"When we find ourselves up-tight and even
frantic, we can ask ourselves occasionally, am I really that indispensable? Or
Is this hurry really necessary? What a relief to find the honest answer is
frequently no! And such devices actually serve, in the long run, not only to
help us get over the drinking problem and its old ways; they also enable us to
become far more productive, because we conserve and channel our energy better.
We arrange priorities more sensibly. We learn that many actions once considered
vital can be eliminated if they are thoughtfully reexamined. How much does it
really matter? is a very good question."
1998 AAWS Inc.
Living Sober,
pages 45-46