Balance
 

I was a very one sided person before I began recovery. Intellect powered by my drinking and drug use that was me. The rest of me was dead. This somehow happened to me without me even knowing about it. Being like this is a very terrible way to live. I knew all too well what was going on around me all but I had no connection to anything and if that would begin to happen I would shut off immediately. The more I did this the harder things got. I continued to try to think my way through everything. I continued to try to run my life on intellect alone. This didn't work. I have learned how to be a balanced person through recovery. No longer does my intellect alone run the show. This has become a much better way to live my life when I have a balance with all of me and all that's around me. I'm no longer that one sided person I used to be. I have become that very balanced person that I used to be so envious of and didn't know how to be.