"We reacted, too, and made things worse." (ODAT)
Not just with the alcoholic.
I look at my circumstances, and I react.
I look at my day, and I react.
I look at myself, and I react.
Basically: I react.
Ugh.
There must be a better way.
Oh.
There is.
Stop picking at everything, including myself.
Time will slide past anyway.
The train does not need me to push it from inside the carriage.