[nandm]

.....We have no right to save our own skin at another person's expense. Such parts of our story we tell to someone who will understand, yet be unaffected. The rule is we must be hard on ourself, but always considerate of others.

This is one of the only rules in this book. Do we have such a lack of concern for the well-being of others that we would try to gain relief for ourselves at their expense? We are attempting to gain freedom from selfishness.