Yay for family time!!
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Iām grateful to God I donāt drink.
Iām grateful to God I donāt depend on booze.
Iām grateful for another morning.
Iām grateful 5 of my 6 pets separately and gently tried to get me up because in was sleeping in til 7:15. 
Iām grateful I think I figured out that on my power walking days (cardio) I get real tired and listen to my body and take a nap. Cardio. AFib. Duh. No wonder Iām tired those afternoons. Maybe 
?
Iām grateful I get to walk to the Y and work out today.
Iām grateful for the smell of fresh cut grass as I was walking yesterday, and the wonderful memories I got of cutting the baseball field down by the lake at summer camp in Maine when I was a kid. And my memories took me to how I use to love sailing as a kid at camp. It felt like I was right there on the waterfront.
Iām grateful Iām pretty sure Iām having pastrami for lunch at Fromins this afternoon.
Grateful for TS and the G-Dudes.
āAppreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.ā
Voltaire
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I love your gratitude lists and especially that Voltaire quoteā¦Iād never heard it before, thanks for sharing!
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A little extra gratitude and some bragging rights here.
Iām grateful 4 years ago today or at least this week I flew to Boston to bring mom out here for her last vacation. I think she was 84 and the Alzheimerās was really kicking our asses. And then I flew with her back to Boston and came back.
Me and Mom Venice Beach Pier. It was a monumental task but well worth it. People thought I was crazy. It was the best hassle I ever had.
Most of the time she thought she was in Canada 
. Ya just got to laugh when itās funny.
When I dropped her back off in Boston. People kept asking her how her California trip was. She said. Right in front of me. āI didnāt go to California!ā 
I got even with her and kept telling her she met Marilyn Monroe. and Iād show her this pic 
Love them while you got em folks. Nothing is too hard.
Iām grateful I had the best mom ever.
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Im thankful for every day that i have woken up free of my drug addiction, there are still the days i think should I?
And thats why iām thankful for the recovering addict infront of me and the one that is behind.
Im greatful for the life iām able to live toxic freeā¦
I am thankful for these 300 days!
Be kind to yourself
Learn to love you!
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Congratulations on your 300 days Dani.
So happy and proud of you. Youāve worked so hard.
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Good afternoon family.
I am grateful for the smell of the ocean breeze.
I am grateful for the chance to re-connect with old friends.
I am grateful for my dadās goofy baby voice he talks to my dogs in.
I am grateful that itās Friday.
I am grateful for all the amazing milestones we see on this forum everyday, for all the people who fight daily for their recovery even when they feel its hopeless, and for all the people who spend countless hours reading and supporting each other.
I love this community.
Grateful for @Dazercat 
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Iām grateful this work week came to an end. Sooooooper grateful. It was a doozy, I wonāt lie. But Iām grateful I maintained my sobriety, my sanity, and most of my self-care. Iām grateful to have read your lists that pulled me back to all I have to be grateful for, everydayā¦
Iām grateful I caught myself yesterday morning, when I started my gratitude list, and just stopped. I wasnāt feeling grateful. I was still sore about some things (see ādoozyā) and was turning my gratitude list into an exercise of fueling resentments. Example: āIām grateful I donāt have to meet with those dumdums todayā and āIām grateful I donāt like meaniesā. Sound like an 8 year old? Yep. But I guess Iām grateful that now when I get all agitated I donāt tell myself Iāve earned a drink. Iām grateful Iām learning to be less reactive - even catching my thoughtsā¦
Iām grateful I still have a chance, every day, to find things to be grateful about, even in the middle of a doozy week or day.
Iām grateful to still find things to laugh about each day, with colleagues and pals - and laughter that isnāt at anyone elseās expense, (even the aforementioned meanies).
Iām grateful for the seedlings! For the thundershowers. For the weekend and predicted sunny skies. For my writing assignments to work on. That Iām learning to relax and unwind and take good breaks too - not just escape.
Iām super duper grateful for you Gratidudes, to share this practice, our days, and our sobriety.
Iām grateful for another day. 
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Iām grateful for the mini vacation that I started with my wife and son today.
Iām grateful for the cool spring day we got to enjoy.
Iām grateful for the 5+ months of whole-assing my recovery in two fellowships.
Iām grateful for Frisbee golf with my kiddo and that I get to take him to his first baseball game tomorrow.
Iām grateful that I get to meet my sponsor face to face tomorrow morning over coffee.
Iām grateful for a boss that is astute enough to call me on my ego bullshit in a lighthearted way.
Iām so thankful to see all of you shining people finding the benefit of this practice.
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Aināt that the truth! Is it meta gratitude? Grateful for gratitude? I am all in.
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Gratitude
Today I am grateful for
- My lungs which are starting to work again, and my ability to breathe
- My girlfriendās seemingly endless positivity
- The support of my friends and family
- My willingness to get clean and stay clean
- CMA group and itās fellows
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Today I am grateful for
- the coffee Iām drinking at this moment
- the good nights sleep I had last night
- waking up sober every day now.
- my parents, family and friends
- all my loved ones being healthy and covid free.
I can keep going but these are the most important ones right now.
Have a great saturday!
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Good morning all
Iām grateful that this week is over too @M-be-free49- sounds like yours was worse than mine though. Iām grateful that we can make it through these stressful times, and come out with plans to comfort/ work on ourselves, instead of making it worse with drinking.
Iām grateful that my daughter talked to me yesterday- thereās been something nagging at her for a bit- I could see it in her behavior- but she finally talked to me about it last night. I was sober on a Friday night and able to talk with and comfort her. It turned out not to be such a big deal( to me) but it was a big deal to her, and it took guts for her to approach it with me.
Iām grateful for some fun projects I have planned for the house today. I love doing little cosmetic improvements and such!
Iām grateful for this thread and you guys.
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Beautiful memories.
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Iām grateful to God I donāt drink.
Iām grateful to God I donāt depend on booze.
Iām grateful for all the ingenuity all the restaurants have around here making dining out safe for its customers.
Iām grateful Iām seeing my daughter again today.
Iām grateful for the 30 minute foot reflexology massage yesterday. Iām grateful I got happy feet 
Iām grateful we got a full day ahead.
Iām grateful for my delicious coffee.
Iām grateful for the journey in life with my wife coming up on 38 years really soon.
Iām grateful that whatever life throws at my wife and I we figure it out together.
Iām grateful for the potent smell of jasmine and the roses around here.
Iām grateful everyone seems so nice and thoughtful around here.
Iām grateful for gratitude and the gratidudes.
Ya yāall
āWhen it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.ā
John Ortberg
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Good morning.
I am grateful I found
- acceptance
- humility
- willingness
- hope
- faith
- trustā¦
I am grateful that because I have put in the work I have been gifted the freedom from addiction.
I am grateful for the newcomers and for the addicts still suffering and I pray that they make it back.
I am grateful for the ache I feel in my soul it reminds me that I am human and that I am alive.
I am grateful that the sun is shining and I have hope to get out on the lake. 
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I think this is the hardest thing to be grateful for, itās something I have to work on constantly. The way I try to look at it is that it allows us to appreciate life more although sometimes it makes it so much harder.
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I was listening to a podcast on gratitude and how to find gratitude in the most painful things. You just have to keep peeling back the layers, sometimes you end up at the very base of the existence of whatever it is that is causing that pain and you can be grateful for ever having it in your life to begin with.
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Iām grateful for the good solid sleep I had, even the little sleep in!
Iām grateful for the quiet morning walk with the dog girl, not a cloud in the bright blue sky, lots of bird song, and the forest smelling good. It was a windy, rainy, stormy week (weather-wise and life-wise too) but this just shows that the storms will passā¦
Iām grateful for the weekend ahead - a chance to enjoy all that spring and recovery have to offerā¦
Iām grateful I can accept things about myself more easily, in recovery. Some to work on, some just to get to know better. Nothing worth drinking overā¦
Iām grateful to be sober, for all the support to be and stay sober, and for this space for gratitude that weāve made. (I think we need to draw up some plans for an expansion to the gratitude lounge! 
)
Iām grateful for another day.
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