Actually the book refers to it in another manner. It talks about the nature of the alcholic mind. The story of the man on a business trip who decides it is a good idea to have a whiskey with milk in it, the director who insists that everyone do things his way and only his way.
I have seen dry drunks who go to meetings and are still so grandiose that they must bring their’posse’ with them wherever they go. They always having a ‘burning desire’ to talk and when asked to limit their comments to X number of minutes they most always go 2.5X.
Oh golly. Oh gee. I don't know ANYONE like that . . . gulp. LOL.
Guilty as charged. It is probably the biggest defect of character I deal with. Interesting too it also ties in with no trusting others. (Besides the grandiosity and control). Isn't it amazing the layers that present themselves when the steps are worked and days of sobriety add up?
I have seen dry drunks who go to meetings and are still so grandiose that they must bring their’posse’ with them wherever they go. They always having a ‘burning desire’ to talk and when asked to limit their comments to X number of minutes they most always go 2.5X.
I must admit I do get a major resentment, especially at the latter. It is just the height of irony and obliviousness. Guess it gives me an opportunity to work a program.