From Twenty-Four Hours a Day:

I am not so envious of other people, nor am I so jealous of other people’s possessions and talents. When I was drinking [insert out-of-control behavior], I was secretly full of jealousy and envy of those people who could drink [insert moderate behavior] normally, who had the love and respect of their families, who lived a normal life and were accepted as equals by their friends. I pretended to myself that I was as good as they were, but I knew it wasn’t so. Now I don’t have to be envious anymore. I try not to want what I don’t deserve. I’m content with what I have earned by my efforts to live the right way. More power to those who have what I have not. At least, I’m trying. Have I got rid of the poison of envy? (Nov. 25th)