Today, I am grateful for the pros of recovery, specifically a strong recovery. I need a lot of work in a lot of areas, but thanks to God, and despite a lot of relapses, I have done everything I was told to do (not easy when you are as stubborn as I am), and I have been seeing the results for a while now.
Place, car, job, family relationships restored - mental sanity. That is huge. To keep a job, and be able to afford basic things. My car needs a repair, and I just had it towed to the mechanic, and for once in my life, it was all good today. I am stoked I can actually afford the repair, and I am carrying on life as usual.
Something like this would have broken me before, and I still do have rough days, but those days I don’t immediately need a drink or dope- and for that, I am beyond grateful.