In this podcast, we discuss one of the surprising paradoxes that exist within 12-step programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous.
We learn that:
- We simply do not think that discipline could mean freedom. We thought of discipline as a form of punishment.
- Alcoholics and addicts of our type are fundamentally enslaved by our desires and cravings to get drunk and high as our only priority. Freedom to us was defined as doing whatever made us feel good.
- To become truly free of the obsessions that ruled our lives, we have to work for it by applying a rigorous, consistent, and compassionate discipline one day at a time. As taught by the principles of our 12-step program.
- Praying for the people we resent is perhaps the most surprising paradox the program has to offer, but it is guaranteed to change one's heart for the better, and free one's soul.