IP-12 The Triangle of Self-Obsession. (1)
As addicts, however, we seem to falter along the way. We never seem to outgrow the ____- _______ of the child.
self-centeredness
All of our defects of characters are forms of these three reactions (resentment, anger, fear). Self-obsession is at the heart of our ________.
insanity.
In Narcotics Anonymous we are given a new way of ______ and a new set of ______.
life, tools
Resentment is replaced with ________.
acceptance.
Orange
30 days clean
We never seem to find the self-sufficiency that others do. We continue to depend on the world around us and _____ ______ ______ that we will not be given everything.
refuse to accept
_________ is the way most of us react to our past. It is the reliving of past experiences, again and again in our mind.
Resentment
These tools are called the _____ _____.
Twelve Steps.
Anger is replaced with _______.
White
24 Hour
We reach a point where contentment and fulfillment are ___________.
impossible.
Anger is the way most of us deal with ________. It is our reaction to and denial of reality.
present
We will work them to the best of our _________.
ability.
Fear is replaced with _______.
faith.
Red
90 days.
People, places and things cannot possibly fill the emptiness inside of us, and we react to them with _________, _________ and _______.
resentment, anger, fear.
Fear is what we _______ when we think about the future. It is our response to the unknown; a fantasy in reverse.
feel
If we stay clean, and learn to _______ _______ _______ in all our affairs.
practice these principles
we have a disease that, in the end, forces us to seek help. We are fortunate that we are given only _____ choice; one last chance.
one
Yellow
9 mos.
Resentment, anger and fear make up the triangle of _________.
self-obsession.
They are the way that we react when people, places and things (past, present and future do not live up to our ________.
demands.
A ______ happens. we find freedom-from drugs, from our addiction and from our self-obsession.
miracle
We must break the triangle of self-obsession; we must grow or_______.
die.
Glow in the dark
One year