I’m grateful to read all this gratitude and catch up on everyone’s lists and lives, rants included and welcomed. (Huge congrats to you, Brian!)
I’m digging deep to come up with a list, no lie…
I’m grateful for my flight two nights ago, that I didn’t unquestionably go to the lounge for a rushed glass of wine and then use the flight delay for a second glass. I’m grateful I didn’t pick up a bottle “for the hotel room” at the little shop by the gate after landing. I’m grateful I didn’t feel like doing any of these things. (The rental car? Smells like hand sanitizer, french fries, and weed. Grateful I’m not triggered by the smell of any of those things.)
Yesterday and today have been a little rougher on my heart. I have thought of picking up a bottle “for the hotel room”. (WTF? Rooms drink?) But I haven’t. And I won’t. I’m grateful I don’t spend nights drinking alone, or plan drinks before and after difficult times or events. I’m grateful I don’t miss out on things that happen, that are said. I’m grateful to not numb them, but to feel them - difficult as they are.
I’m grateful for the in-person lunch I had with a dear pal yesterday. Sitting across the table from her, sipping coffee, both of us sharing our catch-ups, both of us getting teary throughout.
I’m not feeling grateful about a whole bunch of things about work, but all in all I’m grateful for my job and the good people I work with.
M and D? But of course.
I’m grateful to be sober, to have support to be and stay sober. I’m grateful for all of you. I’m grateful for another day.
Day 1103. I am grateful for a lazy Thursday morning in bed watching some documentaries.
I am grateful that I tend less to be affected by what others think I am. (regarding climate change, I mean, I am not on the pink, bride side of thinkers)
I am grateful that I have all I need right now.
I am grateful to be able to learn. It is sometimes hard for me and I feel hurt by others who are not so proud of my babysteps. But I am proud and I can be bc I know where I come from.
I am grateful for this little circle, being somehow in a protected open minded place.
I am grateful that I can start to sleep on my side, paaaartyyyy!
I am happy @I.cant.We.can Brian that you are facing a new job. Its always impressive to me how you cook for so many.
It fills me with gratitude to see everyone on their journey.
And I am grateful for my für friends. And that they are out of adrenaline for the moment
Good evening, all.
Grateful that today’s work bit is over. It was long, busy and stressful. I find parent teacher conferences extremely stressful these days - but I’m unbelievably grateful that I can manage the anxiety that I get in the build up much more effectively without alcohol.
Sorry that you’re feeling a bit low, @M-be-free49. I care how you feel. I wish I could help.
Grateful for our little village and for all of the wisdom contained within it.
Grateful that I only have one more day at work before the sanctuary of the weekend.
Grateful for my beautiful family and my beautiful wife.
Grateful that my challenging job enables us to have a pleasant enough life.
Grateful to have 312 days of sobriety. It never ceases to surprise and delight me.
Have a great evening.
Grateful for this 95th day sober. So grateful for my phone full of numbers I went through after I left work this morning, before I drove home, before I drank. Grateful for the amazing women who were there for me, they will never know what they did for me today (or maybe they do know and that’s why they answered their phones). Grateful I’m showered, in sleep wear and about to go to bed … sober.
@Mno sending hugs to you as you go (or went) to your patient’s funeral today. @Its_me_Stella I’m so sorry about your mate Dan. Sad reminder indeed. Sending hugs.
I’m grateful to God I don’t drink or depend on booze or get hangovers.
I’m grateful when I read about surrendering to God I can pin point the first time I did that. It wasn’t easy to do nor was it pleasant. But it worked like magic.
I’m grateful to see Jules and her beachy back ground and that Julie is still with us. Good morning
I’m grateful my pets did well at the kennel. I’m grateful we probably don’t have to drop them off again until next year. But in a way I wish we were dropping them off again so they can get use to the idea of it happening once and a while.
I’m grateful we are starting the FELV shots for the cats today so next time they came be let out of their private condo and into the rompus room with the kitty counselor.
I’m grateful I can walk. After my second gratitude on Tuesday about my flight delay when I was so proud of myself I got up and crushed my little toe into the leg of the heavy coffee table at the hotel and I could barely walk the last couple of days. I had a black and blue hotdog appendage attached to my right foot. Someone was talking about pride yesterday. Sometimes it’s short lived.
I’m grateful for Benson on my lap and Minnie snoring away on the couch.
I’m grateful to be home.
I’m grateful I feel like traveling again. But not too much.
And I too am grateful this feels like such a safe place to share with people we may never meet and the beautiful common bond that brought us all together.
Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
I am grateful for this forum and this family.
I am grateful for chickens who entertain me and provide me with eggs, which brings me to:
I am thankful for egg salad with lots of dill on a gluten-free bagel.
I am thankful for TLC and I will never leave it.
I am thankful for so much to truly be thankful for, whether I put it down here or not.
I am thankful for one more day of OK weather before the teen degrees hit.
I am thankful for freedoms, even when it interferes with my own.
I am thankful for new beginnings.
I am thankful for my life, the actual breathing part and the guardian angel I have clearly always had to keep me on this planet. Boy! Have I challenged her/him/them!
I am grateful for my touchstones on this forum. I hope you know who you are.
I am grateful I made it through my first night back to work and things went just fine… i always tend to think catastrophically and I am always reminded it isn’t that bad.
I am grateful to be up early with my cats doing my prayers and getting reading to exercise.
Reiterating from yesterday that I am grateful that I am learning to honor my true feelings and say no to going places, like out to dinner when I am not up for that…“it is better to gift someone with your absence than your presence full of resentment”.
I am grateful to be here with all of you.
“May I honor myself today. May I honor my true feelings. May I give myself the gift of honesty.”
I’m grateful to God for guiding me through another day while remaining clean and sober. I’m grateful for my recovery. I’m grateful for all my family, friends,TS and the gratidudes. I’m grateful I had a job interview this morning and I think it went well, we shall see. I’m grateful I went and got a haircut today since I normally just give myself a buzzcut. I’m grateful that I didn’t have to cook today(to my surprise) and could just enjoy some time hanging with the guys. I’m grateful my Mom loaded funds onto a bus pass for me the other day, now it’s up to me to still get my walks or bike rides in and not take the bus just because I can, it’s always something Lol I’m grateful for the twelve steps.
God bless you all. &
p.s. Don’t forget to just take a moment to smile and breathe, that feels good, right. Ya you!!
Today, I woke up late again and it was really bothering me, I was sinking into self loathing but then I reminded myself of what I am grateful for and it fixed me right up.
I am grateful for my sobriety.
I am grateful for the strength I have acquired that has so far allowed me to abstain from poisoning myself.
I am grateful for God being good to me and my loved ones.
I am grateful for having a positive self esteem.
I am grateful for my daughter.
I am grateful for being alive.
I am grateful for my support system, I love you mom.
I am grateful for another day.
I am grateful for change, and being capable of it.
I am grateful that I was able to wake up today.
I am grateful for my partner, the love of my life. Wherever you are,I love you to death.
Yesterday is in the past, tomorrow is another day.
Bring upon me what you will, I will be ready.
I am grateful to be sober today.
I am very grateful that I am not allergic to cat hair.
I am grateful for a calm lazy morning in bed.
I am grateful I can slowly start sleein the side. It was not the very best but already the possibility is great.
I am happy my brother is coming tonight and stays until tomorrow. So rare.
I am grateful I have enough. I am grateful to have a tiny insight in so many people’s sobriety journey.
At times today, I have to admit, I would have really rather been anywhere else than in the moment or with my feelings.
I’m grateful I know that a drink (and its successors) does not take those feelings away.
I’m so, so grateful for this community, this thread. It has taken a lot for me to learn to acknowledge my feelings to myself. But to reach out and share them with others? A group of strangers turned dear gratidudes? I’m grateful that I came here last night, exhausted and sad, and did just that. I’m grateful for @Singtone’s kind words. Simply just knowing my words are read and heard and recognized means more than anything. I don’t really think there’s anything better that anyone could do, under these circumstances.
I’m abundantly grateful for the good people caring for my mom. I’m grateful for the wealth of good memories I have of both my parents. I’m grateful I can still visit my mom.
I’m grateful for the freedom I take for granted. It is Remembrance Day in Canada. This freedom came at a cost that I did not have to pay. My problems are still so very manageable when I put things in perspective. I have everything I need, as do my loved ones.
There will be no bottle of wine “for the hotel room”. That’s the stuff of the before time (is that even mine? No matter - every true community has it’s own lingo!)
I am grateful for the sound of my child’s fingers tapping away at her iPad screen. Drawing up a storm, doing what she loves to do best.
I am grateful for the huge attendance at my homegroup tonight. I am grateful for the sense of belonging I have among those people.
I am grateful for the very loud owl I can hear hooting outside my window.
I am grateful that I am clean and was able to offer a member a ride home who had clearly been using. I am grateful for my observant nature because it seemed like nobody else had noticed said person was loaded, and they would have gotten into their car.
I am grateful that I am slowly accepting that I need to hand every single part of my life over. I am slowly accepting that I will never have freedom while my claws are still dug into certain things. That I can not pick and choose what I recover from and what I don’t. That recovery is an all encompassing thing, it’s a big job and I doubt very highly I will even get 1/4 of the way recovered before I die. I am glad I won’t ever have to announce myself as “a recovered addict” I just scratched that off my list.
I am grateful for cheese and rye bread, grapes and coffee.
I am grateful for my comfy bed, my family, friends.
I am grateful for you.
I’m grateful I can be present for my daughter
I’m grateful for another day sober
I’m grateful for the people in C/A
I’m grateful I have a job I can do from home
I’m grateful for my supportive partner
I’m grateful for my health
I’m grateful for prayer and meditation
I’m grateful I have access to a gym
I feel so grateful…I am an RN and ready to transition to a new role. I was offered a job I have been wanting for a couple of years and I start in January
My Brooklyn weekend wedding extravaganza was awesome in part BECAUSE I was sober.
Today I am in one of my fav cities, Charleston, and I get to eat great food
Spoke with a friend/coworker yesterday who was curious about my sobriety. She believes she is a problematic drinker. Her best friend is 2 years sober and I think she is getting sober curious. I was happy to share my story.
Full of gratitude and awe today by what is possible because of sobriety. It is a gift.
I’m grateful to God I don’t drink.
I’m grateful to God I don’t depend on booze.
I’m grateful for Benson on my lap and my coffee and the Gdudes.
I’m grateful we got the first round of the FELV shots and tests done. For all our cats.
I’m grateful I’m being as calm as possible because Daisy isn’t eating this morning but Kelly was able to coax her last night for a little food. And I’m hoping like a person maybe she’s just having a reaction to the shot. She did get up at 4 and purred on my chest last night. So truthfully I’ll be a little more grateful when she eats.
I’m grateful my back doesn’t hurt this morning after doing a half hour of yard work yesterday. I’m grateful I can still do little bits of yard work. And I’m grateful I don’t over do it.
I’m grateful my little toe is getting better and walking is a bit easier. I’m grateful I’m not pushing it by doing my power walks anyway while my foot hurts, after walking the dogs.
I’m grateful for the peace and quiet of my neighborhood as most people are gone and it’s just me and the wife and dogs on the trails and we can walk the golf course. All alone.
I’m grateful I took care of Thanksgiving dinner with one phone call to the club.
I’m grateful to be going into my second Holiday Season sober.
I’m grateful for you all.
I saw a great meme about all the supply shortages
And how difficult Christmas shopping and Black Friday sales a shit might be this year. And I’ve even heard of turkey shortages. And there was the Grinch saying “Maybe Christmas doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas perhaps means a little bit more.” And I just thought of gratitude. And pictured a Holiday season not commercialized. The commercialization of the Holidays has always driven my crazy. So I’m going to work on being grateful this Holiday season and not stress. And also especially not criticize and judge. Even if my neighbors did light their Christmas lights November 1st. Good for them!!
I’m grateful to God please help me be better today than I was yesterday and to remain clean and sober. I’m grateful for my recovery. I’m grateful for ALL my family, friends, TS and the gratidudes. I’m grateful for the sunshine warming me through the window. I’m grateful for the coffee warming me as well. I’m grateful for good sleep. I’m grateful for my Mom sending me quotes or inspirational phrases on messenger or by email. I’m grateful for the twelve steps.
God bless you all. &
“May I honor myself today. May I honor my true feelings. May I give myself the gift of honesty.” 
& 
Good for them!!