Originally Posted by
Hawks 
I'm reading Marianne Williams book "A reflection on A Course In Miracles "
It is helping this recovered Alcoholic to learn to love himself to a healthy level, also it is teaching me to love others unconditionally.
I can see where the confusion arises between alcoholism and npd.
However the root causes are not the same for the reasons I mentioned.
You can't be in Love with yourself and killing yourself at the same time.
What about the alcoholic who on one hand values his life so much that he makes sure he gets all of the recommended physicals and tests and takes his vitamins and statins and anti-hypertensives religiously.. but on the other hand drinks himself crazy. This is AH, and I've always described him as having one foot on the brake and the other on the accelerator. Loving himself too much? Or not enough?