Learning to Grow in Self-esteem

YOU'VE PROBABLY heard the story about Groucho Marx's refusal to belong to any country club that would accept him as a member. One of our AA members used to tell this story with quite a flourish. It was a delightful illustration of a prevalent human problem: low self-esteem. The story probably clicked especially well at AA meetings because alcoholics apparently have lots of trouble in building and maintaining self-esteem.