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Self-Sacrifice and Self-Destruction

Self-Sacrifice and Self-Destruction

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Feb 18, 2021
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“The alcoholic sees themselves as a piece of shit at the center of the universe” is an image that I picked up somewhere along the line in early recovery - it usually gets knowing chuckles and nods whenever it’s shared in meetings, since it captures something that a lot of addicts can relate to. It’s an image of simultaneous grandiosity and self-loathing…

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