Continuing the discussion from Daily Gratitude, The Air Of Recovery - #2587 by Lovelylisha.
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Im grateful to be awake and sitting in an in person AA meeting waitinf for it to start.
Im grateful for this thread.
Im grateful for my family and their support.
Im grateful to be getting to know my true self and accepting myself for who i am but also accepting where i want and need changes.
Im grateful for my higher power directing those changes.
Im grateful for the 3rd and 7th step prayer.
Im grateful my mind is a mess this morning, i know it will calm down.
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Dude i love this. Will integrate into my routine. Thank you
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Today I am grateful for the rain and its relaxing, cooling effect. Im grateful it prevented my race from happening as my knee was hurting yesterday and I likely would have tried to run the race anyway and glad it did not. Time for more strength training, which leads to my next gratitude which is for the September push up challenge which I sure hope I can join 5 days late. I am grateful for this day off to regroup, clean up amd plan for a healthy week ahead. Our health is our wealth and i am gratefyl for the chance to improve mine, starting with sobriety.
I am grateful for Ericās health and wellness and any decision you make to care for yourself is valued and incredibly important. We are all rooting for you!
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This morning I am grateful for reconnecting to Recovery Dharma. I have missed that part of my recovery work and I have missed meditation.
I am grateful for cooler mornings.
I am grateful that my kiddo came up this weekend to visit.
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Iām grateful for mornings like today where God gives me EXACTLY what I need, in my 2 readings this morning. Iām grateful itās been a hard uncomfortable 3 days and Iām unfortunately learning a lot about myself. The unfortunate part is the parts I donāt like about myself. But Iāve gotten so many aha! Moments! And wonderful realizations, that if Iām willing, and I am, I can change some of those things. Now if I could just change my feelings 
or maybe what we do is learn to deal with our feelings. Iām grateful I can learn to deal with my feelings. And do it sober.
Iām grateful Iām learning that Iām in the āIām not good enough,ā 
category 
move over yāall. 
Because I know Iām not alone. Iāve read and listened to so many people about this. Been kind of avoiding it. Maybe thatās why I always try so fucking hard. Iām grateful maybe I can learn to give myself a break. Iām grateful I read this morning, maybe if I get to know myself Iād like me. Or some shit like that. Frankly itās exhausting working on myself.
Iām grateful Iām chairing my Al-Anon meeting tomorrow night. Iāve been trying so hard all week to pick a good topic. Which I got. But I want to nail it and be the best! Itās been driving me crazy all week. Iām grateful this morning I thought of last weeks meeting and the person who chaired it said she forgot. 
And I remembered thinking YOU FORGOT? YOU FUCKIN FORGOT! And you know what? She looked in the Courage To Change book. Picked a reading. It was a great meeting! Iām grateful to learn I got to give myself a break. I really do. Itās again, exhausting being me. 
Iām grateful Iām gonna learn Iām good enough.
Itās a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to loose sight of the things that you lack.
Germany Kent
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Hi Everyone 
Iām grateful Iāve been sober for 23 days! 
Iām grateful Iāve made it through this 3 day weekend with only a few thoughts of drinking.
Iām grateful Iāve finished my 2nd diamond painting, but fought with cutting it to fit the frame, trying to get it even in the frame, almost smashed the frame and said Fuck It. Itās now on my wall. 
Iām anxiously waiting for my vetinarian to call with Rileyās blood work. She said she would call today. Iām grateful Riley was an angel in the crate driving 30 minutes each way. After the trial run of the crate in the front room where she peed in it twice, I was expecting trapping a hysterical Tasmanian devil who would scream and pee the entire trip. She quietly meowed, accepted treats and kept her crate dry to & from the vet.
She wasnāt thrilled when we got home, hand to God, she walked up to me, stuck out her back leg where the blood work was taken, and shot me a death stare for about 10 seconds. Iām grateful the vet also thinks itās hyperthyroidism, I donāt want to think of the other: Lymphoma (cancer).
Iām grateful Riley is still eating and drinking like an athlete. Even though her little body is down to 4.5 lbs. She should be around 7lb, the Dr. said sheād be happy with 6. Iām so grateful I saw the vet that Iāve been going to for years, she saw my son grow up, she took incredible care of Jake (my Lab/Newfie mix). Iām rambling because Iām worried about my little orange girl. 
Iām grateful sheās asleep in her kitty hut after a big breakfast.
Iām grateful for this app, everyone out here, and I hope you all have a joyful AF day today. 
*Eric, I agree, you do need to give yourself a break. Iāve struggled with that as well, Iām working on it and think Iām doing better. 
Myself and many others think youāre pretty incredible.
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Day #588 today I am grateful that sobriety led me to quit my toxic employer of 10 years, and find a job that I truly enjoy.
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I am grateful for humility.
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Iām grateful I didnāt drink today, while under a lot of peer pressure.
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I was expecting a jumping moose 
Iām so let down 
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Iām grateful for my first pumpkin spice latte of the year
Iām grateful for new adventures
Iām grateful for tired muscles, laying in bed with my dollar target Halloween socks watching tv with E
Iām grateful for yummy food
Iām grateful for the birds chirping outside the window
Iām grateful for candles
Iām grateful for meaningful conversations
Iām grateful I have someone who loves and cares to try to listen and understand me even if he doesnāt think the same way
Iām grateful I didnāt get burned in the sun today
Iām grateful for cold water springs to swim in
Iām grateful Iām not too hungover or tired from drinking and working to go on road trips on the weekends
Iām grateful for chocolate kisses and peppermint tea
Iām grateful for love
Iām grateful for my heart
Iām grateful that although I have a good head on my shoulders, my ability to love is what makes my world feel big now
Iām grateful for 344 days ( and counting 
) of sobriety
Iām grateful itās never too early or too late to be in your body and live your life
Iām grateful nothing replaces the beauty of days like today, especially not drinking.
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This! 
i am so grateful for the few hours with my grandson today! They lived with me his first 2.5 years. Now he is 7 and seeing him once a year is tough! Im so grateful he still loves and doesnt forget his mammaw. Im also grateful he wasnt exposed to my drinking the last 4 years.
My heart is full of gratitude for the visit and the sober mind for the visit.
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Morning,
Itās very early here and Iām struggling to get back to sleep, Iām grateful for the hot chocolate Iāve just had that I hope will help.
A big branch has fallen down in the wind, right across our driveway, canāt get past in a car. Iām grateful my partner said heāll get up early and chop it up so we can get to work.
There was a bad car crash on the road outside our house today. One of the cars flipped, luckily no one was badly hurt, Iām grateful for that. It just makes you think, you donāt know what is around the next corner.
Iām grateful for not drinking yesterday or wanting to. 
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Iām grateful tp have had a sober Labor Day weekend feeling refreshed and well rested. Iām grateful for morning walks and audiobooks to start the day on the right foot. I am grateful for my side biz as even though today will be exhausting, the hard work will pay off and of course help with all of the bills. I am grateful my son is feeling ok amd weāve been able to spend a lot of time together while heās been resting. Iām also grategul heās ready to go back out into the world and go to school, work and coach. I am grateful to be getting ready for my first therapy session tomorrow. It helps when i am feeling badly or confused about why I do something that I will have someone to at least talk to about it other than friendz that donāt really understandā¦(I dont blame them).
On another note, Eric, I can so relate to your story about preparing for the meeting. Iāve always been so surprised /impressed? / blown away when someone hasnāt prepared (or in my case over -thought and obsessed) about something coming up and they non-chalantly, off the cuff do very well and Iām likeā¦ Howād they do that?
Wishing all a safe and sober day/night.
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Good morning sober fam,
Im so very greatful for my sobriety, 128 days free from weed and alcohol
Enjoying a long weekend, camping sober
My hubby
Boscoe
My folks watching Boscoe while we were away
Ammenities of living in a city
A job that keeps me paid
Morning coffee
A step meeting to look forward to tonight
Let us go out and slay the day soberly.
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Grateful for
My job
My kids
Being able to keep growing
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Good morning all,
Iām grateful for a long weekend. Iām grateful I got to hike with my mom. Iām grateful I got a lot of boring tasks done yesterday and I feel lighter not having to think about them. Iām grateful today will be a food prep day, making meals to fill my freezer for days when I work long hours. Iām grateful my mom is coming to help me because I am not a great cook. Iām grateful for my family and our home. Iām grateful for love and forgiveness.
Everyone have a wonderful day
P.S. @Dazercat , you always amaze me with the way you process and work through hard things. Donāt disappear completely because Iād miss you, but ya gotta do whatās best for you.
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Grateful for the book āUnderstanding Addictionā and the brand spanking new science it has taught me about addiction. Grateful for the grace this book has helped me allow for myself. Grateful that approaching 6 months I have stopped the locamotive that was traveling down the track towards death and destruction and started moving it in the exact opposite direction towards life, health, joy, and life long sobriety. Grateful to see what a feat of monumental proportion this is to stop years of momentum and get it moving in the way I want it to go.
Grateful for science, for the deeper understanding I have of how and where my brain is in the process of healing. For this I am grateful to be close to the 6 month mark where I will āfeel the warmth of the sunā as I get closer to the 2 year mark where the prefrontal cortex has healed and my decisions will be more trustworthy.
Grateful to be back to the workweek where I can move forward on moving houses and making money.
Grateful for 172 days of recovery, grateful to be looking forward for many more to come. 
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Iām grateful to God please help me. I am grateful for recovery, yours and hoping will be able to say mine again too but still not even on day one. I am grateful for ALL my family, friends TS and the grati-dudes. I am grateful and sad to be done my most recent job at the jet ski, cottage and boat rental place. I am grateful to be done work because I officially start colllege tomorrow morning. I am grateful for music, exercise, humor and laughter. I am grateful to be less stressed as today has been a day I have been afraid of for weeks. I wasnāt sure if my appointment with a tenacy board would go well today which it did and I had an appointment at college to see if I could start tomorrow or not. Thank God I made it and got through it all with positive results. I am grateful for daily readings prayers and the twelve steps. I am more grateful when I practice them daily and my gratitude daily which I have strayed from but progress is something. Iām grateful to read most of your posts and that we can go back and read ours and others old posts anytime.
God bless you all. 
&
p.s. Donāt forget to smile and breathe it feels good. Ya you!!
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