am just now awaking, for the second time. I am grateful my bestie was able to call this morning before her day started and we got to catch up on a little bit of life over the past week. I am grateful that today is starting off with me feeling a little better. A chest cold in the summer in Florida is never pleasant. No cold is pleasant, specially a cold in the heat and humidity is extra brutal on the respiratory system 
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I am grateful Shiloh is back home. Though she is wearing a cone, she is spayed and has her rabies and bordatella shots. She will be ready to rock and roll at daycare!
I am grateful beyond the heavens for this being the 3rd sober 4th of July holiday in a row of sobriety! Though I never did truly celebrate the holiday, I truly did use the weekend to stay extremely drunk for the entire time. I did this for 15 years or more. I am glad to be sober. I am sad that I didn't get sober sooner. I know that I am living. I am sober. I am not sure both of those were able to be true at the same time any sooner than they became true. I am grateful for today being a day I am sober and strong!
I am grateful for the Mens BIP group going well. The topic: The Broken Mirror. If the spouse makes a statement like, he/she needs to pull a few extra hours to bring in a little more money for bills, does that make your automatic thoughts surround you being a failure? That is the broken mirror. Think about others and what the say. Do you internalize thier words as if it is a reflection of you? Fix your words. Repair the broken mirror. Points to ponder for sure. And not everything is about you.
Grateful for adding 3 more men to the face to face group. Keeping true to policy, three absences in a row equates to dismissal and warrants a report to the PO. Done. So, we are now at 18 for face to face with one dismissal. Grateful to be a part of this growth and opportunity!
Grateful for a 5 hour stint at the BPPR as we will be welcoming several pups in this afternoon to stay the holiday weekend with us. I think we will have about 40 dogs with us. I am hoping the Great Dane puppy will be there and I would love to have the Frenchie hamg out with me in the lobby today. The Lobby is closed tomorrow! I actually get a day off. The only day off in over 20 days. I need it. I do however have reports to write, some of my day off will have to be spent at the office writing these biopsychosocials up. My time directed by me and not by the structure of office hours. I am grateful for the flexibility and the opportunity to complete those and write them well.
I am grateful today. I am sober. I am strong!!!
