Grateful, even when life sucks
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Grateful, even when life sucks
I can't lie, life is tough right now. Mostly due to work being stressful and I'm sure I'm not the only one in that boat. The details don't matter, but what does is I'm SO grateful to not be drinking. For how tough things are right now, they'd be so much worse if I were drinking. I could never keep up with a hangover or missing time due to drinking. To anyone just starting off (or starting again, as many of us have done so many times), please stick with it. Because even though quitting drinking won't fix everything, everything will definitely get worse with continued drinking. And I'm just grateful to have realized that and started to put my sobriety as a top priority in my life. THE top priority. Life is still hard sometimes, but it is measurably better now than it was two years ago. Wishing you all some peace in whatever life is throwing your way right now.
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Same for me KeepingUp.
Could not possibly deal with what's on my plate at the moment if I were drinking.
And as added bonus each challenge I face makes me stronger. Drinking reduced me, shamed me. Incapacitated me. I have capacity in sobriety or at least that's what I'm learning.
Could not possibly deal with what's on my plate at the moment if I were drinking.
And as added bonus each challenge I face makes me stronger. Drinking reduced me, shamed me. Incapacitated me. I have capacity in sobriety or at least that's what I'm learning.
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Right on, Keeping. No matter what's going on, there is almost always something to be grateful for, and paying attention to that is something that requires practice. Gratitude helps us through a lot. For one thing it focuses on the positive, and helps us ignore stress. Stress is real. You have to deal with it, but you don't want to lose perspective and start thinking that's all there is. That's unhealthy.
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I'm doing much better than many people. I got a roof over my head and not afraid of being evicted. I can pay my bills and have plenty of food. Nowadays, that doing pretty good. Really feel bad for those not as fortunate. Praying for them. John
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