Living Gratitude

Hey, guys. Chris here from Cadre. I'm on a little hike with the dog. I'll show you where we're going here. He loves the woods. Anyway, I had a thought I wanted to share. We made some crew with Cadre, made some gratitude videos the other day. What are you grateful for? We had 30 or 40 people, one of my sober houses for a Thanksgiving dinner. We went around, everybody said what they were grateful for. Super. Great. I wanted to expand on that a little bit because it kind of occurs to me that the way to thread gratitude through all of the year, and not just at Thanksgiving, I think has a lot to do with maintenance.

Maintenance of the relationships that you're grateful for. Maintenance of your life, your stuff, your house, your body, your things you own, things you care about. Reminding people in your life that you care about them. Taking care of the things you own. I think, at least for me, I remember first few years of early sobriety, I came into this with nothing, nothing to my name. In fact, even the clothes I owned were from a thrift store, so they were doubly not mine. I also think that those are kind of grown up sobriety concepts a little bit.

You got to be pushing into the second and third year, and you start to realize how important those things are. But if you invest in it, it's like investing in recovery capital. It's like investing your money. Invest in the relationships. Invest in who you are, how you show up. None of us are perfect. God knows I'm not. I apologize. At least a couple of nice ones a week. Anyway, that being said, enjoy the rest of your holidays. I'll give you another peek of the walk. Happy holidays, everybody.