Maslow’s Heirarchy Upside Down

When I learned about Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs in junior college 20 years ago, I thought that all I needed to do was meet the top need for Self-actualization and all the rest would fall into place. I cared little what went into my body but what came out but my mind was a different [...]

If I have a secret, you have a weapon.

On anonymity: I’ve been using this quote from the Tao Te Ching for years when I speak on anonymity and recently found that I had made it up because it is not in fact in the Tao though it should be. I have for years felt that the modern obsession with anonymity was building more [...]

Dogma at the Diner

Dogma: a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof, a set of beliefs Dogmatic: the arrogant assertion of unproved or unprovable principles I went to lunch with a group of about 6 friends after an Overeater Anonymous meeting as I have done for many years. I’ve been in OA for 25 years and [...]