Why Is Pride A “Defect of Character”?

Thought for today: When a person first attends a DA meeting, they may hear the concept in studying the Twelve Steps that Pride is a defect of character.  How can Pride be a that? A newcomer asks: “How can Pride be bad?  Isn’t it a good thing – pride of country, being proud of my accomplishments, being proud of […]

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My Best Thinking Got Me To DA

Thought for today: The main problem with compulsive debtors is our minds. Our fear makes us irrationally overspend, under earn, and sabotage our own efforts to get out of debt.  Then we get angry at ourselves over how much of a mess we’ve made things.  The only way out seems to be more debting and the oblivion it offers. It’s […]

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