It is a wonderful life. Tomorrow a young woman I know will be buried. She died after a 10 year fight for her life with cancer.
She leaves behind two children. Young ones.
So today be grateful for life. Its a huge gift and the gitt is in the day to day.

Yeah, it's one thing after another, feeling a bit blue or angry even, isn't an unheard of response. The key word is a bit and you are doing what you need to get through this.

I often forget this at times and go a bit further down that road, I dwelling on it too much but I don't drink and eventually regain emotional balance, but sometimes things in life come at me like a machine gun. The best I can do is keep in the front of my mind nothing is permanent. Better days will come and go.

Really how bad is my life now without alcohol than it was with it? That question for an alcoholic really is a no brainer.

Going through the feelings and dealing with tough situations without alcohol gave me a such a feeling of self worth and competence that I joined the human race.

It sounds like you probably got the money to pay for the repairs as you didn't list as part of your situation. Now ain't that something...

Darn pebble!!! If it's any help, our fireplace malfunctioned and our house has sustained $15-20,000 in soot damage!! Every surface of our house is covered in soot! A cleaning team is coming in and will be touching everything i own......this stresses me out!!! But, I am not drinking and that is the best gift ever!

Life is wonderful over all - individual moments and events can be superb, others misery. What often helps me, in conjunction with the spiritual path I'm on is that if I didn't know the tough stuff, how much would I appreciate the good?

I used to think it was all about stopping the drinking and staying off it. Then I learned I had - and still have - much work to do on my emotions and reactions to what happens in my life.

I can't afford to grab onto anger, fear or self-pity - just a few of my maladjusted emotions that, left unchecked, would have me running back to the old "answer" which only ever made everything worse...

I need one to one, face to face help from other recovered alcoholics that at first I found painful but these days it's joyful to have such special friendships where we know each other so well.

I have to spend about that much just to get my car inspected.....right now I am driving an uninspected car.

I was still married when I was in a car accident (not my fault) and insurance paid us to get it fixed. My now ex wife took the money that was suppose to pay for those repairs, and went to Florida with her boyfriend!

I don't have that kind of money to fix my car so I could use some prayers for business to pick up for me.

Thanks!

God Bless!

Life on life's terms, taking the good with the bad (sigh). I know how you feel. The potholes around here makes driving to work like navigating a mine field. My car heater is shot and now sounds like an outboard motor, and last Sunday we had to put our dog down. Drinking wouldn't have changed a thing, but it hasn't been a particularly pleasant week.

Still, there are plenty of other things I can feel good about. What I choose to focus on is up to me.

Glad you shared how you dealt with the blues without picking up a drink. Water, meditation, continued commitment to sobriety. That's how it works. Spring sure seems slow to arrive this year, but it won't be long now! Let's look forward to better days! (and the filling in of those potholes!)

I know what you mean about car repairs and expenses. They suck. I had to write a $1000 check this week for a car issue... ugh.

I hope you can enjoy your walk to pick up the car and that the snow and rain hold off until you get home.

Safe travels.

Thank you all for the kind words of support, Stickywick Iam ver sorry to hear off the loss of your friend,,, we did get all the snow but no freezing rain last night ,,,so off I go to pick up my car ,,, and yes it is a wonderful life ,,, and Im thankful that it is .

Pebbles going through a lot of things too. I just keep remembering drinking won't make any of it go away. It will be there when I am hung over and full of guilt.