Grateful for this forum. Grateful i downloaded it on a whim and ignored it until a random notification came up five days later and it felt like a message from myself.
Grateful for the air that feels good. My house im in, roommates i feel safe around, my family, the skills i can still learn, the people still in my life despite my serious bullshit.
Im grateful i have the discipline to keep practicing art. and hopeful i can have the discipline to keep practicing sobriety.
Grateful for poetry and books and film, and things i can enjoy sober. Good coffee and tea. Bread and cheese. Berries and oranges.
Grateful to be alive and safe in this terrifying world, and to have the resources to help others a little bit as they help me.
Iām grateful today that my head is better after the weather induced migraine. That the severe weather didnāt cause too much damage here and that I can grieve for people, including two little ones, who lost their lives to the massive tornado west of us. Iām grateful my heart can break but it still beats with love for humanity. Iām grateful for some rest today after listening to that freight train outside last night - it was scary and we spent some time in the basement when the tornado sirens went off. Iām grateful for my basement. Iām grateful it didnāt flood and hasnāt flooded this spring so far.
Iām grateful for getting through pain and fear with the love and support of my husband.
God Lord Iām glad your ok Rosa.
Kelly mentioned a winter tornado event but I couldnāt remember where. Holy shit! Iām grateful you have a cellar. That must have been pretty scary.
God Bless
Iām grateful for everyone checking in on me and your kind messages. I have been taking some time to take care of myself and my family. I promise I will get back to you. Your words make me feel loved and so much less alone. Iām able to take care of myself and others largely because of things I have learned from you all
Iām grateful for Ian and his kind heart, itās the kindest one I have ever known
Iām grateful for my mom
Iām grateful that I have so much to be thankful for-
A safe home, food to eat, clothes, water to drink, a neighborhood that I feel comfortable and looked after in. All things that people right now are fighting to defend. Iām grateful for what I have and Iām praying for people who are lost and scared.
Iām grateful for my body. That it allows me to run, walk, swim, and move freely.
Iām grateful for Rue, she is my angel every single day.
Iām grateful I ordered my groceries for the week so I could talk to my friend tonight instead. Iām grateful that I was able to be there for her to cry and talk with.
Iām grateful I skipped squats tonight, simply because that is what my body was telling me I needed. Iām grateful Iām more in tune with her these days.
Iām grateful for the giving nature of humanity. It fills my heart that people will do what they can to help others. It makes me cry with hope and love for our species.
I believe in miracles. I believe I am one. I believe we all are.
Iām grateful for meditation, the beauty of nature,
silence, wind, movement, books, music, poetry, kind humans- all of which kept me strong this past week and going into a new one tomorrow.
Grateful for a peaceful few days away
Grateful for my van that allows me to do this
Grateful for Lottie my dog who keeps me company on my trips and really is my best friend
Greatful for being sober
Greatful for the new DBT thread
Greatful for hope
Greatful to here and you
Iām grateful for another day sober
Iām grateful for my daughter
Iām grateful for my partner
Iām grateful for my job
Iām grateful for CA
Iām grateful for everyone on this app that I can learn from odaat
Today I am grateful:
-For unassisted sleep
-That I managed to record my new mixtape yesterday
-For being well enough to start doing exercise again, just
-For a sunny morning
-For another sober week
Iām grateful for another night of great sleep and for delicious coffee in the morning.
Iām grateful for stories of gratitude, love, and compassion. Iām grateful for empathetic people and small kindnesses. These are the qualities Iām trying to focus on. The world feels dark right now but there are still beautiful days and good people.
Iām grateful that despite the fear and terror in the world, we can still come on here and be grateful for things. We can still be grateful for this world, flawed as it is.
Good morning all,
Iām grateful for a nice weekend with the family. Iām grateful for the sunrise this morning. Iām grateful for a job that pays the bills. Iām grateful for change, even if itās scary. Iām grateful for exercise and that my body lets me. Everyone have a wonderful day
Iām grateful for that post by @anon52066378 on checking in #39 (If you havenāt read it yet, itās so powerful to start your week with, truly amazing).
Iām thankful for my beautiful wife and my boys. From where i came from to what iāve tried to do to my life, to what i have nowā¦ IS A FREAKING MIRACLE. No other way to look at it.
Iām thankful to my god Jehovah, for always pointing me in the right direction.
Iām thankful that i have a job and coworkers i like.
Iām thankful for finally using my magnesium supplement and getting sleep 3 straight nights while remembering all my dreams, which is insane.
Iām thankful for my dad, whoās still alive and fighting to be in my kids lives.
Iām thankful for my mom, in her old age sheās still going strong.
Iām thankful again for my wife, cause taking care of 2 boys all day has to be rough, and she does it with grace, love, and patience.
Thankful for TS community, which has aided me in changing my life.
Iām grateful for making another healthy decision for myself this morning:
I found a bottle of wine that was peeking out from under my bed right now when I was unplugging my space heater and I was extremely upset and shouted āNO!ā I called my husband and dumped it down the drain, with him on the phone, and felt liberated. Iām gaining more self-respect and self-love. Iām ecstatic that I was upset instead of excited like I used to be (when Iād find alcohol Iād hidden before). I finally feel that Iām ready to be on the road of lifelong recovery. Been waiting for this for a loooooooong time.
Iām grateful I woke up feeling very sad and burdened with a heavy heart and just going through the motions this morning doing my same ol same, same ol, same ol, shit I āGet To Do,ā every morning. I grateful I been thinking and praying about the suffering right here at TS and the suffering in Ukraine.
Im grateful I got to read my first devotional reading.
Im grateful I got to read my chapter or section in Codependent No More.
Im grateful Iām still reading about detachment. Thereās a lot to read. Iām grateful I can use detachment preferably with love about situations and it doesnāt have to be detachment from a particular person. In this crazy awful mixed up hateful evil world I cannot learn too much about detachment. Preferably with love. If not with love then detachment with anger is ok for now. Itās a start.
Iām grateful after my readings this morning I felt better.
Iām grateful I already had Benson on my lap.
Iām grateful Alice is on my lap. Iām grateful she can still jump up on me in my chair with the ease and grace of a cat. The way it should be.
Iām grateful I enjoyed watching Winning Time, a series about the Los Angeles Lakers at the beginning of the 80ās my favorite time in basketball. I hated the Lakers.
Iām grateful my wife will be happy with the unexpected light dusting of snow we got last night
Iām grateful for the serenity prayer.
Iām grateful for my house and home and pets and wife and kids, long distance and friends, long distance.
Iām grateful I called my best childhood friend yesterday. Heās already a grandpa of 16 months.
Iām grateful I left Julie a voice message yesterday too.
Iām grateful for yāall. Detach. Detach in love or detach in anger but strive for detachment. I know itās difficult, but it will become easier with practice. If you canāt let go completely, try to āhang on loose.ā Relax. Sit back. Now, take a deep breath. The focus is on you.
And to steal a page from my buddy. Ya You!
Codependent No More
I am grateful that I was honest last night in my share and called myself out on my own shit. ( itās hard to bullshit a bullshitter, Stella)
I am grateful that although I acted out on some ED rituals and the thoughts are starting to seep in I am accepting them and working through the anxiety.
I am grateful for therapy and the skills I have learned.
I am grateful to be thought of as a person who can be trusted with deep personal information.
I am grateful that I am learning how much information is suitable to share with different people. I used to class everyone together under āNEVER TRUSTā.
I am grateful that I am learning to really let go. My whole life people have thought they knew me. I have been very good at showing enough of myself that everyone was satisfied that they were close enough. Nobody knew me at all. I find myself sitting back still, in this comfortable place watching others get very vulnerable and I admire them. I wonder how they can be so brave to stand in a room of potential threat with no armour on.
I am grateful to be learning from these people and to be a witness to their courage. I am not there yet, but I am sure my day will come.
I am grateful that I am teachable and that my thirst for knowledge seems insatiable. All that I want out of this life, is to live my days raising my spiritual awareness.
I am grateful to be able to do that in so many different ways.
Thank you for the part you all play in my recovery.
Iām day 21. Your story sounds very similar to mine. I am committed to this sober life. Iāve done it before in the past for years at a time. I remember those were some of the happiest times of my life. I want that back! Congratulations to you and good luck. Enjoy your vacation!
To Do,ā every morning. I grateful I been thinking and praying about the suffering right here at TS and the suffering in Ukraine.
