How Important Is It?

Thought for today:

Our reactions to life matter. With compulsions, over-reacting and under-reacting emotionally can hurt in unexpected ways.

As one member put it:

“Sometimes I panic. Like when I get a late notice in the mail. I start hyperventilating and thinking it’s the end of the world. I get angry, too, and beat myself up.

“Other times things will happen that I shrug off but I should take them more seriously. Like when I don’t help my daughter with her schoolwork because of a good show on TV.

“My wife pointed out that I put more time into worrying about robbing Peter to pay Paul than I do about the kids. That really stung, but it was true.

“The Steps are helping me to understand the pain I put myself and my family through because of my inappropriate thinking about life, time, and money. I am slowly changing my attitude.”

Gaining Perspective:

The Twelve Steps and the Twelve Tools of DA gift us with valuable insights and the intuition to see which things are truly important in life, and which aren’t. Not what you wish was true, but how important these things truly are. To be able to intuitively understand ramifications of our actions, and be willing to change our behaviors.

In time, we can gain this valuable perspective. The guy who cuts us off? Not so important. Doing our numbers? Pretty important. Making meetings by phone or in person? Priceless!