I remember talking to a lady in AA about how important it was to stay sober. She said the hardest part for her was learning that she had to put her meetings and sobriety ahead of everything and everyone else because if she didn't do that, the rest would just fall apart anyways. Her analogy was that taking care of herself was the engine that pulled the rest of the train in her life. If she put the cars that held her family in front of it, whenever they came to a bend in the tracks, they would get shoved off track creating a train wreck for everyone.
Most of us, especially us women, believe that we have to put everyone else ahead of ourselves or we are being selfish. That's total Bull!!! If we don't take care of ourselves, we won't be around to take care of anyone for very long.
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