Continuing the discussion from Daily Gratitude, The Air Of Recovery #2 - #2525 by erntedank.
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Iām grateful I can start this Daily Gratitude Thread with a reminder for all about gratitude.
Iāve always considered gratitude to be a pointless, touchy feely exercise, but as it turns out, itās actually an incredibly effective tool against anxiety too.
Gratitude
In recovery, we either learn to be grateful, or we donāt last. Gratitude is the air of recovery. Gratitude is what makes the lungs of recovery fill, the heart beat, and the life flow. The attitude of gratitude focuses on what we have rather than what we donāt. With gratitude, there is such a thing as enough. People filled with gratitude arenāt good consumers because they donāt heed the message āYou need more stuff. Stuff will make you whole.ā Gratitude makes us whole, not stuff. It allows us to make the abundant blessings we already have in our life not only count, but be enough. And not just enough, but more than we could have imagined. Gratitude allows us to understand that there is enough for everyone so we donāt have to hoard whatever it is we think we need. There is plenty. In a culture addicted to the belief that āI need more,ā people with an attitude of gratitude stand out. They are like roses growing out of cracks in a ghetto neighborhood. People watch. They see. And in being seen, we give some small measure of the bread of life to the world.
Iāve posted this 
before to start the Gratidude Thread. But now I am living proof that actively working a gratitude list for all 3 years of my sobriety has completely retrained my brain. I now look forward to Our, gratitude thread Every. Single. Day. Especially the days I donāt feel all that grateful.
You know what they say. It works if you work it and we are definitely worth it.
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I am grateful for the friendships I have formed on here.
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I am grateful for what I have. As an addict and a Buddhist I know that craving leads to suffering. I no longer have cravings of any kind. I am grateful.
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Morning check-in. Iām grateful for good sleep. Iām not grateful for nightmares. I really wish this exhausting bullshit would go away, itās like a never ending soap opera in my mental cinema. Iām grateful purring Missi woke me up with tamping and snuggling. She wants breakfast and is nibbling my fingers, chewing on my phone cover and giving me heavy acupuncture with her sharp claws while tamping. Iām grateful I am loved on a sunday morning. Iām grateful I smile about it. Iām grateful a friend reached out for me to ask how Iām doing. Iām grateful I had an intuition about something extremely important that is not completed on the farm and how I can start to deal with this issue! My ex will not be amused, could become uncomfortable for him if he didnāt care and didnāt continue with the necessary work. Iām pretty sure he didnāt. Iām grateful at least this nightmares today produced helpful inspirations.
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Today, as we were driving back from dinner, we got rear ended by a drunk driver. Nobody was hurt thankfully.
The relief I felt, watching the other couple stumble around and fight between themselves, it was palpable. I was sober. I am sober. I could feel my gratitude nearly knock me off my feet. I didnāt have to worry about any of that stupid shit you have to worry about when youāre stupid drunk and do something horrible. I AM SOBER.
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Morning,
Today Iām grateful for good sleep, by far the best thing about being sober, it just affects your whole day - whether it be good sleep or bad sleep. Iām grateful Iām getting good sleep.
Iām grateful to read otherās gratitude - I read and say to myself, āoh yea, Iām grateful for that tooā and by time I come to write it, Iāve forgotten it!!
Iām grateful for a day cooking and cleaning today, washing and tidying. Maybe a bit of Columbo mixed in.
Iām grateful my life is nice and relaxed, no stress, no dramas, just a happy little existence doing my own little thing.
Iām grateful 
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Oh how awful, Iām glad everyone is OK, that couldāve been such a different outcome.
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I am greatful today for the strength I received to get through yesterday without a hiccup! Yesterday was a positive day in every sense for me personally. Overcame a couple of obstacles with relative ease in all honesty. I am greatful for feeling a new sense of positivity and motivation on this daily journey! I am greatful for the brain fog I once felt, now lifting more as the days go by!
I am greatful for the mental strength I received to endure 2 minute cold shower this morning also.
Another blessed day ahead watching my son play football/soccer and I am greatful to be in a position to be able to afford to drive him to these places 
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Iām so grateful to came across this forum. Just browsing it gave me so much hope I havenāt had for ages to become a sober person. Im grateful for all the amazing people who are contributing to the forum. Thank you!
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I really need to work on my gratitude. (Thanks for the prompt @LeeHawk )
Iām grateful to be enrolled in an IOP
Iām grateful for the support of the therapists and other participants
Iām grateful to feel less alone in my struggles
Iām grateful work is understanding and supportive of me taking time off.
Iām grateful for my friend (maybe boyfriend) even though our relationship is in a weird place
Iām grateful he told me he loved me just the way I am and held me while I cried
Iām grateful for a quiet morning alone with my cats and a cup of coffee
Iām grateful for playoff football on TV today to distract me
Iām grateful for this community and their support.
Have a peaceful Sunday all!
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Good Morning!
I am grateful for waking up at 5:30am, after sleeping OK. I didnāt have to try to force myself to go back to sleep because I was hungover.
I am grateful both of my kids are here. Though, if we donāt figure out how to get the oldest a replacement car, itās going to be a drag once school starts.
I am grateful that I had a great time at a one-year oldās birthday party yesterday and wasnāt one of those drinking beer there.
I am grateful that I get a 47-degree farm clean up day. I donāt like doing it in the freezing cold.
I am grateful my olive eggers are laying. The eggs are so pretty!
I am grateful for quit lit.
I am grateful for coffee and an adjustable bed. Maybe I will just stay here all day. 
I am grateful for you.
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Hi George and welcome.
Thatās s how I felt too when I found this place.
Good luck on your journey
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Good morning all,
Iām grateful for a clean, safe, and loving home. Iām grateful to have kids who enjoy Barnes and Noble as much as I do. Iām grateful to be able to set goals for myself, and know I will reach them if I stick to the plan. Iām grateful I can stick to a plan now, because Iām not constantly getting derailed by alcohol. Iām grateful we had a beautiful sunny Saturday, and thereās rain in the forecast for today (we will see if it actually does rain). Iām grateful to be happy with a quiet and simple life. I donāt need to keep up with the Jonesās, or create drama for entertainment. Iām grateful for my family, and for this thread.
Everyone have a wonderful day
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Gratefully I am suddenly making that same connection Because of my grateful friendship with three AA dudes I attended three meetings,one last night,to hear them speak. The third meeting was Language of the Heart where a woman who was the second speaker last Saturday (and showed a sincere interest in Buddhist based recovery) attends. Itās her home group. I was grateful I went,felt love and support there. I decided last night to make it my home group. Iām grateful my aversion to AA has dissipated. Gratefully comprehend my Sober World is expanding. Gratefully blessed. I often feel a big hand is at the small of my back propelling me in the direction I need to follow. Iām humbly grateful and filled with joy. Keep on rockinā Bootz. You inspire me. Namaste.
God guru and Self are One
This is the day of the expanding man
That shape is my shade
There where I used to stand
It seems like only yesterday
I gazed through the glass
At ramblers, wild gamblers
Thatās all in the past
written by Steely Dan
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Iām grateful I saw the old gratitude thread close yesterday and I got to post the first post on this new thread.
Iām very grateful for Richard B who turned me on to gratitude and glad to be here sober like him. Minus about 23 years. Iām grateful I finally got what he has.
Iām grateful for mornings with Maverick.
Iām grateful for the rain.
Iām grateful no leaks yet.
Iām grateful the handyman, that was recommended to me, called me back yesterday and is coming today.
Iām grateful my veggie lasagna experiment was a success yesterday.
Iām grateful Iām not a petty hateful bitch of a drunk.
Iām grateful when I donāt react.
Iām grateful Iām sober.
Iām grateful I got a walk in yesterday. I havenāt felt motivated to exercise lately.
Iām grateful I got a meeting tonight.
Iām grateful I can be there for Minnie too, like she is here for me, when she looks lost and confused with her doggie dementia, and doesnāt know what to do next. I feel ya girl. I can relate. Iām grateful Iām very in-tuned to my old girl.
Iām grateful for my coffee.
Iām grateful for my hot tea currently.
Iām grateful Iām in the rainy desert and not in the mountain blizzard.
Iām grateful I feel truly blessed sometimes.
Iām grateful for my problems.
Iām grateful Iām healing. And I know itās a slow process and thatās ok. Iām grateful when I recognize my healing. And catch myself when the old stinking thinking comes around. And boy does it come around.
GRATEFUL
THANKFUL
BLESSED
Perky Bird 
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Iām grateful you found us George.
The lights are always on. Pull up a chair. 
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Good morning sober fam,
Im so very greatful forā¦
My sobriety, day 259 free from weed and alcohol
@Dazercat for instigating my daily gratitudes
My weight loss progress - total loss of 7lbs
Keeping up with healthy eating
A sober sister joining me at a new to us AA mtg this morning
Hubby who loves putting me to bed so i dont sleep on the couch
Boscoe and how much joy he gets from walks
This forum
My familys safety
Our home
Being able to make bills
Hot coffee
New healthy recipes
Clean water
All of you!
Light and love for you along your journey
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I call tamping makin biscuits! Sorry for those effin nightmares. Iām grateful that I have crazy dreams,and grateful I remember them,not nightmares. You are loved @erntedank !
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Grateful I spoke with my therapist in our first meeting about my achinā brain. Grateful she could delineate what i needed to know in lay terms. After sooo many years of drugging,especially the last 20 filled with redunkulous amounts of weed and copious amounts of heroin and opiates itās likely I will be in healing mode for years. I gratefully accept it. Better than still using,right Dazer?
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