Grateful~

[dominosarah]

I think it is time for a gratitude list.  We have seen some changes here, some good and some very painful.  It is time for all of us to come together and do what we do best and that is to help one another.  Everyone here is valued.  Noone is more important than the other.  Each one of us bring something to the table.  Noone should have to feel that they arent needed or wanted here.  This forum saved my life and i want everyone to experience the blessings i have.  Lets all try to remember where we came from.

So today, i am grateful for all of you.  Each one of you help me stay clean and i thank you from the bottom of my heart~

[dominosarah]

Nicely said~

[VICourageous]

Yes, I know and I am glad you posted this. WE all have our Opinions, but maybe we all should think a bit before we go in and hurt someones feelings. There is a line between Depending on a Medication and Abusing one!!!

If we use to live and live to use just for the HECK of it...Maybe then it is time to step back and take a look at yourself. I made the Choice to take that drug/drink at 14..(even if it was off & on) to bad it took over 40yrs for me to finally Step Back and Look in that Mirror.

SO I AM GRATEFUL TO HAVE CLEAR EYES & A CLEAN MIRROR TO LOOK AT..Ha!!!

[VICourageous]

VERY, VERY GOOD JUGGLIN!
Right to the point..SO lets bring back the Love & Support we once had here and continue to have some fun on the way!!!

[luvdolphins58]

I am so happy to see this post. I have been on here daily for over a year. I read all just don't post often. I'm so thankful someone is trying bring the love support compassion back.  Thank you!!
Karen

[toothfairie]

Thank you Sara for this post!  I'm grateful for my son, my beautiful twin grandbaby girls....my family, my job(s), my condo I live in (even tho I have the MOST noisy neighbors...lol  being able to afford my car and all that I have to pay for alone.  Grateful for this site, without it I might have given up in those first few weeks probably...idk. So grateful to wake up and face another day, without worrying about how many pills I have left and when I can get more.  My health, over 10 years in remission from breast CA.  

Everyone has their own path to recovery.  It's nice to see that people on here still care and want to help.  Makes me smile to think someone out there is looking out for us.  :))  

[ActingBrandNew]

I am grateful for MedHelp. I initially joined MedHelp for the Hepatitis C forum and found the addiction forum by accident. I already had a couple years clean at the time but I was a VERY angry and resentful person. I was on HCV treatment and isolated at home. The interaction I got on MH was all I had at the time. I used to pick fights and argue with people because I hated myself and the fact that I had Hep C. Its hard to explain what I was going through back then but I didnt know how to have healthy relationships with good communication skills. Many of the old timers put me in my place along with the moderators which caused me to take inventory and examine my character defects. I was an angry person back then....out of prison for 2 years with no friends, Its hard to think that an online forum taught me good communication skills but it did. By reading the kind, caring and compassionate words of support given by people like IBK, Sarah, Nursegirl, Connie, Debbie, Toothy, Annie, Vic, Vicki, and so many more, I learned there are so many more perspectives in live other than my own. I learned that people do actually care and how to convey that. I learned so many things form MedHelp and the wonderful people on it and I am grateful for that. I may not get on here much anymore but I always refer people to the forum. I even had my boss link this forum to our resources page on our website where I work. I am truly grateful for all of you.

I am grateful for my daughter. I have a 13 month old daughter named Evalyn. I was in prison the majority of my sons lives and now I have a daughter. She is a blessing. Im grateful she is healthy. I am grateful for her smile. Im grateful for her red hair. Im grateful that I get paid to work with fellow addicts. It helps keep me clean. Ive been off work because of knee surgery and they all sent me a signed get well card that meant the world to me. I feel like Im living such a blessed life now that Im sober. From being a kid strung out on heroin and living in parks to a man that has almost 6 years clean who pays a mortgage and takes care of his kids. Im truly grateful.

I read a quote that says, :"The only disability is a bad attitude". When I think about that I think of Joni Erickson Tada who is paraplegic with breast cancer. She paints using her mouth. When I start to feel sorry for myself about the pain Im experiencing, I often think about Joni and how she would probably love to be able to feel pain if that meant she could use her limbs and function. Im so grateful.

Im grateful for all the things I GET to do now that Im sober. I GET to pay bills, I GET to go to work, I GET to see me kids. Im so grateful.