December Gratitude Post #11

Today I am grateful for 400 days of not acting out. I can scarcely believe that I have made it this far. It seems both like yesterday and many years ago in which I was on day 1 of my sobriety. I have learned so much about myself since I discovered why I had been acting the way I was for so many years. I have faced some things that I already knew and other things that I never would have dreamed of.
The further I get in my recovery, the stronger I am getting and the more my self confidence is increasing. I have decided that in addition to not allowing men to treat me poorly, I am not allowing ANYONE ever again to treat me poorly. And perhaps that is one of the main lessons that I had to learn throughout my addiction and subsequent recovery: if you don't truly value yourself, no one else will. You must be your own best friend and have your own back. If you do, everything else will fall into place. I think that's a pretty fantastic lesson to have learned on the eve of my 40th birthday! 😊