Many people who live in one day at a time recovery wear the brave face of normal. In this case, the brave face of normal is doing well when you are tired. Not only tired, but edgy from being tired. This doesn’t only happen to people in one day at a time recovery. It happens to most mature individuals. We stay cordial and act decently to people. If we find that we cannot do this with people, when we are usually good at being cordial, we have to access our levels of activity and stress over the past few days, or perhaps the past couple of weeks. If we have been burning the candle at both ends, and if we are angry and critical, we need to rest. When rested, we can again wear the brave face of normal when needed. We live our wellness – one day at a time.
