Gratefulness In Recovery

“Great difficulties give birth to even greater opportunities.” (gratefulness.org) What a simple but yet profound statement. Think about it for a moment. What you are going through, this suffering of addiction to drugs and alcohol, can be a great lesson in gratefulness. Being grateful in ones life brings healing and wholeness to life and to the lives of all you are associated. The addiction to drugs and alcohol makes one so introverted that he/she can not look up and out and see the beauty of life that is surrounding them. The chaos that drug and alcohol addiction brings puts one is a state of fear, unrest, turmoil and uncertainty about life and how to live it. However, the most unlikely of events can happen in that whatever seems the strangest in the chaos can actually be the thing that pulls you out. For the addict, that moment can be recogonizing the effects of drug and alcohol abuse. In this awakening, the addict will begin to take notice of the beauty of life that surrounds them. Not everything will be perfect. But, in the imperfections hope can be born. In your journey to recovery, the addict has to infiltrate themselves with the attitude of gratefulness. Take notice of what you have instead of what you don’t. Look to what is ahead of you, letting go of what lies behind. You can not change what you did yesterday but you can absolutely make certain that this moment is one to live. Make a positive change in this moment reach for hope right now. Take a hold of gratefulness and begin to notice what you have instead of what you do not.