upper and lower companions - by Isabel - Mind Mine
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harnessing the power of the people around us
Tofino on film, July 2021 I came across the concept of lower companions while listening to an interview with Rich Roll, a Stanford varsity swimmer turned alcoholic, turned sober lawyer, turned world class triathlete and hyper-self-aware-and-insightful-type person. Rich was describing how in his early 30's, after a decade of binge drinking and making his life revolve around alcohol, he was finally getting clean. He explained that in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), they have a concept called lower companions. In AA, these are the people that enable someone to drink heavily far past the age that…
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