People in various 12-step Fellowships are often proponents of an unassuming acronym known as K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple, Sweetheart). Others are impressed at just how easily and how well problems get handled when we deal with them one at a time. In our increasingly technical world, we’re surrounded by examples but don’t always recognize them: …∞
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Comments made by a recovering member of Alcoholics Anonymous about the process of recovery. This provides evidence that getting sober is a process not a sudden or once only event. 1. I had tried before, and didn’t succeed. This time I really tried using AA as part of my Recovery Program. Although I was court-mandated; …∞
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The Power of Humility Recovery, for me, was not just getting sober. Recovery also involved finding a new spiritual philosophy. I was often reminded of the slogan; ‘The man I was, was a drinker. The man I was would drink again.’ I had to change. And false humility was my primary character defect. I had …∞
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Recovery, for me, was not just getting clean or sober. Recovery also involved finding a new spiritual attitude. I was often reminded of the saying; ‘The man I was was a drinker. The man I was would drink again.’ I had to change. And false humility was my primary character defect, I was in denial …∞
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