The book This Naked Mind is based on the true story of Annie Grace, who recalls her life of addiction to alcohol. She recounts her steps to sobriety all within her own power, by changing her unconscious and conscious thoughts. “Anything unconscious dissolves when you shine the light of consciousness on it” – Echart Tolle (p. 26, para 2). Before Annie 's sobriety, she believed as many people do, that in order to become sober it would mean a life of misery and constant struggles. "If my choice is to live a life of misery in diseased abstinence or drink myself to an early grave, I choose the later. Horrifying but true"(p. 15 para 3)
The only addiction program that Annie knew about was what her brother told her about his experience with A.A. He says you start out every meeting admitting that you are an alcoholic powerless against alcohol. He says they believe alcoholism is a fatal illness without a cure. And I personally know self-proclaimed alcoholics who, rather than finding peace, fight a daily battle for sobriety. It seems miserable in our culture to be sober (p. 15, para 4). Living one day at a time; fighting every second to stay sober, does not sit well with Annie. Ordinarily people will not seek help because they have been conditioned to believe they will be miserable trying to stay sober and most …show more content…
to a ball and chain that you have to drag around with you for the rest of your life just to stay sober. There are people that have no problem with making A.A. a lifelong commitment, and that is fine if it works for them, Annie is simply saying she did not want to live in the belief that she would be chained to meetings, and struggle for the rest of her life just to stay sober. She believes that some people do not want to live that way either, and that is the reason they will not consider sobriety. And to that philosophy, I would have to concur with
The only addiction program that Annie knew about was what her brother told her about his experience with A.A. He says you start out every meeting admitting that you are an alcoholic powerless against alcohol. He says they believe alcoholism is a fatal illness without a cure. And I personally know self-proclaimed alcoholics who, rather than finding peace, fight a daily battle for sobriety. It seems miserable in our culture to be sober (p. 15, para 4). Living one day at a time; fighting every second to stay sober, does not sit well with Annie. Ordinarily people will not seek help because they have been conditioned to believe they will be miserable trying to stay sober and most …show more content…
to a ball and chain that you have to drag around with you for the rest of your life just to stay sober. There are people that have no problem with making A.A. a lifelong commitment, and that is fine if it works for them, Annie is simply saying she did not want to live in the belief that she would be chained to meetings, and struggle for the rest of her life just to stay sober. She believes that some people do not want to live that way either, and that is the reason they will not consider sobriety. And to that philosophy, I would have to concur with