I need to put this somewhere. I’m so grateful my family in Western Kentucky (parents, two brothers and their families) is safe in the wake of the devastating tornadoes that went through last night. I have driven by/through the town that was basically leveled, Mayfield, more times than I can count. It’s halfway between my parents’ house and my brother’s house. I am so sad for the people who had to live through this and for those who lost their lives. I’m grateful my loved ones are okay.
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Today I’m grateful for better mood than yesterday. Thanks to @Dazercat and his thread! Yes, I would love to continue our sharings there 
I’m grateful for snow. It’s so pretty and I missed it, at my place there was little to no snow the last years. 
Grateful for two cats sleeping/purring on my legs. I can’t move. Grateful I managed to brush the third one today.
Grateful I got all errands, chores, cooking etc. done. Tomorrow I will have fun time designing this year’s christmas cards & text 
Grateful I didn’t hear from my husband - no hear, no stress.
Grateful I go to bed tired, sober, stressless and content. I like it 
Edit: I’m grateful Rosa’s @RosaCanDo family is ok!
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I’m thinking of all those families too. And the healthcare facilities that were likely already overloaded with COVID. And the first responders who have to do their job and keep themselves and everyone as safe as possible.
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I am grateful I can go out and dance with my hubby clean and sober
I’m grateful to be clean and sober
I’m grateful I can be a example for my family and friends
I’m grateful for my sponsor finishing my 4th step with her tomorrow
I’m grateful to be done Christmas shopping
I’m grateful to have money in the bank
I’m grateful waking up with no regrets
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Good evening all,
I’m grateful for my coworkers even when we drive each other nuts. I’m grateful we had a small team Christmas party last night and all laughed and joked and had fun. I’m grateful we aren’t working this weekend. I’m grateful I woke up early on my own, and got a lot of house stuff done. I’m grateful that instead of making myself workout so I wouldn’t “waste” a day I had time to, I took a nap because I’m tired. I’m grateful for all the Gratidudes and this thread. Thinking especially of @M-be-free49 and the dog girl tonight.
Everyone have a wonderful evening 
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I’m grateful for this thread.
I’m grateful that you can have one day sober or one thousand days sober and still feel at home here expressing gratitude.
I’m grateful that I’m not the drunk,selfish, emotional mess I was at this time last year. When I think of that, I think of how far I’ve come.
I’m grateful for forgiveness.
I’m grateful that I can see that people in my life are gentle with my heart and that I am sober to see it and return it.
I’m grateful for grace.
I’m grateful that I’ve been sitting in my low’s and feeling my way through it. Not drinking to numb it.
I’m grateful for Christmas lights, they really do make me happy.
I’m grateful that I am enjoying all food this holiday season. Not forcing myself to diet, restrict, or “be good” and guess what? I haven’t gained a pound. And guess what? It would be okay if I did. That doesn’t define my worth.
I’m grateful that I’m learning to be gentle with myself.
I’m grateful for all the walks I’ve been taking.
I’m grateful my grandma gets to go home Monday Morning- AND- I’m surprising her and driving up.
I’m grateful to be surrounded by all of you.
I’m grateful to read all of your gratitudes. That they humble me, inspire me, and bring out the good in the world.
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I’m grateful for some rest. I have slept for 18 of the 24 hours I have had off. I still feel nappy.
I got a youtube video uploaded that I edited in between naps and started another. I’ve been getting new subscribers and alot of positive feedback. I’m grateful for this creative outlet. I’m grateful for my cameras.
I grateful that I got out of my own way and did something nice for myself to reward myself for not drinking.
It’s hard to justify buying myself things. Especially nice things. I usually don’t. But spending my beer money on these cameras has been so good for my recovery.
It keeps me entertained and out of the bars. I appreciate recovery when I use them and it gets me immersed in the beauty of the world instead of the negatively and insanity constantly going on that I have no control over.
Focusing on all of that bullshit will keep me drunk. I’m so grateful that I’ve created an outlet.
I’m grateful for the Ahi tuna dinner I’m going to eat tonight. Non boat food real dinner.
I’m grateful for the winter storm rocking my trailer. It’s nasty out there. Other places call them cool names, like hurricanes, typhoons, monsoons… We just call them winter storms. I’m grateful for the break.
I’m grateful for a warm and dry place to rest.
I’m grateful I’m not at sea. I have ran gear in weather like this. It’s deadly dangerous! I’m grateful I had the courage to quit that boat.
I’m grateful that I make more money on a safer boat. I get treated with respect. My opinion matters on this boat. Previous skipper was sober. This one’s not. We fish safer. Ironic…
We are highlining on our dock, meaning we have landed more crab than any other boat on our fleet. Including previous employer with his bigger nicer boat and 200 more traps than we have.
I’m grateful for that. I’ve been working really hard on forgiving people. I feel like I owe this guy a punch in the face. The best revenge is living well… I’m doing that. I’m grateful.
My replacement looked beat up tired when I saw them a few days ago. I’m so grateful that’s not me on that boat anymore.
I’m grateful to feel grateful 
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The desire and obsession to drink has been removed today. I’m grateful!
My injuries are minimal this year and I’m feeling good enough that I don’t need to use anything for the pain.
We will get the boat ready Monday and head out on Tuesday. I should be feeling really good by then.
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I’m always really grateful for your shares, Jason.
I’ve never known anyone in your line of work before, so I find the insight into your life fascinating. I also find your emotional insight inspiring too. Thank you.
I’m grateful to be on quite an even keel (pun not entirely intended, but I’ll take it) as I head into the Christmas season. If I make it to January 3rd without a drink, that would be an entire year sober. I’m not sure what to do with that.
Grateful for all of your shares. I don’t write much, but I read a lot.
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Good evening family
I have been so busy!!! I am grateful for that, and that all my “busy-ness” has been good clean fun!
I am grateful to have gone to a live show last night with some friends at a brew pub. I am grateful that I am comfortable doing those things but that I know my limit and I can feel when I start to get tired and uncomfortable. I am grateful that I now have a voice and am not afraid to say " I’m kinda of done with the noise…" As our conversation stayed at the same decible everyone around us got drunker and louder; that was our cue to leave.
I am grateful to have sat in a tiny local theater today and watched a play with my child. It was special and I will remember all of it, that is the best part.
I am grateful that this evening I went to see some beautiful Xmas lights with my homegroup. I am grateful to have some experience driving in icy conditions, I felt for the poor kid with his hazards on driving along the side of the road.
I am grateful that tomorrow is Sunday and it is jam packed full of great things for me to do. I am feeling good right now and I am just going to run with that.
(I am grateful that my body hasn’t given up on me yet and I need to be careful because I go away next weekend… )
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I am grateful for another sober weekend even though being sick has me up at 2am.
I’m really grateful for my mental health forum and the lovely souls there. I love TS but the rules in place there have helped me feel safer bringing up some bigger traumas.
I’m grateful I forced myself into group therapy 2 years ago and for how much that changed my openness to peer support.
I’m grateful I’m staying focused on solutions at work instead of shutting down or quitting. I just secured a free ATS system for us by speaking with their customer service about how hard Covid has been for our small healthcare nonprofit.
I’m grateful I can acknowledge my accomplishments!
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Yay for dancing with the husband. That’s awesome!
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That sounds like a wonderful day. I especially appreciate the description of how you got thru the pub time well and had fun. And getting to enjoy the play with your child. I haven’t been present for something like that in so long, I think I will aim for an experience like that for myself soon.
Enjoy your Sunday!
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I’m grateful to wake up early every morning with a clear head and an eager attitude.
I’m grateful to have weekends off of work.
I’m grateful for my cozy little house.
I’m grateful for a happy family.
I’m grateful to have found my way to this journey toward peace for myself. Today is 45 days free of alcohol!
Peace!
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I’m grateful to be on the right side of the ground.
I’m grateful for my family.
I’m grateful to be off of work today.
I’m grateful for you all
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I have been following the devastation from the tornado in 4 states also. I feel so horrible for those families that have lost everything. It’s heart breaking. We had storms here as well but I am grateful that they were minor. While the tornado raged, gratefully my husband, the grands and I were all warm, safe and sleeping in our beds. The grandkids didn’t even know there were storms. 
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I’m grateful the heat just clicked on 
Really grateful because we are leaving today and I think the heater is broken and it’s going to fuck with our plans, not to mention my mind. I’m grateful I’m going to be calm.
I’m grateful I’ll figure it out.
And I’m grateful I won’t need to drink about it later.
I’m grateful for TS and the support we all get from one another.
I’m grateful when someone on TS has some pressing issues going on and they show their vulnerability, and I don’t know what to say or write, someone else always shows up to help that other person along by sharing their similar experiences. And I can actually feel the comfort happening. And it warms my heart. Problem not solved, but shared, and the burden lessened. I’m grateful it’s what we do.
I’m grateful Benson is warming the right side of my lap.
I’m really struggling to find gratitude and know I’m blessed and grateful for all I have. It’s just this heater problem clogging my mind. Of course on a Sunday and of course on the day we leave. I’m so grateful I can deal with this issue remotely.
I’m grateful I’ll have my wife and cats and dogs with me when we drive out of here today, those are the important things in life. Everything else is material and can be dealt with.
Welp, not much of a gratitude list. But I’m good. And I’m grateful I came on here and still did it. After 700 plus days of gratitude working for me I’m not about to stop now.
I’m grateful for my app on my phone that controls and registers my thermostats so I can monitor the heater situation while I’m gone.
Stopping with the heater bullshit now 
I’m grateful to see Alice warming herself on the fireplace hearth. She gets to ride shotgun so we will get a lot of Alice time today.
I’m grateful my next gratitude list will be from Santa Monica. 
It’s not happiness that brings us gratitude. It’s gratitude that brings us happiness.
Anonymous
Develop good habits .com
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I am grateful for a walk with a blue sky. I am grateful I made a step forward and have now a confirmed care for Dora and Paula when I will go home around Christmas. I still have many mixed feelings.
I am grateful for my apartment where I can open the window let fresh and cool air in and the heating will work. Last year I rarely opened the windows as the heating was not working or rarely working.
I am grateful to be still sober.
I am grateful I have gained back some will to live.
I am grateful I am sad but not devastated.it won’t break me today.
I am grateful for this thread and all you guys.
I need to add that after my mental struggles I am grateful I stayed here and kept on reading. When reading about relapses after some rather long time it scares me a lot. I don’t want to go there. I am grateful to be sober.
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I am grateful, oh so grateful, that my family is safe and sound. That my parents have gas to power their fireplace and stove and that being without power for who knows how long will be manageable. It could be weeks. That my brother, sister-in-law and niece have electricity. That they will find out where best for me to donate funds to help the people who have lost their homes, their livelihoods, and for some, their loved ones. The list of people missing in Kentucky is reported to be 8 pages long. I am grateful that I am doing just fine and that I could tell my parents that they don’t need to worry about how I react when they say they can’t come visit next weekend. Because that is probably going to be the case. We’ll see each other when we do and it’s okay. I am grateful that I can shut down my thoughts about “what if…” when I consider how close they came to danger. I am so grateful to be sober.
I am grateful it is a beautiful day today, sunny and warm, very little wind, and that I have plans to finish decorating and to cook a fun, holiday-type meal today.
Always grateful for my amigos here.
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Today I’m grateful for a calm, nice sunday. Everything done and enjoyed except the one thing I mentioned yesterday - grateful I let alone things when I lack inspiration, like designing christmas cards today. Grateful I live the best out of a day … if this sentence makes sense in english 
(ich mache das beste aus diesem tag)
Grateful my poor language skills make me smile and this reminds me on a phrase we used at school, a horrible denglish teenager saying which can only been understood in german 
Grateful I’m in bed already and can sleep enough hours to wake up well rested 
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Grateful for 126 days sober. Grateful my work week is over. Grateful no urges at the end of shift but was super worried I’d auto-pilot to buy booze on the way home so I sat outside and talked to my sponser about the up coming Spacecoast Round Up and bringing my husband to an al-anon talk and/or meeting; which seems scary, vulnerable and necessary. Grateful my vacation was approved for all four days that weekend. Grateful I drove home smiling, focusing on the future, remembering in order to get there I still have to manage one day at a time. So grateful for this sunny sober day.
(Thinking of you @peace and am excited for you and your upcoming week of new possibilities! )
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