Daily Gratitude, The Air Of Recovery #3

Today I am grateful for my family and the few friends I have I am grateful for waking up today

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Welcome @bambifett to the sober crew. Youve found an amazing thread with gratitude. This daily practice of gratitude slowly shifts your mentality and it does amazing things!

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Good morning sober fam,

Im so very greatful for…

My sobriety, 11 months +1 day
My hubby working his ass off to provide
Boscoe didnt wake me up
Up early on a sunday
No hangovers
A productive day yesterday
Missed my 90min intention meditation. Yeah, i was bummed. But made the most of it and came home and did a guided meditation on intentions. I was inspired to sign up for some hatha yoga classes. (I used to have a practice but it fell off when drinking came first)
Im excited and nervous for my first class today…baby steps
Sunshine
Spring weather
The grass is turning green
Looking forward to a long walk with a sober sister today.
My mom
My friends
My family
My sponsor
We have enough
AA
this forum.

So fucking greatful. I wish you well on your journies

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Good morning grateful friends

I’m grateful for 85 days sober.
I’m grateful the sun is shining.
I’m grateful the pain today isn’t as bad as yesterday.
I’m grateful for quiet early mornings with coffee and a cat on my lap. He’s purring extra loud. :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:
I’m grateful for this community as my support group. I love the diversity in experiences and sober journeys. There is no one size fits all way to do this.
I’m grateful for health insurance so I can catch up on preventative screenings (dermatologist this week for a routine skin cancer check).
I’m grateful for the start of baseball season.
I’m grateful I can focus on baby steps and taking things ODAAT.

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I’m grateful to God please help guide me to follow your will throughout this day and remain clean and sober. I’m grateful for all my family, friends, TS and the gratidudes. I’m grateful for the twelve steps, traditions, concepts and promises.

May your higher power show you love.

p.s. You are amazing. Ya you!!

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I’m grateful for this. All of this. The good, the bad, the ugly and the beautiful.

I’m grateful for you. I could not have done this alone. I don’t think anyone can.

Much, much love to you all :heart:

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Oh yes. Working from the place that everyone is doing their best is a blessing and a challenge all at once.

For years I have been committed to that concept in regards to my students and their parents. I have not been able to do that with too many other people. Perhaps because it is my professional role and I’ve been able to compartmentalize.

I’ve been working on getting to that thinking in regards to my mother. I keep telling myself and my siblings that she is elderly and is not going to change. Heading toward assuming positive intent is my next step on that work.

Practicing non-judgement and compassion is related to this, and is something I’ve worked on for years.

But, it is hard. Especially when “evidence” points me toward judgement. I’m struggling with this in regards to some coworkers these days. And I’m trying to let go.

Another challenge on all this is finding the balance between assuming best intentions and enabling. That is very hard in family relationships. And marriage.

Thanks for listening. I’m really just processing my thinking here. Most likely I will listen to these episodes again and keep thinking.

Enjoy your Sunday!

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I’m grateful for a good Saturday, with a bit of everything: naps, snuggles, chores, video games, bubble baths. I’m grateful to have plans with friends, although they’re not fully formed and it’s already today and that makes me uncomfortable. But that’s ok. I’m grateful this random blizzard snow is melting off fairly quickly and we can get on with spring. I’m grateful for my job, for food, for people to love and for puppies and for you.

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I love Christopher Walken!! He was trained as a dancer prior to switching to acting. :heart:

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I’m grateful :innocent:
Grateful I slept in.
Grateful when I woke up at 4:45 with a minor headache I took some Tylonol and saw Benson at the back door.
I’m grateful I went out with him for a dump and a whizzy. Well he took the dump and the whizzy :face_with_open_eyes_and_hand_over_mouth:
I’m grateful when I thought the new carpet was in the clear Benson puked up on it. I’m grateful he did christen it :face_vomiting: 17 hours in.
I’m grateful it was a very small grassy puke and easy to clean.
I’m grateful I love my pets more than a clean new carpet.
I’m grateful we didn’t wait for Minnie to die before we got new carpet. I’m grateful I can’t live that way.
I’m grateful to see Minnie with a big stretch first thing this morning. I’m grateful she warms my heart and starts my day with a smile.
I’m grateful for the bright red Cardinal on the tree out back.
I’m grateful I get to go now and get the dogs walked.
:pray:t2: :heart: :cactus: :desert:

“When gratitude becomes an essential foundation in our lives, miracles start to appear everywhere.”
Emmanuel Dagher

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I am grateful to have woken up in my happy place. Didn’t sleep well at all, but it wasn’t because of drinking at 9000+ feet, but probably the altitude only, and, well, the snoring mass next to me :wink:
I am grateful for beautiful blue skies.
I am grateful to have the day to myself to put the house back in order.
I am grateful there was coffee in the house this morning, and coffee on sale at the grocery when I finally made it there today.
Did I say I am grateful for coffee? :blush:
Take care all!

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I’m grateful to wake up with pain, but not due to drinking. :sweat_smile:

I’m grateful I took Buddy & Riley to a new vet on Friday, my old one for Riley was too expensive and this one took wonderful care of Max. :dog2::cat2::innocent: (Max is in heaven)

I’m grateful I paid my bills last night, and decided to look at my taxes, and completed them too! :partying_face:

@Dazercat I get the rug thing, the majority of my floors are wood laminate, but the front room rug usually takes the vomit hit. :nauseated_face::dart:

I’m grateful Riley :smiley_cat: has a very loud, unusual noise prior to puking, it gives me around 15 secs to move her. Saturday she started on the couch, I grabbed her in time, but before I set her on the floor, she hurled mid air, Jackson Pollock would have been proud of her work! :art:

I’m grateful I love and adore Buddy and Riley. :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

I’m grateful I’m sober. :sunglasses:

Up early this morning and caught this: :hugs: :purple_heart:

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Congratulations one your one year of sobriety Anna. I’m so glad you’re here :pray:t2::heart::rose::hugs:
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I’m happy @desert_rose has reached one year :birthday::woman_fairy::bouquet: Congratulations!

I’m happy @Dazercat is in the dessert again and Benson christened the new carpet within the first 24 hours. I should have placed a bet :rofl:

Today I’m grateful for a beautiful Palm Sunday. I slept in after waking up too early and turning around again in bed. I’m grateful for the home-show “the cat and the bean”, Schimanski made me burst out in laughter freaking out with a bean. I’m grateful I did all planned garden work and I’m happy with the result. I’m grateful for Palm Sunday mass on TV, I was not in the mood to attend it in real life with many real people. I’m grateful I have a choice :pray:

I’m grateful a dear friend invited me for lunch, it was delicious and we enjoyed talking. I’m grateful for falling asleep while reading in the afternoon. I’m grateful for a long nap accompanied by cats.

I’m grateful for this good day. To honor it I put my sober head and my grateful heart to sleep now in my cozy bed with my snuggling cats. Life can be good :pray:

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It was cheesecake day!

Thank you so much, Eric…I don’t think I ever said this, but the gratitude thread caught my eye last year because the current one at that time started on my birthday…I was about one month into sobriety. Call ot serendipity, but that was when I decided to make it my cozy corner. :heart: Thank you for always keeping the lights on and the kettle on the stove :heart:

You and this amazing grati-tribe made/make an incredible difference in my life…always know that there is someone on the other side of the world incredibly grateful for all of you!

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Good afternoon all, I’m grateful for a nice weekend. I’m grateful the driving sessions with my son have been getting better, and we are enjoying it more than at the beginning. I’m grateful for sunshine, flowers, and green leaves against a blue sky. I’m grateful for ice water in a mason jar, it tastes better that way. I’m grateful for all of the everyday things we mention here. It reminds me that there doesn’t have to be a special event happening to think of gratitude.
Everyone have a wonderful day :heart:

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Thank you, grateful to have the support :sunflower:

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Thank you so much! I’m looking forward to being here and joining you all on this journey :butterfly::sunflower: grateful for the guidance

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Welcome Kayla.
I’m grateful you found us. Hope to see you around.
:pray:t2::heart:

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Thank you so much I appreciate it, this has been probably the hardest time of my life so far lol I know with time and practice it’ll get easier but having the support definitely helps a lot :sunflower:

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