I’m grateful to wake up today to a life full of choices and the opportunity to do things I love. Which isn’t to say the day doesn’t have it’s challenges, but it’s easier to see that it’s worth the effort.
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I am waking up grateful to have the ability to persevere through being displaced and grateful that I’m holding my attitude towards recovery in priority as I’m dealing with his ongoing relapse. Grateful that I did not move in with him as planned and my own place will be coming available very soon. Grateful I’m not taking thd ridiculous lies personally, grateful that it’s often difficult. I am grateful I can see the strength I will gain when I come out the other side.
So gratful it’s not me relapsing. So fucking grateful that recovery has finally clicked for me and the very, very, last thing I want is to our drugs in my body. FUCK THAT.
Grateful for the last two days at my job, grateful for the women I work with that I have come to love. Grateful my boss scheduled to work with me and my best work friend as a last little hurrah. Grateful to be gettting things in line to start the new job Monday. 
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I’m grateful I checked out the pet and foodie thread this morning before coming over here.
I’m grateful for pics of dogs and food first thing in the morning. And for the update on Phoebe. She’s so cute. I always thought she was a little monster 
I’m grateful for a pretty good nights sleep. Sober. Not hungover. So I guess that’s a great nights sleep!
I’m grateful for the cool weather and fireplace season.
I’m grateful to be learning more about me. I do think it sucks at 62 that I’m still learning how to act. I’m grateful I’m ok with that now. If I quit learning, I guess I’m dead.
I’m grateful for my parents and how they raised me. I’m grateful I’m learning I can blame my parents for things I didn’t learn as a kid. But not blame in a bad way. They didn’t know how to………. Or the just didn’t………. It’s not a resentful blame. And I’m not angry at them. Maybe it wasn’t even them. Maybe it’s just something I never learned how to do.
I’m talking about anger here. I don’t know how to do anger. I can resent. I could get an A+ in resentment without even studying. I don’t even use the word anger. I’m grateful I looked up the word mad today and I been using it all wrong all my life. But ya, the word mad after all so many years has been adapted or some shit to mean anger. It did mean mentally I’ll or deranged. But it does mean angry now as well.
I’m grateful I have a chiropractor appointment today. I’m grateful my upper back pain or lower neck pain isn’t as bad this morning and maybe an adjustment will help.
I’m grateful for a clean house.
I’m grateful all 3 pieces of clothing I ordered the other day fit. I’m grateful the new pillows I ordered the other day are suppose to come in today.
I’m grateful my meditation practice is more frequent currently.
I’m grateful for the quiet and slight ringing in my ears but I can still here Alice purring in her bed 6 feet away from me.
I’m grateful for the Ricky Gervais video I saw on Twitter about dogs. His favorite dog is the last dog 
Meaning the last dog he saw was his favorite. It’s so cute. You had to be there.
I’m grateful for you all.
“When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.”
G.K. Chesterton*
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Im grateful for phoebe, she is a demanding princess. She is super quiet unless i am trying to lean in to give dad a kiss 
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I’m grateful for practicing.
Get In.
I wanted to chat to my wife this morning about how I felt when she fell asleep on the couch, during yet another finale of one of “our shows.” I gently mentioned her drinking and how it bothers me when this happens after we’ve “invested” 
all this time bing watching a series and you pass out on the evening we watch the finale. Again 
GET OUT!
Don’t drag this out Eric. You said what you wanted to say.
Be Gone.
Ya I’m still thinking about what else I could have said 
. But I didn’t.
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Trying to get back here on the gratitude thread on a daily base and post.
It’s 101 days to christmas. So the christmas cleaning starts tomorrow. I’m grateful because I love making this 100 days checklist to have a really neat and clean house at christmas time. One chore at a day, one day at a time 
I’m grateful I managed to do a little bit of garden work today. I’m grateful my cats are happy and their fur becomes better each day from grooming and picking out some fur-knots.
Grateful I did all chores today.
Grateful I did not cry today. Grateful I stayed off computers today, I needed a book & read day. Grateful I go to bed sober and not too exhausted
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I’m so grateful to see you checking in 
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Second gratitude today.
I’m so so grateful that I don’t drink. I’m grateful that I’m my normal self when my daughter’s boyfriend visits.
I could be really drunk by this time and making a total fool of myself. My daughter would be embarrassed and they’d hide out in her room or go and spend the evening at his house instead.
I’m grateful that they chose to spend time hanging out in the kitchen and living room.
I was just thinking how I used to be and feel so good now.
So so grateful 
I’m never going back to that
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I have ample amount of gratitude for Bill and Bob cause without these two miracles time dedication and devotion my life would have been bound to a living hell of self mutilation and chaos
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I’m grateful I didn’t post this morning, started to, but was mad as hell. Mad because when I’m doing everything right, I shouldn’t wake up feeling like a semi ran me over and I have to move with broken painful bones. 
I’m grateful when I dropped my pop tart, it hit the table and not the floor. Honestly, probably would have ate it anyway. It was the 2nd I made, I’ve learned when you microwave a pop tart too long, the filling turns into inedible fruit leather. (That one I tossed)
I’m grateful that Riley loves cheese, I put her pill in it and she inhales it looking for more. My little puppy. 
I’m grateful for Max.
I’m grateful for:
Iced tea even tho I drink it to excess.
Working from home. 
Shaunda’s Phoebe feeling better on the antibiotics.
The Pet Thread. It’s now my fave, fell too far behind on Meme Wars, my anxiety won’t let me look because my number behind is 2082, afraid to be overwhelmed, lol.
And having tomorrow off.
Have a blessed weekend all. 
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Im grateful for all of you
Im grateful for my kids, mine and my husbands.
Im grateful for all the grandkids.
Im grateful my doc will call in medication for me even when she doesnt have time to see me, even when there is a miscommunication with the front office of what i need.
Im grateful my sister is a stones throw away from being a nurse practicioner herself and i can call her for home remedies when there are misunderstandings and im too emotional to call the doc office back due to pain.
Im grateful that while i have a narcotic available to aleviate my pain, i know that i am not responsible enough yet to use it and use it only as directed so i will suffer instead.
Im grateful my husbanf also has a job since i am missing day 2 of work due to this pain. At least i dont have the stress of finances bearing down on me.
Im grateful phoebe is at least feeling better.
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What happened, did you get hurt? You must have, stupid question. What happened?
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Just a migraine. I havnt had one in a long time. On day 2. The things i used to use for it i camt or rathef wont use now. Soooooo im dealing with it lol
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- I am grateful for new places because I knew if I didn’t change my I wasn’t going to stop using and abusing any kind of substance because my DOC was what I had and what everyone else had.
- I am grateful for new people because I didn’t have to worry about them judging me for what I have done and who I once was!
- I am grateful for safe places because I never had a safe place to go when I knew I was unsafe
- I am grateful to have running water weither if it’s hot or cold because when I was homeless I wasn’t always fortunate to have a place to go with running water!!
- I am grateful that I am able to wash my ass and wash my clothes with clean water because during the summer times I washed my ass and my clothes in the river!!
- I am grateful for getting the chance to go to college for my dream career to better myself in life!
- I am grateful to have the friends that I have today because I wasn’t able to trust the people that I thought was my friends!
- I am grateful that I am getting the chance to fix my broken bond between my daughter and I.
- I am grateful for finally being able to make it where I am at in life today because on most days I didn’t want to live my life the way I was!!
- I am grateful for myself because I am finally able to love myself for who I am because I once wasn’t able to love myself for who I was because I felt ashamed of myself because I was fighting my addiction!!
- I am grateful for the rooms because I know I can walk into a meeting and not worry about being judge by anyone!!
- I am grateful to have the sober support that I do have because I know if I need there help or need support I can always count on them!!
- I am grateful for having a roof over my head because I was on the streets with no place to stay but the trap!
- I am grateful for the food that I am able to eat at any beck and call because when I was out there because I would sell my stamps for my dope and starve myself days on end!!
- I am grateful for my bed because when I was out there homeless I because I never knew where I was going to sleep at night even if I was able to get sleep!!
- I am grateful to be where I am at in life today because 6 months I didn’t think I was going to live past my 34th birthday!
- I am grateful for the ladies that are in my house now cause I know when I need someone to talk to they are there when I need some positive advice!
- I am grateful for Ironton Cardinal Treatment Center because since I have been their I have grown so much and accomplished so much more than before!
- I am very grateful for 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th chance’s because I know I am worth my recovery!
- I am grateful for having the chance to mend broken bonds with my loved ones!!
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I’m thankful for reaching 30 days sober as of today. I received a check in the mail today which I’m very thankful that I can actually have money and not waste it.
I’m thankful for finding this forum.
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Congrats on 30 days!!
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Thank you! I finally broke out of my shell and forced my self to stay plugged in after I finished my PHP.
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@Topherman congrats on 30 days! That is awesome!
Today I am grateful for my AA home group. They truly are a group of amazing people that I know will be lifelong friends.
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I’m so sorry, that’s the worst. Sending hugs and hope it will end soon.
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