I am so grateful to be sober today. I am grateful for little traditions, for my family and for a beautiful Thanksgiving Day. I am grateful for togetherness, for my sponsor, my sponsees, the parade and the small things that make me smile.
Happy Thanksgiving my friends!!
I will continue to say this for the duration of the holiday season - The holiday’s are hard. But I am happy to be here for anyone who needs it and it will be Friday before we know it. Thanksgiving is really just another day and listen - if it triggers you, you don’t have to go! Nothing is worth sacrificing your comfort and sobriety.
As per usual, it’s a little crazy over here this morning. Not only am I Thanksgiving prepping but I may or may not be also decorating for Christmas (so naturally the apartment looks like a tornado has been through it). I have the Thanksgiving Day parade on the TV and I remember being a little girl and waking up at 6am to put the channel that had the parade on because I didn’t want to miss it (I was destined to be paranoid). You learn a lot about how to cook a turkey during the wee hours of the morning on Thanksgiving.
What keeps me sober during the holidays are those little traditions - new and old. I miss my parents on Thanksgiving, but every Thanksgiving Eve Timmy and I go see the floats lined up on the West Side and that is SO special to me.
I am chairing a meeting this afternoon during my home groups “Alcothon” where we have a meeting every hour on the hour for the whole day (we do it for Christmas and New Year’s too!).
At Christmas time, I put cookies out for Santa and make everyone throw bird seed out the front door because it’s good luck for the New Year.
It’s those little things that I hold so close to my heart that I can’t appreciate if I’m drinking. It’s those things that keep me away from the spiked egg nog and Santa Con.
Today the sun is beaming through the windows and I am filled with just so much gratitude and joy. So much has changed in this last year but I have learned and grown and am still learning and growing and for today, I will fill my house with the holidays, my heart with joy and I under no circumstances will drink.
Sending love
xx
Jane
Jane, on this day of Thanksgiving, I’m so grateful for your courage and strength to stay sober. I’m grateful for our family and for you bringing Tim into our family. We are so very blessed and I love you more than you know.