what day of the week it is! I drove all the way home bamboozled in the twine of my thoughts and forgot to pick up my groceries 
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Grateful for sobriety and for another sunset sober!
I am grateful for support from my best friend and friends from Loosid. I am grateful for the mornings coffees and protein coffee! Feeling grateful can often be overlooked when overwhelmed. I did not do my gratitude this morning. My schedule was off. I was so exhausted yesterday after working 9 straight hours. No breaks. No lunch. Minimal documentation and maximum stress. Somehow, someone booked a client during my lunch. Like, how does that even happen? Then the front desk people/manager was told to move my 4 to Thursday at 10. No one did. So, I was a little pissy with work people yesterday and messaged my boss and stated I would be in at 830 today for half of my lunch that is owed to me. I am grateful I stayed and met my 4. New client and needs services right away. She is on our waitlist for a higher level of care, so it was a good thing that she was not rescheduled.
I am grateful for our Community Action Team and all they do for our kiddos. I am grateful to be of assistance with the clients on their waitlist until they get admitted. I am grateful to work with the providers, as well.
I am grateful for being able to sleep in today. I am actually grateful for the 2 no call no shows I had today....gave me some time to work on reports.
I got to end the day with my favorite activity. Teaching our Tuesday Substance Use Group. I started class with 1 round of DON'T GO BANANAS, a card game on life and how we respond. Great family game, too. I am grateful for the clients who participated in the group to share their sobriety journey with us. Today we discussed relationships and the impact our substance use has had on them. Who is in your circle? Who is not? Who do you want out of your circle and who do you want to bring closer in?
Relationships have an ebb and flow. The substance use and our recovery efforts weigh on both of these tidal pulls....the impact is obvious once we get sober.
How are your relationships? I am grateful to pose this question and reflect on my reply. I am grateful for my close relationships and I want to pull my daughters in from the outer circle they placed themselves in. I am grateful to recognize each relationship as they were, as they are, and how I want them to be.