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Positive What are you grateful for ?

The ability of lucid dreaming (which I lost for some time). Even if dream total BS like one of my dogs going up on flames, I have the ability to see it as what it is (a dream) and change directión while still dreaming.
In my dreams I'm the boss!
 
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I'm also grateful to be alive in spite of the fact that I probably shouldn't be.

I've had many brushes with death over the years, most of them alcohol related. I was reminded of one of them today while I was reading about Led Zeppelin.

As most of you know, John Bonham died in 1980 from asphyxiation when he vomited while passed out from drinking. The same thing very nearly happened to me five years prior to that when I awoke from a drunken stupor in a pool of vomit. I had  no recollection of being sick the night before. I just remember being extremely drunk and eating a big meal before going to bed.

That morning I was just pissed off about the mess. It wasn't until Bonham's death that it occurred to me how lucky I'd been.

So, yeah. It's nice to be alive. And sober.
 
Grateful for having a place in this small town where I can go to work so I won't feel like it's still covid lockdown only now with 1990s internet speed anymore.
 
I'm grateful for the roof over my head, music is what moves me most so I'm always grateful for that, I wouldn't want to live without it and books so that's another gratitude. I'm also grateful for Bluelight!
 
I'm grateful for the (relatively) nice weather this morning. I'm grateful for the fifteen, 5 day old , baby chicks we have in the bathtub, so fuzzy and warm. I'm grateful that I have a place to live, and a supportive S.O. I'm grateful I'm not still strung out on benzos and dope, or in jail.

It also occurred to me how grateful I am for Bluelight. Over the years I've had a handful of accounts (none banned, just forgot creds), and the mental health support on here is fucking excellent. There's really nowhere else that I can dump my BS on strangers and they give advice and support, never having met them.

There's a lot of shit I'm not happy about right now, but I am grateful for the things I have, and how quickly they can be lost.

Thanks for letting me share.
 
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