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these can be powerful emotions. i cannot forget that i have only a daily reprieve from my addiction. so love and recovery, and losing myself in the experience of romance, forgetting that i need to have a program of recovery as well.
i understand that, and what i heard this morning was not so much about love but passion in general. when i get rolling, i can get wrapped up in things, events and yes even people that stir my passions. for me, passion is not an event, but actually a process that can last for quite a while. while i am engaged in that passion, it is quite easy for me to forget to call my sponsor, attend a meeting, or gasp even do my daily maintenance. as i have grown in recovery, this happens less and less, i still get wrapped up in my passion, BUT when i feel the whole passion thing getting started, i take an extra few minutes to ensure that i keep my recovery program in check.
so i am all cured!
well not really, for me this is one of those ‘duh’ readings. it is not that i cannot see myself getting lost in passion. nor do i think that i am immune from the putting my recovery after other parts of my life. no when i come across readings like this, i get a wake-up call to check what i am doing to promote my active recovery.
so it is time to get some chow, warm-up my car, brush off the snow and get headed towards my home, after a brief detour through DIA.

∞ DT ∞