So I'm sitting here on the eve of Independence Day, the Fourth of July, experiencing a lot of gratitude: - I'm grateful for not feeling the need to stop for drugs & alcohol on the way home from work, making sure I have enough 'stash' to get me all the way through 'til the fireworks are over. - I'm grateful knowing that tomorrow I will spend the day with fellow humans; in the parade, at the bar-b-que, watching fireworks... SOBER. - I'm grateful for having a group of men I can associate with who have a like-minded desire for "The One Thing".

http://www.med.umich.edu/opm/newspage/2007/spirituality.htm