Daily Gratitude List. Gratitude is the air of recovery

I am grateful to be sober and hangover free, only 5 hours of sleep but it was sober sleep not drunken sleep so i’ll take it.

I am grateful to be working with a coworker tonight that makes work fun.

I am grateful that my sister is doing well on her sober path so far.

I am grateful for this fall weather and the clean crisp air. :maple_leaf: :fallen_leaf:

I am grateful to see alcohol for what it is, poison.

I am grateful for all of your shares. :two_hearts:

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I think it is an initiative started by the Lumineers, but what I was listening to was a Playlist called Colorado Gives Back on Spotify… There is a link attached where $ can be donated to MusiCares. The music was great and just what I needed this morning.

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Good evening all,
I’m grateful I only worked one day this week! It was a long day. I’m grateful for the beautiful sunrise and sunset that I saw while driving. I’m grateful for comfy pajamas and warm blankets. I’m grateful that my daughter has a close friend, and they do sleepovers like I used to do as a kid. I’m grateful my son will get a break from her lol. I’m grateful that I have you guys and TS.
Everyone have a wonderful evening :heart:

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Grateful for you all as always and so grateful to take care of the things I have neglected.

Safe sober weekend

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@TripnMN are you okay? Hope this is an old picture.

This morning I am grateful that Paula is awake, was already in bed. Dora is doing much better and I am happy that the body is working in the box as well.

Grateful that I wrote everyone about postponing my trip. They seem okay. I’ll take the written word here. :see_no_evil:

Grateful I slept okay even when it was too short. Been sleeping not enough, some things on my mind. I’ll handle this in the end.

Grateful a friend of mine asked me to see each other on my birthday next week. That’ll be a good distraction. Birthdays like these are not important but tbh it is still not sooo easy for me to give a fuck when someone asks me in his or her expectations of how to party a round birthday and I say: idk, I don’t have many friends here and in addition to this I don’t care.

Grateful for you all here.

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I am grateful for my life today.
:heart:

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Sorry I didn’t say I n this post did a sleep study last night

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Good morning! This morning I am grateful that @TripnMN’s photo was for a sleep study and hope they gleaned all sorts of good info move forward and enjoy sober sleep even more! I am also grateful to read that @anon74766472 's kitties are ok. Coffee and “piano massage” on Spotify this morning have a pretty high ranking today. I am grateful for the day ahead to the care of some things in my yard that need to be done as well as a bit of cleaning out and reorganizing of a shed. As thrilling as that sounds, I hope to dig into some good podcasts while working. Hopefully my gross bigot neighbor does cruise over to instruct me on what I need to do differently or better, because lately Margaret has found her voice. Back to gratitude…I am grateful to have watched the series “Maid” on Netflix which I highly recommend. It deals with some very real issues including alcoholism, mental health and domestic violence, and is incredibly well done. I am grateful to go to a new meeting tonight and to spend a nice day with my mom tomorrow. Hope everyone’s days go swimmingly.

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I am afraid Paula is not okay. I am something between angry and scared, sad, overwhelmed and been thinking about drinking.

I am waiting for my friend. We are taking her to another vet/clinic. She hasn’t been drinking since more than 28 hrs + 14hrs no food. She is lethargic and only staring holes in the air. I hate myself for letting myself soothe with ‘don’t worry’. I am between crying and hoping someone can help her.

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I’m so sorry and I am glad you have a friend to support you and a plan. It’s OK to cry as much as you need. It shows you love and care about Paula and that love is felt by her. Being sober with Paula will be key for her. I will be keeping you all in my thoughts and prayers for a speedy recovery for her. She knows you love her and that makes a huge difference!!!

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Day 62 and am grateful to have played positive affirmations at high volume on my drive home from work to drown out my tired mind wanting to make tired choices. I’m grateful I attend a literature meeting that is going through Living Sober and I’m learning practical applicable solutions to my alcoholism. Grateful I’m able to go to bed sober, albeit grumpy. Grateful to feel feelings right now and not be drunk or already passed out. :zzz::zzz::zzz:

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Oh friend! Hang in there! You have a plan to get Paula immediate care. You can do nothing more at this moment. Sending you and her and Dora so much love! :orange_heart:

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I’m grateful to God I don’t drink or depend on booze.
I grateful for the God given strength, and the number of sober days I’ve racked up, to be ok if I’m not drinking beers after a nice hike. I’m ok not drinking margaritas at a Mexican restaurant. Especially when it seems like everyone else is drinking. I’m definitely ok with driving home without a drop of booze in my system. I’m so grateful for that.
I’m especially grateful I don’t drink and drive at night. Now that I’m getting older I find it a little more challenging driving in the dark. I mean I’m ok driving at night. But I just can’t imagine driving at night after having a couple of drinks.
I’m grateful for the great hike we had with my daughter and SIL.
I’m grateful they are both in better shape than we are. Not so the last good hike we had about 7 years ago when the 50 somethings were way ahead of the 20-30 somethings. Yesterday we were eating their dust. I just can’t believe and I’m so grateful that my daughter is in such great shape. And so is my SIL.
I’m selfishly grateful my wife kept her hair appointment and I’ll get alone time with daughter and SIL for a few hours. Is that wrong? I don’t give a fuck.
I’m grateful we can show them around our hood and have lunch and dinner at the clubs today.
I’m grateful they got to see some elk yesterday.
I’m grateful my back didn’t hurt during the hike. Hello left hip pain :grimacing:
I’m grateful I feel pretty good this morning after the hike.
I’m grateful the 4 of us got to watch the Ted Lasso finale together since she is the one who turned us on to this great show.
I’m grateful how much my daughter and I have in common.
I’m grateful I didn’t pass out on the couch again last night. Dig dig. :grimacing:
I’m grateful to be focusing on my sobriety and not on anyone else’s drinking.
I’m grateful to share here with y’all :heart:
:pray:t2::heart:

The struggle ends when gratitude begins.
Neale Donald Walsch

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Today I’m grateful for returning from vacation well rested and feeling beautiful. Grateful my cats didn’t miss me too much, grateful they liked the catsitter :blush::smiling_face_with_three_hearts:
Grateful for new boots I found today, my old ones for autumn are shot. That’s ok, they served me for 10 years :+1:
Grateful for washing machines, cars, mobile phones, credit cards and all other modern things that make my living nice and comfortable :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes::pray:
Grateful for wonderful weather today: valicolored trees, sunshine, blue sky, cool temperature - warm in the sun. Marvellous :maple_leaf::fallen_leaf::sun_with_face:

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Quick update. Grateful we went and we went there. After all what it’ll cost I thought, lets buy her a camouflage body for protecting the wound. :see_no_evil:

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I’m grateful Paula got emergency care and now has her camo protector. They say kitties are not to jump after their surgeries, oh yes. Impossible, now you’ve made a way for her to keep her innards more stable. Prayers for Paula.

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Oh the suitical suit. I’m so grateful for those.
And so great Paula checked in.
That can be such a rough procedure for some kittens. I pray she will recover fully really soon.
Thanks for posting.
:pray::heart::heart_eyes_cat:

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Sorry, third check in for me today.
I am so grateful i am sober. On my short ride on my bike this afternoon when I was mostly panicking and crying I was shortly thinking of numbing myself. The image, the vision of being in the supermarket and taking a bottle of wine, having the taste in my mouth, makes me freaking out, scared. I am grateful for that.

I am so very very grateful for my friend who stayed calm for me, who gave us a ride who said to check the temperature after which we decided to go to the vet immediately.

I am grateful for the talk I had with another friend shortly after I got home.

I am grateful that some minutes ago Paula got up and drank a tiny little bit followed going to the food which she started to eat a tiny bit too. She was so exhausted that she stopped and fell asleep right again. But she has the motivation and drive to go for which i am so grateful.

Grateful for you all here, taking my worries of today, my family didn’t give a shit.

I am grateful for the cuddles Dora gives me.

Grateful, even when it will hurt, I have the means to pay the double costs of the vet. Grateful I reached out for help and accepted my friend giving me a ride.

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Grateful you have us since your family didn’t give a s***. I care about Paula and you and your sobriety. Grateful you didn’t get the bottle. Could they tell why she was doing poorly?

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All inflammation parameters were very high due to some possible reasons. There is no free liquid in her abdomen so that’s good. And there is no uterus so the other vet removed the right organ. :see_no_evil::innocent:

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