I am thankful for the painkiller, vioxx, which has given me back a chunk of my life.

I am thankful I found a psychopharmacologist who switched me from one mood stabilizer to another, thus losing the one which caused a terrific weight gain.

I am thankful that one sister came out of a long standing bad depression.

I am thankful that my brother is clean, sober, and employed.

My mother, who has alzheimer's, has taken a turn for the worse and if it is her time I hope she goes without pain in my father's arms.

Looking forward to 2004, MA