Gratitude - a Vital Tool in the Recovery Process
Gratitude - a Vital Tool in the Recovery Process
“Since it is Thanksgiving time it seems only appropriate to talk about one of the most important tools in the recovery process - gratitude. Being grateful for what we have, and keeping things in perspective, is vital in the struggle to stay in the now and enjoy today as much as possible.” “One of the gifts that came to me early in my healing process was a little expression that helped me start changing my perspective. That expression was, “I don’t have any problems I have opportunities for growth.” The more I stopped focusing on problems and obstacles, and started looking for the gifts, the lessons, attached to them, the easier life became. I became a part of the solution instead of getting stuck being the victim of the problem. I started seeing the half of the glass that was full instead of always focusing on the half that was empty.” “It was wonderfully liberating in recovery to start learning that I could start to see life in a growth context. That I had a choice to focus on the half of the glass that was full instead of giving power to the disease which always wants to focus on the half that is empty. When I focus on what I have, and have been given, that I am grateful for - instead of just focusing on what I want that I don’t have - it helps me to let go of the victim place my disease wants to promote.”
On this page is an article written by codependence counselor who says that it is possible to have serenity and stop living in fear by keeping things in perspective and being grateful.
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(The Column “Thanksgiving” by Robert Burney originally appeared in the Information Press of San Luis Obispo California)
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