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Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. ∼Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein was a very wise man and his quote is one we use often in the 12-step Fellowships. But, there are many things we have to do over and over again in order to get it through our thick heads. It’s not that we expect different results—we just expect any results! For instance, we have to read recovery literature and meditations over and over again so recovery principles will sink into our very being. We must go to meetings over and over again in order to bolster our support and continue to grow. We must call our sponsor over and over again so that we “get” what it is they need to teach us. “Over and over” again isn’t bad when we use repetition to support ourselves and grow in recovery. It is healthy when it supports the results we want, but repetition is insane when we keep getting results we don’t want.

I do what I can, let go of what I can't, and

leave the results to my Higher Power.

That is the insanity of this disease - that I could, over, and over, and over, do the same thing and expect different results, every single time. But the results were always the same, and always devastating.

~Chemically Dependent Anonymous P 238