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> [Anxiety is the dizziness we experience when we recognize we hold the freedom and responsibility for our life choices. More than anyone, alcoholics have a very clear sense of this dizziness, especially when we were coming to realize our own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peg-o-connor/anxiety-is-the-dizziness-we-experience-when-we-recognize-we-hold-the/)

[Peg O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peg-o-connor/)

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> [The acknowledgment of powerlessness does empower. We humans are powerless over a whole host of factors and conditions in the world, and mostly we're not bothered by these.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peg-o-connor/the-acknowledgment-of-powerlessness-does-empower-we-humans-are/)

[Peg O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peg-o-connor/)

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## Other authors on Powerlessness

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-warren-farrell-94555.jpg) Warren Farrell 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/powerlessness/warren-farrell/)

## More by Peg O'Connor

> [The narrative that each person tells herself and others is a big part of how we construct our self-identities. It's one of the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peg-o-connor/the-narrative-that-each-person-tells-herself-and-others-is-a-big-part/)

[Peg O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peg-o-connor/)

> [In constructing our narratives, we identify which particular events or experiences were formative or transformative. In telling our stories, we also claim some authority…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peg-o-connor/in-constructing-our-narratives-we-identify-which-particular-events-or/)

[Peg O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peg-o-connor/)

> [Above all else, philosophy ought to aim for clarification - of the self, one's place in the world, and the ways we make meaning.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peg-o-connor/above-all-else-philosophy-ought-to-aim-for-clarification-of-the-self/)

[Peg O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peg-o-connor/)

> [The world we all share is the same in important respects. But in some deep ways, the lived world and its meanings are radically…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peg-o-connor/the-world-we-all-share-is-the-same-in-important-respects-but-in-some/)

[Peg O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peg-o-connor/)

> [An evolutionary biologist and a fundamentalist may see the same chimpanzee sitting in a cage, but in another important way, they do not. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peg-o-connor/an-evolutionary-biologist-and-a-fundamentalist-may-see-the-same/)

[Peg O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peg-o-connor/)

> [I can't overrule gravity or turn away an approaching hurricane. I'm powerless over those things, yet this doesn't mean that I can't act with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peg-o-connor/i-can-t-overrule-gravity-or-turn-away-an-approaching-hurricane-i-m/)

[Peg O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peg-o-connor/)

> [Anxiety is the dizziness we experience when we recognize we hold the freedom and responsibility for our life choices. More than anyone, alcoholics have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peg-o-connor/anxiety-is-the-dizziness-we-experience-when-we-recognize-we-hold-the/)

[Peg O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peg-o-connor/)

> [The acknowledgment of powerlessness does empower. We humans are powerless over a whole host of factors and conditions in the world, and mostly we're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peg-o-connor/the-acknowledgment-of-powerlessness-does-empower-we-humans-are/)

[Peg O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peg-o-connor/)

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