Yup, I saw your selfie and recognized you, then your pic of your sweetie confirmed it 
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I am grateful for my NA meetings and my Sodas N Scribbles class on Wednesday nights.
I am grateful for my sober community.
I am grateful for my brother’s car.
I am grateful for real friends.
I am grateful for my house and the people living in it.
I am grateful for the courage and heart to do what’s difficult and best for me and my sobriety.
I am grateful for my parents.
I am grateful for my sister’s whom I have yet to make amends.
I am grateful for my ex-husband.
I am grateful for my life.
I am grateful for this app and forum.
Today . . . I am grateful for my Jesus and the love , life and truth found in the Word.
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You are more then enough and you definitely do belong here.
I love writing and reading others freaking essays on how much they are grateful for.
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Thank you, love! 
I feel the same about you.
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Ha! Ha! 
. I like your sense of humor !!!
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Write those novels! I read each of them to the very end and sometimes go back up and read them again. This thread and you are my therapy, my sunshine. I love your thoughts. 
P.S. 
Please don’t take my sunshine away… 
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I’m finding the longer I’m sober the more past trauma I pushed aside with alcohol is coming forward. Sometimes it surfaces in an odd blue unbidden mood. Do you journal? I find sometimes it will come forth as I’m journaling and I’ll have an Aha! moment. “Oh that’s what’s been simmering below the surface and making me feel off!” Once it’s manifested to my conscious self I can deal with it.
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I read everything, too, and totally agree. Thank you 
My spirit is lifted up 
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It is nearly impossible to catch up here or in the checking in thread. Our community is huge. Which is good and overwhelming a bit for me. It’s like when numbers of members are growing and I am backing off.
I am grateful I do logg in.
I am grateful to be sober for some days now.
I am grateful for warm water, warm showers, having my now favourite vegan cheese in the house, not for long 
I am grateful I am listening more and more to my body and take more healthy decision. I am less impulsive,still a lot but much less. I caused much damage in active addiction being so impulsive, hurting others and in the end hurting myself the most: being lonely and alone.
I am grateful my cats are doing so fine.
I am grateful tomorrow is Friday. I am grateful we had some sunny days with cold and clear air this week.
I am grateful for some nice talks at work. I am grateful I am fine sitting next to the department I worked in before and which caused some of my problems , now known as challenges and learning fields.
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Grateful to not be hungover, or in jail, or in the hospital. No one is mad at me. I feel good. Planning on a big day today.
I took a second this morning to imagine how I would feel if this were not the case. I am so grateful for another day sober. I made it through yesterday.
I saw the sunrise today and it was nice. The kitties were being all snuggly because it was cold. I put some chocolate in my coffee because why not?
What are you grateful for today?
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I am grateful to be listening to my little dog snore (not as grateful when it woke me up at 5:30 but what can you do?) and drinking a mostly warm cup of coffee on my comfortable couch.
I am grateful for my son in so many ways. He is killing it with his own handy man business that he started about 6 months ago. I am grateful he gave me the time to go over things I need built for my shop last night and I’m grateful I can support him this way. I am grateful I wasn’t in my active alcoholic phase when he was little and I was able to keep my promise to myself to not drink around him. I drank plenty when he was with his dad but did well not drinking when he was with me. I’m sure he still has damage but at least not that, much.
I’m grateful that I’m not spending so much energy and time thinking about when and how I can start drinking every day.
I’m grateful that I’m sober so that I can start this business and I’m grateful that I have this business and all the time it takes to open to distract me from wanting to drink.
I’m grateful that for the most part, I’m really not thinking about drinking much. It’s such a relief and it really does feel different this time.
I’m grateful for this app and the people on here. Reading everything from so many different perspectives helps so much, thank you all.
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I’m grateful I figured out why I’ve been feeling low lately. Ever since I joined the community, I read literally everything… the check-in thread, gratitude thread, as well as most of the active random threads. When I was sad over the weekend, I struggled to come here and at least share my gratitude, but I did. I also didn’t read the check-in thread for a few days and surprise… my spirits lifted tremendously. I didn’t realize how weighted down I felt after reading some of the shares there. So for now I’m going to strictly limit the time I spend on that thread. Like many of you, I’m a sponge. I have to be careful with what my porous self soaks up. I’m grateful I finally snapped to this. 
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I’m grateful for this wonderful cup of coffee 
I’m grateful I figure out just the right amount of water and fresh ground beans for my Chemex. I just eyeball it. I know I could measure it but I don’t want to.
I’m grateful for Minnie getting up on the couch with me this morning and letting me work her over.
I’m grateful for soft kittens, especially my chonky girl.
I’m grateful I had no problem telling my wife to be careful yesterday at lunch when she was ordering wine because I didn’t want her to fall asleep at dinner when we go out with my daughter.
I’m grateful I expressed my feelings about it and let it go. I’m grateful she didn’t fall asleep by the end of dinner last night with my daughter even when she had a side car. She told me before hand she was just going to order one. I said are you sure? She said just 1. Of course she had wine after. But it was a nice dinner out and the 4 of us had a great time.
I’m grateful I was able to surrender to her drinking.
And I’m grateful that I’m reading and learning that I will have to constantly surrender. I know I’ve theoretically surrendered. But I’m gonna have to constantly surrender. I’m grateful I reckon some days will be better than others for me. Just like everything else in life.
I’m grateful I’ve seen my God work, and that I constantly need to learn and relearn to turn to my God first. I guess, as it is, or was a progressive disease this addiction and codependency of mine. So is my recovery? Progress not perfection. Right Stella?
I’m grateful for the overcast day today. And my day is full with dog business, chiropractor, lunch at my favorite funky cafe, and more doggy business, and blood work for me at my doctors. And probably dinner out. No shit.
I’m grateful I get to see all my doctors while I’m here. It does suck. But I’m still grateful. I can feel both.
I’m grateful I slept in this morning by accident but I still made time for myself.
Grateful for Gratidudes!!
Gratitude is the memory of the heart
Jean Baptiste Massieue
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I think this is what I’m struggling with too. I’ve been having an almost OCD tendency to be available to every newbie, give input on every thread and support everyone on here. 
Since New Year though this app has exploded with activity and it’s just too much.
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Lots to be grateful for this morning.
I am grateful that I have not gotten COVID.
I am grateful that Brian and I are booster twins and I am hopeful he feels better than I do.
I am grateful that Rosa was open and honest about how she can feel sometimes and that people surrounded her with the support she needed. (There have been many times when I have felt very insecure on this forum. It has been awhile but I have gone through episodes of deleting all my posts, erasing posts after I type them out, being silent, afraid to be judged. I understand. )
I am grateful that I was able to look at that behavior and see what was going on, realize that it was my deflated ego acting out. When I looked at it even closer I saw that I was placing people including myself on all levels of tiers. There is no humility in that.
I am grateful that my life has become more serene since I have been able to look at people as just people. To stop with the judgement of self and others.
I am grateful that Eric always says “The share is for the person sharing it.” I have learned that from him and I believe that too.
I am grateful for meditation.
I am grateful for the feeling of getting lost in the flicker of candle light.
I am grateful for all of you.
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Yes! Same! I just can’t manage too much time on the daily check in and it was disappointing for me for a while but I’m at peace with it now. When I was a “newbie” there were folks who had been here a long time that would chime in, but honestly it felt like other newbies were the most supportive because we were all sort of at the same place and going through similar stuff. When I remembered that time for me, it helped me let go more.
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I actually feel relieved! 
And I completely understand that the share is for the person sharing, but I have to limit my intake. I have to come first right now. Accepting that feels good. 
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I see you, and I’m always like “Dang, I wish I had her exuberance!” 
It does take a toll when there are so many new folks, though. We have to take care of us first.
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Today I’m grateful to fall asleep soon. Grateful I’m tired, full, sober and that a cat sits on me purring. I hope the headache is gone tomorrow. I’m grateful that I managed to do some chores and cooking despite all the unwell-being
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Grateful I made it to day 10AF.
Grateful for being a better person due to the above.
Grateful for noticing just how great everyone is around me now my mind can focus on more than just that sad old goal.
Grateful for life and you all.
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