Discovery is marvelous, but recovery is the focus. We can discover many things from insightful self-help books or from a talk-show host. Yet, our experience shows that we cannot read ourselves into true change, and we cannot watch enough television to find healing that lasts. We simply become information gatherers, which is a form of control in itself. If we are simply reading about recovery or watching it on television, we still think we can reason out a solution without doing the actual work of recovery. Our experience shows that we cannot recover alone. ~ INC., ACA WSO. ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS/DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILIES . ACA WSO INC.. Kindle Edition.

Have you tried to read yourself into change?
I have. For several years I’ve read daily
from a dozen or more books, many program literature,
all designed for self-growth, some every year,
the rest rotated in and out. I have found it true,
though, I simply become an information gatherer,
that it is which is a form of control in itself.
When  work with others on the path I choose,
The reading is mind only. My experience shows
I need community, I cannot recover alone.