People Close Doors and Burn Bridges Behind Themselves

Then their Higher Power opens new doors and provides new and better opportunities.

Of course it takes a bit of faith and some positive thinking to believe that. Negative thinking won’t make it work. Neither will ego and pride. Might just require a small amount of pain too.

From today’s Daily Reflection: “It was painful to give up trying to control my life, even though success eluded me, and when life got too rough, I drank to escape.”

You know, when people force things on you with complete lack of communication, it isn’t easy. As a matter of fact at certain times it can be damn hard and painful. When your feelings aren’t given any consideration, when you know you’ve been lied to, when you know the lies themselves actually belittle your intelligence and experience, it is most painful.

For alcoholics and drug addicts, reaction in a negative, angry manner is quite normal and not reacting is abnormal. Yet to remain sober, clean and happy, we must learn to get past moments like these, not react, do something constructive with our thinking, reach out to others and simply move on recognizing that the God I understand is far more powerful than the people who offer no respect or consideration. My God loves me and that is really what counts for my serenity. A closed door of opportunity will be replaced by something better.

“With my life in God’s care, fear, uncertainty, and anger are no longer my response to those portions of life that I would rather not have happen to me. The pain of living through these times will be healed by the knowledge that I have received the spiritual strength to survive.”