“The sensation is so elusive that, while they admit it is injurious, they cannot after a time differentiate the true from the false.” (The Doctor’s Opinion)
“Was I crazy? I began to wonder, for such an appalling lack of perspective seemed near being just that.” (Page 5, Big Book)
“Whatever the precise definition of the word may be, we call this plain insanity. How can such a lack of proportion, of the ability to think straight, be called anything else?” (Page 37, Big Book)
“Perhaps your husband has been living in that strange world of alcoholism where everything is distorted and exaggerated.” (Page 108, Big Book)
“The practical individual of today is a stickler for facts and results.” (Page 148, Big Book)
Distortion, exaggeration, lack of perspective, lack of proportion, elusive.
Insanity: Seeing only the parts of the situation, not the whole. The picture of the whole is elusive. The perspective—the appreciation of what is near and what is far—is off. The relative proportions of good and bad, profit and loss, are off. The thinking is not straight but crooked, the perceptions distorted and exaggerated: the inability to tell the true from the false.
This is the description of any dysfunctional scenario.
What’s the answer?
Ask God to be able to see the facts and the results.
“What’s the truth?” one asks, and, when one thus asks, one is gradually shown.