Then I came down with a
small case of stomach flu. That passed as things do, and the next week, my beloved kitty decided to keep me
up most of one night. As I staggered through work the next day my biggest
mental picture was of her taking long catnaps!
In other words, life
intervened. Or, as John Lennon put it so well, Life is what happens
while you are making other plans.
As I worked my way though these various
problems, I flashed back on what wonderful excuses this type of experience
used to give me to go to a bar, tell my drama while getting drunk! We in
recovery aren't the only people who have dramas, but we may be the only
ones who turned them into excuses to continue to try to destroy
ourselves.
Of course,
we can get into a mode of winging and complaining no matter how long we've
been working the Program successfully. When things go wrong it's soooo
tempting to dwell on the problem and tell the story to anyone who will
listen.
There
is, however, a huge difference between an often necessary blowing off
steam and staying stuck in the problem. Telling a trusted friend about the
drama can help us purge the bad feelings about whatever so we can move
ahead.
Staying stuck in
what's wrong or what happened yesterday, or a month ago or years ago is totally
non-productive... and we don't have to do it. What we think about is a
matter of choice and discipline.
The
Program gives us a way to let go of our addiction. Becoming Powerfully Recovered
lets us live life to the fullest, and a great deal of that process is learning
to use our minds to focus on the positive.
Over
the next weeks I will share some of the ways I've learned, and am learning to do
this.
Love, peace and
abundance,
