Grapevine Daily Quote July 12, 2018
“I sometimes forget to feel gratitude for my sobriety ... This is why I must continue to work with others, to go to meetings, to be of some service to the world around me -- not because these are ‘good’ things, but rather so that I can once again be stimulated into feelings of gratitude for this life I have found.”
“Taking Gratitude for Granted,” Los Angeles, California, May 2000, Voices of Long-Term Sobriety
Quote July 12 2013
"I sometimes forget to feel gratitude for my sobriety ... This is why I must continue to work with others, to go to meetings, to be of some service to the world around me -- not because these are 'good' things, but rather so that I can once again be stimulated into feelings of gratitude for this life I have found."
Los Angeles, Calif., May 2000 "Taking Gratitude for Granted" Voices of Long-Term Sobriety
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