This very real feeling of inferiority is magnified by his childish sensitivity and it is this state of affairs which generates in him this insatiable, abnormal craving for self-approval and success in the eyes of the world. Still a child, he cries for the moon. And the moon, it seems, won’t have him!”
The Language of the heart pg 102
While drinking I seemed to vacillate between feeling totally invisible and believing I was the centre of the universe. Searching for this elusive balance between the two has become a major part of recovery. The moon I constantly cried for is, in sobriety, rarely full; it shows me instead its many other phases, and there are lessons in them all. True learning has often followed by an eclipse, a time of darkness, but with each cycle of my recovery, the light grows stronger and my vision is clearer.
Pg 103 Daily Reflections
Alcoholics Anonymous World Services
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