I guess every day is thanksgiving day if you really think about it. In some ways I am thankfull all this has happened. If it had not I would still be living a pretty sh*tfull life. At present my life is not too bad if I dont think about the sit. regards the W too much.
What have I got to be thankfull about...
I am thankfull that I am now relativly healthy both physically and mentally. A far cry from the old Paul of 12 months ago.
I am thankfull that I can now look in the mirror and actually like the person looking back.
I am thankfull that I have four wonderfull children that love me as much as I love them.
I am thankfull that I can now see the part I played in this situation coming about and have been able to make numerous positive changes in the way I react and interact with my W and family.
I am thankfull that I am now more able to recognise when negative thoughts and feelings like anger, resentment and hate start to arise I am able to know they are arising and can replace them with compassion, love, joy and most importantly understanding.
I am thankfull that I found AA, am still sober, and know for a fact that if I started drinking again this sit. I find myself in would very quickly get a whole lot worse.
I am thankfull this board exists and there are many people here willing to offer help and support to others even when they themselvs are hurting and going through, possibly, one of the biggest and hardest tests in their lives.
I am thankfull that I am alive and that the life I have lived (as bad as parts of it have been) has got me to a place where I do have alot to be thankfull for.
