When you made this post… i actually wasnt even feeling that greatful. But i know I am. Took a second to think about it and now I ACTUALLY feel grateful… thank you!!!
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I am happy you are feeling grateful… Some times a switch in perspective is all it takes! Keep on doing the next rite thing and keep your head up!!!
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I’m grateful for the power of my heart
I’m grateful that love is a super power
I’m grateful for a night dance sesh
I’m grateful for fun days at work
I’m grateful forgiving and letting go is always easier then holding on and being upset.
I’m grateful for little treats that keep popping up on my desk.
I’m grateful that I can help others
I’m grateful when I’m silly people follow suit. I like seeing other people have fun and let go a little.
I’m grateful that I find comfort in my rituals
I’m grateful for the moon
I’m grateful that today was a good day 
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Grateful I traveled, felt no cravings for a drink, met with a friend who used to be my absolute enabler and drinking buddy…and told him I haven’t had a drink since March. And that I was not planning on drinking that day or the next. He was surprised. Our get together was awkward.
Grateful I realized that some friendships will probably either change or go away. The ones that will go away I’ll miss, but this is much more important. Being sober brings so much good into my life. I’m grateful I see that now. I didn’t, 8 months ago.
Grateful for the sense of peace I have of letting go of some relationships. It’s not an easy thing for me. I’m putting a lot of thought and energy into making peace within myself. It’s time and energy well spent.
I’m grateful there was a football game while I was waiting for my luggage at the airport when I arrived back home yesterday. Not grateful my luggage was lost, but at least I had some distraction when I was tired, cold, hungry and grumpy. The luggage never came. I’m grateful they will (hopefully) deliver it today. I’m grateful this happened on the way home, and not on the way to my business trip. I can manage it.
I’m grateful for change. For accepting change. For learning that change means growth.
I’m grateful for the love I have in my life, that allows me to change, grow and still love and be loved.
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- I’m grateful for my ear worm Du Jour
“That’s Just Who You Are” by Amie Mann - I’m grateful for my higher power, music, when it brings me to tears, first thing in the morning. Healthy wonderful soul cleansing tears.
- I’m grateful for the excitement I feel inside when I can’t wait to come on here and share something with my Home Group.
- I’m grateful I sat with that excitement and feelings and tears for quite awhile this morning before coming on here and sharing. Sometimes what I want to share here prevents me from soaking up the healing I’m feeling because I just want to share it.
- I’m grateful for those feelings of healing.
- I’m grateful I can see happiness in Minnie’s face when we walk on the trails in the mountains among the pines in the cool damp, almost winter, weather. She really loves it here.
- I’m grateful I really love it here and I am so happy and blessed to be walking among the pines along the golf course coming across funny looking squirrels
huge ravens, and Brian, 
the Blue Heron. - I’m grateful it feels like we are alone up here and the summer camp is all boarded up and everyone went back to the Valley.
- I’m grateful today I feel so much better and I’m learning I cannot control my feelings and I think I just need to learn to feel those unhappy feelings of sadness and hopelessness, miserable heartsick feelings.
- I’m grateful those feelings go away and can be replaced by other feelings like contentment, gratefulness, and even joy. And especially love for my addict if I give it time and try not to control my feelings.
I know that’s a flamingo but if it was blue it would look like the Blue Heron I saw.
Acting steady always ready
To defend your fears
(that’s just what you are)
What’s the matter with the truth
Did I offend your ears
(that’s just what you are)
that’s Just What You Are
Aimee Mann
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Day 159 Gratitude List
Therapy appt today
New hair color
New clients this week
Mom’s mood being better than this past weekend
Having my daughter home for a few days
Admitting that I’m addicted to sugar. Keeping that in check beginning today!
Zero sugar energy drinks (I know how bad they are for you)
Waking up refreshed every morning…no hangovers, headaches, shakes or “hangxiety”
Soothing music
Christmas parades
Oil diffusers
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Grateful for another day on this planet. Grateful it was sunny and not cold today. Grateful for getting some work done on my parents property. Grateful to be staying the night because I’ve been tried of being in my room and got a break from the roommates. Grateful there is direct tv in the guest room. Grateful for the streak my dad cooked tonight. Grateful to be able to play with the family dog tucker. Grateful when he gets the zoomies! I’m grateful my mental health is better. Grateful for God (Mother Nature) And grateful she has my back
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I’m grateful for a full moon.
I’m grateful I took the time tonight to write and reflect.
I’m grateful I can celebrate and love myself when I need it.
I’m grateful for rue kisses.
I’m grateful for peppermint tea.
I’m grateful for my life, right now. That I can see that my journey is what makes my life beautiful too. Not just where I am headed.
I’m grateful for my health.
I’m grateful that I have access to healthy, yummy food.
I’m grateful for movement
I’m grateful that laughter is a big part of my life. I’m grateful I surround myself with people who like to be silly.
I’m grateful laughter can be medicine.
I’m grateful I’m relearning how fun it is to be playful and silly. I’m not sure where I lost that part of me, but I’m happy to see it back.
I’m grateful I love to cook.
I’m grateful that when I choose love over fear, I feel like I’m right where I need to be.
I’m grateful for my life, that I exist, and for this very moment.
Sweet dreams 
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Ah, finally! I’m grateful I’ve been looking forward to hitting up my home thread all day. Yesterday too. I spot-checked it here and there, and practiced gratitude no less, but there’s nothing like indulging in the slow read of your shares. I’m grateful for your words and how there is something in each post that touches me or resonates with me or piques my recovery-interest somehow. I’m grateful for all of you.
I’m grateful for the equanimity meditation on Monday night. Slowly, I’m grateful to learn about letting go (yeah, some changing relationships for me too), to learn more about where and how to draw boundaries, to learn how to claim my space and voice, just as others will in their way.
I’m grateful my pace has slowed since leaving my old job, and I’m grateful I’m okay with that. I’m grateful to work at my methodical, deliberate pace, (kinda plodding, but calm!) and not running a mile a minute, hair-brained and breathless. (Of course, all of this is at my desk - not a race track 
). I think that crazy pace kept me from my own consciousness…
I’m grateful for the snow, for the short days. For the invitation to go within that this season brings - particularly when one isn’t (ok, I’m not) drawn into all the obligatory revelry. It can FRO. 
I’m grateful for another day. 
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I am so tired, and I am very grateful to be typing this evening gratitude from the comfort of my bed. I am grateful that I live in gratitude today.
This new yoga instructor of mine… wow. When our hearts are open and we can really let go its incredible what will be placed before us. I am grateful that my intuition was right when it told me, “they are your people.” I am grateful for the tears we shared yesterday, and that they felt safe to speak their truth. I am grateful that I listened to my heart and waited until we were alone this morning to have a more personal conversation. I am grateful that our journey’s align and I hope we continue to be positive support for each other. 
I am grateful that I can go to sleep now.
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This reminds me how much I think of this thread throughout the day and week! Some small thing will remind me of one of your avatars and make me smile. Grateful for this community.
I’m grateful to you and Brian (the person, not the heron, lol) for keeping this thread alive for so long. The original stalwart and steady Gratidudes! There’s no pressure, but I’d be grateful to see @I.cant.We.can come around. You’ll always be welcome here, friend.
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- I’m grateful I got up way too early, wide awake and headache free. Did a few things for a couple of hours not all recovery related and enjoyed my quiet time in a different way this morning.
- I’m grateful for my higher power, music right now, as I do my gratitude list.
- I’m grateful I fired our house cleaners yesterday. Dang that felt good. Haven’t fired anyone in awhile.
- I’m grateful I put up a little bit of Christmas decorations the last couple of days. We’re going small this year.
- I’m grateful my wife told me, “you know we’re on baby watch now?”
No! I did not know that! Like a doofus I was pretty content waiting on the due date of January 15th. - I’m grateful Gus’s arrival is totally out of my control.
- I’m grateful for the thought if Gussy comes 2 weeks early he could be born on my sober date.
- I’m grateful for powerful shares by my Twinnie
- I’m grateful I found a new meeting I could go to last night and I found the cojones to ask/tell my wife I wanted to go to it. She said ok. I think I need 2 meetings a week.
- I’m grateful I didn’t go to that meeting last night because of the rainy icy wintery mix coming down. And I can go next week.
I fall (I fall just to get back up, I fall just to get back up)
I fall (I fall just to get back up, I fall just to get back up)
I fall (I fall just to get back up, I fall just to get back up)
I’m glad I saw this place
Now I know I’m never comin’ back (woo)
Rock Bottom
Misterwives
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I don’t know if it’s just me finally resurfacing from the long low period or the new brain medicine, but I feel good again, and genuinely happy and cheerful again. For a long while there I was feeling defeated before I ever even tried to do something, like everything was taking a bit of extra effort and doing even things I enjoy seemed overwhelming. I’m so so grateful to be coming out of the fog.
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Ive been mia from our gratitude thread this week and i can feel a difference, not positive. So here i come back, humbly offering my gratitude in hopes i can dig myself outta the mehs.
Today i am greatful for
My sobriety, 221 days free from weed and alcohol
My hubby, and his love
Boscoe and his love
My folks and how they love “babysitting” boscoe
A flexible work week
Extra time since im not boozing every night
No hangovers or nausea
Time to tackle the dishes today
Knowing its ok to not be ok
Clear emotions and thoughts
Progress not perfection
Sending all of you light and love
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Today I’m grateful that Eric fired their house cleaners. It reminds me of taking good care of myself.
I’m grateful for a busy, productive day yesterday and a nice birthday dinner for a friend I was invited over. It was lovely. I enjoyed being around friends, laughing, talking, eating.
I’m grateful for a long talk on the phone with another dear fried afterwards. I needed to talk yesterday, I needed to talk a lot, about how I feel, about my change and growth, about how much hurt is still inside me, how much I miss to be loved, about how proud I am I move on, babysteps, day by day.
I’m grateful I slept in today and that I ordered food delivery. I’m grateful my cats want to cuddle and sleep on me, snorring and purring at the same time. They mean the world to me.
Grateful I watch a film this afternoon.
I feel lonely and exhausted today. I’m grateful I know this is a pattern and tomorrow I will feel better again. After an intense day I feel like this the next day. I’m grateful I practice the pause. Countless times I did not text my husband, did not call him, focused on me instead and tried to distract me and let go. I’m grateful I try over and over, routine comes with practicing.
I’m grateful for the shiatsu treatment yesterday. Feeling vulnerable and weak, needy comes partly from it. I know it, I’m grateful I feel my energy floating allthough it’s not always pleasant.
Edit to add: I’m grateful for the wood fired stove and its cozy warmth spreading in the living room. Grateful for beach videos with sounds of the sea. So relaxing.
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Today after work I am going to speak at a friend’s new chemfree house. He wants me to come share my experience in recovery and how I’ve made it this far… Two years ago I was homeless and facing prison time… I am grateful today to be able to help others find a new way to live. Life is amazing
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I am grateful to be sober.
I am grateful I can be in bed early. I am tired.
I am grateful for podcasts. It’s so interesting. So much input.
I am grateful it’s Friday tomorrow. I know I have to work in this thinking. I need to stop thinking so much. Yesterday I read here that someone is feeling more than thinking as a type of personality. This is like unbelievable fiction for me. I’d like to be in that person’s shoes for some time if that makes sense.
I am grateful I have enough.
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Good afternoon. 
I am grateful for music, poetry, and love.
I am grateful that all I have today is my truth, and that is enough. I am enough.
I am grateful that my life is full of blessings and every day I can see them and express gratitude. Somedays my gratitude is loud and in lists, other days it comes as a small smile and nod to the universe.
I am grateful that I get so much time with my parents, even if the time we spend isn’t always clumped in long visits. I am grateful for the memories that I make with them, like the recent laughs my mom and I had as I shaved her head. I am grateful for the way my dad looks at my mom; it’s with adoration, he cherishes her. I am grateful that I am of sane mind to be present with them for these very important years of their lives.
I am grateful that both of my sleeve tattoos are finally finished, I sat for my final 4-hour session yesterday. Grateful that my arm isn’t too swollen today and that although I do think the tattooing has triggered a fibro flare-up, I am hoping it won’t be too bad. I am also grateful that I was able to listen to my intuition and cancel the next appointment I had scheduled to add to my chest piece. I noticed myself getting caught in an addictive pattern and just scheduling another appointment as I paid for the one I was finishing. Over the last 6 months, I have had 4 tattoo sessions, that’s enough. I am grateful that I don’t fight myself too much anymore, I am trusting myself these days.
I am grateful for the soft energy of the moon and that the time now during its waning is the perfect time to release, to let go of all of the things no longer serving me. I am grateful to feel the spaciousness inside of me when I do this, there is more space for love, happiness, joy, and hope… Grateful that when I think about the moon and her soft energy, then think about all she is responsible for when it comes to our planet, I am humbled to call her a power greater than myself. If she can influence the tides, the reunion of petrel, direct dung beetles, and trigger certain trees to weep sap then why not me? Why can’t I also be guided by her magic to let shit go?
I am grateful for meditation, Insight timer, and ALL of the meditations they have available for free. I am grateful that I can use it as a tool in my sponsoring other women. I am so grateful for that app I am going to start paying for it, it’s worth it. ( And I want to do come of the courses…)
I am grateful for my life today, my life is not perfect, I am actually not doing great if we are to look at my health. But, my spirit is alive and I feel really good, what a difference recovery has made in my life. I am grateful that my perspective has changed so much that I don’t feel like I am suffering, I think that’s a good thing but I don’t know. I am not worried about it, I am just letting myself be.
Today I am grateful.
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Good evening all,
I completely agree @Cjp, not doing daily gratitude has become a bad habit of mine, and makes it so much easier to focus on the bad stuff. So, I’m grateful for laughter at work. I’m grateful that I had dinner ready and made cookies tonight, which made the evening very enjoyable. I’m grateful for Christmas lights. I’m grateful for my home and family, and my homethread and family here.
Everyone have a wonderful evening 
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I’m grateful to be sober!!
Last night I was irritable after a frustrating day of teaching. I haven’t been that irritable in a long time. And I recognized that I was having a craving to drink due to that mood.
I did not drink.
I relaxed at home with my husband and went to bed early.
I got up very early and swam a lot of laps in the pool this morning. During my swim I identified what had frustrated me and what I could do about it. I composed my thoughts on my solution and planned out how to approach my bosses with the problem and a solution.
By later this afternoon I got the go-ahead for the solution!
I’m grateful to be sober because I not only avoided drinking, I got a good night of sleep, I got up and was able to exercise and get to a solution.
When I was drinking this chain of events may have eventually gotten to my approved solution, but it would have been delayed multiple times by my need to self-Medicate and then poison my opportunities to get to solutions quickly.
I would have been continuing my irritation well into the next few days as I added sleep troubles, hangovers, and additional anxiety.
Dang.
I’m really grateful to be sober.
I’m grateful for all the help from this community. I wish you all peace.
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