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Never Enough

Never Enough

Changing an old, useless narrative

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Russell Rowland
Feb 22, 2024
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Nicolae Prisac

One of my favorite passages from recovery literature talks about how most alcoholics would rather be either standing on top of the pile, or hiding underneath it. In other words, if we can’t be the very best at something, we shrink into the background and hope nobody notices us. It’s a broad generalization, of course, but part of what makes…

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