Uprooted

Getting sober does not necessarily mean that we ride off into the sunset and life just turns into a bowl of cherries. When I was two-and-a-half years sober and thought I was out of the woods, I was laid off from a high-paying job in the banking industry as the real estate market crashed. In these uncertain times, I count myself blessed to be employed again. My ego might tend to argue that I am underemployed at my current job, and that in light of my qualifications and experience, I should have a higher-paying, more prestigious position. I have learned in the program not to listen to the voice of my ego when it starts whispering things like that and to let go of any preconceived notions I may have of what my life should be like. I have learned that no matter which circumstances I am placed into in life, regardless of how unendurable they may seem at the moment, my Higher Power has placed me into those circumstances for reasons that I may or may not understand as I am going through them. I have also learned what is really important in life.