This can only be averted by continually working this program, in this case Step 12, ‘to carry the message to the addict who still suffers’. May I say, in my self-centred life, in this self-centred world, this edict is indeed revolutionary. Where else are these values enshrined? Where are they practised? Only on the fringes. When I meet people who work in homeless shelters or refugee camps or hospitals I feel like I’m meeting saints, and in a way I am because they have stepped outside of the values of our culture and committed to another path. I’m sure there are NHS A&E nurses that are selfish
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