"In a culture that generally celebrates empowerment and self-esteem, A.A. begins with disempowerment. The goal is to get people to gain control over their lives, but it all begins with an act of surrender and an admission of weakness.
In a culture that thinks of itself as individualistic, A.A. relies on fellowship. The general idea is that people aren't really captains of their own ship. Successful members become deeply intertwined with one another — learning, sharing, suffering and mentoring one another. Individual repair is a social effort." David Brooks, NY Times
Every week I hear new stories from friends about cutbacks at work, slow sales, home losses; America is a very sick country and people are truly suffering. Some people want to blame our problems on a President who has been in office less than a year but America has been sick for a long time it just didn't know how sick it was and it's not going to get better soon it's going to get worse. It's sad. I have a friend, middle class, intelligent, educated, ex-army, hardworking, honest guy who's wife has cancer and he just got his hours cut back at work. He says, "it's too much to deal with. I'm overwhelmed. If I lose my job my wife will have no benefits and how will pay for her cancer treatments?" It's just wrong on so many levels. America is just so wrong, right now. Things have got to change. And let's not even talk about BP. What a fucking mess. But Toy Story 3 was good!
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