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The AA program teaches humility. It has been said that it is impossible to hurt a genuinely humble person. Certainly much of the alcoholic's tension is caused by his false pride and by his effort to maintain the fiction that he is one hell of a fellow. Humility may be defined as the ability to see oneself in proper perspective, to accept one's true position in the universe. As the AA member achieves the realistic view of himself, his tensions are sure to lessen.