Last week I was reminded how precious life is and how I should continue to strive for living day-to-day instead of dwelling on the past or being preoccupied with the future. I was involved in a single car accident last week that I was very lucky to walk away from unharmed along with the other passengers in the vehicle. Hydro -planening off the highway in a heavy downpour found us leaving the roadway into a ditch and through a secondary guard rail  there for protection against going down and embankment toward the river. By the grace off God it stopped the vehicle feet away from going down  the slope  and undoubtedly causing great harm to us. The reason I mention this is because I was dealing with a lot of anxiety  for a couple of days after about what might have been. In a way the whole incident has been a blessing in terms of reminding me to live in the present and make the best of what comes my way. In doing so the anxiety of  is being lifted as I pass that accident site, which is on my daily drive home. I can know that this is all because of God and how grateful I should be and what a blessing each day of sobriety brings. My goal now is to reach out to my family, who live across country, on a daily basis in some fashion if only to say hello and let them know I am always thinking of them. In addition I need to practice saying ” I love you ” more often to all those whom i am blessed to share my life with these sober days. I believe in doing so I can continue to share precious memories if even by only telephone…..May God protect you and allow you to live day by day in sobriety so that you may be able to create precious memories as I am trying to do.