Stephen and I walk a mile and a half down the hill from our house and back again. Yes, I power walk in the suburbs every morning just like your mom. For the first fifteen minutes of the walk, I do breathing exercises to get centered. For the second fifteen minutes, I make a list of everything I’m grateful for. Stephen and I usually alternate. I say “I’m grateful I’m sober today,” and he says “I’m grateful for our one-eyed dog,” and so on. It puts us in a state of gratitude, which is a really easy way to make yourself feel good, even if you’re in a bad mood. Then after that, we do fifteen
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