Judy Blume, a very famous novelist, and realist once wrote – “If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, Why am I Always in the Pits?” It has been my opinion, that I am not always in the pits, nor is life ALWAYS a bowl of cherries. Some days are better than others, some are good and some are a little rough around the edges. Different people, are, of course different, and handle situations differently. The woman, who lives next door, may go out, but a pint of ice cream, and bury her sorrows within. The man who lives upstairs, may journal his night away, hoping that tomorrow will be better, if he only breathes slowly, takes a nice long hot bath, and just leaves it all behind.
Personally, I take a nice long nap, put my worries to bed for a couple of hours, and then wake; refreshed, relaxed, and rejuvenated, much more able to handle what ever that particular day has brought along with it. A rough day means change. If change did not bring on the rough day, then change in most certainly required in fixing it. Most people do not like change very much. Most people like their little bubbles where their comfort zones are, where they do not feel threatened by the outside world, and can simply relax, knowing, that no matter what, they will at the very least, be safe, and protected.
A rough day pops the bubble. Perhaps a little, perhaps a lot, but it pops that bubble nonetheless.
Look, nobody likes a rough day. There routines are totally blown, they have to adapt, even for a while to a new way of doing things, feeling differently, reacting differently. A rough day is a rough day. It’s not peaches and rose blossoms, it stinks, perhaps really stinks, and it truly just is what it is.
The wonderful thing about a rough day, is that there is an entire list of ways to make it better!!!
- Breathe – Slow down. Count to 10. Think to yourself, will any of this matter next week, or even tomorrow? In all likelihood, no.
- Why are you having a rough day? Make a list, and number it. (Much like this). Why? Laying things out clearly in front of you makes them MUCH easier to break down, and conquer 1 by 1.
- Remind yourself, that nothing is insurmountable. That there is nothing, absolutely nothing that you can’t confront and overcome.
- And finally, that there is nothing, absolutely NOTHING that you cannot do if you send your mind to it!
When one is cursed with the desire of addiction, having a rough day takes on an entirely different meeting. A rough day, can lead to the day when their life ends, or, their life ends, as they knew it. An addict, unless he or she has beat their addiction, or learned to not let it affect them, even under the worst of situations, can be derailed by a rough day. An addict without the proper “recovery toolbox” – The proper tools to say sober, is upturned quite easily.
I have seen people with 10 years of sobriety fall off of the proverbial wagon when they let enough rough days build up without dealing with them as they come. A rough day is nothing. EVERYBODY has them. Most people get home, pour themselves a nice glass of wine, kick their shoes off, turn on their favorite political debate program, and let the day slowly slip away.
The addict or alcoholic, gets home, kicks off their shoes, pours a nice tall glass of diet cola and proceeds to call their sponsor, or if they are involved in a holistic program, various individuals who understand, exactly, what kind of day they have just made it through. The rough day, the bane of any addicts recovery, but, in no way necessarily the end.
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