1. THE STICK FIGURE MODEL When I was in my first few months of sobriety, one of my dear sober friends Brigette said something that really stuck in my head. It helped me tremendously. She said that in our own heads, we’re giant stick figures, while everyone else is a little stick figure. But, here’s the thing. In other people’s heads, they’re the giant stick figures, and we are miniscule, amid a sea of other stick figures. People are so wrapped up in themselves, that you are pretty insignificant.
