Daily Gratitude List. Gratitude The Air Of Recovery

Snoop must be vibrating at a high frequency, because same. I already have my blue sweats picked out haha :yellow_heart::blue_heart:

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Weā€™re having a chuckle. But she says she not going for the blue sweats :rofl::rofl::rofl:

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Iā€™m grateful for a beautiful, warm day.
Iā€™m grateful for breeze, leaves blowing on side walks, and the sound of the tree branches in the wind.
Iā€™m grateful for hearing my best friend play the piano. Iā€™m grateful I can take it with me on walks.
Iā€™m grateful for meditation.
Iā€™m grateful to be learning so much these days about the brain, our emotions.
Iā€™m grateful I have access to fresh food.
Iā€™m grateful for all the opportunity and blessings Iā€™ve been given in life.
Iā€™m grateful for my silliness. Itā€™s made life easier in hard times.
Iā€™m grateful you can change someoneā€™s day with a simple act of kindnessšŸ’›
Iā€™m grateful for vulnerability
Iā€™m grateful every day is an opportunity

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Reds nice too haha

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Iā€™m grateful you shared that.
Iā€™m grateful thatā€™s so cute.
:heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart:

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I am grateful for my life today.
I am grateful to be alive and to also feel alive.
I am grateful for my daughter and the quiet comfort she offered me while I sat in sadness last night.
I am grateful that I am able to put words to my feelings now and help her understand, maybe even teach her how to do the same.
I am grateful that love is symbolized with the shape of a heart and that when you feel that first overwhelming sense of love it could make your chest burst because your heart feels so full.
I am grateful for the symbol of a broken heart and the very truth of that feeling in my body. The literal pain I have been feeling in my chest for the last week, so much that I thought maybe I had Pericarditis. It is not, itā€™s just sadness in its purest form coming at an overwhelming level.
I am grateful that I managed to admit last night I never allowed myself to grieve Lacey because I knew Annie was going to be leaving me so soon afterward and now I am hurting so much. I am anticipating her death trying to prepare myself and Iā€™m just a fucking mess.

I am grateful that I donā€™t have to use over this today, I am grateful that I have a strong support system and many people that are willing to hold me up if I cant stand.

Thank you for being a part of my recovery. :heart:

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I am grateful to be sober.
I am grateful I am inside and have nothing to worry about what will come tonight in form of a storm. There wonā€™t be school in some parts of Germany tomorrow. :crazy_face:
I am grateful they made up a plan to reduce restrictions in some weeks.

I am grateful for so many people here. I feel a bit better understood without being trapped in the justification trap.
I think I get closer to a breakdown so I am grateful my friend will be back at work tomorrow.
I am grateful that my toe is better. Will get used to it.
I am grateful for Dora on my lap warming my legs.

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That despite not being able to do the cleaning without it, nor get any responses when I asked for help online, I did not use cocaine today.

That my brain works in such a way when thereā€™s a deadline, I will (hopefully) be able to do enough cleaning tomorrow in a last minute frenzy, so the flat looks presentable for the photos the estate agent is coming to take in the afternoon.

For my really good hoover.

That although I am feeling unwell, the Covid test I did at home was negative, so Iā€™m not worried that Iā€™m going to die.

That I already had ā€˜chesty coughā€™ mixture and sore throat lozenges in my medicine box and they are still in date. They have made me feel less sh*t.

That Iā€™m not freezing cold today.

That although I ended up bingeing on pizza last night and this morning and I was riddled with self-loathing and shame over it, I have reset my counter and feel confident I can get back on track.

That much like the treacherous weather outside, I know this wave of depression will eventually change to brighter days.

For hope.

For my two cats, Prince and Wolfie, and their health.

For the TS forum, this thread today especially, and for everyone here.

Thank you.

:blue_heart:

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I am grateful to be sober. Having a difficult time making it here lately but I notice an improvement in my mindset when I do.

I am grateful for a shorter work week this week.

I am grateful Blanket seems to be doing a little bit better and is eating and drinking.

I am grateful that I was able to get a little sleep today with Will. :heart_eyes_cat:

I am grateful for my home and my family. :two_hearts:

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Good evening all,
Iā€™m grateful for some quieter days at home as the kids are on a trip with my mother in law. Iā€™m grateful they will all come home tomorrow. Itā€™s getting a little to quiet. Iā€™m grateful I worked out today and for the simple dinner of cheese and crackers my husband and I shared. Iā€™m grateful for him.
Everyone have a wonderful evening :heart:

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Today I am grateful I made the train to work, Ć nd was up on first alarm, the other 5 were not required. Now sat on train not having to dream an excuse up as to why I am lateā€¦ sobriety rocks.
Greatful my son is coming home this weekend it feels such a while since I have seen him, canā€™t wait to hug him tightly.
Grateful my fence is still upright despite the gales, I can ill-afford a new fence.
Grateful to be here in every sense and form
Grateful for here, always.

:heart::orange_heart::yellow_heart:

Prayer for Annie @Its_me_Stella

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Iā€™m grateful for a hangover free day
Grateful to have a warm and cosy home
Grateful for the ability to know I needed change.

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I am grateful I have been sober for 136 days. No hangovers and no regrets for 136 days.
I am grateful for being prepared for the coming ice and snowstorm. Supplies are laid in and wood is stocked for the stove.
I am grateful for having a new camper. We just picked it up yesterday. Iā€™m grateful to have camping to look forward to, to get me through the last of the winter doldrums.

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Iā€™m grateful that Iā€™m beginning to show myself grace. Iā€™ve always found it easy to be kind and forgiving to others, but Iā€™m intensely aware of my own flaws and shortcomings, and that makes it hard at times to treat myself similarly. Iā€™m grateful for learning to discern the source of my emotions before reacting harshly towards myself.

Iā€™m grateful that gratitude is teaching me to pay attention not only to the things I have, but to everything that goes right in my life on a daily basis.

Iā€™m grateful for the snow. Iā€™m grateful for the calmness and beauty it brings. I know I said this quiet day would be for reading, but Iā€™m thinking itā€™s also gonna be for snowman building. :snowman:

Iā€™m grateful for my small library. Iā€™m grateful that over the years Iā€™ve learned to speak in Rumi, in Whitman and Muir, in Emerson and Thoreauā€¦ itā€™s a wonderful thing to read your own thoughts, written by others long ago.

Iā€™m grateful for my life. Iā€™m grateful for those who love me and graciously accept the love I give in return. :heart:

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Iā€™m grateful God must really be trying to get a message off to me. This is the last thing I read before coming on here to do my gratitude list.

Open mindedness keeps us teachable.

The principal of open mindedness helps us to remain teachable and look for teachers all around us.
Living clean chapter 5.

Iā€™m grateful I read this today. I consider myself pretty open minded to other peoples recovery and how they do it etcā€¦. And I guess I was thinking that was enough open mindedness and I can take from you all what I want and leave the rest. Iā€™m grateful Iā€™m realizing when I do hear or read something new like someone mentioning Toltec :grimacing: My hackles go up :wink: and Iā€™m like. Iā€™m good. Iā€™m good. I donā€™t need another tool. Or oh. Ya I remember that. Iā€™m open minded. If that works for you great. But I donā€™t feel like dealing with that now. Maybe Iā€™ll forget about it.
Iā€™m grateful maybe now Iā€™ll spend 5 or 10 minutes and look into it with an open mind. Instead ā€œoh ya Iā€™ve heard of that,ā€ :stop_sign: And just see what happens.

Iā€™m grateful Iā€™m still sober.
Iā€™m grateful to wake up to a nice pretty, and manageable, dusting of snow this morning.
Iā€™m grateful to see the light of the trees on the west side of my house. Iā€™m grateful I like to think they look like iced oatmeal cookies. Except theyā€™re green.
Iā€™m grateful I wonā€™t have to shovel snow.
Iā€™m grateful my Pilates trainer canceled because she is sick and isnā€™t trying to power through the day and she is considering others health. Iā€™m grateful she hasnā€™t tested positive for COVID yet.
Iā€™m grateful to see my new chiropractor again today.
Iā€™m grateful Julie from London left me a long depressing voice message yesterday. Iā€™m going to reach out and give her a call after this. I know she doesnā€™t want to be a ā€œbother,ā€ but she is worth bothering. Iā€™m grateful I remembered.
Iā€™m grateful for tuna noodle casserole tonight with ruffles. Iā€™m grateful I got my menus planned for the week and one dinner out Saturday night.
Iā€™m grateful for life and going through it sober now.
Thank you God.
Iā€™m grateful for gratidudes.
:pray:t2::heart:

The open-minded see the truth in different things the narrow-minded see only the differences
Anonymous

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I believe this with all my being. Thereā€™s a saying about not being so open minded that your brains fall outā€¦ heard that one from my well-meaning mom a dozen+ times. But I love that Iā€™m not closed off to new ideas and new ways of being and thinking. I like to bring my childhood curiosity with me everywhere I go. :purple_heart:

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This one :rofl:

I really think Iā€™m pretty open minded. But I guess thereā€™s always room for more.

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I am grateful that I dont wake up every morning with a headache anymore and that this one is not the result of hangover but instead cause by many tears.

I am grateful I have a choices today. And I chose wisely this morning before my morning coffee not to engage on the check in threadā€¦ I am not in the mood.

I am grateful that I know better than to redirect my pain onto other people now who are also obviously suffering.

I am grateful that I donā€™t have to win anymore. It was exhausting to always have to be right, I would go down taking bullets to prove a point. It just doesnā€™t matter anymore, but I understand why I was like that. Nothing I have ever done in my life has good enough for my dad, and he is ALWAYS right. Just the other day he said to meā€¦ " you couldnā€™t have done anything betterā€¦with Sasha." So I guess he thinks I did one thing right after allā€¦ but he had to throw that in thereā€¦ I couldnā€™t have just always been doing my best.

I am grateful that things like that hurt me a little less today when I hear him say them. I guess I have gotten used to it and I am grateful for the callouses.

I am grateful for books with new ideas that expand my mind or that fit perfectly with what I always have known.

I am grateful for the fun romp in the woods I had with my pack yesterday afternoon. I am grateful for Nugget and Lyrics game of chase, and Annieā€™s slow saunter chewing pinecones at my side. I usually make her drop them but wtfā€¦ eat away babygirl, eat away. :sparkling_heart:

I am grateful that tonight is my homegroup, I am picking up B for coffee ahead of time and she will take her six month tag! Although she hasnā€™t been coming to homegroup she has been doing ZOOM meetings so I am grateful for the program of NA for helping to keep that kid clean . :pray:

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I am grateful:

For waking up today feeling 100x better than I felt yesterday, body and mind.

For getting all the cleaning done by myself, without cocaine.

For a clean home.

For the iced coffee from Starbucks, that helped me get through the wall I hit part-way through the cleaning.

For ā€˜regularā€™ status! For the first time since I joined in Novā€™19. Not sure what to do now that Iā€™m finally in The Lounge, but it feels cosy.

For my new baby plant looking more happy today.

For being 3 weeks clean.

For the sunshine today.

For the ā€˜inspiring photos of natureā€™ thread, that I forgot all about but stumbled back upon last night.

For nature.

For my two cats, Prince and Wolfie, who I adore with my whole heart.

For the TS forum, everyone here, and all that is shared.

Thank you.

:blue_heart:

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Good evening all,
Iā€™m grateful my kids are back homešŸ¤—! Iā€™m grateful they were so excited to see me ( and me to see them). Iā€™m grateful we ate spaghetti for dinner and they told me about trip. Iā€™m grateful for love.
Everyone have a wonderful evening :heart:

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