“we ask that we be given strength and direction to do the right thing, no matter what the personal consequences may be” (Chapter 6, Big Book)
In AA I have learned to do what is indicated, not what I feel like doing.
What is indicated might feel uncomfortable.
It might bring about short-term challenge or conflict.
These are the personal consequences.
When I run away, duvet-dive, or avoid, I am not living.
These are also personal consequences.
I must pick between the personal consequences of life and the personal consequences of non-life, of death.