Today I am kind of struggling with my dental surgery aftermath pain. Them being in group whereits a make up one but there’s one person in particular whom is so annoying where everything has to be about him no one else it’s annoying & when no one else gets the chance to talk because favoritism makes it seem weird with this clients who wants all the attention & how the one staff member acts.
Maybe I’m just overly activated today but I cannot tolerate this person & it’s got me out of my normal grove with my normal facilitator
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I can completely relate. I remember on a few occasions, either in a 12 step meeting or in treatment where someone rubbed me the wrong way. Sure, it could have been that I was overly activated or overly sensitive, but either way the person who was annoying, got in my head.
Now heres the thing… by allowing that person to have that kind of power over me where they literally rented space in my head, I wasnt giving myself the opportunity to learn from group. My focus was directed at how annoying they were.
When I spoke to my old sponsor about it, she told me that maybe this person is teaching me something. Maybe they are teaching me patience and tolerance 
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That’s why I don’t do group things lol. Best thing I learned in sobriety is how to cut ppl, places and things out quick if needed and became super comfortable with myself
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