LIFE HAPPENS !!
What to do?
Get Angry? Get Resentful? No!
Work your AA Program of Recovery!! That's what to do!!
In How it Works, Chapter 5 of our AA Big Book, we read the below words.
If you have decided you want what we have, and are willing to go to any length to get it, then you are ready to take certain steps.
What is it we want?
When we are new to AA we want to stop drinking.
Then, as the years go by, what we really want is to be happy, joyous and free.
Recently, literally a week or so ago, a neighbor here in our Condo "really got under my skin big time" and continues daily to do so.
I told my wife, "I am not going to let this neighbor upset me!"
First a good friend has a saying .. "Get Over It!".
In the Doctor's Opinion, page xxviii, Dr. Silkworth wrote..
"Men and women drink essentially because they like the sensation produced by alcohol."
Translation.. "We drink to change how we feel!"
And I am not going to drink over this neighbor to change how I feel!
All of us have using the 12-Steps to assist us.
Also get into your AA Tool Kit.
Resentment is the number one offender.
Resentment comes from Latin and French .. Re Sentir .. which translates into "To Feel Again". Repeatedly re-experiencing an insult or something that is upsetting us.
Expectations are resentments waiting to happen! Especially our own expectations of ourselves that we can't achieve!
Praying to God our Creator for assistance.
Bottom Line:
There you have it!
BUT when life gives you a challenge, you must want to get past it and be happy, joyous, and free. And you must be willing to go to any length to do so!
Your Ally .. S. W. in London, Ontario, Canada
