Today I don't have to act on emotion. I can slow down and not have to impulsively fix it right now. Since that is the old way to self centered gratification. I can take a moment or day to ask God for advice and pray on it. I don't have to figure it out right away. This is unnatural for a Alcoholic to do. Today I have choices and deal with the consequences of those choices whether bad or good. It always works out better if I slow down and ask for Gods direction since my way doesn't work. Sometimes we go through pain to learn from those mistakes. But it's comforting to know that God is in the pause!
Thanks HJF, This is not easy to put into practice, I still have moments where I act first and think later. But you are right, things go much better if i pause and ask for the right thought or action, or an inspiration ( step 11). They say in the book that this gradually becomes a working part of the mind - I'm getting there, gradually :)
