People in AA meetings often talk about struggling...

“People in AA meetings often talk about struggling with the littlest things: getting their laundry done, or flossing their teeth, or dragging themselves out for a walk or jog. These can sound silly and beside the point until you realize that the struggle is really with passivity and self-loathing, with the mundane activities and daily decisions that can determine how you see yourself from moment to moment. Do you sit there entrenches in the inertia? Do you yield to the fear of motion, yield to the vision of yourself as lazy and unworthy and bad? Or do you get up off the damn porch and do something? Do you show yourself that you’re competent and capable and decent? Passivity is corrosive to the soul; it feeds on feelings of integrity and pride, and it can be as tempting as a drug.”

caroline knapp, drinking: a love story. (via isabelthespy)