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JANUARY 6

ADVERSITY

RELATIONSHIPS

“Sweet are the uses of adversity, which, like a toad, though ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in its head.”

William Shakespeare

It is much easier for me to do the things I need to do for my recovery when things are going my way. It’s easy to be an angel when no one is ruffling my feathers. During a regular day I take some comfort in my routine of waking up in the morning, praying and meditating, doing my physical exercises, going to work, attending my recovery meeting, and having a relaxing evening at home. Then trouble strikes.

Maybe my pain is extraordinarily bad, the kids are acting up, my partner is not “behaving” the way I’d like, or there are problems at work. Any one of those situations can create problems in any other, and I am faced with adversity in my life. My natural response is to break the healthy habits in my life and fall back on old habits: crying out from my pain, not feeling well enough to exercise, calling in sick to work, or not feeling like I have enough energy or strength to make it to a meeting. During my struggles in relationships it is more important than ever to reinforce the healthy habits in my life and not fall back on old habits that created far more adversity in my life than anything going on today.

I focus on the new habits in my life regardless of the adversity in my life. The routine and habits I establish in my recovery are not negotiable. My life and my relationships depend on these good habits, and no amount of adversity in my life is made better by falling back into old routines.