I was reading a book the other night and the author took a little side trip to an anecdote involving a character at an AA meeting. Apparently, they have an acronym that is H.A.L.T… Don’t let yourself get hungry, angry, lonely or tired .

I rarely get angry, but I must say the other three letters (solo or in concert) describe the primary trigger for most of my last good (and bad) drunks.  Except for the ones that happened because the company was so good or because I was at a show.

But really, how do you avoid H, A, L or T? In retrospect, For the last 2 years I can say that there were too many times that if I didn’t feel one of those (mostly the T and occasionally the L and/or H, rarely A) I wouldn’t feel anything at all.  

More importantly, I’d have just kept on doing it and not even noticed had the new gig and reflection time not come along.

Now, the challenge is to not let the new job do that to me.