Hello again, all.
Today I am grateful to be sober and clear headed. I can’t imagine being in work out of shape anymore. I can’t believe I did it for so long.
Grateful for the suicide awareness/prevention course that I did in work today, and that I will do again tomorrow. I am learning a lot from it. In the before time (
) I always drank heavily the evening before a course because it ‘wasn’t proper work’. Today would have been a nightmare had I been hungover.
As ever, I’m grateful for all of your shares.
Heartbroken to read about LW and the 52 year old maths teacher. I’m a 50 year old maths teacher. Thankfully I have never been one for drink driving. I am very grateful for that.
Have a great evening, all.
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Good morning! Today my gratitude is for the ability to learn. I have now learned that I have to go to bed with a clear head and positive or it will impact dreams, dreams that bring me back to using, I’m watching myself in these dreams, waking up with the worst feeling ever and in a minute I realize it’s not true, I went to bed sober. Here’s me waking up day 11, grateful once again but knowing I have changes to make still. Have an amazing day!
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I loved the crazy dreams early on - although I didn’t have too many drinking dreams.
It was also one of the things that convinced me that I should stick with sobriety. If removing it from my system enabled me to have whacky dreams after about 10 days, what else was the poison suppressing?
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Interesting point. It is very interesting how it is coming out of a decade in a fog, I feel like I met a new person for the first time I am finding so much out about myself, and it’s only been 11 days.
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It’s amazing, isn’t it?! And it just keeps getting better and better.
I started this whole sobriety thing by doing dry January with three other colleagues at work. We all came in at the same point talking about our bizarre dreams. It was a huge eye opener for me. I was/am very grateful for that little nugget.
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That is so awesome and you are doing so well!!! Yes eye opening to say the least! Exciting, frightening, I could go on lol and I know I’ve barely experienced anything yet. At the hard moments I just remind myself the best things in life are on the other side of fear❤️
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Today I am grateful for a full night of sleep, even though it seemed to have taken over my morning as well – oh well, I needed it. I am grateful for this forum as I have added 4 new books to my Audible wish list. I am grateful to have delivered groceries to an elderly couple last night after work who really needed the help and were incredibly grateful. It reminded of what lovely and loving people are like and what a strong partnership looks like. It helps to be in that type of energy. I was more grateful for them than the other way around. I am grateful for some incredibly open and determined clients who know they deserve a healthier life. That too, is so helpful for me to see that when you believe in yourself and feel worthy, amazing things happen. Or at least it seems amazing to me. As always I am grateful for TS and all of you. Have a hygge kind of day (I’m sure that is used incorrectly to an embarrassing degree, but it sounds so lovely)!!
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Thanks @Singtone. Still weighing heavy on my heart. The newest information indicates he has multiple DUI and vehicle arrests. I don’t even have to say more than that. The heartache, pain, and loss is huge.
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I’m grateful I have the greatest grownup loving incredibly smart, recovered, children in the whole world.
I’m grateful, after being shocked as all hell, that one flew in from LA and the other from Dallas, yesterday UNKNOWN TO ME/US to talk to their mother, my wife, about their love and concern for her health and well being.
I’m grateful it was a hard emotional day with lots of tears. 
From me and my son anyway. He’s not all that excited he inherited his dad’s crying gene
And mostly 
I’m grateful I raised 2 recovered addicts. And I’m so fucking proud of them.
I’m grateful we never gave up on our kids. I’m grateful we set boundaries and stuck with them through thick and thin.
I’m grateful because of them I am sober today.
I’m grateful because of this gratitude thread and everyone on it, I am sober today.
I’m grateful because of this app I’m sober today.
I’m grateful to God I’m sober today.
I’m grateful I’m up early so I can pick up my son at his hotel and drive him to the airport.
I’m so fucking grateful I haven’t had a hangover in 665 days.
Gratitude doesn’t change the scenery. It merely washes clean the glass you look through so you can clearly see the colors.
Richelle E. Goodrich
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I so needed this on this particular morning!
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Awesome! Well my RL name is Danish so it seems like the right way for me to live. 
Grateful for the share.
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Today I want to be grateful for the simple things in life I take for granted:
I am grateful for having a nice and cozy apartment.
I am grateful for having a healthy meal every evening
I am grateful to have the support of my beloved family
I am grateful for going to work every day with a smile on my face.
I and I am grateful for going to bed soon sober!
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That’s really great news, Eric. How wonderful your family coming together like that. 
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It’s happening for us both, only kinda rearranged. I’m so happy for you all. Change is coming.
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I’m grateful for this sober life. I know at times I see it more as somber instead of sober, but I’m getting there, and I’m thankful I’m alive to make the journey.
I’m grateful that both of my sons are now working towards a sober life. My youngest son is 3 weeks sober and doing the work, and my oldest one starts detox on Monday. Lots of tears have been falling over here. I’m grateful that I’m fully present for them, and I’m thankful they’ve been brave enough to ask for help.
I can’t say enough how grateful I am for this community, our little village, and how wonderfully we take care of each other. Y’all are on my heart every day.
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Today I’m grateful that although I slept fitfully, with wacky and upsetting dreams, I was able to sleep in and feel a weight off my brain physically and my mind emotionally. I’m grateful my husband opened up to me when we went to bed and we talked about his added stress at work and his struggles when I’m not feeling well and not doing my typical routines around the house taking care of us. He usually falls asleep as soon as his head hits the pillow so it was nice to process some things before turning off the lights. I’m grateful that when my partner and I DO communicate deliberately, checking in with each other, that it’s of high quality with respect and love for each other and a curiosity about what is going on in the other’s head/world (we just could do it a bit more often! We need to get back to our Wednesday check ins and also turn off the devices more often). I’m grateful it was only spitting rain when I finally took Miss Lupe out for her walk before it started to rain hard, phew! I’m grateful today will be a homemade tomato soup (freezing stuff is so great!) and grilled cheese dinner.
Grateful for you, amigos.
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@Dazercat … amazing, amazing, amazing!! What great adult kids you have. You taught them well. I hope their words made a difference to your wife. My hope for you is many sober years together with your wife. Show her the ropes!! You got it. Much to be grateful for. 
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You Norwegian, I mean from det hyggeligt and hygge? 
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They got a great Mom to lead by example.
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