I have a question I hope many of you will respond to and that question is:  “Can we have it all without showing or having gratitude?”  As a therapist I often ask my clients to create a “vision board” in order to consider what they want for their lives…to specifically define their lives.  As our wants/dreams/wishes/desires are racing towards us is it important to have the awareness, at least, of being grateful?  Can we “fly high” without substances? YES!  Can we “fly high” without the cooperation and support of friends, families, co-workers, the universe?  NO! These are only my opinions…I would love to hear yours…

Understanding that there must be a direct connection between ones’ state of mind and ones’ perception is one of the keys, I believe, in mastering the art of gratitude within the recovery of addiction.  Please work to be brilliant by showing humility, empathy, generosity, patience and kindness!  You, along with everyone in the universe, is worth it!

Govern thy life and thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one, and read the other.
 – Thomas Fuller