Awesome. How can we ever have too many of these posts?
Gratitude is the most powerful tool in my box. Sometimes it just comes on me a great, wonderful wave. Other times, when I'm feeling low, I make a conscious effort to remind myself of what I have to be grateful for. And yeah, sobriety is high on the list. It's not like that means I'll suddenly have cartoon birds fluttering all around me. Let's face it, some days are just down days. But reminding myself like that takes some of the sting out, and drives home an awareness that down days don't last forever.