My Gratitude Poem

How grateful I am for recovery,

How grateful I am to God.

How grateful I am for recovery,

It’s bringing me closer to God.

How grateful I am for my affirmations,

Saying them gives my heart ease.

How grateful I am for my slogans,

They make it easier to breathe.

How grateful I am for my gratitude list,
it gets me singing a positive note.

How grateful I am for my journal,

I give to God the things that I wrote.

How grateful I am for my worship,

It’s my daily access to Life.

How grateful I am for exercise,

It rids me of my strife.

How grateful I am for my meetings,

I can be myself there, and I feel safe.

How grateful I am for my sponsor,

She has taught me the meaning of grace.

How grateful I am for my therapist,
God speaks through her every time.

How grateful I am to God,

Giving me everything that’s His, not mine.

How grateful I am for my music,

Without it I would be dead.

And every day that I practice,

I’m always one step ahead.

How grateful I am for my trials,

They are carving out God’s me.

How grateful I am for my sadness,

For it magnifies the joy to be.

I’m grateful for my inner children,

To know them is to know myself.

To ignore them makes me an imposter,

Placed upon someone else’s shelf.

How grateful I am for my program,

My effort produces tranquility.

The harder I work, the closer to God I get,

The author composes humility.
I must confess,

Let me be his work-in-progress.

It is for him that I live and breathe.

~ Juliet A. Wright