Happy Thanksgiving, all. I know it's a day late, but not really, as every day as alcoholics in recovery, we have a ton to be thankful for.

I think everyone here can agree on that, no matter what nation we are from or living in.

It snowed today. And here I am in my warm home, worrying about doing that 3rd load of dishes in the dishwasher after last night's meal (which I didn't get to eat due to stomach problem right now).... but I am alive and well, able to get the help I need, able to get medical treatment without having to worry about how I will ever pay for it, or where I will be able to lay my head at night. There are Alcoholic brothers and sisters out there tonight, soaking wet and frozen so badly their teeth chatter and lips are blue... they are out on the streets looking for that next drink or hit... alcohol and side-dishes have total control of their lives, to the point that they would rather die searching for their drug/drink of choice, than to stop in at a shelter and come in from the cold. That was me for a very long time. I spent whole winters like that. God, I have so much to be thankful for. I could not have turned my life around on my own will. I had no will, no desire, because I believed there was nothing else out there to make me feel "good". I was so wrong, and so it goes...

Safe warn night to all, American, European, Aussie, Asian, African, Russian, Indian, South American. Safe sober night to all.

Joni