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Anon, I don't know if you have ever been around, or know anything about rehab. AA is probably the most widely known (and most numerous). Bear with me here, not implying you need rehab. What I am curious of is you have ever heard the term " Stinkin' Thinkin' " as it is common among most any kind of rehab and is something that needs to be GOTTEN RID OF.
I stopped drinking and doing drugs, both, many years ago and have been subsequently blessed with not having such afflictions anymore. Still, I can recognize the onset of stinkin thinkin when I delve so deeply into [anything] that it absorbs my thinking for a prolonged period of time. I get irritable and nasty with those around me (although it took longer than I care to admit for me to see the pattern) and it is simply due to frustration derived from lack of positive results, confirmation or attaining an end that I'm after at the time. I get so caught up and involved with what I'm concentrating on, that I inadvertently over look all the things around me I have to be thankful for. This opens the door for the stinkin thinkin that leads me into the situation that you now find yourself in.
As corny as this sounds, I found that going to an AA meeting shifts my focus long enough (30-45 minutes) that I leave feeling rejuvenated, thankful and blessed to be where I am, doing what I am doing. Feeling like that, the frustration that was dragging at me is gone and I can return to what I was doing with thankful attitude &mak e tremendous progress almost immediately where I may have been hung-up.
It's quite possible that such an endeavor would only net those results for someone who has had addiction problems, but I ten to think not. I've had no desire to do any of that in many years. Seeing and possibly helping other people who have less to be thankful for makes it easier to see how much I DO have to be thankful for, and as such, it makes the frustration I was suffering from seem irrelevant.
Didn't mean to write a book here, but if this post can help another brother at all, I will be thankful for the time spent writing it. The good Lord loves you and wants you to be happy here, able to help the cause. Being thankful for that opportunity helps me, and I hope will help you as well.
And before somebody bitches … this is not a slide of thread, but a genuine effort to help another brother who could benefit from my experience.