Sandy B. Writing My Way Out
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Sandy B. opens a New Y.'s meeting in D.C. with a blunt reminder that the only way out of the wreckage is to torch the old 'game plan for living.' He describes the alcoholic's ego as a stubborn thing that would rather go down the toilet while imagining people are singing a folk song about the 'ultimate loser' than ask for help.
Sandy dismantles the idea that powerlessness is just a physical allergy to alcohol, comparing it to a lobster allergy—if it were just physical, you'd just stop eating lobster. The real wreckage is the mental obsession: the insanity of walking into a bar and ordering two beers while knowing you're about to lose your family and your freedom. He argues that sobriety is a paradox where you only win by surrendering and becoming dependent on a Higher Power to finally become independent from your own erratic emotions.
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