Daily Gratitude List. Gratitude is the air of recovery

I am grateful today for my mom and her nurturing nature; for the day we spent together driving the island and shopping. I am grateful that I found my way into recovery. I am grateful for the intimate Sundays I am able to spend with some very amazing women, for the super fun Xmas fellowship event I booked tickets to, for the photo my sponsee sent me of her and a bunch of our homegroup members smiling faces. I am grateful that I can see the value in most things, that when thing get hard gratitude saves my ass. I am grateful for sayings that I say to myself like, " Not your circus, not your monkey." and " Wish in one hand and shit in the other, see which one gets filled the fastest."
Sometimes itā€™s the simple things that get me through my day. :blush:

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Iā€™m grateful to God for helping me have a relaxing day, clean and sober. Iā€™m grateful for my recovery. Iā€™m grateful for all my family, friends and all the gratidudes. Iā€™m grateful to be safe in bed ready to rest early.
God bless you all. :v: & :heart:

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I am grateful to God and all she gives to me.
A place to lay my head, supportive people, trials, victories.

I am so grateful my Mom kicked Cancerā€™s butt!
I am greatful my ex-wife is the mother she is.
I am greatful that I never have to feel alone on this path of recovery.
I am greatful I can have a crappy day open this app and see people working hard at sobriety, asking for help when needed, and being supportive.

Love you guys

ā€œWe will never rise above what we think we are capable ofā€

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@beachmouse Youā€™ve just inspired me! Jumping out of bed to go wash my face! (On day 4 hereā€¦)

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Monday! Iā€™m grateful itā€™s wrapping itself up here shortly, and wrapping up sober. :wink:
I used to get so overwhelmed at work, and still do sometimes, but Iā€™m grateful I realize now that the wine didnā€™t help me sort things out. It only made my existence underwhelming and lacking in the joy department.

Today?
After too long at my desk (boo!), I went out for the apres-work walk with the dog girl. The air was cold (blech!). And the beautiful leaves have mostly fallen off the trees (hmmph!). Ah, but along the side of the path they are so fun to kick up! To crunch under my feet while the dog girl ambles on ahead. Reminded me that this time last fall, I felt so joyously alive for the first time in years, because Iā€™d been sober 90 days. I remember thinking it was unfathomable! Unfathomable then as it is now! Grateful for my sobriety. For the joy it makes possible in the everyday.

Iā€™m grateful for my comfy bed, a nightly routine too (yay!), good books and goofy word games, all of you Gratidudes, and the gift we get in another day tomorrow. :orange_heart:

ps (sometimes when someoneā€™s posted more than a year of psā€™s, they probably wanna take a break now and then.) Iā€™m so proud of you. Of all of us. Yeah, us!

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Im grateful for being sober and clear headed. For having a nice although slow walk with my dog. :paw_prints: For my health and faith. For yoga in the mornings and positive music and podcasts to listen to during the day. For God and all the blessings I recieve from Him. :pray::heart: For Tuesdaysā€¦past Mondays :roll_eyes::blush:ā€¦and on the way to another weekend! :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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I am grateful to be sober and hangover free.

I am grateful to be up early having some coffee and catching up on some house chores soon. When i was drinking i would just let it all pile up and stress me out.

I am grateful to be spending time with my sister and mom later.

I am grateful that eventhough i overindulged on food yesterday, i can get back on track today without beating myself up about it. :two_hearts:

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(Hope you had a good sleep and enjoy this new day day!)

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Today I am grateful I feel safe sharing with my TS amigos what is in my brain without judgment. I am grateful that if there is judgment then it is none of my business. I am grateful I am learning more about myself and the ways in which I want to improve, including being less concerned about what others think of me and to own my shit, so to speak. I am grateful for the foodies thread and the plants and gardening threads, as well as opportunities to share photos and different perspectives from a global standpoint here - what a wonderful thing! I am grateful to feel that I have a tribe here and a sense of belonging with peers in recovery. I am grateful to be in a mode right now of self-examination and setting priorities, goals and taking action as opposed to being stuck ruminating and saying I going to do this or that and not doing anything. I am grateful for my dad ā€œPapiā€ who I can call anytime for advice on all sorts of things - Iā€™m so lucky to have a wise and loving father. I am grateful to be sober and to have energy and no pain today. Always grateful for you all. :heartpulse:

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Iā€™m grateful to be sitting in the semidarkness of a cloudy rainy thundery morning with the glow of the fireplace and The Ol Burner warming my lap. Itā€™s slow moving soft thunder and I can only hear the rain because of the skylight.
Iā€™m grateful for wet autumn mornings.
Iā€™m grateful Iā€™m going to have extra time here with yā€™all as the storm slowly rolls through.
Iā€™m grateful my back doesnā€™t really hurt this morning.
Itā€™s funny I almost canā€™t ever just say ā€œmy back doesnā€™t hurt,ā€ because I think Iā€™ll jinx it. Am I trying to hold on to my pain or what?
Good lord, that thunder just shook the whole house that Iā€™m grateful to be sheltering in.
Iā€™m grateful the old girl just came to check on us, and; up on the couch she goes.
Iā€™m grateful to God and all his blessings and the strength He gives me each day to not pic up.
Iā€™m grateful for you all.
Iā€™m grateful I can comfort Benson in my lap as he is shaking uncontrollably. Poor guy. I donā€™t blame him. Those last 2 cracks of thunder kind of shook me up too. Take it easy Lord :pray:t2:
Iā€™m grateful for all my blessings.
Iā€™m grateful for higher speed Internet.
Iā€™m grateful I got about 5 remotes for my tv system now and I think I can still figure out how to turn my tv system on and off. And Iā€™m grateful I can physically get up to adjust the volume and I know what other 2 buttons to push for other features.
Iā€™m grateful thereā€™s a man out there that can reprogram all this shit to my Control4 remote. And that I can still relearn this technical stuff.
:pray:t2::heart:

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
Melody Beattie

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Good morning fam-dam.

Grateful to have woken this morning feeling rested and well. Grateful that the 20-30 mins of yoga a day is making my muscles feel alive and not starting a flare up. I am grateful that today is Tuesday and it is my day to participate in a 2 hour zoom class on chronic pain management, I am so grateful for these classes. I am grateful to have woken up to a text message from my girlfriend she is still in the hospital but at least she is responding to me. :pray: I am very grateful for the coffee I am drinking seems a little stronger than usual but I am just going to enjoy it!!! I was very grateful last night to be spending my final minutes before closing my eyes to sleep scrolling through TS. I was laughing and felt heart warmed, I mean what better feelings to end your day on? Very grateful for this forum and the people who participate in it.
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Had a crappy day, but itā€™s probably more important to find my gratitude on a bad day. And I am so thankful for my kids, my husband, a roof over my head, a warm bed, and food to eat. Thankful I didnā€™t turn to wine to numb the pain of some bad news I got this afternoon. Thankful I have this community and so many thought provoking, supportive, encouraging, and motivating posts to read today. I needed them, they filled my tank. Thank you. :pray:

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Today Iā€™m grateful for books and music. When I canā€™t find words to express how I feel, I pour myself into a book. When I canā€™t healthily deal with my not-so-great emotions, I let music wash over me. I tried coming here and reading and encouraging others, thinking I would rise out of this lowness, but Iā€™m still here. Hopefully, tomorrow. Much love to you all. :heart:

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The low days are what make the good days great.

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Good afternoon all,
Iā€™m grateful to be catching up on here. Iā€™m grateful for a wonderful couple days away with my family, exploring a small town in Arizona called Jerome. Lots of history, lots of paranormal, lots of food and tourist shopping. Iā€™m grateful to be home, but still have a few days off work. Iā€™m grateful to have rested.
Everyone have a wonderful evening :heart:

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Jerome is such a cool place! I wish I had more time when we stopped through there once. Iā€™d love to go back.

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Me too! I think the history of it is so cool!

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Totally. Old mining town turned arts communityā€¦my now husband and I were trying to elope and we tried to get married there and the clerk at the courthouse had to break it to us that weā€™d have to go to Phx instead :joy:

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It would have been a very cool wedding spot!

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Sending hugs your way :yellow_heart:

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