[Tazman53]

Thanksgiving day was one of my family being family this year and I was a part of that, a welcome part. This was my third Thanksgiving sober and I felt more a part of it then any other one before. I did the majority of the shopping myself without a list and without being pushed to do it!

My twins prepared and cooked the turkey, they are 16, my step daughter (22) prepared the green bean casserole, my wife and I fixed the other side dishes and answered any questions. We as a family prepared, served, and ate our Thanksgiving meal!

To many people this is kind of the norm, for this old drunk it was heavan on earth, for many years Thanksgiviing was nothing but a day to spend more time drinking then normal and passing out early on the sofa watching some football game I did not really care about while my family avoided me.

I have 6 kids & at last count 8 grandkids, I am thankful that today the Butterfly effect I have had in sobriety and continue to do so will be the effect that is felt in the future of my family, not the one I was working on before I got sober.