Good post (as usual). Today is 480 days for me- so next week is 16 mo- and I still call myself a newcomer! And I always will, so I look to those ahead of me who have what I want and keep going in my wonderful life of recovery. Wonderful because, yeah, it is pretty great, but also because it is REAL. And I have a way to handle the good and the bad, and I keep getting better at following it.
My very life is a gift after what I put myself through, and the quality- the width and breadth of it- is beyond a gift I can name.