Good morning sober fam,
Im so very greatful for…
My sobriety
My husbands sobriety
My husband helped me clean, preparing for guests
Boscoe and all his personality
a good sleep
A day off
Court tv, love the trash
Long johns
Pillows
Non alcoholic drinks
Trash pickup
Reliable transportation
Strength
Joy
Hope
AA fellowship
Love and peace to you all
This made me so happy to read 
grateful for you @Dazercat and happy to hear your meetings are going well! 
Did you say brrr??? LoL. I remember when I lived in Hawaii we felt that way when it dropped to low 70’s. I worked in the 19 degree weather this week. 
Congrats on 100 days, Jenny. That’s a big milestone. And absolutely stop and celebrate that’s the whole point of all of this for me. Enjoying this crazy journey.
I am really grateful for this new book, Untamed by Glennon Doyle. When i started reading it it was like I was reading the thoughts I was about to think. 
Trippy. This is going to be a game changer for me.
Grateful for all the snow and ice on the ground. It’s slowing me down and taking me back to the fundamentals. I’m very grateful we have retained our power this time. So very grateful for my little space heater.
Im grateful my good friend took me out to a really lovely dinner last night to celebrate my 9 months and him getting his license back after many years. Miracles are happening everywhere. It’s really beautiful to watch. I’m grateful I’m able to slow myself down to observe and enjoy them.
Im grateful that I’m embracing my sensitivity and learning it’s actual potential. I’m grateful to understand that this shit is a super power and not a glitch. I’m grateful to be understanding the world around me and see our society for what it is and do me how i need to do me.
As always I’m grateful for this chance at resonance with life. 
Your gratitude quotes make my day.
I’m grateful it’s finally holidays for me! I’m beat, ready for a break. 10 days to do lotsa M-ing.
I’m grateful I’ve accepted I’m going nowhere, given the weather. No 8hr drive on sketchy highway. That was supposed to happen today or tomorrow. No waiting in terminal in the small northern airport here, for a plane that won’t arrive. (I was looking at flights/tickets even a few days ago.) I’m grateful I have everything I need right here, right where I am.
I’m grateful I have the means to stay connected - phone, facetime, internet.
I’m grateful I have a warm home (-30C/-22F out there - brrr), running water, electricity.
I’m grateful - and quite excited! - to run around town tomorrow morning and gather some yummy food things for my new christmas plans. I’m wicked-super-fucking-thrilled-and-relieved-and-grateful this doesn’t include bottles of wine, which I would have purchased without question, and also some dread, in the before time.
I’m grateful I’ll sink into some books instead. My yoga mat. Hopefully it warms up enough to get some snowshoeing in. I’ll keep ya posted.
I’m grateful you Gratidudes like the poem, and that you indulge me in this way. Yes, Bootz, Patrick Lane! His poet wife was an instructor at a writing retreat I took a few years back. She had a book of his poems published posthumously this year. I did read his memoir of his recovery, There is a Season. Wow. We do recover. Grateful.
Bedtime for this M. I’m grateful for this home thread.
I’m grateful for another day. 
Im greatful tonight.
Greatful for in person AA mtgs
Greatful for relatable shares
Greatful im not homeless
Greatful for the hubbys and Boscoes love
Greatful christmas gifts are wrapped
Greatful for sparkling water and chocolate
Greatful im learning not to listen to that voice that says you arent doing enough, you arent enough
Greatful for progress
Greatful for sobriety
Same same!
Tonight I had my family Christmas. It was a great time full of tons of laughter and family. I am grateful that I have family who has seen me through all my changes and loves me just the same. I am grateful that I am putting the work in to be my very best me. I am grateful that family time doesn’t stress me as much. Now it just reminds me to confront my emotional issues and work through them. If I don’t I land right back in anxiety and fear.
I am very grateful that I was tempted once tonight. My sister asked me to bring her wine from another room and while I was carrying it I wanted to drink it for a second. I thought that no one would know. I’m very grateful that I recognized that I didn’t want a sneaky sip of wine, I wanted to crawl back inside that bottle and escape. In the second I had my drinking thoughts the tape played through in my head. I saw myself take a sip, drink on the sly, drive home impaired and I saw myself pick up two bottles of red to drink at home. In that split second I also knew that all the trouble I would welcome was not worth that first sip. Merry Christmas fighters. I work the next two days so the holidays are essentially over for me and I got through them sober today. This is my first sober Christmas and I hope to have many more. Sobriety today and maintaining it for the future is the best gift I could ask for. 
Merry Christmas Trusty Sober Bird
That first sober Christmas is one of my fave milestones. I hope you have a good rest of the week 
Thanks Dazer! I’m really proud of myself. Merry Christmas to you too. 
I am grateful for internet and smart phones. That way I can quickly check in with friends in Canada and the US to see how they are. I hope you all of you gratidudes over there are also doing alright - it sure sounds very cold.
I am grateful for christmas eve and some family time. I am grateful my grandma (93) will be around. She is such a role model in some ways. I am grateful I can nowadays also see the good which has come from my parents and family, not only the disfunctional stuff. I am grateful I can see the world around me in all shades, not just black and white like I used to.
I am grateful for continuity, stability and an optimistic outlook on life. Something I find very much on this gratitude thread.
Have a jolly holly Christmas, everyone
Trying to remember all have to be grateful for when I get stressed and overwhelmed.
I’m grateful to spend time with my family over Christmas.
I’m grateful travel up here wasn’t too bad.
I’m grateful my sister brought her dog with her.
I’m grateful for a dusting of snow.
I’m grateful for my friend looking after my cats.
I’m grateful for my family’s health.
I’m grateful I didn’t drink last night despite the temptation.
I’m grateful for central heat and cozy blankets.
And have to come up with other stuff I am happily grateful for.
and family for Christmas. But that’s just the way it is. I got The Ol Burner! And the gang and grateful we don’t ditch them for Holidays.
”The real gift of gratitude is the more grateful you are, the more present you become.”
Robert Holden
Good morning all,
I’m grateful for Christmas lights and the coziness of the Christmas trees. I’m grateful I made it through a Christmas party with lots of new people, and I didn’t feel like I needed a drink. I’m grateful it was fun. I’m grateful I baked and prepped stuff yesterday, so today will be easy and relaxing. I’m grateful for my home, my family, and for a life that I feel like I’m actually living now. I’m grateful for all of you, and for my home thread.
Everyone have a wonderful day
I am grateful for day 658! I am grateful to be with SO and his family and a new baby. Two months old. Absolutely precious. And…I am trying hard to conjure up gratitude for our upcoming adventure to Walmart the day before Christmas in these conditions.
I am grateful for unconditional love, equanimity and compassion.
I am grateful for my open heart and recovery as it is allowing me to stay flexible during the holidays.
I am grateful to live in the grey today.
I am grateful to have acceptance around many things.
I am grateful that I found the courage to advocade for myself, to be assertive and to stay true to my values. I am also grateful that I did all of that kindly, with consideration for the other persons feelings. Ty DBT.
I am grateful that the headache and pukey feeling I woke up with seems to be nothing too dramatic. One little episode and my tummy feels managable. I am hopeful it is not a wicked migraine coming on or the stomach flu that is going around.
I am grateful for the quiet day I had yesterday, I did nothing. I am grateful that I was able to redirect my head, when it told me to do stuff, back to just resting. I am grateful that I allowed myself that and that instead of feeling guilty I feel grateful.
Good morning and merry christmas eve sober fam,
Im so very greatful for
My sobriety
My husband
Boscoe
AA fellowship and this shit just clicking for me
Little joys of life
Big joys of life
My healthy family
Able to fill my tank, literally and spiritually
This amazing space where people come and share and grow in their sobriety
Im greatful for each and every one of you
That’s a tall order of gratitude right there
Good luck MB.
I’m trying to conjure up a work out at the fitness center treadmill.
Merry Christmas.
Enjoy that baby
Merry Christmas Eve to all who celebrate and peace to everyone
It’s Saturday and I’m grateful to be with my husband and dogs in this beautiful and mostly warm house on Tybee Island in Georgia. It is unseasonably cold and windy here. However it is also sunny, and being from Wisconsin, we just bundled up in our parkas and walked in the sunshine on the beach. Just a couple of sober middle aged folks not hitting the bars or the liquor store.
I’m grateful for the excellent seafood we have purchased and the fun kitchen of the rental house so we can cook delicious food for ourselves.
I’m grateful for the big claw foot tub in this house and the bubble bath I purchased for some warm water relaxation later today.
I’m grateful that this old house has big comfortable beds and lots of quilts for us to snuggle in.
I’m grateful for the variety of teas and coffee and hot chocolate and sparkling water that I keep sipping all day and into the night.
I’m grateful for my kindle and the excellent wifi here. I can read library books to my hearts content and most likely will watch a movie soon too.
I’m grateful for the connection to this community and the habits of writing and reflecting that I e found here. If it weren’t for this daily reading and thinking, I’m very confident that I would not be at 421 days sober today. I would have justified myself back into the bottle many times by now and wondered why I couldn’t control myself. Daily reading here helps me understand and stay committed to my choice to be sober. Every single day I want to drink and every single day I use strategies I have learned here to make the right choice.
I’m grateful for my happy marriage. The hubby and I took a big risk in getting married, each for the second time, while we had so many unresolved issues and addiction to alcohol. But we have held hands and found our way here. We have 17 years together and now we are sober and are enjoying ourselves together in ways we would not have anticipated a few years ago.
I’m grateful for good health. Next month I will be 58 years old and am able to do most anything I want like long walks, long swims, good bike rides, gardening and camping. Becoming sober has improved my blood pressure and anxiety and allowed me to take up more exercise.
I’m grateful to live in a safe and loving home with good relationships with my family. That has not always been my life, so I am extra grateful.
I’m grateful for time off from a job I mostly enjoy.
I’m grateful for the opportunity I’ve created for myself by simplifying my life and being able to live in less money. This has brought me freedom. There is nothing sweeter than time. And a certain amount of security.
I’m grateful to have had the courage to determine that I need this time of year to be relaxing and free of stress. It’s not easy to establish boundaries about holidays with family members who have chosen to be oblivious to what my anxiety is like at this time of year. To be away from family at this time helps me enjoy them well at other times of year. It took a long time to get here and I’m grateful that I survived the journey from the chaos and abuse that was the Christmas of my childhood to the chaos and pressure of my young motherhood to the peace and quiet of this middle aged time.
I’m grateful to be in love with my husband.
I’m grateful for the love of my grown sons.
I’m grateful for the loving relationships I have with my siblings.
I’m grateful for the work that my mother and I have done to get to better places.
I’m grateful for my best friend, my person who has stood by me now for over 20 years of lots of change and challenge.
I’m grateful to be getting to the point in life where I may be wiser than I used to be.
I wish you all peace. If you are celebrating your sobriety with confidence, well then congratulations and best wishes. If you are struggling right now in these holiday times, with all the pressure and anxiety that can arise, I hope you can find moments of peace and breathe through them. You deserve peace and health. Keep fighting for your life. I wish you the best.
