Before recovery, I would want to give a person a gift as a random act
of kindness. I was not able to do that
because I would always need to trade tit-for-tat in a way that came out like “if
you do that, I will gave you this”. That
was not giving a gift and rarely worked as hoped for.
Today I am able to freely give gifts without strings attached. That is fantastic progress from how it used
to be. It feels good to give a nice
appropriate gift to a friend regardless of whether it was so something they
said they wanted or if I did it in a random act of kindness.
Gigi had 22 years of sobriety this month. She wanted a fancy medallion and a sweet
treat. I will give her both on Friday at
the 9:30 AM Reflections meeting where I am currently serving as secretary.
I am grateful for the progress I have made in being able to give gifts
to others as a way of expressing my gratitude for important relationships in my
life.
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