Have you ever found yourself reacting to the world around you like a pinball in a pinball machine? When someone acted a certain way to you, you just had some extreme reaction that totally threw you and your day off balance? Or have you found your whole day being thrown off by some unexpected event that rattled you to your core? These all point to the need for structure for safety from addictive behavior, which I covered in Chapter 3 of my book The Five Pillars of Addiction Recovery. Below is a synopsis of this important and indispensable pillar.