Breaking Free, Recovery, Non-Duality, and the Twelve Steps

The Bondage of Self and the Illusion of the Doer

“Self can’t get out of self. That’s the whole trap. Recovery begins the moment we stop trying to use the problem to fix the problem.”

That’s the bondage of self, the illusion that we are the doer, the one who can think, maneuver, or willpower our way out of the mess. But what can a failed system teach us? Only that it has failed. The alcoholic life, left…