Fear and the Alcoholic
Fear lays at the heart of every AA, in that they lived, breathed and consumed fear throughout their lives in every aspect of the word. Not having fear is impossible for an alcoholic because they do not believe they can survive without being false, and their falsehood begins within themselves. They do not trust themselves and therefore, do not trust anyone esle, and where there is no trust, in themselves as well as anyone esle, there can be no peace, ever. They fear everything and everyone one, to diffreeing degrees. Knowing this and knowing that any alcoholic can and will recover if they are willing, honest and open minded enough to follow the steps outlined in the Big Book, to best of their ability, and continue to enlarge upon their spiritual lives through the continual completion of steps 10, 11, and 12.