Key points:
- Living life based on getting what I think I want does not work
- It puts me into conflict with others
- I might be mean or I might be nice, but the result is the same:
- Fear, frustration, exhaustion, despair
- Even if I got my own way I would not be happy
- My problem is selfishness (‘me first!’) / self-centeredness (‘it’s all about me!’)
- I am driven by self
- To stay sober, I need to be free of selfishness / self-centeredness
- To be happy, I need to be free of selfishness / self-centeredness
- I can’t bring this about myself
- But if I take the Steps, I will be released