The stressy thing at work last week turned into a weekend at my desk and a spontaneous work trip. First flight on Tuesday since covid. The accommodations our office uses are nice – comfier, more homey amenities. Got here to my room late last night, opened the closet to hang up my coat, stared at 30? 50? mini bottles of booze. Prosecco in the frig.
I’m grateful that the lil tummy ache I have is because those bottles held no appeal, but after trying to tone down the sugar myself (in silent support of our friends here), I dive bombed into the box of Halloween candy – swedish berries and jujubes. Wrapper carnage everywhere! And then four cans of bubbly water and 8 solid hours of sleep.
I’m grateful I threw my all into the stressy thing this weekend. Clearly I have all kinds of issues with moderation, but this one deserves my all and I’m grateful I have my all to give to the things that deserve it.
I’m grateful for the gleeful little chuckle I had – probably Sunday, when I realized I hadn’t thought of a drink. I can’t f*cking believe it either! It was enough each day to push myself away from my desk and take a walk and some deep breaths and make a tea or coffee and get back at it. This time last year I was so grateful I didn’t give in to the cravings. I know the cravings will still give it a shot here and there. But to not have even thought of it? This is a freedom I never thought would be mine. And I will guard it with all it deserves…
I’m grateful I’m here, in this cozy little room, with booze in the closet, and my four hundred and ninety-something days free.
Wouldn’t be here without’cha. Grateful for all of you, all of your words. You have no idea, but actually I think you do…
Today I am grateful for comfort, peace and contentment. Grateful for silly laughs in the kitchen before school and reports of school and work happenings at the dinner table. I am grateful forbbeing heard in my household even though somethings I talk about are pretty benign details of day to day. B I t they matter to me and I appreciate that someone listens. I am grateful for my new books I was able to trade for and for continued purging projects that continue to make our home feel even better. I am grateful for the mistake I made at work yesterday and to be able to say “I made a mistake” and let that be it. I am grateful to remember that I am human and humans make mistakes. Perfectionism is not he way I want to think or live and I am grateful to recognize when I am putting too much pressure on myself.
Good morning Margaret,
I’m grateful to be up waaaay to early again and see the gratitude thread at the top.
Even though I feel a little headachy and I can’t sleep I’m grateful it’s not because of a hangover.
I’m grateful after all the stress of rounding up 4 cats and 2 dogs, the dogs were easy, to bring to the kennel yesterday I didn’t reward myself with a pitcher of martinis. I could fucking taste it man
I’m grateful it wasn’t an urge. It was just thinking back to some old habit I use to do.
I’m grateful I came home and tried Stella’s meditation she posted. Even though I have my own meditation app and a couple of personal meditation apps made by therapist. I just kept and open mind and signed up for yet another meditation app and really just gave the fuck you to that addiction brain and confused the hell out of it.
That addictive brain never stood a chance. I was passed out probably 2 minutes in. And awoken really refreshed and ready to go! I wouldn’t call that a meditation. But I guess I needed it.
I’m grateful for the really long lovely talk with my sister the other day. We’ve been so busy, well she has, and we haven’t talked forever, and it was like so easy to catch up with her and listen to her and emphasize about her problems having 3 teenagers . Everyone has a story. It’s hard to believe 2 or 3 years ago she hated me so much, and I her in return. What a waste of energy all that hate.
I’m grateful I miss my pets so much as I sit here all alone poor me. I’m grateful for all their love and support. Yes support. My wife and I are like, we are never traveling again Not until next time, anyway I’m grateful we do feel confident that they are at a really good kennel. I know Benson is confident already. He went right up to the community water bowl, in the holding area, and lifted his leg on it. Peed right in it didn’t he He knew someone had to lighten the mood. That’s my boy sorry that’s not gratitude. But that’s funny.
Well, grateful to get my day going and it’s still dark out. Thank you all for always being here for me.
I’m grateful for Austin Tex Mex here we come
Gratitude creates the most wonderful feeling. It can resolve disputes. It can strengthen friendships. And it makes us better men and women.
Gordon B. Hinckley
Day 1096 which is 3 whole years since I started my journey.
I am grateful I found you, here and this thread. It is a healing medicine.
Grateful I am feeling okay now. (they told me I would have nice dreams but they lied. I had none )
I am grateful everyone is so nice here. I am grateful I could leave my sensor on my arm an my glycemia was very good throughout the surgery.
I am grateful to have some good friends and some nice colleagues.
I am grateful I have a warm bed, a nice huge TV set in front of me which I probably won’t use.
I am grateful that the whole separation thing the last week paid off as I was negative this morning, obviously.
I am so very grateful for all of you. People like you making me think : yeah, actually we can change a lot in our lives and in those around us.
finally plucking up the courage to ask for more help on my journey. I’ve tried a few different things to help me stay stopped, but kept falling down so I’ve decided to try some 1-2-1 coaching with someone who specializes in alcohol addiction. First session on Sunday. Can’t wait!
for getting out this evening for a walk/run. My activity levels have been really rubbish lately so it felt great to get a sweat in again.
for a great day at work and the ‘coffee and cake’ fundraiser at lunchtime for Macmillan Nurses. For everyone outside of the UK, Macmillan Nurses are a charity that provide free end of life care around the clock when the time comes. They are angels and provide invaluable support to those passing and their loved ones. It was nice to give something back to them today.
for my warm home, comfortable bed and loving Fiancée who loves me despite by behavior sometimes. I’m very blessed.
for this thread and the posts. I find them so inspiring and reading them reminds me of all the other things I am also grateful for.
Happy sober Thursday everyone! xx
Grateful for all of the horrible events that put this act of sobriety in motion. Detrimental, devastating, traumatizing, permanently scarring my spirit and soul but… without it I wouldn’t be sober today.
I would’ve kept on hiding my alcoholism and I would’ve never stopped.
I am glad that i survived the onslaught of self destruction that i unleashed upon myself.
I am grateful for surviving that destruction and attempt on my life.
I am grateful for my partner, wherever they may be.
I am grateful for my partner’s strength.
I am grateful for being well-grounded enough to understand and respect my partner’s decisions.
I am grateful for my strength, and my own identity, and not being entirely codependent on my partner.
I am grateful for my weightloss.
I am grateful for being able to properly love myself.
I am grateful for my sobriety, because my daughter needs me more than ever having recently received full custody.
I am grateful for my daughter.
I am grateful for being capable of change.
I am grateful for life and that we all still have it.
I miss my family, for them, i am grateful for as well.
I am grateful to be up early for prayers, exercise, and my readings.
I am grateful that I don’t feel shakey and pukey from poisoning myself.
I am grateful that the air outside is crisp and cool and helps me wake up before my shift tonight.
I am grateful to have legs and arms and the ability to get my walk in before work.
I am grateful to want to be sober.
I am grateful for all of you, for your posts, and for your kick ass milestone achievements! Awesome job @anon74766472 and @Dazercat (i think i recently missed urs). I am grateful to be inspired by your efforts and success on this path.
I am grateful for the good and light in the world.
I am grateful that I am healthy and gained weight, even though it was a lot, I am in a better place with myself physically then when I was skinny and in active addiction starving myself.
I am grateful for angels.
I am grateful for my housing worker who went out to coffee and hot cocoa with me today.
I am grateful for God because He is always good no matter how good or bad a situation may be, He remains faithful.
I am grateful for the Bible because I needed it when I was having some scary disturbing thoughts earlier and it was exactly what I needed to hear.
I am grateful for my faith.
I am grateful for all of you and all of the hope you give me.
I am grateful to have money for Christmas presents this year.
I am grateful for other women in recovery supporting other women.
Missed doing my gratitude early today, and boy what a day it’s been! I’m grateful tomorrow is Friday, I’m grateful today was a great day for cooking and eating well, and I’m grateful for ticking a whole bunch of things off my to do list today. I’m grateful I’m exhausted and in bed before 8 ready to do some recovery reading before I shut my eyes to the day. I’m grateful for feeling accomplished today, particularly because I made time to pay attention to the beauty around me, to the lovely transition we are in right now between seasons, and to the way I’ve crafted my home to be comfortable and calming. Busy days require time for these types of observations, moments of space to stay or get centered, and help me keep my head on straight. I’m grateful for time spent in the arms of my partner and that I get to call him my best friend.
Always grateful to my amigos here! Thank you for being a part of this gratitude train.
Good evening all,
I’m grateful that I’m sober. I don’t drink. Even when I come home to some stress in the house, and a small argument with my husband. I don’t drink because what would that fix. Nothing. I’m grateful that I will drink tea, and maybe read a book, and let myself calm down. I’m grateful to have a gratitude thread to read through every day, sometimes several times a day. I’m grateful that tomorrow is a new day. Now time for a hot shower, and cup of tea.
Everyone have a wonderful evening
I’m grateful to God for lovingly guiding me through another productive day while remaining clean and sober. I’m grateful for my recovery and all the challenges and blessings that it provides. I’m grateful for ALL my family, friends, TS and the gratidudes. Speaking of gratidudes I’m grateful that @Sunflower1 and I run into eachother writing our posts very regularly hello dear! I’m grateful I got a Dr. today and we already did blood work and some other stuff. I’m grateful when I stepped on the scale I was 20lbs less than what the cheap treatmemt center scale has been telling me. I’m grateful that I was able to buy myself some new winter boots, long johns and jeans today. I’m grateful to not have to rely on hand me downs or second hand stores now that all my money doesn’t go on drugs, cigatettes and booze. I’m grateful for a very nice NA meeting at the treatment center tonight that I didn’t have to facilitate just be present.
I’m grateful or trying to be, that at the end of a nice day, on the bus ride home I got a phone call that one of the people I was around today and yesterday may have covid so I gotta go get tested in the a.m. again. I have been raising funds and inviting people for months, my parents included to join me this Saturday for a walk-a-thon, which will still happen with or without me but it is disappointing that I may have to cancel now, they are attempting to set up rapid tests for tomorrow morning. I’m grateful they informed me so If I am sick I won’t expose my parents or anyone else for that matter.
I’m grateful to be able to congratulate franzi @anon74766472 on three years of working her recovery, good for you. Keep it up.
I’m grateful to try and smile and breathe and use the tools I have to not let this latest, out of my control, ill timed covid BS ruin to much of my time, mood or sleep.
I’m grateful for prayer and meditation.
God bless you all. &
p.s. The twelve steps work if you work it, so work it your worth it. Ya you!!
I’m feeling down so probably the best time to remind myself of everything I’m grateful of. I’m grateful for my body. That it allows me to run, walk, swim, and do yoga, despite the fact that I haven’t always taken the best care of her. I’m grateful for everything I’ve learned so far in my sobriety journey. I’m grateful I’m able to apply it. I’m grateful for these hard nights because I know that they ultimately make me stronger. I’m grateful to see all the milestones crossing my screen today. I’m grateful to see people’s little wins too. Sometimes those are the biggest. I’m grateful for my warm bed. I’m grateful that if I needed additional help I have access to it. I’m grateful that I’m here fighting. I’m grateful that I have faith that bad days and bad nights end.
Today I’m grateful for a decision I made long time ago, must been 15 or 16 years: I back then quit my job and decided never again to be employed. Self-employment has been the way since and I’m so grateful, I never regretted it. Today I’m grateful for the degrees of freedom it gives me. Grateful I can decline responsibility I don’t want to take. Grateful I can say NO without occupational consequences.
Today and every day I’m grateful for my recovery. Grateful that because I choose not to drink or drug no more I can work on myself and consequently work on the relationships I have. Grateful for the realization that I could never do this work without being sober and clean.
I’m grateful to the folks that together with me do the schema therapy. We are eight people that dare to be on this road of working on bettering ourselves, pushing through our fears, sharing some of our innermost secrets and hurts. Grateful to my fellows as well as to the two therapists who are on this journey as well. Just like here we are in this together.
I’m grateful for my family, messed up as it may be, messed up as all our families are. Grateful to my beloved cousin Roos who found a little space in her chaotic and ultra busy life to celebrate her birthday in Amsterdam last night, grateful I made it out of my house and to the bar where she was with her friends . Grateful I feel absolutely no urge to drink when I’m in a bar these days. Grateful for the memories from Sinterklaas (Dutch Santa) parties with family in the past. Grateful to know it wasn’t all bad growing up.
And always grateful to you lot here, sharing your lives, your successes, your failures, your good times and hard ones, your gratefulness, always making me feel connected. Grateful to not feel alone. Even if I do sometimes. Love.
. Everyone has a story. It’s hard to believe 2 or 3 years ago she hated me so much, and I her in return. What a waste of energy all that hate.
poor me. 
I’m grateful for all their love and support. Yes support. My wife and I are like, we are never traveling again 
I’m grateful we do feel confident that they are at a really good kennel. I know Benson is confident already. He went right up to the community water bowl, in the holding area, and lifted his leg on it. Peed right in it didn’t he 
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Thank you for being a part of this gratitude train.
& 
your gratitudes always inspire me to be more positive
. Grateful I feel absolutely no urge to drink when I’m in a bar these days. Grateful for the memories from Sinterklaas (Dutch Santa) parties with family in the past. Grateful to know it wasn’t all bad growing up.