Daily Gratitude List. Gratitude is the air of recovery

Grateful for early morning coffee and a clear head.

Grateful for a job that brings me challenges and fulfillment.

Grateful for a loving and supportive and compassionate husband.

Grateful for a safe home and resources to take care of myself and my family.

Grateful for this chapter in my life when I finally attend to my own care.

Grateful for a few days off of work this week and the feelings of confidence that I will be able to stay sober.

I wish you all a day of peace and fulfillment.

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I’m grateful to God please help guide me through today and help me stay 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 warm showers and coffee. I’m grateful that I slept well and woke up before my alarm. I’m grateful to be reminded of Grandpa this morning as I added some jam to my oatmeal to sweeten it, one of his old tricks, waittt a sec that taste gross Lmao I’m grateful for laughter and memories of his not great cooking flooding back in :smiley: I’m grateful for music and exercise. I’m grateful for the twelve steps and the principles they teach. I’m grateful for the gif that stella sent which made me laugh, a nice way to start the day. I’m grateful I can bundle up and leave early to walk to work and change when I get there.
God bless you all. :v: & :heart:
p.s. You are a star, shine bright. Ya you!!

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I am grateful to be sober and hangover free.

I am grateful to have a Dr. Appt tomorrow to discuss the possibility of meds to help with my sobriety.

I am grateful I have an appt. with a counselor also to talk about life and triggers etc.

I am grateful to be able to catch up on house chores today.

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

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I’ve got 30 days sober today. It’s been long, but I feel 500 times better than I have all year and each try and sobriety. So im super grateful for that.

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Good evening, all.
Today I’m grateful to be sober and clearheaded, and grateful for the general feeling of well-being that comes with the package.
Grateful that I can do my job so much better these days - although I keep getting a creeping feeling of guilt about some of my standards in the past, and how high my standards could/should be now. I wasn’t awful in the before time, I’m just better now. I’m grateful that I can (kind of) see that.
Grateful for all of your good news and also for you sharing your struggles. It all helps in its own way.
I will be grateful when @M-be-free49 shares her thoughts with us again, but I’m not going to crowd her. I’m just going to let her know that we’re thinking about her around here.
Have a great one, all.

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I’m grateful Brian is getting so many rewards for his hard work. Showing us all, and himself, recovery is worth it. And we’re worth it. And we got to work it.
I’m grateful for my chonky girl keeping me warm.
I’m grateful when my internal clock wakes me around six. I’m grateful to see the dawn of the day.
I’m grateful to be experimenting with tiny little changes to my many routines.
I’m grateful for my Pilates Reformer instructor. And my openness to learn new things. And to not be afraid to try those new things. I’ll be grateful if I can remember those new things when I work out on my own today.
I’m grateful my back has been better.
I’m grateful for my afternoon evening sunset walks. Especially yesterdays as I almost blew it off.
I’m grateful for a stress free Thanksgiving week sine we have no family or friends around. I’m grateful for tuna dip. That’s our Thanksgiving tradition.
I’m grateful to be at peace, and where I am in my recovery. It’s so hard for me to use that word about myself. “Being in recovery.” I still think I wasn’t “that bad.” But 45 years of drinking and not being able to stop isn’t “that good,” either. I’m grateful when I hear, or think “I wasn’t that bad.” I always think of the time when I just had one. Fuck even just 2. I got nothing. Never happened. I’m grateful God protected me all those years.
I’m grateful for you all.
I’m grateful for this app.
I’m grateful for this thread.
I’m grateful for Richard Burr, who taught me a long time ago the importance of gratitude. I didn’t get it then like I do now.
:pray:t2::heart:

Train your mind to see the good in everything. Positivity is a choice. The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.
@lifehack

Edited to add:
Recovery the regaining of or possibility of regaining something lost or taken away. restoration or return to health from sickness. restoration or return to any former and better state or condition.

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I’m grateful we’re getting snow tonight and tomorrow, because I love the beauty and quiet of snow. And it goes well with hot chocolate, fires in the hearth, and cozy throw blankets. :snowman_with_snow::snowflake:

I’m grateful for my feelings. Good ones or yucky ones, at least I’m not numb.

I’m grateful for music. I’m likely to lay some holiday tunes on y’all soon, so get ready. :christmas_tree::dancer:t3:

I’m grateful for this community and you lovely folks. I’ve never been to therapy, never really had anyone to talk with about the drinking problem, and rarely in my life have I told anyone about being raped. But I come here to this little space on my phone and just let it all out. And no one treats me like I’m stupid, and I get amazing support, and I’ve found new loved ones right here. I sincerely appreciate y’all’s presence in my life. :heart:

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I’m grateful for time with my family. We are all so chill and relaxed with each other, and any ideas I had about the visit being stressful were a fabrication of my general anxiety in anticipation - it truly is a visit with few expectations and any fears I had (like how Lupe would behave or whether my niece would respond well to us) have been for naught. I am grateful we have made so much effort to be in her life, two whole years of it! She knows us and we are both fun and enjoy kiddos so we know how to be entertaining and go with the flow of a toddler. What fun. I’m grateful we decided a couple months ago to try for our own baby and that we are just enjoying dreaming about it and not stressing anything yet, it’s still early days for that. I’m grateful my brother and sister-in-law have tomorrow off and they will all come to my parents’ house rather than us drive there. It will be helpful especially for Lupe who has acted exhausted all afternoon and evening. She needs a break, and she is more familiar with my parents’ house and can relax better here, and my niece loves coming here to visit “Lito” and “Lita’s” house.

Just so grateful for quality time with my family and also to feel so relaxed on this trip. That’s fairly new in terms of visits with family while sober and in recovery. It’s a good feeling.

Always grateful for my amigos here. :heartpulse:

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Good Morning!
I am grateful to be sober.
I am grateful to be up and awake at 5:30a. Maybe I will catch the sunrise.
I am grateful for an interview for a company that I have really wanted to work for. I am not sure what that means for my business but I think it’d be good to get out in the world and have dental insurance.
I am grateful that I can so “no” to anything I want this holiday. I don’t really want to celebrate T-Day anymore, at least not traditionally. I am still going to cook but doing most of it today, cutting way back and just plan to stay sober and enjoy my kids and mother(?!).
I am thankful for SJW kiddos, who love traditions but prefer we set our own, rather than buy into the crap that’s been fed to us (and that’s for most holidays).
I am grateful my kiddo cleaned the kitchen last night.
I am grateful for my bed, which I am still in, my back is jacked up.
I am grateful for my TLC meeting, which starts in an hour.
I am grateful to celebrate to have compassion.
I am grateful I feel peace.

I am grateful for you.

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I’m grateful for the kind letters I received from my students yesterday.

I’m grateful for my husband who is supporting my journey in sobriety and is working on himself around this topic as well. I’m grateful that even with this, we have a love that is recognizing we each need our own space to make it happen for ourselves.

I’m grateful to have a few days away from my teaching work to rest and enjoy other parts of my life.

I’m grateful to have a warm home and good food.

I’m grateful to be pretty healthy considering all that I allowed myself to do in self medicating for decades.

I’m grateful for the online community. I like to share my interests here and not be a burden on others in my life with my newfound joy in sobriety.

I wish you all peace for today.

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Thank you Lord because you don’t treat me according with my sins

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I’m grateful to God please help guide me through today 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 to see Eric doing his gratidude with daisy on his lap and the ponderosa pines out the window, coffee on the table. I’m grateful for music and exercise. I’m grateful for humor and laughter.
God bless you all. :v: & :heart:

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I’m grateful for another morning hangover free, slight headache, still sober, with a warm house, coffee, and cat, and dog, and now my hot tea.
I’m grateful I get to start my day with gratitude.
I’m grateful Julie, from London, texted me this morning to share her little nativity scene and Christmas tree and the gingerbread Slash she made :grinning:
I’m grateful for quiet mornings all to myself. And I’m grateful for the technology that lets me share it with y’all.
I’m grateful my kids figured out a date for a family zoom call for Friday. Maybe some of them will call individually, since it is Kelly’s birthday.
I’m grateful we don’t travel on Thanksgiving.
I’m grateful for my family. Even though we don’t see each other, I’m grateful for the technology, in our damn phones, that makes me feel like we are connected and it’s not so bad that we live far away from each other.
I’m grateful Ol Min Min just came over to check on me for a pet before she gets up on the couch.
I’m grateful for my health.
I’m grateful for my past and my present. And someone on here said “the future is fiction.” I love that :heart:
Y’all have a great day. When I don’t pick up. I’ll call it a great day. I’ll be grateful if y’all join me in that one.
:pray:t2::heart:

To the people in my life who make me smile, support me, and bring me joy.
Thank you :blush:

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This morning I’m grateful for the fallen snow and happy to know we’re getting a little more. I’m sure if I had to work outside in it, I wouldn’t be so happy about that. :upside_down_face:

I’m grateful for holiday family traditions my kids and I have created that are very different from the ones I grew up with, and even the ones they grew up having as young teens and preteens. We now place importance on simply being together, playing hilarious games (we even do Christmas bingo with funny little gifts), baking and decorating cookies, making sweet and savory charcuterie boards, wearing matching pajamas, and so much more. Thank you for reminding me of my gratefulness for that, Jené. @EarnIt :blush: The holiday season doesn’t need to be the frantic mess it’s come to be.

I’m grateful we were able to get together with our kids before Thanksgiving, because Keely offered to be on call at the animal hospital this year. It was fun and now I can do NOTHING on Thanksgiving Day! :partying_face: Maybe I’ll decorate @Dazercat :wink::christmas_tree:

I’m grateful for y’all. :heart:

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Good evening all,
I’m grateful that I am done with work today- it was one of those days. I’m grateful that tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and I will spend it with my family. I’m grateful for soft pajama pants, and my fake electric fireplace. I’m grateful to be heading into this holiday season a little more calmly than last year. I’m grateful for all of you.
Everyone have a wonderful evening :heart:

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Can confirm, we do not.
I know of Sheaf stout but not of anyone who drinks it on the regular. As for Old Croc cheddar, that’s actually an exporter brand so we don’t have it in Australia, though the young cheese is produced here before export.

Old Croc Australian Cheddar is produced in Victoria, Australia under the direction of dairy importing and exporting company Trugman-Nash. The Old Croc brand is applied to cheddars that are produced by reputable Australian producers according to Trugman-Nash’s specifications. After production, young cheeses are sent to an facility in Wisconsin, where they’re kept in a special temperature-controlled aging room under food grade film and monitored regularly by the company’s cheese graders. 45-pound blocks of Extra Sharp Cheddar age for 18 months before release.

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I am grateful to be listening to my two kids laughing in the basement.

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I am grateful for my daughters teachers and how I truly feel we are a team. I am grateful that I am sober and present to homeschool my daughter. She absolutely would have gotten chewed up if she’d needed to attend in person for highschool. I am grateful that she is such a good kid.

I am grateful for my parents and their support.

:heart:

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I’m grateful for my brother, who was and is my first best friend and who introduced me to my husband 15.5 years ago. That we are and will always be first best friends.

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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 my family, friends, TS and the gratidudes. I’m grateful to have a Dr. appointment today. I’m grateful I can take the bus since its raining. I’m grateful for music, exercise and laughter.
God bless you all. :v: & :heart:

p.s. Don’t forget to take a moment smile and breathe, it feels good. Ya you!!

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