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.
Yup. I always get challenged to be a better me.
I love the 3rd step prayer particularly the part “...Relieve me of the bondage of self....let me do thy will always.”