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kewalo · 06-07-2009, 05:05 PM

I live with blown out back and degenerative disc disease, I had a mild stroke awhile back, my wife is next in line to lose her job and we will have no medical insurance let alone house payment money if her job goes. I have just a small income right now. But in recovery I DO have a sponsor. He's been my sponsor for many years. I share with him my trials and tribulations. He listens. I need someone to listen like he does, and not FIX. Only God can do for me what I can't do for myself. But then my sponsor makes the usual request of me. He asks me for a list of 10 things in my life that I'm grateful for today. By the time I'm done with my gratitude list I actually FEEL the gratitude. Each day I have a choice to dwell on the good or the bad. I have both in my life at all times. Being grateful I'm sober is usually first on the list.

06-07-2009, 05:05 PM	#3 (permalink)
kewalo Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: detroit, mi Posts: 4	I live with blown out back and degenerative disc disease, I had a mild stroke awhile back, my wife is next in line to lose her job and we will have no medical insurance let alone house payment money if her job goes. I have just a small income right now. But in recovery I DO have a sponsor. He's been my sponsor for many years. I share with him my trials and tribulations. He listens. I need someone to listen like he does, and not FIX. Only God can do for me what I can't do for myself. But then my sponsor makes the usual request of me. He asks me for a list of 10 things in my life that I'm grateful for today. By the time I'm done with my gratitude list I actually FEEL the gratitude. Each day I have a choice to dwell on the good or the bad. I have both in my life at all times. Being grateful I'm sober is usually first on the list.