you do know this is the secular forum right Ruf?
LOL
seriously tho there's nothing in Alera's stance (which, I think, by and large I happen to share)
which is anything about 'embiggening' the alkie - for me, I'm simply (and finally) taking responsibility for my own life, and my own mess, utilising those talents and attributes I've been born with.
How can you not look at yourself as small when you see so many others on this site struggling?
Like you, I know I'm not the center of the universe, and I believe that the greater good of others outweighs my own personal good.
Maybe it is that we just disagree on elements of demarcation LOL
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