Fear

AA Thought for Today

Unreasonable fear that our instincts will not be satisfied drives us to covet the possessions of others, to lust for sex and power, to become angry when our instinctive demands are threatened, to be envious when the ambitions of others seem to be realized while ours are not. . . . These fears are the termites that ceaselessly devour the foundations of whatever sort of life we try to build.

-- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, page 49