Daily Gratitude, The Air Of Recovery #2

Grateful they decided to close the office and have everyone work remotely today, even though I prefer going in and seeing peopleā€™s faces and chirping greetings and encouragement as people grumble in. Iā€™m grateful that people at my job not only give me space to be myself but they actually seem to like it. Iā€™m grateful fitness classes have started up again at the gym, and grateful that Iā€™ve worked hard enough to be ridiculously sore today. Iā€™m grateful that over the years Iā€™ve overcome some gym-shyness and am confident enough to participate in group fitness classes, even with a new instructor, and even when Iā€™m the only one in class and they donā€™t have anything else to do but watch and judge me. :grimacing:

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Iā€™m grateful Iā€™m a good person.
Iā€™m grateful I didnā€™t stress too much about going to a meeting last night because of weather.
Iā€™m grateful I just kind of ended up there.
Iā€™m grateful for the morning darkness.
Iā€™m grateful to look up and see day break without sun. Just green trees and white snow on them. No real light. Just a gray.
Iā€™m grateful my wife cooked dinner for us last night. WHILE I WAS AT A MEETING!!
Iā€™m grateful to put things in perspective. 7 months ago she was like. Iā€™m not cooking if youā€™re going to a meeting!! So I go to my meetings and I come home and I have to take us out to dinner. In the scheme of life I know itā€™s not so bad. But in the winter darkness, with ice and snow covered roads, itā€™s kind of a hassle. Itā€™s a tasty little victory.
Iā€™m grateful I hear Alice screaming in our bedroom for my wife to get up :joy:
Iā€™m grateful my Keen Clogs fit.
Iā€™m grateful I kept my new Keen boots.
Iā€™m grateful they give me happy feet.
Iā€™m grateful for my life and wife and children and their spouses. My blessings. And this app. Oh a grandchildren :older_man:
:pray:t2::heart::hugs:

Never let a day pass without looking for the good, feeling the good within you, praising, appreciating, blessing and BEING GRATEFUL.
FB/JOYOFMOM :man_shrugging:

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Todayā€¦my parents. (Actually always, but just got off the phonecwith mom)

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I am grateful to have risen from the dead once again. Damn that was roughā€¦ when I slowly woke this morning and my head wasnt pounding i thought. ā€œThank you God.ā€ And I meant it, Im grateful.
I am grateful for the hunger cues I had while I was sleeping and that they woke me up. I am grateful that after years of mistreating my body she still works hard at staying alive. I am grateful for my body and her tenacity.
Although I really want a coffee I am grateful I listened to my wiser self and opted for tea. I am grateful that although I only had decaf earl grey I think its the best option for a first try with something in my tummy. Oh dont worry, I will drink a pot of coffee if this stays down. Lol
I am grateful to be up early enough and feel well enough to head out to the sunrise soon. My weather app says its overcast but sometimes that makes for the prettiest one.
I am grateful to have found a book study group for the book. ā€œWomen who run with the Wolvesā€. I am reading it for the second time and thought it would be fun to join a study group. Looking forward to it.
I am grateful for all of the courses I am doing on insight timer. I have always, always, always LOVED learning. Reading, studying, researchingā€¦ they are my things. It just goes to show how detrimental unmedicated ADHD can be to a child and their schoolingā€¦ I couldnt concentrate, I was overwhelmed so I stopped going.
I am grateful that I went back and graduated my first year clean, it would have been weird homeschooling my child in grades 11 and 12 and not having graduated myself.
I am grateful for humility.

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Good morning sober fam,

Im so very greatful forā€¦

My sobriety, 8+ months free from weed and alcohol
My husband and our time together
Boscoe, the barking fucker
Willingness
Honesty
A beautiful moment last night where the thought that i am not alone resonated in my soul
That is all thanks to this community and my AA fellowship
Working from home today
Leftovers
Holding myself accountable
Newcomers who are desperate for change
Oldtimers with experience and wisdom
Gratitude
All of you

Sending light and love on your journey

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I absolutely love number 3 :rofl::rofl:

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Grateful to see Tony checking in with 2 years. Plus!!
@Singtone

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Maybe see you again before your next birthday :partying_face:
Keep doing what you doing.
:pray:t2::heart::hugs:

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Congratulations on 9 months @desert_rose and @Dazercat Congratulations on 3 years!! :tada:
This is so phenomenal. This kind of recovery is really inspiring.

I am checking into some gratitude at work today because im refusing to give in to a bad mood and a bad day. Iā€™m grateful to be earning money, and grateful to be earning the good feeling at the end of a hard day. Im grateful its been slow at work and great days are definitely harder to earn. Iā€™m grateful Iā€™m not giving in and going home. Im grateful ill be grateful when I get that paycheck. Thatā€™s for sure. Iā€™m grateful for the latest challenge thatā€™s presented in my home. A girl from work moved into my clean and sober house, but was definitely not honest with me about the circumstances regarding the reasons she had to leave her last house. Its become painfully obvious that sheā€™s not in recovery, and itā€™s been a very good lesson for me in boundaries. Itā€™s not my problem, and Iā€™m actually pretty upset that he was dishonest and brought a bunch of drama my way. BUT Iā€™m grateful that Iā€™m getting enough health that I can obviously pull away from her and be true to myself and my recovery. Iā€™ve been such a people pleaser this is new wiring for my brain and I can recognize that this can all be a strengthener for me. I initially just wanted it and her to go away, and while I still do, Iā€™m grateful I can see a way to use this to strengthen my recovery instead of threatening it.
Iā€™m grateful for the perspective this always gives me when I write out my gratitude. I very often think if I write this out in gratitude Iā€™ll bet I get a clearer picture of how to proceed. And, gratefully, I have.

Happy birthday to yā€™all. :birthday::tada::birthday::tada::birthday:

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I am grateful to be sober.
I am grateful I stepped back today and rested as my body required.
I am grateful my boss didnā€™t object to home office tomorrow.
I am grateful I have enough.
I am grateful I know myself better. Writing about it is helping me tremendously. Although I chew it up over and over again. Slowly integrating it. Slooooowly.
I am grateful I have only known peace.
I am grateful drinking is not an option.
I am grateful for some relaxing time today at work. I am getting better along with my colleague now that she has moved into another office. A healthy distance.

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Withdraw sux. Headache from hell and crying on and off all day. Iā€™m grateful I have a job that allows for me to stay home and rest, Iā€™m grateful to feel my feelings no matter how difficult and I refuse to numb them. I am greatful that I found this group. I am grateful to be sober. Much love and hugs for all.

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Iā€™m glad your here.
This is a great thread.
Those first 10 days really suck.
Iā€™m grateful I did a lot of crying, angry power walks, and a couple of long hot scaling crying showers daily to get me through it. And this app.
Hang in there Jenny.
We got your back. Let it out here whenever you feel like it.
:pray::heart:

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Iā€™m grateful for not drinking today or wanting to.
Iā€™m grateful Iā€™m sober, Iā€™m grateful I like being sober, I love being sober.
:sparkling_heart:

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So grateful for this thread at the end of a long day! Gak, make that 2 days. So heartening to read the posts and just feel the ā€œaahhhā€ that comes from shared experiences and perspectives. Or reading your insights and being able to see how they readily apply to my world. Thank you for these. Too many to mention.

Iā€™m grateful for my work, that Iā€™m back at my desk, and that Iā€™ve been asked to take on a few interesting/exciting projects. Iā€™m grateful that the 10-day break helped me recognize just how present my asshole inner critic is and that I can disarm it with choosing self-compassion, with wise understanding and wise mindfulness.

Iā€™m grateful that I had 1 of the 2 tough convos I need to have this week, re: boundaries, and that it went soooo well. Even with laughter! And some sadness, to follow, which I expected. Hard, but good. Grateful the tools of recovery are also the tools of life.

Iā€™m grateful to be able to sit in murky contradictions without having to solve them or judge them. At least I am learning to sit in them. Also hard but good. Yearning somehow to be in relationship but knowing it is not for me right now. Yearning for more time away from work and delighted to take on new project. Yearning to live with less footprint and unable to live where I do without a big one.

Iā€™m grateful to see so many new faces on this thread! And old ones too, @Singtone! I was grateful to see @JasonFisher too. Iā€™m grateful that when I think of him on his boat I canā€™t help but think how far and wide our Gratidude net is cast in this world. :earth_americas: :earth_asia: :earth_africa:

Iā€™m grateful for another day. :orange_heart:

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Iā€™m grateful I read this at lunch and had the belly laugh I needed! Maybe snorted and choked on a bit of carrot too! :laughing: :orange_heart:

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I am grateful I slept in kinda. Until 6 am. I am ā€˜workingā€™ from home today and itā€™s interesting how my body knows when to wake up without alarm. Or is it stress? :roll_eyes:
I am grateful to be sober. I donā€™t want to go back feeling like crap in the morning and setting myself right back to it in the afternoon. The same procedure as every fucking day.
I am grateful I have everything I need here for now.
I am grateful I have a job.
I am grateful for some good friends.
I am grateful tomorrow is a holiday.

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Lunchtime check-in. Iā€™m grateful Iā€™m exhausted and tired from a morning full of finalizing things. Iā€™m grateful it was not too emotional, the exhaustion comes mostly from my fucking period which showed up again yesterday with hell of cramps and pain which makes everything double tiring. Fuck menopausal rollercoaster, fuck this bleeding bullshit. Oh I will be GRATEFUL when itā€™s over. Iā€™m grateful I vented at the hormon rollercoaster thread. It helps to get the annoyance and frustration off my chest. Iā€™ll be a human being again in 2 or 3 days :pray:

Iā€™m grateful for little traffic because here are still school holidays. Itā€™s nice when I have to drive criss-cross through town like today.

Iā€™m grateful for sleep medication. I had bad nightmares last night, woke up twice and fell asleep again thanks to the meds. Otherwise I would be a complete wreck today (feeling like half-wrecked is enough in my opinion).

Iā€™m grateful for masks, I hope they furthermore prevent me from the infections circulating on high level here. Iā€™m grateful I wear a mask no matter how odd people look at me. My health comes first.

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Good morning all,
Iā€™m grateful I got to sleep in a bit because work starts a little later for me this morning. Iā€™m grateful for the brisk weather weā€™ve been having, and that Iā€™ve been trying to make sure we get out into it ( especially my son who would hibernate like a bear if he could!) Iā€™m grateful that my husband tried something new for his ongoing foot and leg pain and IT HELPED!! Iā€™m grateful he got some relief, got some sleep, and generally got a lift in mood. Iā€™m grateful for my family (warts and all right @Shaunda ). Iā€™m grateful for coffee and sunshine.
Everyone have a wonderful day :heart:

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Iā€™m grateful for my bf, and that he makes me feel loved and supported. Iā€™m grateful that he loves learning new things every day, and we never run out of things to talk about because we always have something new to share. Iā€™m grateful that after 11 years I feel like Iā€™m finally almost beginning to believe he might forever love me back, which considering he stuck with me through all my drunken shenanigans I guess should be worth some extra credit. Not terribly grateful for how long it takes me to process things and make decisions but I am grateful that I have the space I need to do that. Iā€™m grateful that my anxiety has diminished enough that I am less likely to make decisions based in fear, be stuck in what Grandpa called ā€œanalysis paralysisā€, or to stay stuck where I am because Iā€™m too afraid to try to change. Iā€™m glad my depression has diminished enough to hope for improvement, to have the energy and will to make positive changes.

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I am grateful. Iā€™m walking through today, intentionally, trying to do better, be better, than yeaterday.
I am grateful.

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Absolutely! :grin: grateful for them warts and all. Got that right :joy::sunglasses:

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