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Remember Mindfulness – relax your whole body

Pride

When Alexander the Great visited the Delphic Oracle in 336 BC, he hoped to be told that he would conquer the world. Instead, he received the equivocal message that he would be ‘invincible’. This turned out to be true because despite military success, he was unable to conquer himself and died aged only thirty-two; the suspected cause of death was alcohol poisoning. The Oracle might have added two other bits of jargon they commonly used: ‘Know thyself’ and ‘Nothing in excess.’ Alexander was one in a long line of very gifted men and women whose lives were blighted by their inability to overcome addiction. Do I understand the need to make recovery my priority above everything else?

I must build my life round my recovery. When things go well, our ego makes us minimise the dangers of relapse. Victorious Roman generals returning in triumph from war had to be accompanied by a slave who whispered ‘memento mori’ (remember you are mortal). The Twelve Steps give us the same message. We ignore it at our peril. Today I ask to remember that pride can cause relapse.