I am grateful to be sober.
I am grateful I don’t drink over things like I used to. I still have no clue how to change things but drinking is out of the equation.
I am grateful for public transport.
I am grateful I have enough.
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Early morning gratitude: I’m grateful for no nightmares today, only weird dreams. I’m grateful my old boy is softly purring on me wanting to be cuddled and petted. I’m grateful it’s still dark, freezing cold, I snuggle up in my comfy bed. I’m grateful I texted my husband again that I want my winter cloths today. I only have one warm trousers here in my house. His bullshit sucks. Sorry for nagging. I’m frustrated that he acts like he acts. I think too much. Serenity prayer is not helping because the part “change what you can change” brings up a lot of nonsupportive thoughts I will not use to change the situation. I want a positive change for me, not harming myself with habitually reacting in an angry way because I’m frustrated, hurt and on the edge. I’m grateful to practice the pause. Most of the time. I’m grateful to be sober, hungover me would curl up in bed crying and wallowing in self-pity and suicidal thoughts. No thanks, listening to the sounds of the awakening house (cats rambling and miowing, automatic lights going on) and the awakening city (mostly traffic noise, some dogs barking) is so much nicer 
I’m grateful I’m in a very much better mood now. Expressing gratitude really really helps to refocus on the good sides of life. Right now I feel this impact and difference deeply and I’m deeply grateful for it. 
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I do this too!!!
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Good morning all,
I’m grateful for time to do gratitude’s before leaving for work. I’m grateful for hot coffee and big sweaters- it’s cold here this morning! I’m grateful for the big cook book my mom gave me for Christmas, and our plans to pick a recipe, cook at our homes, and compare notes. I’m grateful to be able to do things like this. I avoided my family for a very long time because I was afraid they would see that something was wrong with me. I didn’t want to worry them or let my secret out, so I just stayed away. I’m so very grateful I don’t have to do that anymore, and never again. I’m grateful for Christmas lights to brighten dark mornings, and for love and forgiveness.
Everyone have a wonderful day❤️
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The sun came out after 7 days of grey skies! Ahhh, I basked in it and closed my eyes. Grateful for that moment alone with the sun in nature. So grateful for the sun.
I’m grateful that time creates distance between the me now and the me who I never want to be ever again.
Grateful for early morning smiles from baby! And her big stretches when I unswaddle her.
Grateful to be starting a new chapter in life. Older, wiser, healthier, & anything is possible!
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So much of my life I spent seeking for the things I wanted and needed. Sometimes it’s was exciting and satisfying and sometimes it left me feeling lost and
Extremely alone. When I looked for what I needed outside of me and didn’t find it or couldn’t I would feel scared, triggered, like I didn’t belong.
Today I’m grateful that I can give me all the things I’m seeking. That I needn’t wait or search. Or give up my power in hopes of finding what I most need in any minute.
I ask my self what I’m seeking each day. It’s usually only a few words. Today: love, connection, closeness, and safety. And I find as many ways as possible to gift them to myself 
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Today I’m grateful for all the wee beasties I’ve loved and lost. I’m grateful that I could be there and be helpful and comforting to my bff during a time of loss yesterday, and today, and tomorrow. I’m grateful that I could make my pain useful by helping her, and heal myself a tiny bit more by doing so. Grateful to all our furry friends here and gone, may they snuggle and frolic with the rest of our loved ones who’ve already passed while they wait for me to catch up.
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Good morning sober fam,
Im very greatful for…
My sobriety, 227 days free from weed and alcohol
My husbands sobriety, 5 months today
My husband working his ass off to be an equal partner financially
Boscoe and his cuddles
The electric feeling i get sometimes when we hold hands and pray at the end of an aa mtg
Its hump day
My folks
Serenity moments
Christmas lights
Love and forgiveness
Love and light to you all
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- I’m grateful I had to drive in the wintery weather freezing cold mix yesterday.
- I’m grateful to learn once I get out of my hood the roads really aren’t that bad. They’re actually pretty good. It’s a fear I’m facing and trying to deal with.
- I’m grateful I went back out twice in the evening even with a little more light snow.
- I’m grateful I made it to my meeting and ended up chairing it because that person didn’t show.
- I’m grateful I got to pick a topic on the fly. It was the reading I posted for you @erntedank on December 3. All those stupid questions we ask ourselves why the qualifier does this or that and why don’t they do it our way? It was very well received. And fun to listen to.
- I’m grateful we did get all our packages shipped yesterday and there was no line.
- I’m grateful for the freezing cold wintery mix we’ve had and now a week of pure cold mostly sunshine is in the forecast.
- I’m grateful for both my recoveries.
- I’m grateful I’m going to try a different meeting tonight. It’s a step meeting. Something totally new to me. It’s not snowing. I’ve told you guys about it. No excuses now not to go.
- I’m grateful for the rush I feel when I go to a new meeting. Or when I use to volunteer at the nursing home. Or do ATL “ask the Lord” wandering the streets in Guatemala, with total strangers and I seek my higher power to be with me, and my higher power
and God never let me down. I wish I could duplicate it but I never can. It’s always different. There’s just this feeling of strength I get when I go in there and just let God take over and I have no idea what to expect.
Your ability to see
Beauty and Possibility
Is proportionate to the level at which you
Embrace Gratitude
Dr Steve Maraboli
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I am grateful that the sponsee who has been back out came home last night. I am grateful that the woman who I am doing my own step of steps with was flexible and we rescheduled so I could pick my sponsee up and go to a meeting with her. I am grateful for the overflowing feeling of happiness that literally took over my body last night and I am grateful that I could recognize what I was doing. Attaching emotions to people, places and things is a dangerous game and I know this; grateful that I told myself out loud “Yes, be very happy, ‘Just for today’” I am grateful that in this moment I am able to live what I am learning and I hope that I will continue to be able to do so.
I am grateful to have gotten up early enough to wake nice and slow, with strong coffee and daily readings. I am looking forward to a little roadtrip today. Two of my sponsees, my kiddo and I are heading into town. Kiddo is having her hair cut while the three of us hit the womens nooner. I am grateful for days like today where my recovery family and my blood family mesh together.
I am grateful to have wrapped the last of my Christmas pressies and finished my kiddos bday shopping too!!! 
I am grateful for Canada Post, online shopping and Visa. Hahaha.
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Grateful for the fire burning, for my blanket, for my fluffly dog next to me.
Grateful for another day, filled with amazing moments and exciting possibilities.
Grateful for a moment of reflection before bed with a cup of Christmas tea.
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Today I’m grateful I called it a day at 3 pm. I had enough. Grateful I met our post-lady by chance in the morning, she had 5 registered letters for me. 2 ok, 1 of them surprisingly quick, 3 fall in the WTF category. I’m grateful I hand over the WTF letters to my lawyers. I’m grateful for scan software on mobile phones. Life is so easy with modern technology. Sometimes.
I’m grateful I finally have my winter cloths No more freezing in thin trousers (allthough I wear 2 of it).
I’m grateful I saw my husband. It’s a weird situation and his behaviour is difficult to describe. Talking little, being angry? annoyed? ennervated? exhausted? depressed? pissed? insecure? overwhelmed? manipulative? stubborn? selfish? … You get the problem.
Anyway, I have warm jackets, trousers and boots, so the meeting was good
I’m grateful for well organized institutions. I had an appointment and allthough they are behind schedule (sick leaves skyrocketing here at the moment) I only had to wait about 15 minutes. They are doing great work.
I’m grateful I cuddled up in bed in the afternoon. I felt something between upset and exhausted, checked HALT, had lunch, petted cats and headed for my cozy bed. Grateful for another day when HALT had a valuable and changing impact on my life.
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I’m grateful you got your winter clothes back.
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How cute!!! Might post a happily wrapped in cloth selfie tomorrow on the selfie thread 
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Tonight I’m grateful to be laying my sober head down on my soft clean pillow. Super stoked to wake up not hungover.
Good night and sweet dreams everyone. 
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I am grateful the work year is slowly coming to an end. Five more days and I’ll be off for a month of travelling. I still can’t believe how much money I saved by not wasting it on alcohol. I am grateful I can now use it for new experiences and broadening my mind. I am grateful I finally make happen what I was only talking about for years and then never followed through with.
I am grateful for an entertaining dream last night that woke me up laughing. In it my childhood cat Juri was chasing a baby hippo that was jumping from branch to branch in the trees in front of my house. Whereever my brain got that from… 
. I am grateful for the quality of sleep I get nowadays.
I am grateful for my body - its doing good, considering how badly I treated it for years. I am grateful it forgives most of it.
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I’m grateful for my uninterrupted morning coffee ritual. Also happy that my son slept throughout the night without nightmares or wakings up and calling me (to cut a long story short, a couple of nights ago I let him persuade me to watch together “El labirinto del Fauno” from my DVD collection (there are a couple of dinosaurs like me left in these modern times :-))). I remembered the atmosphere was tense and there was so much sadness, which, combined with the creature from the girl’s second taks (that’s where I turned off the tv) didn’t make for a great choice.
I tried to explain that the movie was not for children, but in the end I gave up, so he/we had a bit of a rough time the other night. .
Tonight, of course, without tv before bed, we did some breathing exercises together and a bit of relaxation and he slept well no problems.
Have a great day, you amazing people.
I’m having another coffee 
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- I’m grateful I was feeling a little down and little depressed last night and even this morning so I started my day with an 8 minute morning meditation.
- I’m grateful the meditation helped. Didn’t cure me but definitely helped.
- I’m grateful I did make it to a new meeting last night and it wasn’t at all what I expected.
- I’m grateful I learned something, especially how dangerous this disease can be and how important anonymity is. And I still have trouble pronouncing it and can’t even spell it close enough for spell check
- I’m grateful I know through a second hand kinda life how dangerous this disease is but where you are in the rooms and you are with real people it can be eye opening. This family disease of addiction is real. And deadly. #fuckaddiction
- I’m grateful I get to deal with it from the comfort of my house and I’m in a safe place.
- I’m grateful for the fitness center here and I got on a treadmill yesterday morning because it was too cold to walk the dogs and I didn’t want to sit around and waste the morning. I hate treadmills
- I’m grateful I enjoyed my time on the treadmill. I actually used the screen to put on fields of lavender somewhere in Europe as I walked with real snow and pine trees and mountains also to look at out the windows.
- I’m grateful for the warm purring lap warmer I have right now.
- I’m grateful we finally got a pic of my little girl with her HUGE Gus belly. She is so beautiful. I’ve wanted to see it irl but I will just have to be grateful to see it in pictures.
I’m grateful when I learn a new acronym or alliteration.
The 4 L’s
Listen
Learn
Let Go
Love
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I am grateful to be sober.
I am grateful I got released for some tasks at work. Finally. Some colleagues got frustrated and went to our boss as I did everything but they had to do the work twice and as I did it mostly correct. Some pressure from the bottom 
I am grateful that time passes rather quickly once you feel like you are actually working.
I am grateful I have enough. I was a bit shocked when the guy I know from a meeting wrote me he had to go to the ‘Tafel’ to get food. I didn’t know anyone having to do this until today. That’s a place where people in need can get food for very few Euro. Because they cannot make their living alone.
I am grateful I reached out somehow and volunteered as a yoga model for others. Having some social contacts.
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Checking in because it’s been a little. Despite my anxiety feeling out of control I’m remaining grateful for the simple things. I’m grateful for the steps and life lessons from AA. I’m grateful for forcing myself to continue therapy even though it’s difficult sometimes. Sometimes feeling uncomfortable is progress. I’m grateful for having 3 months or so . I haven’t been counting days this time. I think soon I will come back to the check in thread and count days. I got a lot of catching up to do on this thread. But I’m here and I’m grateful. Grateful for this community
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