Daily Gratitude, The Air Of Recovery #2

This morning I am grateful for
1 pictures of Boscoe! I just adore that pooch. :heart_eyes:
2. Learning what my boundaries need to be within a homegroup and setting them.
3. Learning where I do my best service work, where I best understand people, where I can offer the most support.
4. A loving family to support me when my body will not support me the way I need it to. In the words of an elderly man I used to care for " getting old ainā€™t fer sissies" p.s. iā€™m a sissy :rofl:
5. Step 10 of alcoholics anonymous, writing my inventory most nights has been incredibly beneficial for me. Making amends on the spot as soon as I realize something instead of ignoring it or justifying it has made a huge change in my life.
6. Phoebe cuddling with me this morning. That rarely happens. She sat with me for a good 10 minutes licking my hand. Iā€™ll take it!
7. Not having to work today. Iā€™m in a lot of pain and did not sleep well last night, so I am especially grateful I am off work today.
8. a working heater. Itā€™s 10 degrees Fahrenheit outside with a little over an inch of snow. Iā€™m not living outside and cold.
9. my employer, not the hours I want but these folks have been pretty awesome to me and worked around a lot of things in my short 4 months with them. Newly sober was a turbulent time for me and they could have let me go on several occasions, yet they chose to see my work ethic beyond my difficulties.
10. the snow. we always need a good snow pack for the short upcoming summer months. the more snow pack the better for our area.

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Iā€™m grateful for the pink clouds in todays sunrise
Iā€™m grateful for my early morning workout and swim
Iā€™m grateful I had time to journal before work
Iā€™m grateful that when Iā€™m reflective and aware of my moods day to day, I can do little things to improve the next one and it lifts my spirits.
Iā€™m grateful Iā€™m a hugger and always have been. Iā€™m grateful I give and receive lots of them.
Iā€™m grateful I could be there for my boss today after she suffered a loss.
Iā€™m grateful I have nutritious food to eat and a safe home to come home to every night.
Iā€™m grateful that I can remind myself that the smallest comforts I have access to, Iā€™m lucky to have.
Iā€™m grateful I cooked last night, so I could just relax and enjoy my night after work.
Iā€™m grateful life feels calm and peaceful today.
Iā€™m grateful I was able to limit social media.
Iā€™m grateful for books, poetry, new perspectives and my open mind and heart.
Iā€™m grateful for another day :yellow_heart:

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Grateful I made it through another day sober. Grateful for my therapy session today and not bailing. Grateful for different coping strategies to combat anxiety. Grateful for chamomile tea which I been drinking during the day instead of coffee. Grateful for night time walks to buy candy. Tonight i bought tropical mike and ikes. Grateful for my skateboard. Grateful for the basketball court in my neighborhood. Grateful for my big book and reading by the pond. Grateful for Mother Nature which is my God. Grateful for this community

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Gratitude list

Iā€™m grateful for Christmas trees
Two that Iā€™ve decorated
My puppyā€™s sweet snores
My momā€™s encouragement
My boyfriendā€™s work ethic
Nutcrackers
New clients

Iā€™m trying very hard to be grateful today. It shouldnā€™t be that hard but on struggle days, itā€™s super fucking hard.

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Iā€™m so grateful for this thread - the vastness of all the things to be grateful for.

Iā€™m grateful for coming upon things like this :point_down:

These are the gifts of this thread, and Iā€™m so grateful to you all for them! We increase our collective bandwidth for gratitude here, you know?

Iā€™m grateful for new experiences. Like tonightā€™s. I donā€™t live in a very earthquake-y part of the world so havenā€™t ever felt one. Until a few hours ago. :grimacing: Iā€™m grateful it caused no damage. I chuckled after, thinking that I would have used it as a ā€œhall passā€ (is that yours, Eric?) to uncork some liquid soothe-er in the before time. (There might be some salted caramel gelato before the day is done, but thatā€™s just common sense.)
Having been through a few natural mini-disasters (without incident), I know to think about water and electricity. Iā€™m grateful these are fine. I take them for granted every day.

I take so much for granted. Every single day.

Iā€™m grateful for my recovery, that I get to recover, and in turn, my recovery opens my eyes to all I have to be grateful for.
Weird. Fun! Beautiful.

(Iā€™ll be grateful if there are no more earthquakes tonight, yep. :wink:)

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

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Good evening. :sparkles:

Grateful that my parents made it home safely through the storm, there are some massive winds throwing a decent amount of snow around. This island doesnt get much snow compared to the mainland, and it shuts down when there is threat of a storm. I am grateful that all of my plans for tomorrow are cancelled, I get a snow day.
Grateful for the yoga class I experienced this morning, wow. Grateful for the yogi and the deep connection I had with him while he led the class. I followed my intuition and changed yoga studios, it was such a good move. I am grateful for gentle guidance.
I am grateful for all of the ā€œGod shotsā€ I have been experiencing. Super grateful to have an open heart and to be able to recieve all of the gifts.

:heart: :snowflake: :dizzy:

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I am grateful to be sober. Many things make me feel it even more. Someone I know irl relapsed and contacted me that day. He ā€˜confessedā€™ yesterday. I am powerless. I can offer my experience, my help. Itā€™s up to him to take it. Made me think of relationships.
I am grateful all my bikes are fit again. Gooooo Franzi :joy:
I am grateful for the ohhh, ahhhs and uhhhhs I experienced again last night in a backbends yoga course I started.
I am grateful my timer just told me I made it 3 days without chocolate. :tada:
I am grateful for TS, this thread and so much more.

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I am grateful I donā€™t have to drink anymore.
I met with my dad yesterday and watched him drink champagne like water. I could see the addict demanding a certain level of numbness in him. It terrified and hurt me and for a short moment my own inner addict just wanted to numb out as well.
I am grateful it only took a split second to recognize, it was fear and helplessness with the situation, that caused the instant craving. Once I placed it, I could let it go.
I have yet to process the feelings of helplessness and sadness. I want to be angry for what happened, but being a recovering addict myself, I just feel sadness for my dad. Or maybe myself, I donā€™t know. I have to think about how to go from here and how to put up some boundaries for myself.
I am sorry I am being a bit glum this morning. I am grateful I have this place to put this :orange_heart:

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Really struggling to feel grateful this morning but I know I need to find something positive.

Iā€™m grateful I didnā€™t drink yesterday
Iā€™m grateful I saw my doctor and he was supportive
Iā€™m grateful for leftover pizza
Grateful for coffee
Grateful my dream was just a dream and not real

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Nearly 236 days sober and despite some emotional and mental challenges lately Iā€™m content and grateful that Iā€™m sober every single day. I could not accomplish half of the equilibrium I now cherish without this gift. And I am grateful foremost.

Grateful for a lovely home
Grateful I can cook
Grateful I have a Kindle
Grateful for my partner
Grateful for a comfy bed
Grateful for warm water
Grateful that I have some family left who I can Vibe with honestly
Grateful I have found a way to let go of the family that hurt me and find some peace in that
Grateful for cheesy Christmas movies
Grateful for alternatives to help my IBS and the opportunity to help myself
Grateful for you all :heart:

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Early afternoon check-in. Today Iā€™m grateful I helped friends yesterday.

Grateful for a long talk with an old friend. Grateful for this deep conversation. Things went bad between us years ago and we talked about it. I acted selfish and insensitive back then and hurt her. I appologized and we both felt better afterwards.

Iā€™m grateful for smart TV. I sit on the couch and watch some video of a beach. Just the sea and the beach and the noise of the waves. Vacation for stay-at-home people.

Iā€™m grateful I can tick off another term of my to do list. Tick one off, get 3 new instead, but thatā€™s ok. Step by step.

Iā€™m grateful I had an idea how to put up the christmas lights in the living room and it worked :sparkling_heart:

Iā€™m grateful I can stay home for as long as I want, appointments for this week are finished. I feel exhausted allthough everything went well and was productive. Iā€™m still low on energy. Three days in a row with a packed schedule is enough. I have to pause and rest.

Iā€™m grateful for office @ home, email, wetransfer, cloud service, wlan, my reliable printer, the pc is not messing around. I was able to give my cats a buttcut (haircut on the butt to prevent litter box accidents) while they were mooching around on the desk, distracting me from work. Iā€™m grateful for well groomed cats.

Iā€™m grateful I feel full of love for my late mum. The settlement of her estate will take a few months, der Heilige BĆ¼rokratius schaut auf sein Ɩsterreich. Translations of the last sentence are welcome :pray:

Iā€™m grateful for my warm, cozy, decorated home and Iā€™m grateful to live here alone with my cats. The more time passes, the less I miss my husband. I think this is life.

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Today Iā€™m reminding myself to be grateful to have friends and colleagues that like me enough to want me around, and that I like enough to agree to spend time with. Iā€™m grateful for reminders to take things one day at a time when I begin to feel overwhelmed. Overnight my calendar filled up for the next four days straight and I recognize that this has been a source of acute anxiety in the past, and I can feel the trigger mechanisms in my thoughts traps clicking into place. Iā€™m grateful for the self-awareness Iā€™ve learned, and Iā€™m so grateful for this place and how it helps me reflect and properly articulate my feelings and fears.

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  1. Iā€™m grateful we made it safely to Big D.
  2. Iā€™m grateful itā€™s a non stop flight.
  3. Iā€™m grateful the hotel upgraded our room to a suite :scream:
  4. Iā€™m grateful I was very calm when Hertz had no cars :grimacing: and we had to wait in line awhile for a clean car to be brought up. Those people were working as hard as they could. Iā€™m sure it wasnā€™t their fault and there were enough other angry people around. And Iā€™m pretty sure being angry wouldnā€™t bring a car up faster.
  5. Iā€™m grateful we made it to our dinner res last night.
  6. Iā€™m grateful for room service coffee.
  7. Iā€™m grateful my DIL made lunch reservations for the 5 of us. Taking baby to lunch. :sparkling_heart:
  8. Iā€™m grateful I ran out of hall passes :raising_hand_man: And survived :wink:
  9. Iā€™m grateful the red roses :rose: I surprised my wife with in the hotel room look beautiful.
  10. Iā€™m grateful we had a good laugh when they fucked up the card and wrote welcome back Mr. G. So there I was explaining what should have been on the card to my beautiful wife :joy:
    The travel day was actually a smooth day with a bunch of ā€œcomedy of errors,ā€ we could laugh at.
    :pray:t2::heart:

Set peace in your mind as your highest goal, and organize your life around it.
Brian Tracy

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Good morning sober fam,

Im so greatful forā€¦

My sobriety 210+ days free from weed and alcohol
Hubby made dinner last night
I had a productive day yesterday
Was able to visit my sponsor at the hospital
AA fellowship
Boscoe
A late start to my morning, which is ok
Casual dress work environment
Patience
Jason grays order disorder reorder cd on repeat in my car
Mornings with the hubby
A nice shrimp hellofresh meal for dinner tonight

Love and light to you all. You rock!

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  • Iā€™m grateful to have a decent car to drive an hour to work everyday
  • Iā€™m grateful to be clean
  • Iā€™m grateful to be making conscious contact with a power greater than myself
    -Grateful for my family and friends
    -Im grateful to address negative thoughts almost immediately, and try and make a positive out of it
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Good morning everyone. Today I am grateful

  1. Eric and his wife had a safe flight.
  2. Calypso, my daughtersā€™ cat. We were apprehensive when we got her, but she has worked out perfectly. even though sheā€™s a brat. lol
    3.The problem being me. I can work on me.
  3. Being able to recognize I am in fear. It took me a bit, and some step work, itā€™s always fear. donā€™t know why Iā€™m always surprised lol
  4. seeing commonalities instead of differences. Itā€™s getting easier.
  5. learning to dish out trust in small portions.
  6. remembering people are fallible and we all make mistakes.
  7. willingness to understand
  8. knee braces. I can walk a bit easier.
  9. my healthy breakfast. Iā€™ve been eating like a trash panda for a few months.
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Iā€™m grateful awhile back I heard something that just floored me.
If Iā€™m not the problem thereā€™s no solution.
Frankly I hated it.
Iā€™m grateful Iā€™ve accepted it and it makes things a bit easier.

Iā€™m grateful I realized the other day Iā€™m having trouble with the fear thing. Like Stella said as well. Itā€™s almost always fear.

Iā€™ll be grateful when you post number 10. I only see 9 :hugs:
Trash panda :panda_face::thinking::heart:

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Iā€™m grateful to be adding sober days together, one by one.
Iā€™m grateful that I donā€™t want to drink.
Iā€™m grateful to help out a friend with her kids later, just picking up from football practice and taking home. Iā€™m grateful to have passed that time of my life, it was nonstop driving and organising, grateful to be on a different chapter.
Iā€™m grateful to decline a get together in a restaurant, i donā€™t want to go so Iā€™m not going to. Grateful to have the choice and the confidence to say no.
Iā€™m grateful to be sleeping well, I donā€™t know how I coped all those years with little sleep.
:sparkling_heart:

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I type is out and it looks good on my computer and if i go to edit it, but the numbers are all messed up on my phone :rofl:

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I am grateful that although I got COVID and had to go to hospital that I was sober and didnt have to go through withdrawals and be sick. That would have been an agony worse than death.
I am grateful that I have made it through the worst of the virus and will be able to go home today.
I am grateful that my 65 days of sobriety probably saved my life.
I am grateful that I will get to see my family and sleep in my own bed.
I am just so bloody grateful.

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