My AA friend introduced himself in the usual fashion. Then he shared, “you would think from all the news reports that autonomous driving is something new. But I can assure you, self-driving vehicles made the news in Calgary decades ago, long before Google was invented, never mind starting their self-driving car project.”
complacency
Complacency is worse than resentment (Part 2)
Last week I shared a series of “Hey Martha” factoids about patients not following medically prescribed treatment protocols, comparing those problems to our Program experience with Complacency in AA. Medical experts called it ‘Adherence.’ We call it, ‘Staying with the Program.’
Complacency is a problem for both the medical profession and AA.
Complacency is worse than resentment (Part 1)
Years ago, I produced and starred in a cable TV show. I learned the importance of, “Hey Martha.”
A “Hey Martha” is a fact or insight which causes Henry, watching the television in the living room, to yell out to his wife in the kitchen, “hey Martha, come here, you gotta hear this.”