Hi there!
I don't work outside the home but I have a 1 & a 2 y/old (and a husband) so I'm pretty busy most days
I spent a lot of time initally struggling with the time away from my family for meetings, talking to my sponsor, step work etc. and as a result, I started to put my family before sobriety. It didn't work out, for me. I got resentful of them, of being sober, you name it.... so I upped my meetings, AA contact etc and talked to my sponsor about feeling like I'm using AA as an excuse to get a break. Her advice was, if you actually are doing AA stuff when you're taking that break, then at least you're doing the right thing for you, and it won't be forever, just until you get enough peace of mind to know yourself honestly enough to understand your motives and gain perspective.
Also, I have (willingly) had to review my priorities. If I only get 1/2 an hour a day to myself, what do I want to do with it? For me, I read AA literature (big book, 12x12, meditations or prayer books) and think about *stuff*. But, I rarely watch tv, maybe 2 programmes a week. I try to think about it as, when my life is coming to an end, what will I wish I had done more of? Watched more crap tv? read more trashy novels? got more peace from reading AA literature? Talked to hubby one-on-one? So, I do the things that matter most that day.
Hope you find a solution
