FlyerFan

I went to a meeting Wednesday night and gratitude was the topic of course, but it wasn't what we are thankful for. It was what we are thankful that we DONT HAVE. I thought it was really neat to look at it from this perspective and I wanted to share it here as well.

I am thankful that I DONT have to wake up with the shakes. I am thankful that i DONT have to be afraid of killing someone driving drunk. I am thankful that I no long wake up in strange places and cannot recall how i got there!!!

paul99

I'm thankful that I don't have to struggle to remember the lies to cover up the other lies.

foodie1

Love it! I'm grateful I don't have (at least I'm growing out of) the totally selfish point of view of the active alcoholic anymore. Thanks for sharing this FF!

FlyerFan

Im grateful that I dont have to call someone up and ask them what i did last night! LOL

Elisabeth888

I am so grateful I do not have the paralyzing fear I had when drinking.

pmungo

flyerfan this is an awesome post thank you

im thankful my boys wont have to grow up with a drunk for a mother

pooky

Thankful that I dont have a hangover every morning

Rose2012

I'm grateful that I don't wake up at 3am anymore, my heart racing, wondering if that's the day my organs will finally give out.

Impurrfect

I'm grateful my month-old great niece will never see me drunk or high Great thread!

Hugs and prayers,

Amy

Gottalife

I am grateful to have lost the paralysing fear I had whenever I was sober.

Sapling

I'm grateful I'm not hurting people that care about me.

tomsteve

i grateful i dont have the craving, compulsion, and obsession to drink.

rocky39

Im grateful that i no longer dread being around the ones i love. They dont dread being around me either! Thanks for the post gives me alot to think about!

penny74

l am gratefull for the fact that my first thought in the morning is not : "How may did l have last night and how will l get through the time till my next very needed drink"

Justfor1

I'm grateful that I don't wake up needing a drink. It would be hard to keep the first beer or two down because my stomach was such a mess. I would also look at my phone (if I didn't lose it) & look into my pockets for drinking tickets while staggering around the city drunk & higher than kite.

FlyerFan

I'm grateful that I no longer NEED alcohol to survive family functions.