Great post!
Great post, I not only agree with but support all you've said, not least because whilst alcohol may no longer lay a part in my life, 'The Serenity Prayer', which is strongly, in its wording, linked to Stoic philosophy which in turn forms the core value of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Is included in my daily prayers and meditations together with a prayer of gratitude for my recovery and all it's brought with it, not least the fact I'm alive!
The daily reminder that whilst I am now, 'the Master of my fate and once more the Captain of my soul' see the poem,' Invictus', which I certainly wasn't in my drinking days I will always suffer from alcoholism. Now enhances this making me remember what Carl Sandburg said,' A society (or individual - my words) that forgets where it came from, will destroy itself,' history has proved the truth of that on a regular basis...