Glad that your ol dog girl kept the gratitude chair warm this morning.
Grateful to read your posts and know you’re well and thriving and hanging with fam.
Grateful you showed that airport lounge and in-flight service cart they don’t own a thing about you, and yep - @Sunflower was right - you are badass!
Grateful you are paving the way for a lot of us, showing us how to do this stuff sober.
I’m grateful today to have had a great night of sleep and wake without a hangover. I am grateful for all of the tools and technology to keep me on track to improve my fitness and health and geek out on something worthwhile…that being ME! I am grateful to be at the point of believing I am worthy of taking care of, celebrating my insides and outsides and treating myself with respect and not like a garbage can. I am grateful for a day off and the exercise class I am trying out today. I am always grateful for TS and the gratidudes - wishing you all a healthy day.
I’m so grateful for coffee. Especially today. Since I can’t have any
In recovery, we either learn to be grateful, or we don’t last.
Gratitude is the air of recovery.
Gratitude is what makes the lungs of recovery fill, the heart beat, and the life flow.
The attitude of gratitude focuses on what we have rather than what we don’t.
With gratitude, there is such a thing as enough. People filled with gratitude aren’t good consumers because they don’t heed the message “You need more stuff. Stuff will make you whole.”
Gratitude makes us whole, not stuff. It allows us to make the abundant blessings we already have in our life not only count, but be enough. And not just enough, but more than we could have imagined. Gratitude allows us to understand that there is enough for everyone so we don’t have to hoard whatever it is we think we need. There is plenty. In a culture addicted to the belief that “I need more,” people with an attitude of gratitude stand out. They are like roses growing out of cracks in a ghetto neighborhood. People watch. They see. And in being seen, we give some small measure of the bread of life to the world.
I’m having to change my own self-imposed rule of only posting once per day on this thread. Why I had that rule in the first place, I don’t know.
This is a beautiful post, Eric. Very true.
I have kind of stumbled upon daily gratitude because it just makes me feel a bit better. When you put it this way, it feels like I’ve stumbled across penicillin by eating rotten bread and noticing that that makes me feel a bit better.
With an outlook like this, your current situation is a walk in the park.
Thank you Tony. But to be clear they are not my words. I can’t remember who or when or where I saved them from. But they are my thoughts. I wish I could write my thoughts that well. As long as it helps us stay sober I’ll steal any words I can.
I’m grateful for your compliment.
Grateful for so much. Grateful for all the gratitudes. Grateful that dazer cat has his procedure today and his daughter to help him afterwards. Grateful that @Singtone is feeling so fulfilled as a sober man. Realizing more and more each day what he has gained. Grateful his family is doing planks with him! @Dazercat grateful the Dr has the skills to do the ablation. Thinking about you, grateful I pray and will say prayers for your good health.
Grateful for all of you.
I am grateful to be alive
I am grateful to have a place to rest each night
I am grateful for all the amazing people in this group that offer kind words
I am grateful for someone in my life that supports me everyday even if they don’t think they do
I am grateful that the weather is warm because it will be cold in the next couple months
I am grateful that I am not hungry
I am grateful that I am 31 years old and I have sobriety for the rest of my life as long as I sustain it that way
Grateful being sober. Being in recovery is somehow something that cannot be undone. I am on this journey - sometimes more mindful and sometimes I let myself go and I get caught pretty quickly.
Grateful for the girls are already giving me so much.
Grateful I have a roof over my head and enough food in the fridge.
Grateful for a warm shower.
Grateful for my bicycles and mostly stressless riding at least less stress than driving in a car.
Good morning, all.
Grateful to be sober and hangover free on another lovely summer morning. I can’t believe I’m doing it in summer.
Grateful for @Alisa’s message which was one of the first things that I read today. A personal shout out really picks you up, whether we like to admit it, or not.
Grateful that the stress dream that I had last night was just a dream, and that I’m not teaching an unresponsive group of junior school children (I’m a senior school teacher) with unsupportive colleagues in an unfamiliar environment.
Grateful for the wisdom that I see in this thread on a daily basis. Love it.
Have a good day, all.
Good evening all,
I’m grateful I had a day off of work. I’m grateful that I took this time to do some journaling- not something I’m very good at or enjoy but I’ve been in a funk for about a week or so, so time to try something else.
I’m grateful for hot weather and sunshine. I’m grateful that my body lets me do stuff I enjoy like lifting weights and riding bicycles. I’m grateful for this thread, and for the regulars I can count on here, and I’m always happy to see new ones join. @Dazercat , I expect your procedure is over and you are recovering. I hope all went well and you’ll be back home with Kelly and the herd soon.
Everyone have a wonderful evening
I’m grateful God tested me with a 5 hour delay for my surgery. I passed. Been in a hospital bed all day. Everything went well. I’m in recovery. Now. That’s funny. Recovery room. Thanks for all the love and thoughts and prayers and vibes and juju. Love you guys.
I’m grateful to God thank you for another productive clean and sober day. I’m grateful to be home safe and relaxing in bed. I’m grateful for my recovery. I’m grateful for my family. I’m grateful for Eric’s posts today, and the humility to admit it wasn’t your words. I’m grateful that Eric is chatty, not sure you need anesthesia for that. I’m grateful for humor. I’m grateful for all the gratidudes. I’m grateful that I have been able to keep trying my best to move forward while staying balanced. I’m grateful to be learning to accept that after a lifetime of running from problems those same thoughts are still going to sink in from time to time, everything is going good so I’m partly having that fear of the other shoe is going to drop. I’m grateful to be learning to let go and let God handle some of these things. I’m grateful that I have come to believe that sharing these problems lessens them, a problem shared is a problem halfed. I’m grateful for late night snacks, they may keep me up a little late some nights but dang it I’ve quit smoking, drinking and doing drugs so I will do the addict thing and justify my junk food using Lol … I’m grateful for humor and self awareness.
God bless you all. &
Grateful you cracked a few ha-ha’s on procedure day! Recovery room - gak.
Grateful it went well, although delayed. Grateful you haven’t lost your mojo. I don’t think you could if you tried - am grateful for that.
Grateful to see @Frandango! All we gotta do is keep trying, trying, friend.
Grateful to read @anon83587935’s list. We do have sobriety the rest of our lives if that is what we choose and sustain. Well put.
I’m grateful I can acknowledge how tired I am. It was a good day, but I felt a bit “meh” when I woke up and at times during the day. Decided to leave a few things un-done tonight and I’ll tuck in earlier. That should help.
I’m grateful I got to see my Mom today. I took the dog girl, some cold drinks and watermelon, and we sat outside in the shade. (Mom always wanted a granddaughter - she has three grandsons. I did my part and got her a grand-dog-ter. Mom is consistently only semi-amused by this! ). I’m grateful Mom’s made-to-order wheelchair is in (tiny thing) and that Mom doesn’t balk at all about using it. She’s a trooper.
I’m grateful the dog girl’s annual vet appointment went well this morning. She’s a trooper too.
I’m grateful for fresh, ripe, juicy peaches that make your hands all sticky. A little gem of summer.
I’m grateful that coming back to my hometown gives me the chance to measure myself, my life. Not near as hard to drive past the craft cider store as it was last year. The voice that tells me one would help is drowned out by the others that tell it how delicious my sober life is. Grateful I can see the roots of my sobriety growing stronger and deeper over time.
I’m grateful for all of you gratidudes. I’m grateful for another day.
Grateful for what @Lucky1620 said about feeling unsettled, but it will pass. I’ve had feelings of guilt and shame this morning since I woke up about bad decisions I have made in the past that I thought were good at the time. I was glad to read that post to remember that it is the past and it will pass, but staying sober is vital. I am grateful @Dazercat is in recovery and hopeful you are feeling good. I am grateful I had the strength for yesterday’s workout and will have the clear head to help my mom with some chores and then complete my workday. I am grateful my son will be returning safely from his trip today. As always, I am grateful for all of you and for TS.