Daily Gratitude, The Air Of Recovery #2

[maxwell]

Ahh Shaunda, they’re ALL shedders, don’t let anyone tell you otherwise! Unless you get one of those weird hairless ones.

I agree, Calypso is gorgeous. And don’t try to get your daughter to be her human, if your kitty wants love from you and your husband, give it to her. It won’t make her less loving to your daughter, only more loving to everyone

Riley loves me, but also loves my son, the electrician, plumber… I’m so proud of her being like that. I’ve seen a lot of kitty’s that don’t want to be around anyone. The more love you give, the more you will get back X 10!

[maxwell]

I should add I’ve had friends, boyfriends, that would state they are dog people or don’t like cats. I’ve always have had both at the same time, not sure why it should be one or the other, but it’s always been asked that way.

But my point was, people that told me they didn’t like cats always ended up loving mine. It wasn’t because they were MY cats, it was because cats, like dogs, have very different and fun personalities. I think you’re already starting to see that.

Enjoy you new family member, sounds like it will work out great!

[Miranda]

She really is a pretty cat💜

[Miranda]

I’m grateful to have had the night off to relax.
It’s been non stop lately, but I’m soooo grateful that my daughter is becoming a little less anxious about trying new things. She is stepping out of her comfort zone and signing up for all sorts of volunteer and extra curricular courses. She is 16 now, but only has her learners licence and is still a bit nervous to practice a lot of driving so I feel like I’ve got a new job as a taxi driver as many of these activities happen freqeuently and aren’t that close to home. I’m grateful my daughter is so appreciative of all we do for her, and that she genuinely enjoyes spending time with her parents still! (Most of the time LOL)
I’m grateful for my health
My comfy bed
I’m grateful that in less than 2 hours I will be 9 full days AF.

[Twizzlers]

@maxwell

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.

This is an amazing idea seriously!! Instead of having pressure on what you feel you need to do your looking at what you have achieved.
If i had lists from the beginning days of being sober… hold up … i guess this is me being gratefull right now…
Im gratefull my to do lists now include productive things like including small exercise, my BSL course, healthy eating.

I am gratefull that i have overcome when my to do list only had get out of bed, or wash up on it and most days mentally i couldnt do it and im gratefull that time has passed and i have came this far, but also learnt alot along the way.

I am gratefull for @maxwell for always cheering me up and making me have real smiles.
Im gratefull to see her also doing so well here.

I am gratefull for my son who looks after me in the most beatifull ways but the day i decided to stop drinking he trusted me straight away that same hour, that’s the most precious thing i held on my day1 all the way until today still, how could i have broken that innocent part of him and that he still saw me as a person who ‘“can still do it”’ after all his 20 so he has seen it all. Im gratefull for his love and trust and his honesty and innocence and that he is such a good young lad.
Oh gosh this thread i can feel it in my heart the greatfulness i should be noticing and showing to others how lucky i am to have them, that includes all of you too.
Well i wasnt expecting this to turn into a gratituded post at all @maxwell i am gratefull for you for bringing me over so i can begin to feel the powerfullness of being greatfull.

I am gratefull that i have woken up today and i am sober, i am gratefull for the few vegetable plants i managed to grow this year with some failing to pick up properly but its a new journey for me being able to grow my own food in the future and again learning new things and finding real enjoyment out of the little things in life.

Anyway back to what i was replying to @maxwell i think your to do lists is a great way of seeing what you have acheived. As also can show us when we must take breaks and not push ourselves more under pressure but be proud of ourselves for doinf what we are able to.
Congratulations on your 27 days

I am gratefull that @Butterflymoonwoman and her son are back home and safe and doing well.

@Bootz A meditation retreat sounds good, i want to do something like this in the future. Its great your just going for it have safe travels and cant wait to hear how it goes when your back.

[Tragicfarinelli]

I’M FIVE MONTHS SOBER FAM. I’m sorry I don’t post here often. My addictive mind doesn’t allow me to do anything in any other than an all or nothing fashion. I can’t be on this site too much as I’m afraid to be sucked in to the vortex of insecurity. Hope you understand. I’m here, cheering you all on anyway.

Grateful for sobriety first and foremost today
Grateful for rain.
Grateful for the weekend to restore.
Grateful to all of you.

God speed the plough.

[Twizzlers]

Thankyou Bill
I find throughout my day i do see so much i am gtatefull for, but to actually write it down and take that extra acknowledgement really felt powerful for me.
Have a lovely day

[Shaunda]

Congratulations on 5 months sobriety!
And you do you and you need too for the healthiest you possible

[Lovelylisha]

Grateful to finally make it to Day 30 AF!
Grateful for a clear mind.
Grateful for dreams.
Grateful to now remember my dreams.
Grateful I finally have the drive to get things done.
Grateful for my new life.
Grateful for this peace and calmness
Grateful my relationships have gotten much better.
Grateful to be able to communicate effectively.
Grateful to truly feel.
Grateful me and the hubby don’t argue anymore even when we disagree.
I promise our relationship is so much better since I quit drinking.
I was reflecting yesterday and was thinking damn was I the problem lol!
I grateful I’m not mean and rude anymore.
I’m grateful for patience and understanding.
I’m grateful to get it right this time around.

[Shaunda]

Congratulations on 30 days!!! Thats awesome!

[Lovelylisha]

Thank you

[Cjp]

Good morning all,

Im greatful for

Getting through the tough time last night
My lovely husband and his hugs
My sobriety, 132 days free from weed and alcohol
Boscoe and his antics that make us laugh and joyful
Looking forward to a morning aa meeting
A whole day to do whatever i want
Compassion for self
Everyone here sharing in their journies

Let us go out and slay the day soberly!

[Dazercat]

I’m grateful I’m doing what I want in the mornings instead of what I “should,” or what I think I should be doing. I’m grateful to be finding a balance on TS or at least working on it this past week. I’m grateful I don’t think it will have to be all or nothing. I’m grateful for my recovery and how I feel different after 982 days. Maybe it’s that frontal lobe thingy Darcy was talking about.
@Dakotahjae
Who is that Understanding Addiction book by? I’m having trouble googling it. I’m grateful I do feel a bit healed? Different these days. I’m grateful I walked to my Pilates workout yesterday. No phone. No music. Just me. And it felt gorgeous.

I’m grateful for the smell of bacon in the morning.
I’m grateful for my clean windows.
I’m grateful for my cat. Or 4.

I’m grateful I’ve been on my deck with my coffee in the morning. I’m grateful for the way it looked out there this morning. Dark and gray with a good chance of rain last night but I never happened. And a great chance of thunderstorms today that aren’t happening yet. And the big tractor lawnmower flying around the golf course. And the large ponderosa pines.

I’m grateful recently I’ve enjoyed working on myself. Even though I too, am usually sick and tired, of always having to work on myself. You’re playing my song Shaunda a couple of days ago on your gratitude.
@Shaunda
I’m grateful for 2 things about that. Maybe the biggest thing I realized yesterday; if I quit taking other peoples inventory it makes working on my own a bit easier. And may I dare say fun .
I’m grateful after working on myself the other day I couldn’t stop thinking about me . I’m grateful a quick 10 minute relaxing guided meditation cleared my mind. I’m grateful when I remember to do that.

I’m grateful I’m realizing I take a shit load of other peoples inventories. Even some of y’all’s. I’m grateful I really got to let that shit go.

I’m grateful I’m ok with my wife interrupting me while I do my gratitude list. Currently anyway. I’m grateful we had a nice dinner out. I’m grateful I went to bed alone because she was asleep on the couch and it didn’t really bother me one way or another. Ok. 90% not bothered. 10% maybe bothered. 0% resentful attitude.

I’m grateful for my Daisy Girl jumping up on my lap.

I’m grateful I’m working on my end of ……. the bargain…….with my wife after all our uncomfortable talks. I don’t know if bargain is the right word. But the grateful thing is I’m working on those things she pointed out because it makes sense what she said. And I’m grateful I’m doing it for me and not stipulations that……. I’ll work on this…….if you…….work on………because it all comes back to working on myself. And other peoples inventory is not possible for me to work on so why even try.

I’m grateful for red post it notes.
I’m grateful my wife just asked me about putting my BIL on my gratitude list .

I’m grateful for the boundary I set with my BIL yesterday on a surprise visit by him who we never see. I’m grateful I’m sober and I been working on boundaries and I got this.

I’m grateful for this amazing G. Thread and the amazing warriors on here.

All my life I’ve tried to make everybody happy
While I just hurt and hide
Waiting for someone to tell me it’s my turn to decide

Who cares if you disagree?
You are not me
Who made you king of anything?
So you dare tell me who to be?
Who died and made you king of anything?
King of Anything
Song by Sara Bareilles

I’m grateful for my recovery playlist I’m building.

[AuraXP]

@Dazercat

I’m grateful I’m doing what I want in the mornings instead of what I “should,” or what I think I should be doing.

I feel this on a deep deep spiritual level. Thank you for sharing this @Dazercat

I am grateful for my bullet journal and how it allows me to be creative
I am grateful for my makeup skills and how it always looks different and gets better and better everyday

[Dazercat]

Congrats on your 5 months TF.

Nice to see you still in the fight.

[Dazercat]

Congratulations on you 30 days LL

I love a good 30 day share. It reminds me of a lot of my feelings I had found too.
I’m grateful your here.

[maxwell]

Hi Gratidudes!

I’m greatful for another nice day outside. I’m grateful Max always waits for me to go out in the morning. I know when I need to rush.

I’m grateful I’m seeing improvement in Riley each day. But also sad my son’s 18 year old cat Savannah, passed on this morning, I wish I could take his pain away.

I’m grateful my ‘done’ list is filling up nicely. Nothing over my head ‘to do’, but a sense of accomplishment of what I’ve done.

I was very happy and grateful to see @Twizzlers come over to the gratitude thread yesterday and share her gratitudes. I’m especially grateful for your mother/son bond and how he trusted you on day 1. That says a lot about you and how you’ve raised him. You should be very proud.

I’m grateful I’m 28 days sober today! I’m grateful for everyone here, you’re all a part of my sober journey.

Stop and smell the beauty of the day.

[Dakotahjae]

“Understanding Addiction: Know Science, No Stigma”. By Dr Charles Smith and Jason Hunt

[desert_rose]

I’m grateful I’m going to sleep sober tonight.

Grateful for long time friendships.

Grateful for my health.

Grateful for restorative sleep.

Grateful for this forum and for all of you (even if I’ve been away for a few days)

[Dakotahjae]

#1 on my list this morning is my gratitude for the authentic rainbow of gratitude shares on my favorite thread. There was several things in EACH and EVERY share above me that I could write a paragraph about, so much that resonates with me or gives me a perspective I have stopped and given a minutes thunk. So a heartfelt thank you to every single person above me who took the time to train their brain and feed their soul and my own. I needed all that something fierce this morning.
I am grateful for all the change going on around me. I asked for this and I’m grateful it’s happening. Grateful I set it in motion. I am grateful that I bit the bullet last night and with the help of my good friends got ALL of my shtuff out of my house. I am grateful for the moral support they provided me, for their confirming opinion on the feel of that house (not good!) and I am very grateful for their loud words taking my back and straight up telling the people there that they thought anyone who would do drugs or drink in a clean and sober house was “a peice of shit”. The women there (myself included) who are trying to recover had a moment where we felt heard and validated. Back up a couple days I’m grateful I can’t remember if I shared in here that I found FENTANYL in my room three days ago. Im Grateful, so grateful that I withstood that split second pause when I had it in my hand and realized what it was - so fucking grateful that my recovery had been my priority that day so my cup was full and I had the presence of mind to know I did not want to do anything with it but get rid of it. I am grateful that the next string of events showed me that this house is truly not a house I want to live in, not one that is going to help further my recovery but will be something I have to overcome, and that is not a quality I want in my home. So grateful that because I chose not to smoke that little pill, that because I’ve chosen not to smoke or shoot or drink anything of that sort for the past 177 days I’ve created a bunch of options for myself, there are now more doors open to me than have been in a long time.
Grateful that I had a place to go last night, grateful that I had already put into works a new room and a new clean and sober house, grateful that on Monday I should be very, very, close to if not able to move in. Grateful that in the meantime I am with my fiance, in a safe and clean environment.
Grateful that right after I got my house moved out my daughters FaceTimed me. Im grateful they pulled me out of the funk and self pity that I felt myself sliding into.
I am super grateful that I know Im doing and have been doing everything I can do and I’m grateful for my experiences in my recovery that have shown me when I’m doing my all I’ll be ok, my higher power has got me. This I know.
I’m grateful for the difference in the way Im processing difficult moments. As this was happening last night I kept looking it at this experience as if I was already past it, as if this was just a moment on my timeline of recovery. I wasn’t internalizing this, this was just something that happened. Grateful that I wasn’t most of the time anyways, there were a few moments I felt kinda crushed. I’m grateful for that, I felt like that was an appropriate response. It was a difficult moment, but I was able to keep it in perspective. Grateful for this gratitude thread that is letting me sort and process all these feelings about it in probably the healthiest way I’ve ever dealt with anything. Grateful beyond all measure for my recovery right now, I’m grateful to understand what it means to be willing to go to all lengths to get and STAY clean. I was willing to uproot myself and leave that beautiful home I loved. I am grateful that I am getting it. Finally getting it.

Grateful for all of you that give me so much soul food.