I am so grateful today.....

[Paulie]

to be sober.

I saw my sister yesterday, she was moving everything she owned into my moms barn, she has no place to live and she was tweeked out of her mind on dope. She is exactly where I was almost 10 years ago. Standing there looking at a stack of crap that she had accumulated over her life crying.

I cannot explain to you the feeling I had when I saw her. I was so grareful to be sober, felt guilty cause I have beengiven such gifts ( I know I know, I shouldn't but I do) and felt so angry at the same time.

A huge part of staying sober for me is staying in gratitude. Well today, I am having NO problem with that.

I am so grateful for that moment of clarity almost 10 years ago when I chose to live rather than die. And I am more grateful than words can express that each day I am blessed to be sober again, just for that day.