Are you Grateful in Recovery?

Many studies show, those people who practice gratitude on a daily basis have experienced measurable shifts in both physical and psychological wellness. Gratitude helps people to change their perspective on life, and to realize that they have resources to meet life’s difficulties with dignity and sobriety. When challenges arise, a positive mind set helps a person to see them as opportunities for growth, rather than obstacles to hide from or to fight against.?

What is Gratitude?

Gratitude is a state of mind, a way of thinking, and a feeling of joy and appreciation for the things you have. These things can be material—like a warm bed, clothes to wear, food, or a car, and they can also be the people in your life, opportunities, health, talents, and ideas. Gratitude does not depend on any outside circumstances. There are wealthy people who are miserable and poor people who are happy with their lives.?An attitude of gratitude is looking for the good, emphasizing the good, and understanding that it’s better to build on a foundation of positive thoughts than a negative one. Gratitude is an antidote to negative thinking.

Here are some tips for developing a gratitude practice. Plus, take the quiz developed by Psychologists Mitchel Adler and Nancy Fagley to measure feelings of gratitude here.

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