The story shocked me more than usual because I know my buddy is a pretty good martial artist. He is often dubbed as 'talented' by his colleagues and superiors. What's wrong your story? In theory, he would have wasted the thief in no time while he clearly had no weapon with him. According to him, he couldn't know how to handle it. He knew how he could subdue such assault but he just couldn't know what to do immediately. Traditional treatment programs, especially Alcoholics Anonymous, profess that being of service to others is really a critical element of addiction recovery. And, I would accept that perspective. However, everyone?s true-life purpose is unique and necessarily have to do with helping others overcome alcoholism. In fact, 90% of the time, the true life function of an addicted person has nothing related to addiction recovery. Providing a blanket rule, like AA does, not just leads people astray, nonetheless it?s also counterproductive because helping others with the exact same affliction usually perpetuates victimization.