Destination

 Emotional sobriety is not a permanent place I want to get to, but rather a process, as someone said.  I can feel “right” and then, oops, I am falling off the track.  So I have to work at it on a daily basis.  I have tools learned over a period of time.  As long as I keep in mind that emotional sobriety is a continuing process, I don’t get so upset when it seems to vanish or diminish.  I don’t beat myself up.  If I can be present to the moment, I often see quite quickly what is going on with me and make a correction.  Blaming the world or outside stuff is a dead end.