Daily Gratitude List. Gratitude is the air of recovery

I am grateful for a better sleep tonight.
I am grateful I am not hungover, trying to get each puzzle of the night before together.
I am grateful my body is healing. I am grateful for this lazy, quiet morning.

I am grateful I can manage my life without a car. So happy I made this decision almost 1 1/4 years ago. I am grateful the girls are doing fine. I am grateful for my apartment, for having enough.

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Iā€™m grateful for still being sober, Iā€™m grateful that for the moment alcohol is not 24/7 on my mind anymore, though I still take things ODAAT.
Grateful that after several days of rain, the sun is shining again! :sunny::smiley:

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Iā€™m grateful to wake up to see the topic one year sober for @Tomek
It brought my first smile to my face this morning. What a great way to start the day.
So happy to read that Tomek :pray:t2::heart:

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Good evening, all.
I need to find a bit of gratitude today because Iā€™m feeling a bit off. Grateful that I have somewhere to come and share.
Grateful to have had a vaccine booster on Friday evening - which probably explains my mood. Lots of people havenā€™t had a first vaccination.
Grateful for my beautiful family and our lovely apartment. We are really lucky. I never want to lose sight of that.
Grateful to be sober, clear headed and hangover free. It really does feel like a dream. I used to look at other people who had made tremendous changes in their lives, and had managed to sustain them, and were looking so much better and were clearly happier - with a kind of awe and a feeling that it was completely out of my reach. It feels like Iā€™m watching someone else do it. It canā€™t be me, can it?!
Grateful to feel secure in my desire to never ever drink again. I have had periods of uncertainty, and I probably will again, but at this moment in time it could not be further from my mind.
Grateful to whoever posted the message ā€˜No matter how far I go down this road, Iā€™m always the same distance from the gutterā€™, or words to that effect. It has really struck a chord with me and is exactly what I needed. It is exactly where I am.
Iā€™m rambling now, but it has done me good.
Thanks, all.
Have a great day.

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Iā€™m grateful to God I donā€™t drink.
Iā€™m grateful to God I donā€™t depend on booze.
Iā€™m grateful to God Iā€™m not hungover.
Iā€™m grateful Iā€™m having such a great time in Austin Sober.
Iā€™m grateful for my best friend and his wife and their dog Lucy. And Lucy had fun on her play date at the dogie day care yesterday while her mom and dad got to play with us.
Iā€™m grateful my best friends drove us out to Wemberly for lunch and we went to the Driftwood winery.

Pro tip. You donā€™t have to taste or drink wine at a winery. You can get a Topo Chico and sit out around the beautiful Texas Hill Country with friends and still enjoy yourself. And you donā€™t end up buying cases of wine. And you donā€™t have to worry about driving.

Iā€™m grateful weā€™ll see our friends one more time this morning for a walk around Lady Bird Lake and brunch.
Iā€™m grateful Iā€™ll see my niece/daughter this evening and my SIL . First time in 2 years.
Iā€™m grateful to be able to share my happiness here with my gratidudes.
Iā€™m grateful for the beautiful riverview, I have out my window, watching the dark turn to dawn this morning feeling at home, remotely with yā€™all.
Iā€™m grateful I passed on the warm chocolate brownie with vanilla ice cream. I heard it wasnā€™t that good anyway :blush:
:pray:t2::heart:

Joy is a heart full and a mind purified by gratitude.
Marietta McCarty

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I am grateful to be sober and hangover free.

I am grateful I made it to church this morning with my Dadā€¦ itā€™s been awhile and it felt good to be there and pray.

I am grateful for a good nightā€™s sleep and the day off.

I am grateful to be alive and breathingā€¦ seeing, hearing, and talking.

I am grateful to be here with all of you lovely gratidudes. :two_hearts:

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Iā€™m grateful that despite some headachy pressure I am able to fulfill my obligations and take care of morning chores and that Iā€™m not hungover on a Sunday! That the bunnies Iā€™m pet-sitting were happy to see me and are starting to climb on my lap - anything for a treat, I guess! That my partner and I spent time rearranging some furniture yesterday and my beloved kitchen cart with the butcher block top is back in business and oiled up, in my kitchen where it belongs. That our basement entertainment area is feeling cozier with the rearrange, just in time for deep winter movie marathons. That my plants are all looking really happy now in their new pots and with their grow lights and humidifier - my living room is now a conservatory and it will be a big part of my anti-seasonal affective disorder efforts this fall/winter season. That l am able to be a support for my friends and loved ones when they need it, and that I have support for myself and seek it out when I need it, too.

Always grateful to my amigos here. :heartpulse:

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I made this video this morning before work.

Last nightā€™s sunset. Cape Blanco.

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Iā€™m grateful to God please help me be better today than I was yesterday and to remain clean and sober. Iā€™m grateful for my recovery and all itā€™s challenges and blessings. Iā€™m grateful for ALL my family, friends, TS and the gratidudes. Iā€™m grateful that my sister randomly video called me today it was nice to see and hear from her. Iā€™m grateful to be watching some football, Goooo Bills. Iā€™m grateful my NA homegroup is this evening. Iā€™m grateful for having coffee and reading my daily devotionals in the sunshine earlier this morning. Iā€™m grateful for music, excersise and laughter.
God bless you all. :v: & :heart:

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Awesome! I am grateful for your video.

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I am grateful for God working in my life.
I am grateful that my children are safe
I am grateful for change even when itā€™s scary
I am grateful that I have commitments tomorrow so I can get out of this dang house
I am grateful that I am sober and working on me

As always I am grateful for you
Peace and chicken grease

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That one of my favorite places to wander around with a camera. I love that garden! Especially when the Rhoadies are Popping!

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Iā€™m grateful to God for helping me have another good clean and sober day. Iā€™m grateful my parents are coming for a visit tomorrow. Iā€™m grateful that I have the opportunity to get a job tomorrow. Iā€™m grateful I got to watch some of the Bills and Raptors games even though they both lost. Iā€™m grateful for the meeting I just was at and how, when they go well and the spirit is flowing, people are sharing and caring, crying and laughing I get all fucking fired up. Iā€™m grateful I got out a share that helped myself, made people laugh, got real, gave them something to think about and some hope, I need that. Iā€™m grateful that I can admit that my life can be exhausting as I am still driven by the same heart, soul and mind that pushed me to be an all in kind of alcoholic/addict/partner/gambler and that I can talk, write and pray about it in hopes that this problem shared is a problem halfed, and that my higher power can help eliminate or alleviate these defects. Iā€™m grateful to be home safe in bed ready to watch something on Netflix. Iā€™m grateful for ALL of your gratitude lists, posts, short or epic they/you all matter.
God bless you all. :v: & :heart:

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I am grateful for the temporary short periods of relief I have been getting from my meds.
I am grateful for my mom and the massages sheā€™s given me.
I am grateful that my headache went away today and that I knew better than to drive in the rain and dark to my book study. Headlights and glaring rain for sure would triggered it again.
I am grateful to go to bed and watch TV with my sunglasses on for yet another night and I am SUPER grateful I have prescription sunnies.
I am grateful for the forum and the fact that itā€™s always here no matter how little or how big I contribute.
I am grateful for my #fuckfentanyl tank and for the prayers and positive energy it sparked me to send to Dan and my ex boyfriend. I hope they are OK. I fucking hate addiction, I fucking hate fentanyl. I am so sick of that shit killing people.
I am grateful I left my ex when I did. We werenā€™t getting high from meth anymore, we were at a crossoad. I got clean, he started using fentanyl and has been fighting for his life every since.
I am grateful that the worst pain I have felt in the last 5 days is a migraine. That my body is not dope sick, that my mind is not ready to give up because I just canā€™t fucking take it anymore. I am so grateful I am not in pain like that today.

:pray:

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We talk about fentanyl all the time at treatment here they are putting it in everything so you never know what you are doing. It is scary what itā€™s doing I am so glad you are safe tonight

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killed seven people I knew in one day, lost track of how many total, almost me too
grateful to not feel I need it now or ever again

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Day 1100.
I am grateful to be sober. I am grateful I could manage to sleep.
I am grateful for another week off work.
I am grateful that I tend to overeat less or not at all.
I am grateful Dora is at ease and rolls on her back to get cuddles everywhere. I am grateful for these wonderful souls.

I am grateful for this long stretch of sobriety. It almost seems unreal when I think back. I am grateful for my journey.

@I.cant.We.can Brian, cool, fingers crossed for a new job. :four_leaf_clover:

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Awesome images, my friend. From a toy that you have been able to buy because you no longer flush all of your cash down the toilet? Nice. Grateful for the post.

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Iā€™m grateful to God I donā€™t drink.
Iā€™m grateful to God I donā€™t depend on booze.
Iā€™m grateful Iā€™m not hungover.
Iā€™m grateful for the sanity thatā€™s been restored to my life.
Iā€™m grateful for nice dinner with my niece/daughter, spouse, SIL and 2 more nieces, last night.
Iā€™m grateful grateful that they are all doing well.
Iā€™m grateful they want us to move back to Austin.
Iā€™m grateful for the fun I get to have here in Austin, and everywhere, sober.
Iā€™m grateful the weather has been gorgeous.
Iā€™m grateful my wife will have a girls day and Iā€™m free!
Iā€™m grateful I got my walk and plans to go to the restaurant I use to work in but itā€™s the south Austin location. They had to closed the one I worked in. Fucking Rona :grimacing:
Iā€™m grateful for all my walks down memory lane here.
Iā€™m grateful I still got my memories. At least the ones I choose to remember.
Iā€™m grateful for room service coffee and fresh squeezed orange juice delivered to me each morning.
Iā€™m grateful the kennel posted pics yesterday of the gang.
Iā€™m grateful we will be picking them up tomorrow.
Iā€™m grateful I get to, and look forward to, coming on here first thing each morning and share my gratitude and read all your gratitudes here every day. Iā€™m grateful you guys are the best. :hugs:
You guys really get it.
:pray:t2::heart:

Of all the attitudes we can acquire, surely the attitude of gratitude is the most important and by far the most life-changing.
Zig Ziglar

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@M-be-free49 ā€¦Emmā€¦thinking of you on your trip. Such a success to navigate the airport alcohol-free. Certainly a trigger I relate to. Reach out, friend. Thatā€™s what we do here! :heart_eyes::heart_eyes:

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