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Gail Sawyer's avatar

Loved this, with the pictures and all!

This was a great reminder! When I was first getting sober, in ‘95, my first sponsor gave me a journal and told me to write in it every night before sleep. “Write a list of at least 5 things you were grateful for today.”

Holey-moley! Some of those nights it was hard to come up with even 2 let alone 5! So I’d look around my bedroom and write down; “Bed, followed by, pillow. “ that was as good as it got on some nights. But of course the further away from a drink I got, the more I found to be grateful for. After 5 years, I was able to be grateful for the very first brand new car I ever had. I was so grateful I even got a vanity tag for it that read, “GRATUDE”.

Time to get back to writing out more gratitude lists. Maybe I’ll even fill them with cartoon animals too. 🫶🏻

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Diane’s Blue Forum 👩‍💻's avatar

Great piece, Sue. We need you!

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