Feel Blessed that You can Participate in the Holiday
Maybe you need some incentive to actually get your Christmas shopping done. Go out there and buy your dad that battery backup surge protection, and while you are at it go out and buy your aunt Gertrude that wheelchair cup holder that she has had her eye on for so long! And of course you will want to buy your niece those Liv doll toys that she wants so badly.
The real blessing here is that you can buy Christmas gifts at all, or even care to do so. This is a miracle in recovery, that we can learn to care about such things again and participate in some of the normal, more human aspects of the holiday. So what if it is too commercialized? That is better than being passed out and miserable on your couch at home after drinking a fifth over the holiday. Be grateful that you can take part in the holiday in a more civilized manner, even if that means being whipped up into a shopping frenzy.
I know that I am grateful for the holidays now that I am sober…it is so much more meaningful now to give and spend time with family.
