Daily Gratitude List #2 (Part 1)

Tonight? I’m grateful that my day was a good one, and that it was full and busy (not as typical for a Sunday) and even though my gratitude list in the morning didn’t get done, I was okay with it.
I’m super grateful to have read Dazercat’s post early in the morning and somehow, I could picture the road trip as a movie. Now playing in a theatre near you! And it made me laugh.

I’m grateful this thread and all of you - and the wellbeing of our furry friends too! - have a place in my day, and my :orange_heart:.

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Santa Monica - the movie. Starring dazer the cat and its humans :joy: @Dazercat @M-be-free49

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Does it ever feel good to get to my morning gratitude in the morning! Grateful for that alone…

I’m grateful that I feel good about the week ahead, whatever it may hold and however my plans may change, whether of my making or not…

…for the cup of delicious coffee beside me, and what looks to be a sunny day outside…

…for what I accomplished this weekend, and feeling like my home life and desk/paperwork life are getting in order. I always kept up the appearances!, but underneath the surface? Gak. To hell with appearances, things are now in order order. Getting there, anyway. :wink:

…that I have good - no, amazing - memories to recall when I feel sad or blue about people who’ve passed on and whom I miss dearly…

…that I have lots to look forward to in the days and weeks to come, this summer, even just little things around home and garden and town and trails…

…for being sober so that I have so many things to look forward to (other than wine o’clock) and that I actually enjoy doing them because I am sober. For this thread and all of you fine gratipals, and all the support on TS and outside it too - to be and stay sober, to recover a beautiful life, a life worth throwing my whole M-self into, wholeheartedly.

I’m grateful for another day. :orange_heart:

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I’m grateful to God I don’t drink.
I’m grateful to God I don’t depend on booze.
I’m grateful to be walking around SM sober.
I’m grateful to be able to hear the different song birds in the morning.
I’m grateful to see the beautiful flora.
I’m grateful to sniff the flowers.
I’m grateful to smell the potent Jasmine as I walk my dogs around the block.
I’m grateful for the low maintenance of the condo and how everyone is settling in.
I’m grateful for the grass that Benson really enjoys kicking up around town on our walks. He’s nuts :rofl: We don’t really have any grass we’re we live in Flag. Just the golf course. And we don’t let him on the golf course.
I’m grateful to pic up poop that isn’t mixed with pine needles.
I’m grateful for humidity.
I’m grateful for another reading today-like yesterday, it was telling me “easy does it.” :thinking: another reminder from God this morning.
I’m grateful for my really good nap yesterday with Mavy and Benson.
I’m grateful to share my abundance of gratitude with my gratidudes. Shit is just better sober.
Wrap it up Eric!
I’m just grateful when I think of my drunk old self walking around here the past five years. I’m letting it Gooooo! And I’m living for right now. And I will continue to literally stop and and smell the roses on my walks.
:rose::rose::rose:

Just for Today: My gratitude has a voice of its own; when it speaks, the heart understands. Today, I will share my gratitude with others, whether I can find the words or not.
https://www.jftna.org/jft/ I love the NA daily devotional. I read it every morning.

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:laughing: I understand this. Heavy-duty but compostable. It’s a tall order for a poop bag!

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I just read your list.
And I’m totally grateful for every single thing and word and “gak” you mentioned today. Every one of them.
:pray:t2::heart::rose:

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Oh and good morning dear M
Looks like we’re on the same schedule this morning.
Grateful to have had my coffee. And now for a cup of green tea. 🫖
:pray:t2::rose:

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deep sigh you just described my dream life, I wish I had more time to myself as I actually enjoy being alone :roll_eyes: you are very blessed

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Good morning! And if I haven’t already said it?

I’m so grateful that you and wifey and all the pets made it to Santa Monica safely!

I’m super grateful that you shared the journey with all of us - I can just hear the day-after-drive pet snores and picture the kicking up the grass! And smell the roses and jasmine too.

I’m grateful that you’re grateful to be there sober. :pray: :orange_heart:

To use one of my Dad’s fave expressions? Sobriety’s just the cat’s ass. :joy_cat:

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This ones a first for me :smile_cat:
Must of missed that day at family week at rehab.

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Me too, my sponsor writes peoples recovery dates on the days in pencil, I thought that was a neat way to remember peoples clean days so thats what I started doing too. It is an awesome little book; and now it is becoming packed full of even more awesomeness. :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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I’m grateful to God please help me be better today than I was yesterday and to stay clean and sober. I’m grateful for my recovery. I’m grateful for all my family. I’m grateful for TS and all the gratidudes. I’m grateful that I am on my way for my weekly covid test followed by lunch. I’m grateful that I have an appointment with an employment counsellor to work on my resume this afternoon. I’m grateful for music and excersise.
God bless you all. :v: & :heart:

p.s. you are amazing. Ya you!!

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Good morning family.

Today I am grateful that my mom offered to come and help me deep clean my house. I am grateful for yesterday. I am grateful that it is raining today do my new sunflower can settle in. I am grateful for the womens meeting tonight that I am going to try very hard to get home for. And I am grateful for the fellowship of NA and its members because they show me that its possible to live a life free from the binds of addiction. I am grateful for the serenity I find at the ocean and I am grateful that Nugget finds peace there too. I am grateful that the appointment for her biopsy is approaching and i will soon have answers to all my questions. :pray:

:heart::pray::heart:

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@Dazercat, @M-be-free49…I thought it was the “cat’s pajamas”… but maybe the pajamas cover the cat’s ass?

Ummmmm…never mind…:flushed::flushed:

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@Dazercat @M-be-free49
I’ve also heard cats meow… and the ones you all mentioned…just my two cents. grateful for community

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Sobriety is serious business. But that doesn’t mean we can’t have fun. :heart_eyes_cat::paw_prints:

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I’m grateful for the bank holiday. I’m grateful for the energy to organise and clear out some belongings. Grateful for honest conversations with friends. Grateful for the tv show Normal People which I never ever tire of. Grateful for plans in the diary for the month ahead. Grateful for early nights. Goodnight all!

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Good evening all,
I’m grateful for all the banter on here that makes me chuckle out loud. [quote=“M-be-free49, post:940, topic:112158”]
Sobriety’s just the cat’s ass . :joy_cat:
[/quote]- just might have to crosstitch that and frame it for my wall!
Grateful to be done with work today. Grateful the house was cleaned up when I got home.
Grateful for my family, and all of you guys!
Everyone have a wonderful evening :heart:

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Today I am grateful for human emotion and compassion. For the first time , ever, that i know of or seen, for the first time ever today someone cried for me. My new support worker shed tears as I talked about things with me. As I teared up myself as a natural reaction when bringing up difficult past issues, the support worker shed actual tears for me whilst listening to Me… This is a life first for me. Experiencing external human emotions this way… Not even my own mother or father shed a compassionate tear for me that I seen in my life… So today I am grateful for the experience of human compassion :heart:

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I’m grateful that I stayed sober this bank holiday so I can do the things I have said I will this week and feel positive about myself :heart:

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