If someone cut me off in traffic, I'd want to get even and do the same to them.
If I had to wait in line too long at a store I'd leave my basket and simply walk out - leaving it there for someone else to deal with.
Sometimes if someone looked at me sideways I'd get angry.
And my anger turned into a fertile breeding ground for resentment that I couldn't identify. That's how much of it there was stored inside me.
But one day - not long after I got sober 26 years ago - I realized that when I got angry I just had to get over it. And the sooner the better.
Today when things don't go my way I still might get angry - but I'm much quicker to let it go. It's not good for my blood pressure. It's not good for my attitude. Angry is not who I am today.
The bad thing about getting angry for me is that I just have to get happy again. So why not stay in a good mood and not take the detour into anger and all it's bad side effects?
And my anger turned into a fertile breeding ground for resentment that I couldn't identify. That's how much of it there was stored inside me.
But one day - not long after I got sober 26 years ago - I realized that when I got angry I just had to get over it. And the sooner the better.
Today when things don't go my way I still might get angry - but I'm much quicker to let it go. It's not good for my blood pressure. It's not good for my attitude. Angry is not who I am today.
The bad thing about getting angry for me is that I just have to get happy again. So why not stay in a good mood and not take the detour into anger and all it's bad side effects?
