We focus on anything that isnt going our way and ignore all the beauty in our lives.
Basic Text, p. 77
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Its easy to be grateful when everything runs smoothly. If we get a raise at work, were grateful. If we get married, were grateful. If someone surprises us with a nice present or an unasked favor, were grateful. But if we get fired, divorced, or disappointed, gratitude flies out the window. We find ourselves becoming obsessed with the things that are wrong, even though everything else may be wonderful.
This is where we can use a gratitude list. We sit down with a pen and paper and list the people for whom we are grateful. We all have people whove supported us through lifes upheavals. We list the spiritual assets we have attained, for we know we could never make it through our present circumstances without them. Last, but not least, we list our recovery itself. Whatever we have that we are grateful for goes on the list.
Were sure to find that we have literally hundreds of things in our lives that inspire our gratitude. Even those of us who are suffering from an illness or who have lost all material wealth will find blessings of a spiritual nature for which we can be thankful. An awakening of the spirit is the most valuable gift an addict can receive.
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Just for today: I will write a list of things, both material and spiritual, for which I am grateful.
I am grateful to all the men who helped mentor me in my first year of recovery showing me you can have fun and be clean. I also am grateful to all the women in my homegroup who have told me when i should change my ways , without all of these people I may have gone off the deep end . Having health issues for the past twenty years I am grateful to be alive still and clean. I just spent the fourth of July till the fourteenth in the ICU and hospital with respiratory failure ans pneumonia.I am grateful to the Higher Power and God to be on my side when I needed them and fine medical care.
