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On August 22nd, 2008, I went to my first CoDA meeting. The next morning, I wrote this in my journal:
I didn’t sleep too well last night, but finally fell asleep around 1:00. I woke up at 5:30 with a phrase running through my head. A shrink would probably tell me it's mania because it feels very profound and all-encompassing and it won't leave me alone. I don't know where it came from, but it feels like it was put in my head... here it is:
Give what you can but take what you need.
It's pretty simple but to me it says it all, at the moment. Maybe that's what CoDA is all about?
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Great post. I think C is absolutely correct. We are so conditioned to expect the fall. But part of our healing is about learning to enjoy life more. And holding on to that. It's not easy. But, yes, I have hope that things can and are changing. So, keep at it. Paul
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading, Paul. Indeed it is true. There will always be good days and bad days, so in a way it's true. If you feel good, one day you will not feel as good.
ReplyDeleteBut it isn't related. It's just reacting to life, and not a condition that needs correcting. By anticipating the bad, I wasted a lot of the good. I have a lot more good days and weeks now than ever before, and I am much more able to pull myself out of the bad.