Stressed Out!

I've been feeling very good the past few days. Much of this is because I've been surrounded by people that love me and it's very uplifting, some of this is because the AA process has already helped me, and some of it is because I'm looking forward to my IOP (Intensive Outpatient Program). However, it hasn't all been sunshine and roses. I was extremely stressed out yesterday. I felt some letdown after getting the meds and IOP all lined up (e.g. the day after Christmas letdown), but I had used most of the day on it, and I still had a bunch of stuff to do for work. The Europe meeting is coming up and I was rearranging flights and hotels, and I have major presentations to do that aren't ready yet. Also, the VP of Ops is on my case about pool heater systems that he thought had a defect which would cause them to explode (it won't, so swim without fear). In addition, my new meds are pretty harsh and I was very worried about having a severe reaction (I didn't- worst case is I feel like I had Dayquil). You know what? Zero urge to drink. I talked about things with Mom- who gave me some great advice, slowed myself down and started dealing with the things I had to deal with right now. Within 10 minutes I was OK. It was a great experience. It felt good to handle stress and worry like a normal person again.