My counselor once told me that "the problem with instant gratification is that it doesn't come quick enough!"
I've come to appreciate time, however. I didn't realize how quickly time goes by than when I got sober and realized how much time I had wasted. It was like I went to sleep one day, had a really bad dream and woke up 30 years later. Yikes!
I don't look in the rear view mirror with regrets though because it's made me the person I am today - sober, grateful, calm, content (most of the time).
And since I've been given this second chance, I want to enjoy it, grow in it and savor it s-l-o-w-l-y.
Very cliche but very true...life really is too short.