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Stop treating sobriety like a character test. Stoicism treats self-control as a practice. Alcohol recovery gets easier to teach when you talk about skills, not shame. Discipline vs Skill: Stoicism, Alcohol Recovery, and the Lie That Willpower Is the Problem

Discipline vs Skill: Stoicism, Alcohol Recovery, and the Lie That Willpower Is the Problem

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The word discipline sounds simple. It is not.

For a lot of people in alcohol recovery, discipline carries baggage. It sounds like punishment. It sounds like school detentions, job write-ups, court mandates, parents yelling

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