"We will intuitively know how to handle
situations which used to baffle us" The Eleventh Promise
According to the dictionary the word Intuitive
means "having the ability to understand or know something without any
direct evidence or reasoning process."
In the context of the 12 promises I'm not positive
what this promise means. But I think it means that most of the time we will know
exactly the right thing to do, based on the summation of all the experiences
we've had in our lives. I've heard the word intuitive defined in other ways
that I also like. One is that intuition is the summation – the quintessence -
of all our knowledge to this point of our life.
And up until the point we quit pouring alcohol
down our throat our intuition couldn't have worked very well. In other words most of our experiences were gained while we were in the throes or grips of poor
judgment induced by being drunk. And if all of our experiences were filtered
through the cloud of poor judgment induced by alcohol just the idea that we get
sober would help this part of our brain work so much better.
As we evolved through millions of years we
acquired all kinds of experiences that helped us continue our species - in fact to
become the dominant species on the planet. Most of our survival, prior to us
becoming civilized, was made by making decisions based on split-second actions
or reactions. Once we get sober I believe that our judgment automatically
becomes better because the cloud in which we functioned has dissipated. And our decision-making comes down to simply
"is this going to help my life or harm it?"
And usually our sober intuition will answer that for us.
