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GRATITUDE AND RECOVERY

Have Gratitude in Recovery and Overcome Your Addiction

How Can we gain Gratitude in Recovery?”

If you think back, you can probably pinpoint at least one point in your life when you really felt a deep sense of gratitude. Maybe everything was going really good you and your friends and family were all healthy, and you didn't have any major problems to speak of. Perhaps you had just come into some money, or maybe you just started a really exciting relationship. Whatever the situation might have been, you felt a deep sense of gratitude. Note that you weren't just being giddy about your good fortune you had a deeper sense of appreciation for your life that went way beyond simply being happy. In that moment, you had a deep appreciation for existence itself for living life with all of its challenges, with all of the tough times included. You were gratefulfor all of it.

Although we have all experienced gratitude like this, we know that such moments can be fleeting, and eventually we all return to a much more average baseline of gratitude. We might not be miserable and ungrateful, but we are probably not walking around, filled with joy, and overflowing with gratitude, either. Most of us spend our days somewhere in the middle of this continuum. But what if we made a conscious effort to practice gratitude on a daily basis?

Gaining Gratitude Requires 

Us to Slow Down

Most of us causally dismiss the idea of gratitude in our minds all the time. Think about it: most of the time, we are trying to stay busy, be productive, get things done at work, etc. The idea of appreciating the little things is a mere distraction at best our busy minds tell us that everything will be alright if we can just get our work done properly and in a timely manner. So it becomes hurry-up-and-wait, and most of us find ourselves discontentwhen we have nothing to do, instead of being able to relax. On the other hand, if we take a bit more time with things, and be mindful; be appreciative we can enjoy the simple things in life while still getting our work done. Think about it: what are you here for? Are you just some busy robot, rushing to get things done so that later you can....what? Start enjoying life right now. Relax, slow down, take time to reflect, and start appreciating life.

Make a Gratitude List.

This is a popular tactic for developing gratitude. It might feel a bit silly at first, but sit down and force yourself to write out each thing that you are grateful for in your life. This method is tried and tested very therapeutic.

What is it like?

A woman was asked by a Co-worker, what is it like to be a recovering addict? The Co-worker replied, It is like being a pumpkin. God picks you from the patch, brings you in, and washes all the dirt off of you. Then He cuts off the top and scoops out all the yucky stuff. He removes the seeds of doubt, hate, and greed. Then He carves you a new smiling face and puts his light inside of you to shine for all the world to see. God bless you.