Originally Posted by
wpainterw 
Hasn't AA taught me anything? Would a "higher power" really be able to "remove" this from me? Well, to look on the bright side, what AA has taught me is that I have these weaknesses and I should focus on ways to cope with them, to take it easy, slow down, have patience, humility. I think it's taught me a lot about myself. But it's also led me to believe that it doesn't provide any magic solution, no sudden "removal" of "character defects".
Congrats on 23 years....Amazing stuff. I think the answer to that for me would be yes...That doesn't mean that they don't pop back up now and then. You have to make a conscious effort to deal with them as they do...I had a guy in a meeting one day saying it was like that "Whack a mole" game...I think of that every time I see a charactor defect rear it's ugly head. You sound like you are doing great. Thanks for sharing.