~Gratitude List~

[dominosarah]

I think it is a good day for us to share what we are grateful for.  Let's make this list a good one!!

[weaver71]

I forgot one, I am thankful I didn't end up being the guy standing in my driveway giving people the finger. I was getting real close, but not sure I would remember the boxers.

[Sonrissa]

Oh now that IS something to be grateful for! I wish I had an old nut case in his boxer shorts to enjoy! I'm envious! Oh, wait!! You aren't talking about your husband, are you?? He's that upset about the Giants?

[IBKleen]

I am grateful for the second chance I was given by moving here to TN. First getting clean and then moving has made such a huge difference in everything I do, feel and see. Each morning I thank GOD for all HE has blessed me with and ask for HIS help in keeping it.

I am also grateful that it is unseasonable cold today so the old nut case man down the street cannot stand at the end of his driveway in his boxer shorts and give me the finger and call me a **** as I drive by. It's the little things in life....

[lizbuzz]

I am grateful to be alive,for my husband's support and my kids...So grateful for finding this site and the people in it without you guys I don't know what I'd do. To new memories and to new friends.

[Sonrissa]

I am very shy. Always have been. When I was actively using, it only exacerbated my shyness. All I needed was my pills and myself. I was an island. An island never cries, and a rock feels no pain,

I am grateful that getting clean has allowed me to come out from my own personal cave. I found something in my life that I can enjoy. Helping people. I've been able to open up in ways I would have never thought possible. I am grateful for this forum, and for the people, now friends, that I have met, and who have helped me along in this never ending process. I am also grateful for the friends I have yet to meet.

It's good to remind ourselves of what we are grateful for. It helps to put life in perspective. At least for me.

[weaver71]

I am so grateful to simply be alive and progressing and...
-to feel again.
-to have found some level of balance in my heart and mind.
-to be ME for my kids from now on.
-to feel close to my wife like never before.
-to remember I have a spirit.
-to get another chance at faded dreams.
-to wake up not needing anything but breakfast and a hug.
-to sleep through the night most of the time.
-to not be connected to a bunch of users, drugs and otherwise.
-to have support set up for any problem I may have.
-to still own my house and a car.
-to feel a since of purpose and meaning.
-to be a part of this community.
-to feel I CAN make the world a better place.
-to be part of the solutions, rather the problem.
-to know that I will have even more to be thankful for.
Life the Universe, and Everything!

Thanks Sarah, I you must have known I needed to think about this, I am thankful for you. You have helped me in so many ways.