word gets me a little worked up emotionally because I know that I can
easily create it at any time in my mind. For my addict mind, fear
is like a deceptive drug of poison that enables all sorts of nonsense!
Sometimes I even go into a whole inventory of what I'm currently fearing
just by hearing the word!
I've educated myself about
this word since I was in acting school. My mentors, coaches, professors,
friends all around me would say, "Be fearless in your work and life!"
Since then, two of my favorite books-
The Bible and the big book
Alcoholic's Anonymous have continued to educate me on why I am to choose courage and faith over fear. Below are some excerpts of fear that I LOVE!
... "Fear." 12&12 Step Twelve, p.123
... fear. BB How It Works, p.68
... fear. BB Into Action, p.84
... fear. BB To Wives, p.104
... fear. BB To Employers, p.145
2 Timothy 1:7
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.
... fear and direct our attention to what ... BB How It Works, p.68
We
ask Him to
remove our
fear and
direct our
attention to what He would have us be.
Deuteronomy 31:6
"Be
strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them,
for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake
you."
... fear and tension -- that makes for more ... BB Into Action, p.73
.
.. fear, anger, worry, self-pity, or foolish decisions. BB Into Action, p.88
Fear gripped him. BB A Vision For You, p.154
1 Chronicles 28:20
David
also said to Solomon his son, "Be strong and courageous, and do the
work. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with
you. He will not fail you or forsake you until all the work for the
service of the temple of the LORD is finished.
... fear of creditors no matter how far ... BB Into Action, p.78
We
must lose our
fear of
creditors no matter how
far we have to
go, for we are
liable to
drink if we are
afraid to
face them.
... fear of making a scene should I ... BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.173
... fear of not sleeping, and the other ... BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.175
One was the
fear of not
sleeping, and the
other was the
fear of
running out of
liquor.
Fear of people and of economic insecurity ... BB Into Action, p.84
... fear of the next debauch; the mother ... BB To Wives, p.104
... fear of today, tomorrow or the hereafter. BB How It Works, p.63
... fear ought to be classed with stealing. BB How It Works, p.68
... fear problem, or any other. BB How It Works, p.68
Some of us
once had
great self-
confidence, but it didn't
fully solve the
fear problem, or
any other.
... fear, self-delusion, self-seeking, and self-pity, we step ... BB How It Works, p.62
... fear; they only thought they had humbled ... BB Into Action, p.73
They only
thought they had
lost their
egoism and
fear; they only
thought they had
humbled themselves.
... fear, we were unhappy, we couldn't seem ... BB We Agnostics, p.52
We were having
trouble with
personal relationships, we couldn't
control our
emotional natures, we were a
prey to
misery and
depression, we couldn't
make a
living, we had a
feeling of
uselessness, we were
full of
fear, we were
unhappy, we couldn't
seem to be of
real help to
other people -- was not a
basic solution of these
bedevilments more important than
whether we should
see newsreels of
lunar flight?
... fear, worry and hurt feelings is a ... BB To Wives, p.116
When we do that, we
find it
solves our
problems too; the
ensuing lack of
fear,
worry and
hurt feelings is a
wonderful thing.
1 John 4:18
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment.
