The System That Failed

And That Awareness is Where Recovery Begins

There’s a line in the Big Book that’s always stuck with me:
“Isn’t it because self-reliance had failed us?”, p.68

That hits the heart of the dilemma.

I believed I was in control for a long time, calling the shots, managing life, steering the ship. But that belief in self as the doer, that false sense of agency, was precisely what kept me stuck. I didn’t r…