As I look back on 2025, there were so many challenging, hurtful, stressful, and awful things that I could hold onto. But what I choose to do, and how I choose to live my life, is to be grateful. I’m grateful that in 2025 I learned how to live without numbing myself with alcohol. I learned to be more present for my family, I learned to have more self-respect and stand up for what I believe.
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You said the magic words that resonated with me. Being more present with my family. I would spend more time sneaking around dir drinks and in my own world than I did with them. Never realized at the time until I stopped
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Love this for you! I am so grateful that I can say the same.
It feels so good to be reunited with my kids.
Me and my sisters once estranged relationship is flourishing into such a beautiful bond.
Just like you said, learning to be more present as well! Gratitude can help in every circumstance. Have a great day.
That’s a big shift. You could’ve stayed stuck in the hurt, but you chose growth instead. Learning to live without numbing out and actually being present? That’s real change. That’s something no one can take away from you.
Learning to live without numbing… 
🫶. Choosing gratitude 
Being present and having self-respect back is priceless.
Proud of you
It works if you work it and you are working it!!