[Lazamataz]

The thing I love about the *A programs (NA, AA, GA, CA, CMA).... is that to a program they teach you the drinking or drugging or gambling is ONLY A SYMPTOM.

The DISEASE is self-seeking and self-centeredness.

[Vendome]

Zactly.

You elevator yourself above others and seek anything that is a means to an end, as well ends to fulfill a mean.

Relationships become objectified and the whole thing results in a life lived on an island, marooned from loved ones and friends.