REASONS TO BE THANKFUL...

I am thankful for a shitty abused childhood.
I am thankful for being an abusive parent.
I am thankful for being belittled and berated by my mother.
I am thankful for being beat to the point of welts to go back to my abuser.
I am thankful for all my years of alcohol and drug abuse (21 years).
I am thankful for abusive relationships.
I am thankful for getting a record in Manhattan Criminal Court.
I am thankful for trying to take my own life on numerous occasions.
I am thankful that a gun and knives were pulled on me.
I am thankful for being a latchkey kid.
I am thankful for being chased with a hammer.
I am thankful for being investigated for fraud.
I am thankful for being raped.
I am thankful for being robbed.
I am thankful for the school of hard knocks.
I am thankful for learning how to steal food in 2nd grade.
I am thankful for having to furnish my first apartment with garbage.
I am thankful for having someone break my finger.
I am thankful for my old junkie friends.
I am thankful for my old pusher friends.
I am thankful for having rats, mice, water bugs, and cockroaches.

YES I AM THANKFUL FOR ALL THE SHIT THAT MADE ME WHO I AM TODAY!  YOU CAN’T BEAT THAT WITH A STICK.  Oh yeah.  I am real thankful.  I swear that I am really thankful because had I not come through this course, I may not be me as me now stands in more ways than one.
Happy Thanksgiving y’all! ~ Arachne ~ November 27, 2008 @ 4:07 a.m. EST