LETTING GO OF SELF-OBSESSION -
"Most of us owe amends to at least one person who has also harmed us. Perhaps we haven't truly forgiven that person yet. We must let go of resentments and focus on our part in the conflicts in our lives. We won't get better...if we are still in the grip of self-obsession." (NA, It Works, How & Why, p. 55 on self-delusion)
FREES US FROM SELF-DELUSION'S PRISON -
"Some of us, though, tripped over a very different snag. We clung to the claim that when drinking we never hurt anybody but ourselves." (AA, 12 & 12, p, 79)
"The tragic
condition in
modern man, is
not that he ignores
the meaning of his
life, but that it bot-
hers him less
and less."
Vaclav Havel (1936 - ) former dissident and 1st Pres. of the Czech Republic
*HP - Higher Power - is any power greater than oneself. Like Nature, the Cosmos, or even the legal system.
