Yes – this is the latest
response from the Happy One to South Middlesex IG's letter (see below) – the
chap seems to have been so far rocketed into another dimension that he has
almost exited the galaxy completely! And so....
“Dear All, I pray
that all at Intergroup and all who might read this, are happy, healthy, joyous
and free, and enjoying all the beauty of this God given sober
life.
I regularly attend
the wonderful meetings at Bayham Road and Green Man Lane. I find them all
tremendous, all carrying the beautiful Big Book message, in line with our
tremendous Traditions, in fact I find all the lovely meetings in Ealing do the
same thing, in fact I find all meetings I go to are aiming to carry our
beautiful message of recovery, whether this be in other parts of London, other
parts of the U.K., Ireland or other places in Europe.Why not come along to
some of the meetings at both these lovely venues, like meetings everywhere they
are fantastic. Look forward to seeing you there, or at other meetings in our
lovely Intergroup or meetings elsewhere.
Anyway God bless you all,
you are all always in my prayers, and may we pray that AA does happily and
healthily grow and glow, God bless, Dennis.”
Comment: The medical term
for his condition we believe is “barking” - or perhaps narcissist! There's a lot
of them about in the cult! See following:
Hotchkiss' seven
deadly sins of narcissism:
1. Shamelessness: Shame
is the feeling that lurks beneath all unhealthy narcissism, and the inability to
process shame in healthy ways.
2. Magical thinking:
Narcissists see themselves as perfect, using distortion and illusion known as
magical thinking. They also use projection to dump shame onto others.
3. Arrogance: A
narcissist who is feeling deflated may reinflate by diminishing, debasing, or
degrading somebody else.
4. Envy: A narcissist may
secure a sense of superiority in the face of another person's ability by using
contempt to minimize the other person.
5. Entitlement:
Narcissists hold unreasonable expectations of particularly favourable treatment
and automatic compliance because they consider themselves special. Failure to
comply is considered an attack on their superiority, and the perpetrator is
considered an "awkward" or "difficult" person. Defiance of their will is a
narcissistic injury that can trigger narcissistic rage.
6. Exploitation: Can take
many forms but always involves the exploitation of others without regard for
their feelings or interests. Often the other is in a subservient position where
resistance would be difficult or even impossible. Sometimes the subservience is
not so much real as assumed.
7. Bad boundaries:
Narcissists do not recognize that they have boundaries and that others are
separate and are not extensions of themselves. Others either exist to meet their
needs or may as well not exist at all. Those who provide narcissistic supply to
the narcissist are treated as if they are part of the narcissist and are
expected to live up to those expectations. In the mind of a narcissist there is
no boundary between self and other.
(Hotchkiss, Sandy &
Masterson, James F. Why Is It Always About You?: The Seven Deadly Sins of
Narcissism (2003)
This all sounds very
familiar!
Over to South Middlesex
IG
Cheerio
The Fellas (Friends of
Alcoholics Anonymous)
(our usual thanks to our
reporter)
