"I have been trying to produce some such emotional rearrangement within you."
The interesting part is that the doctor didn't succeed, for after all, "b. No human power could have relieved our alcoholism." None. Not doctors. Not spouses. Not kids. Not the police. None.
The rearrangement doesn't begin until we're willing to find a different way. Before that, our emotions tend to run the show. Pride says it's all about me. Lust says I need what I want. Anger says somebody needs blamed. Fear says protect yourself. Self-pity says why is this happening to me?
Then we pause. We pray. We ask God for help. And maybe for a moment, humility gets a chance to speak. Maybe I don't have all the answers. Maybe I don't need to react right now. Maybe there is another way to look at this situation.
That's a rearrangement of emotions. The situation may not change. The people around us may not change. But what drives us begins to change. And for many of us, that's where recovery begins.
What emotion used to drive your decisions, and what has started taking its place in recovery?
