Humility - Indispensable to Recovery

Principle of Recovery: Humility

In popular culture, humility isn't often held up for admiration. It is mostly the flashy ones, the ones that speak loudly, the flamboyant, charismatic "look at me" ones that are valued and pointed to. When newcomers to treatment for addiction learn that humility is indispensable  to recovery, there is some explaining to do.

What is Humility?

If  humility is indispensable to recovery, what it is?? Rather than an explanation, one good way to learn about humility is to learn about some humble people.  They are not really that hard to find. Some names that come to mind quickly are Nelson Mandala, His Holiness The Fourteenth Dali Lama, Gandhi, Mother Teresa, and Jesus are some well known examples.