My sobriety, one year and two days sober
Waking early because thats what i do sober on vacation
Unlimited delicious coffee in the hotel lobby
They are doing a controlled burn and the sky is full of smoke. It smells like campfire but i called and this wont delay our skydive.
Told the hubby the riskiest thing i’ll do today is jump outta a plane
Hubby woke up early and we had a good zoom
Hoping to get another hike in today
Hopefully we can see the sunset over the canyon thru the haze
Forgetting what day of the week it is bc we’re on vacation
Super pumped
Greatful for my aa mtg last night
Joy
Freedom
Love
Hope
Sunshine
Good weather
I am grateful to have been guided to start a set of steps this morning. Listen to your heart, it will lead the way.
I am grateful that my sponsor got in so quickly for a surgery she desperately needs. I am grateful for the volunteer service that drives people longer distances to medical appointments. And I am grateful for people in the program who help each other out.
I am grateful for this beautiful sunshine we have been having it is filling me with joy. I feel some excitement in my tummy for the summer, I have some camping trips booked and I am really looking forward to them. I am grateful for having a little money to buy some camping supplies.
I am grateful for Nugget and her super cute personality. She really is a love. My kiddo has become so attached to her since the other doggos have passed. I am grateful they have each other. I am grateful that my kiddo has figured out a way to do Nuggie’s eye meds and that Nuggie is such a good girl to have them administered.
I am grateful for my new solar powered patio string lights that fill my heart with joy. I love the warmth of them and the ambiance they create. I am grateful for the coconut wind chime on my deck too.
I am grateful that I have a new ED therapist who will do 1-on-1 with me. I have accepted help from a dietician too and enrolled in their self compassion group therapy. I am grateful that these are all ways in which I show myself love.
I am looking forward to my homegroup tomorrow I miss my peeps. Grateful I have a home.
Im having a rough day today - my body in on fire and itchy as hell. My head is foggy and hurting (thank goodness not a migraine today). My jaw and neck are tense. I have a overwhelming desire to cry for no apparent reason. My legs and arms feel heavily weighted down and pain is increasing…YET…i am so grateful that although symptoms are not all gone and this week is challenging the symptoms are so much better than last year and i am still sober so not making my symptoms any worse with alcohol and smoke.
I am grateful that mother is so trying to help feel better and heal quicker. Sometimes i get annoyed and angry with her (so crazy to say that out loud) but realize she is on my side and pushy because she hates seeing me this way
I am so grateful that i finally got a doctor’s appointment for next week. Want to get some tests done but determined not to go back on any meds.
I am grateful that i was sent home to rest for a few hours …cant sleep so catching up on this site
I am grateful for healthy healing food provided by nature
I am grateful that i was able to do some mild meditation and remember my higher power - we are going to be constantly tested in life, the trick is to do our best and not fall on our addictions to get through the tests
I am so grateful for the TS community family - you are all so wonderful
Sending much love
Today I’m grateful for adulting. The visit to the vet turned out ok, the old boy was well behaved mostly and the bloodwork is ok for a 17 year old cat. We have to take care of his anaemia coming from old kidneys slowly deteriorating from year to year, this should be manageable. I hope we have lots of time left together As this is out of my control I’m grateful for every day.
I’m grateful I did some finance stuff, it’s always annoying when institutions are months behind with their payment. But oh lord jesus I’m late with my taxes one day
I’m grateful for a good conversation with my counselor. It helps me to change my perspectives and I’m grateful for the discussion and feedback, especially on where I am in the process of rebuilding a life on my own and alone.
I’m grateful for leftovers, tea, a well sorted fridge, funny lovely cats, my cosy couch and that I’ll be in bed early. Going to bed gives me peace and makes me calm.
I am grateful that even often it doesn’t feel like progress or maybe I think people think, you get what I mean: I still keep on doing some baby steps.
What’s next, still ongoing projects? Impulsiveness! Stop-breathe-think. Then act, react.
I am grateful for a very moving performance at the opera last night. Half the audience was crying, swept away by the music and it felt alright to let the tears flow. I am grateful no alcohol is needed tame or invite the feelings. They just come and go. It becomes less scary every time I let it happen.
I am grateful for happy news from my coworker. I am grateful to have been asked to be godparent to one of my friend’s son. I feel very honoured.
I am grateful for my job and the financial security it provides. I am grateful I have enough. I am grateful for all the gratitude you guys share every day. There really is so much to be grateful for out there, eh?
I’m grateful to God for guiding me through today while helping me abstain from my addictions. I’m grateful for all my family, friends, TS and the gratidudes. I’m grateful I got to see my cousin David today for the first time in almsot a decade. I’m grateful I got to meet his Wife, Cheryl and two kids. His Daughter, is only six months old and Son, Max is three years. His wife is an intelligent woman and has an important job as an infectious disease specialist, one of only two in their province. So proud of him, he is a retired Canadian Army Vet and is currently a full time student going for his PhD in what I’m not sure. More to learn. My other cousin, his 22 year old brother passed away from a car accident 10 years ago this September I’m proud of us both and grateful we’re alive, me from my addictions and him from serving in Afghanistan. I’m grateful I got to see my Aunt and Uncle as well and my Sister but the highlight was certainty David. I thought it would be his kids and that was absolutely incredible but him and I have always had a wonderfull brotherly bond. The best hug I have got in years was today from Dave and I get alot of hugs as a highly involved member of many twelve step fellowships. I’m crying like a baby over here and I am so grateful that I got to hold one today, it’s been a while since I held a baby. I’m grateful that his Brother and my cousin Matthew was a wondeful young man. Growing up Matt looked so much like me we called him mini me as Austin Powers was a cult hit in those days. I’m grateful that I got invited back in about a month to visit his sister, my cousin Janet that I also haven’t seen in about a decade, as well and her child I haven’t met. I’m grateful that my cousins who live on the East coast, New foundland and West coast British Colombia, Canada, still come to visit their parents close to me in Ontario. I’m grateful for these gifts of recovery. I’m grateful I finished my grief support group today. I’m grateful my sponsor and I met today and finished step 6 and made plans to continue weekly meetings and I have homework to get prepared for step 7 and 8 next week. I’m grateful I attended my AA homegroup this evening and their was a newcomer and a gentleman got his 9 month chip.
I’m really struggling with life this week. But grateful I’m still sober and haven’t given in to the cravings.
I’m grateful I had dinner with an old friend yesterday who I hadn’t seen in over a year. It was good to catch up.
I’m grateful I have both therapy and an appointment with my psychiatrist coming up. It’s probably time to adjust my meds.
I’m grateful for a quiet morning before I have to start work. I’m struggling to get going this morning. Would really like to go back to bed. Crying some. So tired of everything.
I’m grateful for everyone here. And for the meme thread giving me a laugh thus mirroring. I’m also enjoying all the nature and travel photos.
Good morning friends, @CueBall8n9, is there might be something with the first letter of each listed item? Coffee hasn’t kicked in yet so I’ll wait for someone smarter than me to solve it😂
I’m grateful work hasn’t been terrible this week. Im grateful I can still keep looking for a new job. Im grateful to have woken up early today so I get to have coffee and gratitude on the porch swing with y’all. Im grateful for my friends and family. Im grateful my son passed his driving test! Im grateful I’m still very nervous for him to drive. Im grateful for love and forgiveness and hope.
Im grateful that I woke up tired and lazy and just went with it and I’m not gonna cry about it. I’m grateful for my BF, and that he’s always able to make me smile and turn things around when I come home from a stressful day. I’m grateful that I got a few things actually done yesterday so I can bus to work with less dread. I’m still grateful for my BF, because he encourages me when I feel anxious or whatever. I’m grateful that we’re going on our first motorcycle ride of the season tonight, even though I have a lot of complicated and largely unpleasant feelings attached to my motorcycle currently. Last summer when I relapsed I made some pretty unwise choices (a breathtaking understatement, the entirety of last summer was master class in unwise choices), but over the winter the landscape is so different – the physical landscape, social landscape, it’s a different beast – that it was easier to create some space emotionally between myself and my mistakes. Now that the weather is warming up and I can resume all the activities of summer I’m getting really angsty, all the fear and shame and all that is coming back, compounded by fear that I’ll relapse and make all the same mistakes and worse. I know this sounds a lot like not gratitude, but all this is to say that when the BF told me he had got my motorcycle all ready for this seasons rising (which I’m also grateful for) I probably had a face on my head and mumbled thank you and some shifty mention of uncomfortable complicated feelings, and he hugged me and said he thought that was the case, but he loves me and hopes that I’ll keep riding together with him. It made me feel better, and safer, and understood and encouraged, and I’m grateful for that. I’m grateful to remind myself each day when I feel that dread, fear, and shame that while my capacity to make those mistakes remains undiminished, my dedication to choosing not to make them is as strong as ever, and I choose to be better today.
My sobriety, 368 days free from weed and alcohol
Caught the sunset over the grand canyon with my mom
We were imagining a colorful sunset when a friendly stranger said “maybe its less about the sun and more about how the light hits the canyon” profound words touched me
Im greatful my phone died 10min before sunset and i saw that as the universes way to tell me to be present in the moment
Skydiving was cancelled for wind but that allowed my cousin and i to hike into the canyon again on a different trail
We had an action packed vacation and now we’re getting on eachothers nerves
Slower paced day meandering back to phoenix
Im more comfortable in the 4 runner rental car
Got my hubby some good gifts
I get to see Boscoe soon
My outfit i had planned today is too big so i had to change
Got in alot of exercise this trip
Unlimited hot coffee at the hotel
Hope
Joy
All of you for keeping me close to my recovery program
4 days sober from weed and 4 years 9 months sober from alcohol… gonna try something new here.
I am grateful for my wife. She has made it so stress free while I search for a new career. I am grateful for my mind. I am going back to school to get my finance degree. I am grateful for my son. He reminds me everyday of the wonders of life.
Well Hello, Bird Friend @Bootz! Hit me up on the bird thread reactivation. We have Bewick’s wrens, too. Yes, will do the Big Day . Awesome pic! Thank you!
Grateful to be here with all of you!!! Day 636
Today I’m grateful that I can stay at home and take it easy if necessary. I don’t know why I was not able to do anything sensemaking today. I was clumsy, I had irritating and exhausting nightmares, the first thing I read in the morning was a one word confirmation on something I texted my ex yesterday concerning the farm. I felt unable to do anything outside. Or at the office. Couldn’t concentrate for more than 5 minutes.
I’m grateful I cooked, did the kitchen, managed to talk to a worker about one task that is still open, I’m grateful he helped me to put the grill on the deck, it’s heavy. I’m grateful for 2 interesting youtube videos and that I finished one of the 3 books I’m currently reading. I’m grateful I did the post and the laundry. I’m grateful I am safe and at home, I feel nervous and anxious today for no reason. I’m grateful tomorrow is a new day
Edit to add: After making daily inventory I am surprised I did more than I thought. I’m grateful I honor the little things and babysteps in my life. I’m grateful I spent a lot of the day with the cats and we enjoyed it
Good afternoon my sober friends
My how the day is flying by. I just want to grab time and hold - im trying to enjoy each waking moment, breathe and all the changes in the environment around me but feel like some days those moments are being wahed away too quickly. I am grateful for my determination to keep moving forward and to enjoy all thats around me and in me no matter what life throws my way
I am so grateful for another beautiful day - today feels like spring.
I am so grateful for me feeling a little less of everything (ailment wise). I am slowly regaining energy - what an amazing feeling.
I am so grateful for my body having put up with all that ive done to it over the years. I have to remind myself that healing is different for everyone and i cant expect quick change.
I am so grateful that i have my family so close to me and their unconditional love and support is making my healing possible
I am so grateful for another day given to make me better me.
I am so grateful that im learning to view society differently. Starting to get angry less at stupid situations (less — havent been completely cured of anger ). Im realizing how so many of us and society in general are suffering in silence. Got to remember that not all that i see is the whole story. I am grateful that this reminder comes when i need it most (at the height of me getting frustrated).
I am so grateful for my higher power and the meditation that comforts my body and soul
I am so grateful that ive found this app and all you beautiful souls. I couldnt have asked for a better group of friends to share this journey with.
I love you all and wishing you a wonderful sober day. Sending muvh love
As this is out of my control I’m grateful for every day.
We had our first Painted Bunting of the year in the backyard on Monday! 
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and I get alot of hugs as a highly involved member of many twelve step fellowships. I’m crying like a baby over here and I am so grateful that I got to hold one today, it’s been a while since I held a baby. I’m grateful that his Brother and my cousin Matthew was a wondeful young man. Growing up Matt looked so much like me we called him mini me as Austin Powers was a cult hit in those days. I’m grateful that I got invited back in about a month to visit his sister, my cousin Janet that I also haven’t seen in about a decade, as well and her child I haven’t met. I’m grateful that my cousins who live on the East coast, New foundland and West coast British Colombia, Canada, still come to visit their parents close to me in Ontario. I’m grateful for these gifts of recovery. I’m grateful I finished my grief support group today. I’m grateful my sponsor and I met today and finished step 6 and made plans to continue weekly meetings and I have homework to get prepared for step 7 and 8 next week. I’m grateful I attended my AA homegroup this evening and their was a newcomer and a gentleman got his 9 month chip.
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but that allowed my cousin and i to hike into the canyon again on a different trail
. Awesome pic! Thank you!
). Im realizing how so many of us and society in general are suffering in silence. Got to remember that not all that i see is the whole story. I am grateful that this reminder comes when i need it most (at the height of me getting frustrated).