Daily Gratitude List. Gratitude The Air Of Recovery

[Its_me_Stella]

Good evening family.

I am grateful to have been at a meeting with 2 newcomers last night.
I am grateful for their fear, desperation and their courage.
I am grateful that I felt their hope even though the flame may have been small, it was there. I also have hope that they keep coming back.
I am grateful for my new NA family and how they cozy up around me because they know I am not great.
I am grateful that I am managing to stay in the middle of the plate.
I am grateful for new opportunities to be of service.
I am grateful for the hot cup of decaf I am drinking out of my " Grateful" mug and how this mug always makes me smile.
I am grateful to be starting a new book today.
I am grateful that I ate 3 meals today and that so far my sadness has not triggered me to start starving myself again.
I am grateful for the forum and all the people in my recovery because of it.

[I.cant.We.can]

@Dazercat

Tommy and Joyce. Ya I name them.

lmao i am grateful for the laugh i got reading this. i do that kinda stuff to . good clean and sober fun… who knew

[Dazercat]

Really? I’m grateful to read that
I haven’t name any animals or neighborhood dogs yet after any of y’all.
But in my old neighborhood these 2 little yap dogs would come out barking at us, and I named them Mary and Ed after my parents
I’m grateful I got a challenge

[I.cant.We.can]

I’m grateful to God thank you for guiding me through today 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 lots of laughs at work today, I was all fired up, motivated, trying my best to make it fun for me and others, today it worked, lots of genuine belly laughs and got some of my coworkers out of their heads and into the moment. I’m grateful that I can be that way and still do the job, a good job, the boss tells me so, which is nice to hear. I’m grateful that I don’t have covid, three of my coworkers have it right now, stress building at work because of it, short staffed now. I’m grateful my Sister texted me today to say her isolation is over, she still doesn’t feel 100% but she is glad she can go back to work next week and get out of the house. I’m grateful I can pray for my health and everyones, phsically, mentally and spiritually.

God bless you all. &

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

[Nowenbrace]

Grateful for a party for 3 birthdays today, and grateful for alcohol free party.
For not being triggered by others only by my own self, worry and anticipation.
For getting my 10, 000 in and feeling energized.
For my Hunny, shes the best
For strong coffee
For meditation, nothing is outside of the practice
For fellowship and loving kindness
For a loving HP!!

[Hopeful777]

Grateful for being sober , so Sam my son spends time with me, had such a special time yesterday, watching movies, snacking and a fire on, so cozy and heart warming.
Grateful to have stuck to my budget so I can go food shopping for him this morning, knowing he will be eating when he goes back.
Grateful I have let go of my To Do lists for this weekend
Greatful for morning coffee and lazy Sunday mornings
Grateful to you and here

[erntedank]

Today I’m grateful I’m home again. Grateful for a good night, a lovely snorring husband and cats snuggling up in bed . Grateful for office @ home. Grateful for the wood- fired stove and it’s cozy warmth. Greatful for hot chocolate and scrambled eggs for breakfast, tastes so delicious after one week with only soup and tea. Greatful that I love my family, our house and our relaxed lifestyle. Today I’m one with the world and grateful for it

[Mali]

Tonight I am grateful of getting through another day of being sober.
I am so grateful for my children and enjoying opening up the lines of communication with them, after not being present for them for so long.
I am grateful for overhauling my rollerskates today and look forward to Tuesday when I get to do a long beach skate! 🛼
I am so very grateful for this group! You guys are amazing!
I am grateful to have the best mum in the world, who I consider my best friend and can be completely open and honest with her.
I am grateful for getting my nursing registration back after 19 months and can’t wait to start work again.
I am grateful for my health and new found energy and alertness.
I am grateful to live in a happy colourful home with my kids and fur babies.
Thanks for listening

[Mali]

Love Harlen Coben!!

[Sunflower1]

Good morning all,
I’m grateful I woke up early on my own. I’m grateful I had some quiet time to catch up on here and drink my coffee. I’m grateful for my home, and the loving people and animals in it. I’m grateful to have a day of possibilities available to me because I’m not hungover, or planning how soon I can start drinking. I’m grateful that those thoughts don’t come very often anymore. I’m grateful that I feel like I’m part of my life now, instead of watching it happen through a fog. I’m grateful for love and forgiveness, and sunshine.
Everyone have a wonderful day

[Dazercat]

I’m grateful I woke up sober and hangover free again. Amazing! I’m grateful we had a nice night out for dinner last night. I’m grateful I get to feed all the pets in the morning. And have their bashing heads hitting me. Or the little love bite I get when trying to get water from the RO. And when I let the 2 crazy happy tail wagging dogs in from the cold they always make me smile. I’m even grateful for the fun guessing game, finding where the 2 girls are at that eat separately in the master bedroom. All this “I get” to do happily, hangover free, before coffee each morning. Then I’m really grateful for that first pull on my fresh ground coffee. The one where the coffee is the perfect temperature, not too hot, not too cold and you get that fulfilling morning glug. And grateful then I think. “Everything is going to be ok today.” I’m grateful everything is going to be ok today because I’m not drinking!! I’m grateful I get to go through life calm, and clear headed, and not overreacting. It’s a new fantastic kind of drug. And it’s so worth it.

I’m grateful I got to read a little more about surrendering this morning. How I still have to surrender even more. And I chuckled when I read the part about how there’s probably still areas that I cling to the illusion of control. THE ILLUSION OF CONTROL Now I’m just plain laughing at this. Because when I think I’m in control, it really is just an illusion. I can’t control shit!! I’m grateful I have learned to love to surrender. I know some days I hate always having to work on myself. But I love to surrender. Sometimes I think surrendering is a cop out. “I should do something about…… ” I’m grateful that what I should do is stop and pause and pray for guidance.

I’m grateful for y’all.
I’m grateful I’m my work is done here.

I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness. OUCH
Christopher Hitchens

[Dazercat]

@Sunflower1

a day of possibilities available to me because I’m not hungover, or planning how soon I can start drinking.

Planning how early we could start drinking.
Wasn’t that exhausting? And all time consuming?
You have a wonderful day too sunflower

[Sunflower1]

I didn’t realize how exhausting it was until I stopped! I’m so glad we don’t have to do that anymore. Have a great day @Dazercat!

[CATMANCAM]

For Spotify, for making me new playlists every Monday and Friday with new music that it assumes I’ll like based on my liked songs, it usually gets it pretty spot on.

For music, TV shows, and movies, for making me feel . They reach me in places I haven’t figured out how to access myself. Someone getting their ‘newcomer’ keytag last Tuesday at the CA meeting reached me in those places too, my eyes watered briefly, it’s only usually briefly, the tears, but it shows me I’m still capable of feeling.

For feelings, even when they are intensely painful. I don’t want to be numb anymore. Did I actually just type that? Well, so there it is.

For weather, for nature knowing what it needs, and for the Sun and the atmosphere providing it.

For the weekly discounted coffee that I walked out to redeem today.

For becoming more conscious of when I’m walking too fast and doing damage to my feet, for slowing down each time I become aware. I’ve always walked really fast ever since I was a child, so this is taking a long time to (un)learn.

For feeling more compassion towards myself today than hate (re ED).

For progress.

For my two cats, and everyone else’s cats (yes, I’ve used all my s on the ‘where my cat people?’ thread today ).

For the TS forum, and all of the healing and growth we are doing, together .

Thank you.

[Callie99]

I am grateful I got to see my beautiful, sweet granny this weekend. I’m grateful she is up and walking after falling off a ladder panting. I’m grateful she kept saying how happy I looked. Sobriety gma
I’m grateful a seagull literally shit on my shoulder yesterday. And I took it as the best omen ever. I’m grateful I look at most things as good omens now. I’m grateful for the kindness of strangers. I’m grateful when I asked if I could thank her for her kindness with a hug she said yes. I’m grateful that connection through an act of kindness with a random person fills me with so much love and gratitude. I feel so full. I’m grateful for my best friend. I’m grateful through all our ups and downs we have never judged one another. I’m grateful we feel safe enough to open up to one another. Even when it’s messy. Especially when it’s messy. I’m grateful I’m proud of who I’m becoming. I’m grateful @Dazercat thought of me before he went out to eat last night. I’m grateful for the happiness I feel daily. I’m grateful that I’ve been making good decisions and it’s turning my life around in the best ways possible.

I will catch up here tomorrow. Lots to catch up on. Love you all gratidudes💛

[220]

I have never done this before but I understand it can be very valuable based on my research. I am new to this and I am excited to have 8 days sober from alcohol today.

I’m grateful to be alive. I’m at the age where I’ve seen some of my friends taken down by cancer, heart attacks, car accidents, over doses etc. I am grateful I am still on this earth.

I’m grateful for my kids. They are amazing little humans and being their dad is amazing.

I’m grateful for my job. It allows me to provide a nice life for my family.

I’m grateful to have music in my life. Music has gotten me through so much. It’s great to be making music again with my old friends.

I’m grateful for my health. Given all the foolish things I’ve done, I’m still in pretty good health. I just have some weight to lose. And I’m doing that.

I’m grateful for my pets. They are all pretty cool and make me happy. I like animals and they help teach my children responsibility.

I am grateful for my knowledge and experience. I’ve learned a lot over the years and I feel lucky to have had the experiences I’ve had.

I’m grateful for my wife. Even though we are having trouble now, she’s given me my kids and we’ve had a lot of great years together.

I’m grateful for my home. I feel comfortable here. It’s a safe place for my family to live.

I’m grateful for this community. It has been very helpful to me. I’ve learned a lot and there are some great people here. What a fantastic resource.

I’m grateful I finally decided to stop drinking.

[PaigeTurner]

I’m grateful for my awareness of those around me.
For accepting what is and what isn’t and that I have no control except over myself.
For the heart God has renewed in me that’s set on Victory and not victim-hood.
For the Pastor and worship team that continually set my heart ablaze with hope and passion for life and righting my wrongs.
For the sunny day today.
For new people I get to take a part in their lives.
For the conversation I had with my children this evening.
For the future conversation I’ll have with my oldest son when he decides he is ready.
For the hurts I still have and the times I get to spend in humility and self -reflection.
For my willingness to love and be loved these days.
For the vision I’ve been given for the non-profit coming soon.
For this app and all the shares.

God bless

[anon42928441]

I’m grateful for getting an opportunity to start over again.
I’m grateful for new days.
I’m grateful to still be here.

[Dazercat]

Congrats on your 8 days Lunchbox.
You’ve landed on a great thread. Your research on gratitude is correct. It is a very valuable tool and my most important strongest tool. My first few weeks here, over 2 years ago, all I did was gratitude lists. Every morning I start my day right here. I have not missed a day yet.

Daily Gratitude List. Gratitude is the air of recovery

I’m grateful I can start this Daily Gratitude Thread with a reminder for all about gratitude. Gratitude In recovery, we either learn to be grateful, or we don’t last. Gratitude is the air of recovery. Gratitude is what makes the lungs of recovery fill, the heart beat, and the life flow. The attitude of gratitude focuses on what we have rather than what we don’t. With gratitude, there is such a thing as enough. People filled with gratitude aren’t good consumers because they don’t heed the messa…

I get pretty excited when people learn about gratitude. It really works for me.
I hope to see you around.

[BeckerAndree]

I couldn’t sleep without doing this, today was a great quiet day and it filled my heart a lot, I saw many people on the forum celebrating their days, weeks, months, years of being clean and sober I am very grateful for that, for reading them and motivate me with it, thank you very much to all those who make up this community, I haven’t been in for a long time and these days that I have been more attentive to the TS it has filled my heart and has given me a lot of light, for each of you who take your time to read, to support, to share thank you very much. today the flame and my desire to be clean and sober has been recharged a lot since I did service in a long time and I am grateful.

• Today I am grateful for continuing to push myself out of my comfort zone by getting out of bed, exercising, and taking a shower.

+Today I am grateful for dedicating time to my recovery, for attending a meeting and sharing what I live.

+Today I am grateful for the love of my family, for one more day of life and the blessing that their health is.

+Today I am grateful that my mind was not negative, I did not have suicidal thoughts, and I felt useful.

+Today I am grateful that I can see, I can speak and I can hear.

+Today I am grateful for the food I ate today, control anxiety and improve my habits.

+Today I am thankful that I can kiss Dad on the forehead and tell him I love him. And don’t forget to write to my mom that I love her too.

+Today I am grateful that I feel calm before sleeping.

Good night friends. just for today I have not consumed.