When Self-Reliance Feeds Fear

Fear, it isn’t always what you think it is

In recovery, I’ve learned that much of what I called fear was actually self-reliance in disguise, anxieties born from a failed system of thinking that kept me stuck. This piece explores how the Twelve Steps, the Big Book, and insights from A Course in Miracles reveal a better way: moving from the orbit of fear into the gravitational pull of a Higher Pow…