Thanks Brother!
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Congratulations on your 30 days Chris.
Welcome to the forum.
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Congratulations on your 2 plus?? months clean Mags. And welcome to this great sober community.
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Welcome to the gratitude thread MrN.
Iām glad youāre here.
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About 15 minutes ago, I got in my car in order to do some grocery shopping before the store closed, get some gas, and put some air in my tires since this morning the tire light was on and all my tires looked okay, so I figured they were just low and Iād put some air in tonight. Well, I pull out of my driveway and I instantly knew something was wrong, so I stopped the car, got out, and checked the tires.
Sure enough, one of the tires was completely flat.
In the past, I might have begun to stress, fret, and go through a flood of negative and fearful emotions; however, tonight I simply accepted the situation for what it was and felt grateful that this didnāt happen while I was out earlier, or blow out on the freeway.
So I slowly pulled back into my driveway and took some time to consider what needed to be done. But from there I thought about the situation and my response to it. Not only am I grateful for the timing, but I also feel grateful that I have been able to learn (through many years of struggle) how to respond to such a situation with a sense of internal peace and calm.
Due to a chaotic and abusive childhood, I internalized on a very deep level that any unanticipated thing was a threat. My psyche and body responded to surprises in life as if I was physically in danger and I responded accordingly. Even āgood surprisesā would often cause emotional distress. My gratitude for learning a positive way to work through this trauma and develop healthy coping skills cannot be adiquately expressed.
Of course Iām a little annoyed and it will be inconvienent to take care of the issue, but Iāve also learned how to allow myself to feel those natural emotions and then to let them go with an understanding that this really isnāt a life threatening thing, that it will get fixed soon enough, and life will go on.
This is, in essence, all about gratitude that I no longer live in a state where severe fear and stress could be triggered at any time for anything; and also gratitude in knowing that this situation could have been far worse.
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Itās good realising this. I always thought I could express anger until I went to a anger workshop and was one of the few who couldnāt express anger at all. It was so exhausting, and a revelation.
I am grateful to be sober.
I am grateful that lately my visits home are better than some years before. Itās tiny progress but we skip the usual āokay, if you want, I can get right on the next train backā.
I am grateful that my mother and I share the same values in a grand scheme.
I am grateful I still have over 2 weeks off.
I am happy I really opened a book in the train here, beginning to actually study and underlining.
I am grateful I can admit that the next months really scare me. With our severe energy crisis here.
I am grateful for friends I still have.
I am happy that I adapt to fall weather.
I am grateful I can say that I am a recovering alcoholic.
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Morning,
Iām grateful to hit 180 days today.
Iām grateful for a really good sleep.
Iām grateful for a 10am start at work today.
Iām grateful that I do not drink, Iām grateful for not wanting to.
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I am grateful for:
This gratitude thread. I am adding it to my 100-day challenge, as it always makes me feel better to see what other people are thankful for and to slow down a minute and think about my own blessings.
My job. Yesterday I actually said out loud in a sobriety coaching group, āI hate my job.ā First, thatās really negative talk and second, there are a lot of good things about it. 1. Freedom 2. Independence 3. Great salary. There are more good things than bad and it gives me space to work through early sobriety. I love my job.
My TLC group. Thereās a lot of talk about tough love in sobriety. I am not that gal. I grew up in that. Tough āloveā is one of the little ātā traumas I have in my life. The love and support I find there is one of the biggest gifts in my life.
I am thankful for so many of you on this forum. I hope you know who you are. I may be reaching out to tell you just how much you mean to me. I stay away often because of those that just piss me off. Itās the wrong approach. There is so much beauty here and to be honest, having been here off and on since 2016, I have watched some of those people grow in amazing ways.
I am grateful to start my mornings in bed, with a cup of hot, strong, black coffee, surrounded by no less than six daily encouragement and meditation books, waiting for my 7am meeting. Again, the job and the freedom it gives me.
Have a most amazing day! Donāt use today and the day is perfect.
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Congratulations. Youāre kind of a big deal! 
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Good morning all,
Iām grateful to be up early without an alarm. Iām grateful for Pumpkin Spice flavor in my coffee, even if the temperature is still getting to the upper 90ās here. Iām grateful I will get to meet my Dad for breakfast and hang out with him a bit. Heās the best 
. Iām grateful for my home thread here, and other threads like Joyful Moments and the foodies thread- sometimes the other ones overwhelm me or can get me down. Iām grateful that I have been practicing cooking, and dare I say enjoying it. I may even have some pictures to add to the foodies thread in the future. Iām grateful for my home and my family, and for love and forgiveness.
Everyone have a wonderful day
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Good morning sober fam
Im very greatful for
My sobriety, day 138 free from weed and alcohol
My hubby, working his ass off to provide
Boscoe and all his personality
My job and all its challenges
This forum and everyone contributing
A roof over my head
Food in my belly
AA fellowship
Progress not perfection
Let us go out and slay the day soberly!
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Iām so grateful that every day away from alcohol, my brain is more under my own control. Looking back itās easy to see how many choices were the result of my addiction, and Iām so glad to be in control of my own life again. I still may not always make the right choices, but Iāll embrace even the questionable ones as long as theyāre the result of my own heart and mind and not my pickled alcohol brain.
Iām grateful to have a significant other who still loves me despite my setbacks and failures, and am looking forward to taking care of my small family and home the way I want to and not just to the extent my addiction to alcohol allows.
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I may be late to the party, you could be at 31 now. But 30 is a Big F Deal!!!
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I am grateful for my higher powers timing. I am grateful that I am sitting here on the eve of my six month clean date mind boggled that he didnāt come to bed, again. That I still donāt have a move in day (hopefully today 
). But I have made it to a day before 6 months and I WILL NOT PICK UP TODAY, I will do everything in my power to make sure my cup is filled, that I hit the meeting tonight after work, that I will get that 6 months key tag Iāve been eying since my 90 day. I am grateful that these challenges do not let me take my recovery for granted. Grateful, almost to the point of overwhelm that I have stayed the course and was able to pass the company drug test yesterday and will start the new job Monday. Grateful that he is still a kind person when heās using. Grateful that we donāt become toxic, abusive. Grateful that very soon however, I will have my own space. GRATEFUL that I trust my higher power on this one. Grateful that in this moment Iām not stressing, too bad anyways.
Grateful that i know Iām all over the place, not with a lot of structure in my writing and Iām grateful Iām ok with just a brain dump at this moment in time. Gratful for the kind words that have been @ to me. It means A LOT. Thank you.
Hereās to waking up to my 183rd day clean and sober, and hereās to making sure Iām on fucking point today, so that I will go to bed clean and sober tonight. When the going get tough, what do we do? We get tougher and we stay sober.
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I grateful I woke up. Hangover free and sober and Iām pretty sure Iām not drinking today. Iām pretty sure, and grateful, I know me enough, that if I did start drinking today I wouldnāt make it back. Iām grateful I have a healthy driving fear of ever picking up again. Iām grateful when I see the make shift bar set up on MY fucking trail in the ponderosa pines for the golf tournament going on this weekend I think itās fucking stupid!! Iām grateful Iām not judging though. The old me probably would have thought that was fun. The old me was fucking stupid too when it came to my booze. Anywhere. Anytime. Anything. Iām grateful Iām not that guy anymore.
Iām so grateful my life is not ruled by where my next drink is.
Iām grateful for my grown up kids. My daughter and her husband flew to Dallas to meet my grand baby for the first time. Sheās gone 2 months now. By the end of January, God willing, both my children will be parents. And my grandchildren will be 6 months apart. Iām grateful for this new special loving relationship I get to have with my children. Iām grateful I kinda feel like THEY MADE IT!! My 2 recovering miracle addicts are going to be clean and sober parents. ODAAT. Iām grateful for their miracle of recovery. Iām grateful Al-Anon was there for me back then. And Iām grateful Al-Anon is here for me now. And Iām grateful I got you guys too 
Iām grateful my recovery must be a blessing and a miracle too. And so is yours if WE work it. And you know weāre worth it
Smile and let everybody know that today you are a lot stronger than yesterday.
Summit Estate Recovery Center
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Congratulations Pinky
Iām grateful you donāt drink today and donāt want too
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Lol, how do you find these most awesome memes?? They are so great. I am so grateful for your congratulatory memes.
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Good morning. 
A sponsee of mine has been going through a rough time. Through all the hard times she has been keeping me at arms reach, not taking me up on my offers to support her emotionally through the gutt wrenching situations she has been exposed to. She is in early recovery, she wasnt working her program and she of course relapsed. Last night was supposed to be her ācoming back meetingā but she didnt make itā¦ again. On my way to the meeting I stopped by her house for a hug, it was the first time that I have hugged her in over a month. Why did I do that? Well, because she is having a rough go, but mostly because I needed it. I am grateful that I take care of my emotional needs today no matter what the circumstances.
I am grateful that my partner was able to express his fears about my eating disorder last night. And I am also grateful that I could witness from the wise part of myself as the wounded part of myself had a fit. You see its very difficult to have this open, raw, honest, intimate relationship with someone who loves you and you love and be able to do sneaky self harming things. I am grateful that I am 100% honest with him and although he is fearful, he understands and is completely supportive, knowing how hard I am working n this.
I am grateful that its not only my recovery that is not linear. That makes me feel so much better knowing that I am not the only one who falls back into old patterns or old ideas. I am grateful that even when this happens it doesnt erase all the things I have learned, so I am still way ahead of where I was.
I am grateful that as uncomfortable as it was I sat infront of my therapist and told her how happy I was that I was losing weight.
āWTF, I am so fucking sickā¦ā I said.
She responded with, " No, youre not sick. You have a sick part to you but you have many parts to you. Sometimes that āsickā part just hijacks your thinking."
I am grateful to be met with compassion and understanding when I can not find it for myself. I am grateful that today is a new day and I started it with food.
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Gee thanks Jene x
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Yay, thanks Dazer
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