Defects of Character

[MajestyJo]

Grateful/Ungrateful

Over the years, I have been very grateful for my recovery. Grateful for all the gifts that this program offers. Grateful that I benefit from the AA program as well as the Al-Anon one. In truth, I qualify for just about any room you put me in. So grateful that the 12 Steps are a common denominator amongst them all. The substance is but a symptom of my disease, the problem is me.

I am grateful that I can recognize how my disease makes itself known in my life today. It takes many forms, and I am so grateful that my God is big enough to handle them all. We can do what I can't do.

About the only time I am ungrateful is when the sun doesn't shine. I don't get too angry at my God, because I know that the sun is shining on someone else even if it isn't shining on me.