Congrats on 3 months! That’s amazing! What a great way to celebrate the new year 
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So much to be grateful for, this last day of the year. I’m glad I came back, this year, back to my recovery. Having tried them both, this is the right path for me - the only way to actually live a life worth living. I’m grateful to know and accept this.
I’m grateful for the time off and all the rest I had. Real rest. I’m beginning to feel ready to go back into the world!
I’m grateful for all of you Gratidudes. This year, no matter what it brings, may we have eyes to see the abundance that our recoveries offer. May our thoughts be constantly interrupted by new gratitude! May there be joy lurking in the corners of each day. Sounds good to me.
I’m grateful for another day. 
Happy New Year! (in 2 hrs here. can’t wait up. lol.)
So many of you said things that landed in me so deeply!
Yes, @Twizzlers, I’m grateful for @Dakotahjae’s words “I’m very grateful I pick my hard”. There will still be some hard in the year ahead, no question. But we picked the right and worthwhile hard, hey?
Grateful for @Bootz’ poem - and that photo! What a place to bring in a new year. Reservations for next year please. 
Soooooooo grateful @Soberbilly, that your suicide attempt failed. That you’re here on earth and here with us. You are a gift. 
Grateful for all these milestones! 90 days @Jon_Ian! And coming up on 9 months @desert_rose! 3 years @Its_me_Stella! And anyone else I forgot
I’ll be grateful to hear when the Gus bus arrives, @dazercat…
Of course, a shout out of gratitude to one of the original dudes @I.cant.We.can. It’s never too late, friend.
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Double-dipping on gratitude here…
I’m wicked super grateful for all the fantastic mods and all they do, everyday but especially these busy days. In fact, I’m so grateful I’m not going to personally tag all of them. 
Thank you, Mods, for moderating, for your words of encouragement, and for so often leading by example.
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Thank you, M! This time of year sure keeps us busy. I’m grateful there’s enough of us spread across many time zones. 
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I’ll try to catch up today here.
For now I am grateful to be sober.
I went to bed early as usual and slept like a baby after I looked into online dating app which overwhelmed me and I broke down somehow.
But waking up with a clear mind, a new day is always rewarding.
I am grateful I have enough.
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This does sound good, I’m gratefull that through all the hard and dark I can constantly see cracks of light, break-through. I’m grateful that I notice this and cherish it and appreciate all the light in my life… I know there is more I’m only just starting to realise … There’s is still so much to see all around us as we grow.
I’m so gratefull I see with me eyes open and not blinded by addiction still. I’m also gratefull to understand I still have a long way to go, I’m gratefull those cracks of light guide my path and I’m gratefull I don’t walk this journey alone 
Happy new year blessings to all 
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Gratitude on the first day of the year 
I’m grateful I had a good night’s sleep. Went to bed at 10 pm and woke up refreshed at 5.30 a.m.
I’m grateful I did my own little silent firework to welcome the new year before sunrise 
I’m grateful for the beautiful dawn today
I’m grateful I threw away the advent wreath and did all pet chores. I’m grateful this all happened before the stomach bug set in! It’s heavily spreading around here, doesn’t last long (1-2 days) and I start the new year purged intestinely 
I’m grateful I’m well stocked on toilet paper. I’m grateful I had no plans for cooking today. I won’t cook at all
I’m grateful for hot water bottles, purring cats who made me fall asleep again by their calming presence, for laughing about the situation because it IS funny and for sharing this fun with friends, they understand the joke and give sarcastic and funny comments about what I will sh… on this year I’m grateful we all have kind of a good black humour.
I’m grateful for a good start into 2023
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Awwww, I love your post
It reminds me to take my antidepressants later, when the upset stopped (already doing better).
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Wow, what a story. Much love Bill 
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I’m grateful that my sobriety allows me to look within and take note of the things I still need to work on about myself. It keeps my ego quiet so I can then work on those things
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Happy New Year! Once again I did not even try to make it to midnight and in that I was successful. The key to my recent years of health and happiness has been much improved care of myself. A big part of that is excellent sleep. So I was all tucked in and happily snoozing by my normal 9 pm. All snuggled up with my hubby and chihuahua and glad to be home.
We had a wonderfully relaxing vacation in Tybee and brought home some cute Tybee stuff for our beach house porch in Lake Mills. We ate so much seafood that I’m growing gills and we had so much fun walking on the beach that I can still hear the waves in the back of my mind.
We are at the start of the new year today and I’m grateful to be healthy and happy and have a loving and safe home. I’m grateful to have a lot less stress in my life than I did a few years ago and to have work that brings me challenge, a little frustration and a lot of reward. I’m grateful to have a loving mate and some old dogs and a cat to keep me company. One of my favorite parts of traveling at the holidays is to see more of the world and reach the determination that my home is best. And once again I get to start a new year with peace of mind that I am right where I should be. This morning I have a clear mind and a rested body and am ready to start 2023 with a quiet day at home with the pets and the hubby.
In a few weeks I have an important birthday and my personal reflection is that I’ve learned a helluva lot about how to make my own joy. And for that, I am grateful and humbled by all that I have experienced in my life.
I don’t make new year resolutions because I’m pretty occupied with taking care of myself and my people one day at a time. So far so good. I wish you all a peaceful and happy new year finding your way to your joy.
#lucky
#grateful
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Happy New Year lovely humans
A lot has changed inside me this past year. I’ve never been afraid of change. Living all over the country or new jobs. I’ve had lots. I spent a lot of time changing things hoping I’d hit the magic combination. The one that would finally make me happy and whole. The missing puzzle piece. NYC/college student. San Fran/ manager of an artsy coffee shop. Denver/ manger of a really fun brunch place. These were my identifiers. This city, this job were the change I needed. Turns out none of that was the case. I drank lots filling the void and hurt that each new place, job, partner filled temporally.
September of 2021 was the last drink I had and finally I decided to change something. Not where I was geographically located or what my
job was. I decided to change my habits. Starting with just one. That was 461 days ago as of today 
During that time I have changed lots of habits. I started doing things that showed myself love. I processed years and years of childhood trauma. Of my own mistakes. Then one by one, in my own time, I began to forgive them all. I’m still working on it but each time it feels like I am new. Lighter. On the first day of 2023 I do not feel stuck. Or lost. For the first time that I can remember in my adult life- I feel home.
I am grateful for this community and that it’s filled with people who share their lives and challenges. I’m grateful for the possibility and magic in every day. I am grateful for life, just as is, with all its imperfections and beauty. I am grateful for how far I’ve come. That right here is exactly where I belong. I am grateful
Happy 2023
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I’m grateful my 40 days of listing ten different gratitudes or whatever the hell I was doing is over. I think I nailed it! I’m grateful that exercise made me think so hard my waking hours about what I could list that I was grateful for and not repeat anything. I’m grateful I came up with so many different things to be grateful for and half of them probably didn’t make the list.
I’m grateful that exercise made me feel even more grateful and more ”Present,” during the day.
I don’t even think I mentioned how grateful I am for Insight Timer.
The size 16 Keen Clogs that showed up in the mail fit perfectly and so did my New Keen boats. I mean boots .
Im grateful I got happy feet. That’s almost better than going to a meeting.
Im really grateful and excited about my New Years devotional plan. Excited and grateful I finished my 2 daily readers and I get to pick a new daily reading devotional plan. And I’m grateful I got a really good exciting plan for 2023 mornings.
Im grateful I can go back to just being grateful for my coffee. My coffee that stays hot for 80 minutes 
Or a cat on my lap. Or the Ol Burner! Or like right now I can be grateful my lap is unencumbered.
Im grateful for the pelting rain on my kitchen skylight. We are suppose to get up to 20 inches of snow. But right now it could be flooding rain. The weather, just like alcohol and the people dearest to me in my life, I have no control over. None! Zero! Zip! Nada! And I’m gratefully learning it’s actually better that way.
I’m grateful for Al-Anon and I’m grateful for you 
Ya you! 
If Brian isn’t gonna say it @I.cant.We.can Then I’m stealing it!
Happy 2023. Let’s be grateful for the good things that are coming!!
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One year. One year ago I woke up with my last hangover. One year ago I woke up knowing I wasn’t drinking anymore. I knew I was going to stay sober so I’m not surprised to be here but I’m also really freaking surprised, and I think this group of people are the only ones who can actually understand that. Lol
I am grateful for this app and this thread. I stepped away after the first few months of my sobriety, not because I had a problem with it but because it’s going to take a much longer time for me to learn how to continue to do the things that are good for me on a regular basis.
I’m grateful for communities like this I have found. I think about many of you in this thread on at least a weekly basis and realize I probably should look for an in person thing because I’m wanting to expand my sober life with others who understand.
I’m grateful for my husband. We have had a hard year but we have managed to stay a team and he has been so amazingly supportive about my sobriety and introspective of his own.
I’m grateful for my Plant Shop. The financial stress has been incredible and nearly impossible to deal with at times but I think I may finally be at the point where I feel like it was worth it. I have worked so hard and learned so much, I truly feel like a different person than I did when I opened. My CC companies will never talk to me again but I am grateful that I don’t really care about that in light of everything else and I’m grateful that all the hard work seems to be paying off. I’m also grateful for all of the people I have met this year, it’s been amazing.
I’m grateful to have finally not broken a promise I made to myself.
I’m grateful for feeling like I can focus on other goals now that I’ve made it to one year. I’m also grateful for knowing that even if I go another year without any major goals accomplished, it’s ok.
I’m grateful for @Dazercat telling me about sober living and that I found a chip I like and I hope it gets back in stock soon so I can order it.
And finally I’m just grateful to be alive, remembering my moms one year sober party and knowing how proud she would be of me today. She was sober for almost 5 years when she died and was a wonderful example of what not to do and then what to do. I miss her a lot today. I should have seen that coming but it seems to be hitting me like a ton of bricks right now. I’m grateful for that too. Sometimes it’s such a gift to get gutted about someone who has been gone a long time because it reminds how much love you had in your life from them.
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I love this @Dazercat i would heart it but ran out. I cant believe its already been 40 days of your 10 unique gratitudes. I look forward every morning to your checkins and gratitude. Have a happy and healthy new year my friend
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Aw… thank you
It was close enough to 40. I remember it was before thanksgiving and I was too lazy to do the math. January 1 seemed close enough.
Blessings to you in 2023
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Thank you for the kind words
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Good morning sober fam and happy new year
Im so incredibly greatful for
All my blessings, seen and unseen
My sobriety, 8 months free from weed and alcohol
My husband and his love and support
Boscoe, my son who so badly needs a haircut
Not only surviving but enjoying my first new years eve sober in many moons
My full heart
My joyful mind
Insight timer meditations
Our upcoming guided meditation to set our intentions for the year - hubbys coming too!
Spiritual progress
My healthy family
Better mental health
Motivation to improve my health
Each and every one of you times a million
AA and the twelve steps
This community
All my love, light, and positive energy
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Good morning and Happy New Year!
I’m grateful, like so many of us, that I found this place. Stumbled onto it by accident, although in hindsight I think I was guided here by my higher power because I needed you all. I’m grateful to have a place to look for help, answers, fellowship, support, and love. I’m grateful for making a life worth living. I’m grateful I don’t feel like I need to blur the strong feelings anymore. I’m grateful that gratitude has become so important in my life. I’m grateful that I can try to show to others how gratitude can help. I’m grateful I didn’t even try to stay up until midnight, I was able to sleep through the fireworks, and I woke up early feeling good. I’m grateful I got to do a little bit of jogging with my son. I’m grateful we both feel great now. I’m grateful for love and forgiveness.
Everyone have a wonderful day
P.S.
Ya you @I.cant.We.can!
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Congratulations on your year of freedom Jessica.
Beautiful share
I’m so happy for you and that you stopped by to celebrate.
Blessings for you in 2023
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