Yes, they seemed silly to me in the beginning. In time, they will start to make perfect sense to you. To me if your not grateful your not sober means that sobriety is truly a gift. You have to hurt bad enough to want sobriety. Once you get it, you never want to go back to drinking. I'm very grateful for my second chance at life. Living life the way I was living was h#ll. Today I'm sober, thriving and happy. I'm grateful for sobriety and being shown the way. It takes understanding the pain and hard work to appreciate the difference between living and existing. Today I'm sober and grateful for it.