I asked about the thinking of Bob Smith. The doctor from Akron, co-founder of the fellowship. The programme is simple — it is people who complicate it. Honesty with yourself. Admitting powerlessness. Repairing the harm. Helping others. Sobriety is action, not talk. Going to meetings, talking to other people, service. Not analysing forever. More: do it today. Alcohol is a symptom, not the core of the problem. Underneath sit fear, ego, escape, a lack of honesty with yourself. Which is why willpower alone does not work. And if you are not helping
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