I am grateful to be sober.
I am grateful I like my new home. It’s smaller and more expensive. Welcome to reality.
I am grateful I slept well tonight. I feel rested.
I am grateful Yoga found me.
I am grateful for the friends I have. I am difficult I think. There are people who still care about me.
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Morning,
Today I’m grateful to be able to help out a friend. I’m glad she asked me and I could say yes.
I’m grateful to feel pretty good in my sobriety atm, 173 days, creeping up to 6 months.
I’m grateful to see 
’s 2 years.
I’m grateful for the messages of condolence from people around the world, it really means alot to me, that people care.
I’m grateful that I don’t drink.
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I love this picture with reflection of the bigger wild cats. I have been meaning to try and get myself a kit in a few weeks as i looks so theraputic and also lovely to hang up once done.
Im glad Riley is getting better, im not up to date with what has been going on so im going to take a read back of some of your posts to save me asking and you haveing to re reply.
I thought Maxy was blind but wasnt sure, he is bery lucky to you have you take care of him i think this kind of love you both share is like no other love.
Il get back to you soon when iv took a read back of your posts to be up to date with how things are x
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Oh i had never thought a plate would help with this, my Polly although she can see she eats so fast i have to give her small bits at a time and make sure it isnt big lumps but she litrally does this. I will try the plate technique.
I love that Maxy knocks his water bowl over its like his little character isnt it. I think it amazing that he knows he safe although he cant see -was he born blind? Or slowly went blind?
The trust he has in you and the love and safety you show him is amazing. My daughter when she was born we where told she was blind for a year all tests done shown this but she actually isnt blind but has a rare eye condition, so i kind of get the bond that it shared betweeen two when they have a trust in each other that many people dont develop as it isnt needed to survive.
Its an amazing relationship you share.
Also sorry to hear about your sons kitty 
I rescued Basil my youngrst cat he is 2 but me and my son rescued him when i was moved out for an emergency while the police looked for a man who was seriously stalking me, and the property they put us in downstairs there was a family struggling very much with their children and lots of kittens all living in terrible conditions and i couldnt help them all but Basil seemed the weakest and smallest so i said im taking him i gave them some money so they wouldnt refuse and his been with us since he was looking very frail when we got to the vet with him, the vet said he is sure he is older that 8 weeks and is small from not being fed.
I also told them they need to get help and did help them as much as i could but thats a whole different story in itself, and probably not my story to tell. (They were not bad people, they just where really struggling and had took on too much and didnt know where to turn)
(A few weeks later the police arrested the man and i moved back home)
And the cats all 3 of them they amazing all diferent characters and im sure Polly thinks she is a cat 
I want more pets but i can take care of the 4 i have nicely now. There is room for another but not yet. But iv been thinking it would be a rescue if i did.
So glad Riley is recovering, this must of been so scary. I panick too if i think something is wrong.
Your doing amazing are you 26 days today?
Your really doing so well, im glad your here and i will be coming over here daily to see how you are doing 
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Good morning gratidudes
Im greatful for
My sobriety, 131 days free from weed and alcohol
My hubbys sobriety
My hubby shared that the head chef he works with is sober too, he now has a sober buddy, so greatful
Its Friday
I will have time to unwind this weekend
Hubby taking the trash out
Boscoe and his cuddles
My folks watching Boscoe during the day
The AA program
Personal growth
My familys health
Payday and paying down my credit cards
Grace
Everyone here sharing in their sober journies!
Let us go out and slay the day soberly! Happy Friday ya’ll!
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Good morning sunshines!! 
I am grateful for 70 days sober.
For the seasons beginning to change.
First sober vacation.
A partner that shows me grace and unconditional love.
Enjoy your Friday! 
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Good morning all,
I’m grateful for a little sleep in and coffee on the porch swing before leaving for work. I’m grateful it looks cloudy this morning. I’m grateful to hear birds chirping, and the hummingbirds whizzing by letting me know they aren’t happy the feeder is empty! I’m grateful I read a post about creating new, good memories to replace old, bad ones ( it wasn’t that exactly, but same idea). I used that post to help me change my feelings about the holiday weekend we just had. I (hopefully) will now have happy, loving memories of hiking and cooking with my mom, and hanging out with my husband and kids, and being productive around the house. I’m grateful for this platform that allows so many different people, and mindsets to hep each other. I can’t remember who made the post, but I’m grateful I found it. Anyways, enough rambling from me,
Everyone have a wonderful day 
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Grateful that I have so much to respond to this morning. @Sunflower1 making new memories and associations with something that has been triggering is a very doable and very powerful experience. Grateful you’re doing this very thing. Grateful that it ties in so well to the ST mantra to this morning about rising to meet obstacles instead of cowering before them and how the obstacles will all but disappear if we do the former. Grateful that I have recent experience with this very thing. I’m grateful to be moving back to the city where my addiction started and thrived. I’m grateful that in my very early months of recovery I did stay away from Everett because it was just too much where every street corner I walk pass I had lived on, or shot up on, or saw someone who was doing one or the other. Im even more grateful that the time has come that my fiance and best friend graduated from treatment and was placed in a clean and sober house right smack in the thick of our stomping grounds because it caused us to stand straight up to this city and reclaim it in our recovery. Weve spent the last two weeks making new memories in recovery, walking the same streets to hit our meetings, to go to goodwill to find things for his new place, to go grocery shopping. Grateful we set out talking about “this is our new memory of this corner, on this sunny Tuesday, clean.” Grateful that I feel like I have a brand new city to explore, grateful the fear and intimidation is gone.
@chey.o congrats on 60 days! 
Congrats on taking control of your life.
@Its_me_Stella letting go of the steering wheel …this resonates with me so much. Grateful Im really, really, making a conscious effort to let go of that damn thing several times a day. Grateful I can feel the direction Im bring pulled in. Grateful to realize I was just messing up the whole process by tugging on the wheel. Grateful for all the principles that are strengthened in my spirit by quieting myself and trusting the one who is steering. Grateful the steerer is SO MUCH wiser than myself!
Grateful for my fiance and best person, grateful for his incredible patience with me. Grateful that I can see that although I have 5 3/4 months more recovery than him…it is I who needs to be watching and learning from him. Grateful every day that he doesn’t say beat it, get your nervous energy out of here! Grateful that for some reason he loves me. Grateful this sweet soul brings me giant bouquets of roses for absolutely no reason.
Grateful for this 176th morning clean.
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Hi! I’m 27 days sober as of today
I love your posts, they show what a kind person you are, I said from the start, you’re a shining star. 
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No need to search my rambling posts, I love talking about them. I rescued Max in May 2021. He was over 10yrs had a large mass on his side, needed to be neutered and his teeth were terrible. He also had ongoing eye and skin infections. He may have had limited sight, but was not blind. He had the mass surgery, removed 6 more teeth and was being treated for infections. After a couple months, an eye infection took his sight completely. I remember the day. The only way I can describe it was he had a panic attack. He was rushing around, heart racing, whining, bumping into everything, very panicked. I calmed him down. This was the only time he showed stress. I was patient with him and he adopted almost immediately. The only thing he no longer does is take the stairs upstairs, he doesn’t even try.
Riley is 12, started to lose weight, even tho eating & drinking a lot. Her personality became somewhat manic. I had a feeling it was Hyperthyroidism so I started treating as such, when I finally got in to my vet (they were booked). The blood work confirmed it. She’s now on daily meds, no problem with her because she acts like a dog with food. She jumps up on my leg when she thinks she’s getting food, so I put it in a piece of cheese. I have seen more of a calmness with her. I ordered some new foods to help her get her weight back.
Yes, the plate helps a lot! Max gets dry and a spoonful of can. I mix it up and spread it around a big plate. It forces him to slow down. I started that before he went blind, the choking he did sounded like he was going to die, it was so loud. He rarely does that any more. The last time was when I forgot I put Riley’s bowl on the floor when I was moving things, he found it (he can smell real well) and inhaled it and choked himself. 
I hope it works for you.
Edit: I had the year wrong, Max came home in May 2021. I lost my big bud Jake in July, 2020.
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Hi, I wanted to separate my responses.
It’s so hard when your child has any struggles, there’s a bond with being their parent, but add on top of that anything medical, and it’s a special bond between you. My son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 15 months. So growing up was always a little different for him, and we were extremely close.
And boy do I understand the I want to take them all when it comes to animals, I’ve always been that way. I used to volunteer at a shelter as a dog walker and cat room person, to socialize them. I had to stop after I had 2 large dogs and 4 cats all at once. I was married then and my son was home, but still a lot. Now that I’m alone, 1 dog and 1 cat works perfectly for me.
I 
% agree, all animals have such different personalities, they can be so fun. I know many don’t like cats and think they’re all the same, not even close. I’m glad you have the love to give your fur kids. I know we would be in person friends too.
And thank God your stalker was caught and you’re okay. I was watching on Hulu yesterday, I dated a Psycho. And I wasn’t feeling so bad about living alone anymore. 
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Good morning.
I seem to be surrounded by death lately, it is not touching me directly but deeply effecting people who are close to me. Two of my sponsees in early recovery are walking through some pretty painful things and the only words that I have had for them to possibly ease their pain is “Try to find gratitude.”
I am grateful that i have a healthy child and that every morning when I wake up I am not wondering if she is still alive. I am grateful that her dreams and asperations reach further than a month in the future. I am grateful she is not fighting for her life.
I am grateful that I have experience in the veterinary industry and that when I saw Nuggets body covered in hives today I did not panic. She was stung two days ago and is having a brutal reaction. I am grateful that my partner said, “Bring her with us.” When I phoned him saying I wasnt comfy leaving her at a kennel while we camped. I am grateful my mom will watch Lyric and I wont have to worry about either dog.
I am grateful for the new to me calm demeanor I possess. In my previous lifetime situations tended to be very anxiety causing which of course caused me to be a mess. For many, many years I could not do my own grocery shopping, I could not drive, I just could not cope with life at all. Today its very different, it seems like that prefrontal cortex does not flip as quickly and I can access logic for much longer. I am grateful for the people who took care of me when I couldnt take care of myself.
I am grateful for the member who took his 1 year cake last night. He is such a cool kid… i say kid because he is super young!!! 20’s I would say. I am grateful he is sticking around and showing all the other youth that NA works if you work it. I am grateful to see someone young having the courage and sense to save their life before they get old like me. I am just grateful for him.
Super grateful I took 10 mins to sit and do this list before I got ready for camping. Its been an emotional morning but now I feel grounded.
Thanks for the part you play in my recovery.
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Thank you for all your meaningful shares, you help me and I know many others!
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That brings tears to my eyes bless him the trust and care you show him makes it possible for him to still live a happy life and be confident.
Your everything to him, it takes alot for a person to be able to keep up the role your doing in mothering him and you care and love him so much, that you give him such great quality of life.
Spreading the food over the plate makes so much sense when you explain it like that this.
Im glad Riley is doing better too, and you can put your mind to rest that he is going to be okay.
Oh yes the stalker i see him around sometimes but the police dealt with him properly so he crosses the road, and i have security cameras all outside the front and back of my property now so i feel alot safer.
I fell asleep for an hour … or two 
. Just thinking what to cook for dinner.
27 days is great, your doing well
Its so nice to chat with you, to think i dont really come to this post and your here i dont wsnt to miss you
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Max says Hi and thank you for the kind words. He must’ve known we were talking about him, he was staring at me. 
His vet did say most dogs who lose their site adapt pretty well, it’s probably more the humans that rush and think their life’s over. It’s really not in the least. It’s no different than people.
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Awwwwww i wish i could come give him cuddles his face is so cute i want to just squeeze him
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I’m grateful to God please help me remain clean and sober while following your will. I’m grateful for my recovery and yours with its challenges and blessings. I’m grateful for All my family, friends, TS and the grati-dudes. I’m grateful I got a call for a job interview tuesday morning. I will be very grateful if my social insurance number issue doesn’t come into play for this job opportunity. I’m grateful my favorite Nfl team kicked butt last night, go Bills. I’m grateful my NA homegroup meets tonight. I’m grateful that after the meeting I am going to my sponsors to watch the rest of the Toronto Blue Jays game. I’m grateful I went for a bicycle ride this afternoon, somehow I forget how good it makes me feel to go even for a short ride. I’m grateful for music to sing along with, dance to and sometines even cry. I’m grateful for humour and laughter. I’m grateful for the twelve steps.
God bless you all. 
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p.s. I believe in you, you are Awesome. Ya you!!
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Hello All,
I’m grateful I took the day off from work. I’m grateful for the CFO who didn’t know I was off when he was sending me questions. He apologized and told me to have a great weekend and he’s looking forward to hearing my ideas, I had told him I have 2 for an ongoing issue. My work isn’t perfect, but it feels nice to be valued. 
This is how I see myself at work, lol.
I’m grateful for Riley’s new meds 
. She’s only been on a few days and I’ve seen marked improvement. She’s calmer and more relaxed. She’s eating and drinking well but not like it’s her last meal ever. I’m grateful for a high end, high protein, grain free dry food I bought her, mainly because she likes it. Her food bowl now consists of 3 rows of different dry foods so I’m not changing her abruptly. I’m very grateful for the $2.99 pill cutter I bought from Amazon, works perfect on her tiny pills. 1st 3 I cut by hand left me with pill chunks and pill dust. 
I’m grateful I decided to have a blank ‘to do’ list this weekend and everytime I complete something, I add it and cross off. I’ve added several things, it’s nice to give yourself a break. Too often I was disappointed if I didn’t finish my regular to do list.
I’m grateful I’m 27 days sober with all of you by my side. 
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Im grateful took the time for selfcare tonight. I skipped an inperson aa meeting for a hot shower.
Im grateful for zoom aa meetings. I could relax in my jammies after my hot shower and still attend a meeting.
Im grateful for the topics of forgiveness, prayer and acceptance. So much room for growth for me in these areas.
Im grateful that i dont want to stop growing and changing even on days when im tired of always being the problem lol
Im grateful calypso seems so be doing well in the family on her 2nd day here. Although my daughter is gone for 2 days now and not the best way to get the cat to be “her” cat. 
we are trying to love her from affar from she is an insistant thing. I believe she wont have a favorite human. I belove this cat is an equal opportunist
Im grateful for the quiet morning mediation to start my day.
Im grateful for this uncomfortable opportunity for growth ive been experiencing at work. I dont have to allow the anxiety to rule my life, i can overcome this and i will.
Im grateful for this thread, my homegroup thread. I find so much “good stuff” in here. Thank you all for your shares.
Im grateful my daughter picked a pretty cat, not so grateful she is such a shedder. Brush and brush and brush and still the fur just flies. Excuse me while i spit out the fur.
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Hahahahaha! Is that Soul Train???
Thank you!
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