Affective - to feel it 3. That we think is the root of our troubles. So our troubles we think, are basically of our own making. Awareness - to know it 2. Acceptance - to feel it 3.
Therapeutic goal is to extend the feeling of community to everyone.
The alcoholics's goal is too high for reality. Having a high goal isn't a problem. The problem is wanting to be in a high place without earning it. This fictional future reference point pulls all movements in the same compensatory direction. The view of the future guides the person in the present, i.e. never feeling pain.