jimmy jamesBalancing Act
July 14th 2010 18:56
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A friend of mine that I have known for many years was kind enough to tell me that as long as he has known me; my life has been out of balance. He commented that it seemed I was always "Chasing" after something.
Balance. If you are "in the rooms" you will sometimes hear this as a topic for discussion. And if you have been around long enough you probably have been given some unsolicited advice from someone that can see your life clearly, yet is still very blind to their own lives. Typical recovering drunk telling you what’s wrong with your life while his has been way outta control for quite sometime. Oh well. Enough about that rant.
Balance is something that is constantly elusive even for those folks that do not have depression and or substance abuse issues.
Our lives are always out of control in some areas. I know that when I was drinking and drugging, I paid no mind to balance in my life. I suppose I drank enough booze to balance out the cocaine that I snorted and the pot that I smoked.
The thing about balance is this: there will never come a time where everything in your life is in balance. There are always areas in our lives that need our attention. When things are good at work, things may be dysfunctional at home. You get the idea.
If you drank and drugged or had severe depression or bipolar, or for those of us that are most fortunate to have both, we cared little about balance. Now that we are getting sober, we realize that life can get very messy sometimes. But that is just the way life is. We often tried to escape this fact by doing what we do best! Drink it down to wash it all away!
That’s something that you don't hear very often in the rooms. Life gets very
messy and there aint nuthin y'all can do about it except accept it! If you aint gettin down and dirty, you aint livin life!
So my dear friend was right. I am always chasing something. However, I am right where I am supposed to be. I did not want to tell him that from my perspective, his life was waaaaaay outta control. It is funny how we are able to see our own faults very clearly through others. That is just the nature of the beast.
That’s all for now...........Keep the faith
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