Perhaps I don't so much find balance as it finds me. Balance seems to come naturally to me when I have God in the center of my life instead of work, money, family, desires, or something else in the center. I invite God into my life by trying to the best of my ability to practice the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous in all my affairs. The Big Book says that when I'm doing God's will and not mine I can exercise my will power as much as I wish. "It is the proper use of will." When I'm awake to the Truth, I instinctively make better choices and a balanced life results.
When I'm asleep to the Truth and fearful I make choices that are liable to get me off on one tangent or another, and ultimately out of balance. But that's not a bad thing. None of us follow a straight path home. A heat-seeking missile keeps adjusting itself to stay on target. A flower changes direction when it grows to stay at the best angle to the sun. For me recovery is the process recognizing I'm temporarily off the path and returning again and again to the Light.
If God is in the center of my life,
I retain my balance even though my world starts spinning very fast or even
if the unexpected happens. Recovery doesn't guarantee me "freedom from
the storm" but it does promise "peace within the storm."