His family put the fun in dysfunctional, as Jake stood by — actually sat, lounged — subject to financial, sexual, disparaging jabs about parents, disdain from hedonistic uncle, antipathy and manipulation by and about grandmother. And Jake ate as Charlie belittled […]
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Simple and Personal
In spite of the great increase in the size and the span of this Fellowship, at its core it remains simple and personal. ~ Alcoholics Anonymous, Foreword to the Third Edition How can anything be more personal than one-on-one counseling? […]
Continue reading »Principle of Good Enough
The principle of good enough (sometimes abbreviated to POGE) is a rule for software and systems design. It favours quick-and-simple (but potentially extensible) designs over elaborate systems designed by committees. Once the quick-and-simple design is deployed, it can then evolve […]
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Our Society then entered a fearsome and exciting adolescent period. The test that it faced was this: Could these large numbers of erstwhile erratic alcoholics successfully meet and work together? ~ Alcoholics Anonymous, Second Edition Erratic capsulizes my life. This way, that […]
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Wholesale miracle, they called AA in 1955. Wholesale, an odd modifier of miracle. “Done on a large scale; extensive” as an adjective. As a noun, “the selling of goods in large quantities to be retailed by others.” By use, a […]
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