A year ago, I’d just moved to NYC, had 13 months of sobriety and was desperately trying to hang on. My sponsor suggested that I start doing a daily gratitude list. This was the first one I wrote:
November 19 Gratitude List
I’m grateful for my children and the prospect of seeing them soon. I’m grateful to have so many friends in the program and to be able to get support at meetings. I’m grateful for the opportunity to be starting over and grateful to be able to do it here in New York. I’m grateful for the courage to sit through days like this. Grateful to have you as a sponsor and a friend.
A year later and I’ve done about 370 of these. I’m happier, my perspective on life has changed substantially (for the better) and I celebrated another year of sobriety on October 22nd.
Thanks for letting me share.