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The self, especially as distinct from the world and other selves.
In psychoanalysis, the division of the psyche that is conscious, most immediately controls thought and behavior, and is most in touch with external reality.
An exaggerated sense of self-importance; conceit.
Appropriate pride in oneself; self-esteem.
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Having a chuckle about this. Got up at my group to speak at a three year anniversary and shared that I had just discovered that I had an ego. I was surprised because I thought it was a man thing. The look on their faces was priceless.
Found this to be interesting, especially the part about being a block to spirituality. No wonder the Big Book says we are selfish, self-centered, etc. and we need a spiritual solution.
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...Our actor is self-centered - ego-centric, as people like to call it nowadays. He is like the retired business man who lolls in the Florida sunshine in the winter complaining of the sad state of the nation; the minister who sighs over the sins of the twentieth century; politicians and reformers who are sure all would be Utopia...
Big Book, page 61
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