Buying into other people’s power: Addiction, recovery from racism

“The danger for us is to think too small. Buy into other people’s power rather than the power that we have. In every solitary one of us, there is a Martin Luther King.”

Father Leo Booth provides makes a compelling case that addiction and recovery are a spiritual journey of becoming aware of our own power. He highlights all the self-doubt and ego that drives a person into addiction, and how to overcome this. What’s interesting is that you can replace every mention of “acohol” and “alcoholic” with “racism” or “racist” and it would make perfect sense. This is about a journey towards true self-awareness, rather than some superficial acceptance of a problem others see in us.

This recording is from 1983, from RecoveryAudio.org