Daily Gratitude List. Gratitude The Air Of Recovery

1000 on New Years day!!!

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Good evening all,
Iā€™m grateful for my family. Iā€™m grateful for warm blankets and socks. Iā€™m grateful for exercise and that I am able to do many different things. Iā€™m grateful that I only have to work one day and then itā€™s the weekend! Everyone have a wonderful evening :heart:

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I am grateful that God is in my life
I am grateful that for the first time since I was 11 I have been sober for more than 134 days
I am grateful my daughter sent me a picture of the coloring she did from her Christmas gift
I am grateful my son will be out of the hospital very soon and starting a day program and DBT
I am grateful that my job at the sober house will allow me to focus on school sobriety and family
I am grateful tonight I donā€™t really feel anyway not up or down happy or sad just gratitude and calm
I am grateful that my daughter even being mad and hurt looked at me this past weekend when I told her I donā€™t feel like Iā€™m on that first hill of a roller-coaster or feel like screaming for the first time in years and we had a moment that she knew I understood her
As always Iā€™m grateful for you and acceptance

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Iā€™m grateful for the herd of elk that where in my backyard last night amazing to watch them
Iā€™m grateful for my warm house to stay cozy in during this bad weather
Iā€™m grateful for my zoom meeting today didnā€™t have to leave my house
Iā€™m grateful for my hair dresser making me feel human again lifting my spirits
Iā€™m grateful they where able to see on the schools camera the truck that stolen my work trailer I hope the police can get a license plate number off the footage
Iā€™m grateful to be sober

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Iā€™m grateful to God thank you for a nice clean and sober day. Iā€™m grateful for my recovery. Iā€™m grateful for ALL my family, friends, TS and the gratidudes. Iā€™m grateful for moments that leave me to believe in a power beyond me, for example, our @M-be-free49 who came up with the term gratidudes just texted me while I was writing this with a picture of her and her gratimom, I am so grateful for that pretty cool. I asked her if I could mention this, she said yes and that she says hello , not to worry she is busy momming, Lol I have said it before, adorable. Iā€™m grateful that I got out for two and a half hours of walking today and visited numerous people in there homes that I havenā€™t got to see in the five weeks, give or take since I started working. Iā€™m grateful that one of them was my friend who I took out for a nice dinner at Kelseyā€™s, my treat for his birthday, he got steak, I got salmon , we got an appatizer and dessert, it was delicious took over two hours and Iā€™m still full, never did that shit when I was drinking and using, and I would have been upset when the cheque came, didnā€™t faze me sober. Iā€™m grateful that I have plans to sit down with my sponsor tomorrow morning. Iā€™m grateful for all the music I enjoyed while walking 10+ km today, I donā€™t have a pedometer or fit bit, I know I walk enough Lol Iā€™m grateful I had a short but nice chat with my Mom today. Iā€™m grateful for meditation and prayer. Iā€™m grateful for the twelve steps.
God bless you all :v: & :heart:

p.s. I cant believe I took a picture of my desert and not my dinner Lol I donā€™t normally do the picture of my food thing, anyway, you rock. Ya you!!

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I am grateful to be sober. I am happy I will hit the bed sober tonight.

I am grateful for my apartment, for the decision to have Dora and Paula.

I am grateful life takes unforeseeable turns. It always does, doesnā€™t it.

I am grateful I have all my needs covered. At least material needs.

I am grateful I have some friends. I am grateful I have a job which pays my bills.

As I cannot change the climate change I am happy for the warm weather today so I can take my bike to visit my friend for a coffee.

I am grateful for Yoga.

I am grateful for this thread. I wish everyone a happy new year! Einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr as we say here.
I am grateful that there wonā€™t be fireworks here so I donā€™t have to worry about Dora and Paula.

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She is my world, I am gratefulā€¦


And it was filled to the brim with love.

:heart::seedling::pray:

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Aww! That melted my heart. You have a lil gem there that loves you dearly.

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Grateful to be alive 54 years today!
Grateful to be in TS community despite being a shy one.
Grateful for the Tao and the Taoism course online.
Grateful to be living in the solution~ sober and clean.
Grateful for calm spells and easy going emotions.
Grateful to be of service in my small way :hugs:

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Happy birthday, Owen! :birthday::tada::blush::four_leaf_clover:

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Today I awake and feel grateful
I went on an evening hike last night. Iā€™m grateful for where I live and the beauty of nature that surrounds me. Iā€™m grateful for the fresh air the fresh water and the freedom to explore it. Iā€™m grateful for being alive. Iā€™m grateful for my two beautiful children and the time I get to spend with them this weekend.

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Good morning Gratitdues :yellow_heart: and Happy NYE. I knew this was the first place I was headed this morning.

Iā€™m grateful I donā€™t drink. Iā€™m grateful my friends who live in and around Boulder are okay. My heart hurts for anyone effected. 2021 was the worst year of my life. I am honestly so ready for it to go. Whenever I leave a job I always try to ask myself what did I learn that I can take with me. I do my best to forget the bad parts and move on. So 2021 thank you for teaching me that I could climb 14 thousand foot mountains and not die. Thank you for teaching me about love. Thank you for teaching me about mental health and how important it is to check on the people you love. Thank you for teaching me to say I love you and say it a lot. Thank you for teaching me to be kinder to myself and others. Thank you for teaching me about grace in a break up. Thank you for teaching me I can get through anything. Thank you for teaching me how resilient I am. Thank you for keeping me safe, when I did everything I could to hurt you. Thank you for teaching me that itā€™s okay to feed and nourish myself. Thank you for teaching me about meditation and how to better deal with anxiety. Thank you for telling me I need to stop drinking. Iā€™m grateful I listened and I will try my effing hardest to stay sober. Thank you for bringing this community and these amazing people who have become my sober family into my life
Thank you 2021 for making me who I am and making me that much stronger. Iā€™m grateful for a new year and new things to learn. Letā€™s turn the page now :yellow_heart:

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Iā€™m grateful that my mother in laws dog is fitting in at our house. Iā€™m grateful that he will have a good home with our oldest daughter our us if that doesnā€™t work. Iā€™m grateful that Iā€™ve remained sober for the past 2 fucked up years. Iā€™m grateful for this thread and all of your shares so i can read when gratitude is hard to come by.

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I grateful to wake up well rested and feeling good this New Years Eveā€¦
Its a great day for reflecting on life. Iā€™m grateful to be sober and to have clarity of mind.
New Years has been a holiday that Iā€™ve always liked. It has always been a focal point for positive change. Sometimes those changes last, other times by January 2nd its business as usual for habits I wanted to break.

This year seems to have a reflect on how far I have come vibe. The best goal that I can come up with is to stay on course. Stay sober. Keep working on myself. Keep doing the next right thing. Keep staying out of bars, avoid parties where drinking will be involved. Keep on keeping my distance from drug users and dealers. Keep avoiding them like the plague. Because thatā€™s what they are. They are a deadly plague that social distancing has been working to keep it from contaminating my life. 6 feet is not enough distance for that plague. As much distance as you can possibly have is effective. If they make eye contact, look at them like you will punch them in the face if they try and talk to you. Its been working. I am grateful.

Keep feeding my gratitude list with new things to be grateful forā€¦

Yesterday was big ocean. It was fun because I was on my A-game from being clean and sober! We ended 2021 with a sober crew! :muscle: I am grateful!

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Iā€™m grateful I donā€™t have massive amounts of liquor, wine and champagne in my house. Iā€™m grateful when I go shopping I never have to hear the cashier say have a good party. When all the booze is actually for just my wife and me. Iā€™m grateful I donā€™t have to search out the manager in grocery stores and stand around by the ā€œgood stuff,ā€ waiting for someone to unlock the special glass case. Iā€™m grateful for my second New Years without getting all liquored up for 48 hours. Iā€™m grateful Iā€™ll wake hangover free and actually get good sober sleep. Iā€™m grateful I donā€™t wake up to the stink of dirty old leftover cocktails, and old gin, and sticky lemon juice, with a messy kitchen of dirty cocktail glasses. Iā€™m grateful I have more room in my freezer since we donā€™t keep half a dozen frozen martinis glasses in there any more. Iā€™m grateful I donā€™t go out and celebrate New Years. I never really did. As you can see Iā€™m grateful I donā€™t drink anymore. Iā€™m grateful Iā€™m getting sick reminiscing here about it. New Years equaled a big Hall Pass for me to drink. Like flying. It was my time of year to really cut loose and say ā€œFuck It!ā€
Iā€™m grateful my Hall Pass for drinking was revoked.
Iā€™m grateful I survived it all those 45 years.
Im grateful I really donā€™t miss it. I donā€™t fucken miss it at all.
Iā€™m grateful this was not part of my gratitude list in my mind this morning. I guess I needed this.

Iā€™m grateful, like Brian, for the last 2 years, as fucked up and shitty as they have been. I think the isolation helped me with my sobriety. And what Iā€™ve accomplished the last 2 years by just not picking up is good enough for me. No matter what else happened or didnā€™t happen.
Iā€™m grateful for this gratitude practice. I hope we need a bigger boat.
Iā€™m grateful for each and every one of you gratidudes, and the year full of gratitude that we all got to share. Iā€™m grateful I can honestly say I read everyone of them. I could be wrong and missed a few. But my stupid pride thinks I read every one of them. And if that makes me feel good and keeps me from picking up. Then Iā€™ll be a prideful sonofabitch about it.

Iā€™m grateful when I checked the weather it said, ā€œSunny conditions will continue all day.ā€

Happy Fucken New Years Everyone. Iā€™m doing mine sober.
:pray:t2::heart::tada::confetti_ball::partying_face::balloon:

Alcohol can erase a bit of you every time you drink it. It can even erase entire nights when you are on a binge. Alcohol does not relieve stress; it erases your senses and your ability to think. Alcohol ultimately erases yourself.
Annie Grace

Edit:
Iā€™m grateful I found Annie Grace on Twitter @thisnakedmind. Iā€™ve heard a lot of yā€™all reference her. Excited to check her out in the new year.
:pray:t2::heart:

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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 All my family, friends, TS and the gratidudes. Iā€™m grateful for my recovery. Iā€™m grateful that itā€™s New Years Eve and my plan is go to my homegroup AA meeting then a movie at home. Iā€™m grateful that my sponsor didnā€™t get too upset that I slept in and missed our morning talk and coffee, oops. I think I am beating myself up more about it than he is
Iā€™m grateful for warm showers and coffee.
God bless you all. :v: & :heart:

p.s. You are absolutely amazing. Ya you!!

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Iā€™m grateful that 2021 will be the last year I ever drink alcohol. Iā€™m grateful I havenā€™t replaced my addiction with another one. Iā€™m thankful I can see how easy it is to fall into that mindset.

Like Caroline @Callie99, Iā€™m grateful for these mountains that surround me here in Colorado and the ability to climb them. I donā€™t do technical climbing, but I love the steep hikesā€¦ and itā€™s a blast to go across boulder fields. Thereā€™s no other feeling that comes close to being at the top of a mountain. :mountain_snow:

Iā€™m grateful to be heading to Keelyā€™s to stay for the weekend. Every time I go visit, itā€™s like a mini vacation. Sheā€™s kind and thoughtful. Iā€™m grateful for her and how sweet she is. :two_hearts:

Iā€™m grateful for silly thingsā€¦ like French fries, bubbles, laughing, cozy pajamas, road trips, and purple nail polish.

Iā€™m grateful that two of my kids have made the choice to be sober, and that theyā€™re both doing so well. Keely has never had a problem with drinking and rarely drinks at all. Iā€™m so thankful for that. :pray:t3::heart:

Iā€™m grateful for my life and the connection Iā€™ve found here with yā€™all. Happy New Year :partying_face::purple_heart:

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Iā€™m grateful for the clarity God has given me during this recent sobriety recovery. Hitting 11 days with minimal addict voices in my head has been an absolute blessing.

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Grateful for fellowship w family and friends and awareness and clarity (particularly from my sponsor)
Thank you universe for the cheaper mobile plan incl. Data today (no excuse for not checking in @ TS before greed, hatred and delusion take over)
Thanks so much for the Birthday wishes and for showing the way :pray::hugs:

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Good evening all,
Iā€™m grateful that New Years Eve has never held much allure for me. This will be the second one sober, Iā€™m grateful for that. Iā€™m grateful that hearing coworkers talk about going out and drinking just makes me feel tired and queasy. Iā€™ll take my tea and fuzzy socks thanks very much. Im grateful Iā€™ll be up working out tomorrow while they are trying to nurse hangovers. Iā€™m grateful we are getting rain today. Iā€™m grateful for my kids and my husband.
Everyone have a wonderful evening :heart:

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