”Your Best Thinking Got You Here!” And Other Questionable Things Said To Us In Early Recovery

2022-05-06

RMA-Episode 84 Show Notes: Your best thinking got you here. It’s a common enough slogan in AA and other 12 Step programs, but what does it mean? Einstein said that you cannot solve a problem with the same thinking that caused it. Does that mean we shouldn’t question the methods and philosophical underpinnings or recovery programs? Or is there perhaps a place for self-empowerment and self- reliance in recovery. Mike and Nat debate the implications of checking your brain at the door and whether it’s a necessary predicate to achieving lasting recovery. Also, Monkster...

RMA-Episode 84 Show Notes:

Your best thinking got you here. It’s a common enough slogan in AA and other 12 Step programs, but what does it mean? Einstein said that you cannot solve a problem with the same thinking that caused it. Does that mean we shouldn’t question the methods and philosophical underpinnings or recovery programs? Or is there perhaps a place for self-empowerment and self- reliance in recovery. Mike and Nat debate the implications of checking your brain at the door and whether it’s a necessary predicate to achieving lasting recovery.

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