Today I am grateful
-For my sobriety, ready to take on another week sober
-For my health
-That the journey back to Birmingham was relatively painless
-That I slept well last night
-That my house was not broken into whilst I was away
-For not putting on any weight whilst on holiday
-For a chat with a friend B who has been struggling the last few years and spoke to me about his problems with Ketamine and how he is also sober now
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ohhhhh I didnāt know that. I am looking forward to watching TV again (tbh iāve only really been watching rick & morty and old episodes of walking dead so glad to read thereās new episodes)
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I am grateful that I have electricity, although I know I cannot always count on having it.
I am grateful that the sun is coming up in a few hours so the people affected by Hurricane Ida will be able to see what has happened, so that they can begin to do what they have to do, to go forward, getting the people, electricity, water supplies and sewer, homes, businesses, cities, states back together.
I am grateful I am not in a hospital, in a disaster area, that has just had itās roof blown off.
I am grateful that I have a mind and I can think.
I am grateful for all of you.
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Morning gang!
This morning I am grateful for day 9 sober.
Iām grateful my son is coming home today from his trip to his grans house.
Iām grateful that we are going away camping this week, I canāt wait to get away by the water.
Iām grateful Iām here doing my daily gratitude and reading the things youāre all grateful for 
Love to all 
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Thank you @beachmouse I am not anywhere near the area or affected by it. Thank you very much, though xoxo
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Right back at ya!
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I am grateful for a great night of sleep and feeling rested today after a nice break yesterday. I am grateful to feel ready for the chores and work I need to do today and for feeling like they arenāt really chores and work. They are just life. One of the things I am learning in the book I am reading is to be ok with being bored and doing the āhum drumā - finding the simplest pleasures in everyday life is what helps to keep me in check, as opposed to seeking out and anticipating the highs (that werenāt really all that great anyway) and feeling miserable about the mundane āhave-toās.ā Daily gratitude is absolutely helping with that as well. I am happy with what is.
I am grateful for all of you and for this forum. Wishing peace and contentment for everyone.
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Grateful for this 22nd day I am choosing to not drink. Thankful for my shower, cozy bed and the original Fantasy Island on TUBI as a post work escape instead of a drunken rodeo until I pass out. Thankful for all the shares here last night that kept me straight on my drive home this morning. If you havenāt been told today ā¦ you are amazing and loved. 
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Absolutely love thisā¦
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Hello again, all. Hope youāre all well.
Grateful to be back with you. Reading all of your posts has really lifted my spirits.
Grateful that I recognised that the voice in my head showed up today because I havenāt been connecting in here. Feeling good that I can see that instead of listening to it and/or acting on it.
Goodnight, all. 
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Iām grateful for God. I couldnāt do this without God either. 
You know be sober 
Iām grateful I donāt drink anymore.
Iām grateful I been thinking about what would happen to me if I drank again, after being off the sauce for 606 days and forty to fifty pounds lighter. The reality is I could kill myself. Wreck my heart. I only know how to drink one way and that is too excess.
Iām grateful Iām not drinking today. And Iām probably not drinking tomorrow.
Iām grateful my wife didnāt get called in for jury duty in Phoenix this week. Itās a 2 hour drive and sheās on call all month. 
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
Norman Vincent Peale
Edit: to be clear, Iām not thinking about actually relapsing. Fuck that shit!
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Iām grateful I read this, this morning.
Thought Iād share it.
Courage to Change ODAT in Al-Anon II 8/30
Normally my sponsor would recommend a gratitude list when I felt low, but one day, when I complained about a family situation, he suggested that I list all the things I was unhappy about. Several days later my depression had passed, and when I told my sponsor about the terrific day I was having, he suggested a gratitude list. He thought it might help me to refer to it the next time I felt blue. That made sense to me, so I complied.
When I went to put this new list in the drawer where I keep my papers, I noticed the earlier list and read it once more. To my surprise, my list of grievances was almost identical to my gratitude listāthe same people, same house, same life. Nothing about my circumstances had changed except the way I felt about them. For the first time I truly understood how much my attitude dictates the way I experience the world.
Todayās Reminder
Today I recognize how powerful my mind can be. I canāt always feel good, and I have no interest in whitewashing my difficulties by pasting a smile on my face. But I can recognize that I am constantly making choices about how I perceive my world. With the help of Al-Anon and my friends in the fellowship, I can make those choices more consciously and more actively than ever before.
āChange your thoughts and you change your world.ā
Norman Vincent Peale
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Iām grateful to God please help me be better today than I was yesterday and to remain clean and sober. Iām grateful for my recovery. Iām grateful for all my family, friends, TS and the grati-dudes. Iām grateful that I didnāt hang up like I wanted to on the collection agency that called me this morning, old me wouldāve hung up. Iām grateful that I can put this down as financial ammends and learn something from it by making a payment at weeks end. Iām grateful that my housemates and I are really pulling together lately to keep the place clean and organized. Iām grateful that a new guy is moving in this week and Iām saddened that another housemate is having to leave this week because heās just not ready, he keeps drinking here and that goes against the agreements we signed and make when we move in. Iām grateful that its a me day, to do whatever I want, (within reason of course) and I can enjoy coffee, music and shade on the porch which I am, birds are chirping and cicadas are buzzing. Iām grateful that I have been starting to schedule even more, weekly times arranged with family, phone call with Jelley tonightā¦ oops Kelley, that j is close to the kā¦ time scheduled to work in the kitchen and do step work with my sponsees. Iām grateful that iām going to take a little walk now, screw the heat, I need to sweat off a few pounds some how especially since i havent and might not join the no added sugar crew.
God bless you all. 
&
p.s. You are awesome never forget. Ya you!!
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Grateful being sober.
Probably the weather will be getting a bit better from tomorrow on. Endless rain here, itās something I am the opposite of greatful atm, it is wearing me off.
Grateful I am on vacation from tomorrow on, now for real. Another colleague called in sick and after a weekend inside with this weather and forecast alike for today, I could as well work.
Grateful I got myself motivated to do a nice little workout and continued to read the book about dopamine.
Grateful for this thread which I want to continue to participate. For the rest I will no longer participate.
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Grateful for a Monday that started cranky but ended well. Goes to show me that if i change my attitude it can potentially change the day. 
Wasnāt feeling all in it for work this morning but realize its a blessing to have it and be healthy and able to go to it . 
Grateful for silence sometimesā¦just to listen for and speak to God . For the daily meditations and wisdom of the literature and the gratitudes here shared by all . 
For good yoga practices and walks with my dog to give me fresh air and exercise that helps remind me that i am blessed in many many ways. 
good night allā¦be well. 
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What book?
I scrolled through this whole thread and I remember yāall talking about a book but I canāt find it. I usually donāt pay much attention to books and podcasts. (Thereās just so many of them ) but now you got me interested. Itās just that I never finish these kinds of books. But I want to Google it and take a look at it.
Your gratitude list have hit home with me on quite a few things lately.
Itās such a wonderful thing to be able drive and not worry about āif I should.ā
And and even more beautiful thing to be able to talk to our children ANYTIME and not wonder do I sound drunk? Should I be talking to them? Or even worse not picking up or answering them 
I glad you had fun listening to the bands play the other night without booze.
Less trips to the bathroom another bonus.
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Thatās amazing and something I really hope to do one day too. That and give everyone there a hug.
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Good evening all,
Iām grateful for a day off of work tomorrow. Iām grateful that itās raining here so me and my husband didnāt go bike riding tonight- my back hurts( donāt know what Iāve done to it) so the resting is good. Iām grateful that he decided to go do some weight lifting instead of getting beer, which is what I thought he would do. Iām grateful that my Dad called to chat with me about some financial questions I had, and he had more good news- the cancer is reacting very well to the chemo, so well that they have moved his next check out to 3 months. Thatās about the best result we could ask for! Iām so grateful to God for my parents. I hope I can be as good to my kids as they are to me. Iām grateful for unconditional love and forgiveness.
Everyone have a wonderful evening
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