“Looking back on his life the member they called “Sitting Duck” stated, “When I was drinking, I spent a lot of money I didn’t have, buying things I didn’t need, trying to impress people I didn’t even know.”
The most profound life lesson I have learned {…} is how quickly and easily people are forgotten once they depart this life. Yet, so many of us live only to please or impress others while we are here.
— Anthon St. Maarten
All these failings generate fear, a soul sickness in its own right. Then fear, in turn, generates more character defects. Unreasonable fear that our instincts will not be satisfied drives us to covet the possessions of others…to become angry when our instinctive demands are threatened…
— Page 49 Twelve & Twelve
