We Don't Know!

"..We don't know what we don't know" 
- Donald Rumsfeld 

Some quotes that fall out of peoples mouths are just to good to pass up. No matter who the person is. This is one of those. And this one, just falls right into the rooms of recovery, and I think it's going to stick. 

Why? It's a silly truism. And it's dead simple. But then when you start thinking it over, and tossing it back and forth to the other members of our mental committees they all seem to agree that "Yea, he's right! We DON'T KNOW what we don't know. We're in need of data. 

No need to panic. Think of it as an awakening of knowing that we know that we don't know that will lead us someplace where we CAN know. 

We're learning as we go along. We no longer want to say, "Everyone needs something to believe in, so I believe I'll have another beer." We no longer have an obsession to use or drink. So now we can move on to another saying...

"Progress not Perfection". Meaning that we'll always be learning something new, no matter what, on our journey.