Daily Gratitude, The Air Of Recovery #3

Im grateful i had the opportunity to fly north to visit for their birthdays my grandso s. Got to visit six of them and the love tbey express to me melts my heart. Im greatful i have a dear friend tk stay with will visiting. Im greatful i did so much today and never thought about having a drink. Im thankful for the warm bed im in right now because its so damn cold out too. Im thankful for TS, a place i can be myself.

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Super greatful today sober fam!!!
It was blissful with yoga or as said union with God. Very pleasant nature walk and meditation on bench in park :pray:.
My sweetie basically carried me up the spiritual mountain taking years effort how can I ever thank you enough dear HB.
Grateful for the message in Quitnet (quit smoking site) where A would always post adding this is a matter of life and death. Addiction is cunning baffling and powerful.
My mental health plays tricks on me so we upped my meds hereā€™s hoping for less greed hatred and delusion and more befiending myself nd others as Pema Chodron would say just love Pema ,ty.ty.
Grateful for quiet early mornings in stillness even if maybe to early , before 4 :woozy_face:
Grateful for monthly family dinners with Uncles ,ya you Uncle Bill :heart:, and a loving family.
Grateful to meet Ivy , little black fluffy pup on the trails today such loving friendliness, just like Boscoe @Cjp :+1:
Thatā€™s all for today ,too tired to carry on a full gratitute (take all week, me thinks)
Love to All see you on the sober Path


Edit to add ; both my sponsors gave freely of themselves , soon it will be my turn
And of course grateful to you here on TS and the old Quitnet sharing is caring:heart::heart::heart::hugs::hugs::hugs: coworker yes coworkers too and my partner Dennis always there for me :facepunch:

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ā€œmore human than cuminā€ actually made me laugh out loud :joy:

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Grateful this morning for a long gone family member, visiting in my dreams. I live, how that happens once in a while, even though not all dreams turn out to be such happy ones.
Grateful for the first sunshine in weeks - people instantly smile a little more and seem to be more gentle towards each other.
Grateful I have a roof over my head, a warm meal every day and people that care about me.
Grateful for this place and you people who give me a safe place to turn to when I feel tender. Reading and writing gratitude is such a superpower. :orange_heart:

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Grateful to wake up and look around me and Iā€™m surrounded by my son and pets showing so much love and accepting my love backšŸ’ž

Grateful that Iā€™m understanding how I can move forward with a current situation, and accepting itā€™s not going to be easy, itā€™s going to be a long hard road but Iā€™m pretty damn capable of keeping it together and staying on the path.
(This wonā€™t make sense to many as itā€™s not something I talk about here, kind of nice to come here and leave that part of my baggage to the side) but Iā€™m grateful although it is painful deeply I can understand and see the situation for what it is now and feel for most of the days of the week I will not be negatively impacted by it anymore, and hope to keep learning and growing from what it may be able teach me.

Iā€™m grateful for my son telling me my tone of voice the past week is unlike me and irritable and not kind, I became so overwhelmed (son is 20) Iā€™m grateful he told me so I can correct this part of me so that it didnā€™t become me.
(The last 2 weeks coming to the realisation mentioned above of the ongoing situation was bringing me down and emotions leaking out in an unkind manner).
Grateful I can learn to let go, itā€™s a process and wonā€™t happen in a day.

Grateful for chamomile tea, itā€™s my go to evening drink and I really look forward to it.

Grateful for the hard lessons Iv learnt, accepting my HP didnā€™t put me through this to hurt meā€¦ but to help me grow. I can see this now.

Grateful for my morning walk, fresh air and trees.

Grateful for Amazon :upside_down_face:
Grateful for meditation
Grateful for books

Grateful for today :purple_heart:

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Wow, this is like you stepped into my brain, and made sense of all the jumbled up mess running around in there.
Thank you for sharing this, really made sense to me for my situation.
Also Hereā€™s a hug for you :people_hugging: for your situation you are referring to.

And also

Another great quote, that also has helped me todayšŸ’œ

Thankyou @Dazercat Iā€™m very grateful to read your share today, may we stay strong and grow through this together :hugs:

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Good morning sober fam,

Im so very greatful forā€¦

My sobriety
The promises of AA coming true
My hubby
The hubby convincing me to move to the bed last night so i didnt sleep on the couch
I could fall asleep again after Boscoe woke me up at 2am just to sleep in the living room smh
Im so very greatful for everyones well wishes and celebrating my 9 month milestone. I love you guys
Its thursday
Looking forward to warmer weather sat/sun
Cooking new recipes
A productive day at work yesterday
Hope
Joy
AA fellowship
TS fellowship
Giving myself grace

Weā€™ve got this! One day at a time!

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Grateful to remind myself that there is a lot I canā€™t control in this world, and that letting go of it doesnā€™t mean I donā€™t care. While Iā€™m thinking of it, Iā€™m grateful to remind myself that Iā€™m doing a pretty good job of managing the things I can control, so nice work on that, self! Grateful for the massive cheeseburger I ate last night courtesy of the love of my life. I felt like it had been forever since I ate a cheeseburger but itā€™s really only been a couple weeks so maybe my cheeseburger love is something I can work on managing. Grateful for the joy our new puppy brings to our life, even though it comes with a healthy amount of chagrin as well.

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@Frazzetta have we seen this puppy? I may have missed it. Id be greatful if you shared a name and pic :grinning:

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I will never not share a picture of my dogs! His name is Buster! This is a rare not-blurry photo where heā€™s not biting something! Also my new favorite picture, that captures his demented face.

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Gratefully starting my day with some morning gratitude. The power of positivity is undeniable. I am grateful I have been able to weave this power tightly into my life and see its effect seep into the lives of others. I am grateful that my zoom yoga didnt air last night so I attended a zoom NA meeting. I am grateful that it was a members one year cake. I am grateful to have heard that it is his 4th one year cake, that he has taken 2 ten year cakes and that everytime that fucker comes back. I am grateful for the way that changes my perspective. If we are all the same, if we are all just addicts, then if by some terrible chance I end up slipping I feel hope where before I felt none. I am grateful for the people who keep coming back and show that you can get through that first year more than once. I am very grateful for them.

I am grateful for my coffee this morning, its staying nice and hot. :wink: I am grateful that my chiro massaged some muscles and tendons that have been giving me some grief. We will see if she is any good when I do my forward fold in yoga soon.

I am grateful for my voice. I am grateful for my perspective. And I am grateful that I choose to see the world through eyes of love.

I am grateful for my kiddo and her very chill personality. She is such a great kid, I am so blessed.

I am grateful for dreams and all that they uncover. This morning I woke up feeling some old pains that I experienced through a dream. I am grateful that my subconcious is helping me heal old wounds.

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Iā€™m grateful for early-ish to bed and up after a good sleep.
Iā€™m grateful for a morning meditation.
Iā€™m grateful my garage got finished yesterday. Itā€™s not perfect. Fuck. Iā€™m not even sure if I like it. Iā€™m grateful Iā€™ll get use to it. Iā€™m grateful it is definitely function-able.

Iā€™m grateful for my view.
Edit: Out the window.
Edit: And life in general.

Iā€™m grateful to be living in the desert.
Iā€™m grateful I can sit here and watch Minnie outside.
Iā€™m grateful I know her routine when sheā€™s out there.
Iā€™m grateful for my new batch of Guatemalan coffee.
Iā€™m grateful for One Day At A Time.

Iā€™m grateful she will just have to get use to me going to more meetings.
Iā€™m grateful she even said sheā€™ll have to get use to me going to more meetings.
Iā€™m grateful I havenā€™t done anything wrong by going to more meetings.

Iā€™m grateful Iā€™m just going to go off and share here. I did a late afternoon meditation in our bedroom around 4:45, yesterday and when the speaker said to slowly open your eyes etcā€¦ā€¦ the first sound I heard was the sound of a wine glass coming down on her end table in the living room. Maybe Iā€™m way too in tuned to her drinking. :thinking:. It could have just been the perfect quiet timing of the whole thing. But it sure has stuck in my mind since yesterday. I wasnā€™t angry or anything about it. My heart sunk a little. At least she waited until 5. Iā€™m grateful if I continue to go to meetings maybe I wonā€™t notice or pay attention to this shit so much. Iā€™m grateful I can cut myself some slack too because I spent most of my life selling people food and drinks. I was a professional at being in tune to peopleā€™s needs. And I was good at it. The best.

Iā€™m grateful for the bright red Cardinal that flew by the tee box. He actually looked like he had a few too many. :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes: It was not a smooth flight. But what do I know about being a cardinal.

Iā€™m grateful for another day and another chance and you all.
:pray:t2: :heart: :cactus: :golfing_man:

ā€œAfter a while, I saw that my fears had little to do with the alcoholic. Instead, they indicated that I needed to work my program.ā€
ā€• Al-Anon Family Groups,
Courage to Change-One Day at a Time in Alā€‘Anon

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Today Iā€™m grateful for a good day. Itā€™s late afternoon and Iā€™m lying on the couch, Missi on my chest,Tiglat next to me. I managed to re-take my responsibilities, made some more calls, found new information, made new appointments, summarized all for my lawyer, demanded the insurance expertise for the dozendst time from my insurance agent - finally got it. Iā€™m grateful I do all these things step by step and pretty calm. Iā€™m grateful I talk openly with people, sometimes it turns into a short nice chat. Iā€™m grateful I set healthy boundaries.

Iā€™m happy and grateful for having lunch with two friends. The three of us were together before corona for the last time. It was such a nice 3 h lunch with delicious steak. Oh, we will go to this restaurant again! This year. Maybe for my birthday.

Iā€™m grateful I went home afterwards, I was full and happy and had no energy to run errands. Iā€™m grateful nobody cares, the errands can wait. Being content is more important for me :blush:

Iā€™m grateful Iā€™m able to enjoy absolute lazyness. I might be a good cat :thinking::grin:.

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Busterā€™s a good boyā€“well heā€™s a sweet boy, and heā€™s learning to be good. :rofl: The world is full of good sweet doggies like Buster and Boscoe and Iā€™m grateful for every one of them :heart: I strive every day to deserve them

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Itā€™s too much for me to catch up on here. Itā€™s becoming too much for me. Part of me is thinking that I should read it. This is not true. Itā€™s becoming more and more overwhelming.

I am grateful to be sober. Sober sober sober.
Struggling with this inner voice telling me, you can have this one coffee in the morning (no rolling eyes please). It is really a tough thing for me. And by reading here I realize, nooo, I donā€™t want to start over and over again. Just no.
I am grateful itā€™s almost Friday.
I am grateful I have a bike, well several.
I am grateful I have a home, work, some friends, food.
I miss company sometimes. Itā€™s a conflict as I need a lot of time alone too. Time is limited.
I am grateful for everyone here sharing and making steps in their recovery.
I am grateful I have enough.

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Haha love the candid shot of Buster @Frazzetta

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I know what you mean about trying to catch up with all the posts. I decided to quit doing it. If I miss some days, I donā€™t make a big effort to catch up because it just stresses me out. I know everyone here wonā€™t be upset if I miss a milestone or a post of theirs. Iā€™m grateful we are understanding :heart:

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Good morning sober fam,

Im so very greatful for

Its friday!
My sobriety, 278 days free from weed and booze
A productive day at work yesterday
Im prepared for my work performance review
My loving hubby who warns me when he hasnt done the dishes and im coming home to a mess so i dont get frustrated or upset
Hubbys doing the dishes today
A tasty lunch out
Picked up my 9 month chip last night at my favorite ladies mtg
People laughed when i said i prepared an acceptance speech
Boscoe
Looking forward to walking with Boscoe in the 40plus degree weekend
My mom helped me do my video weigh in for a weight loss challenge
My mom is amazing
Getting together saturday to iron out details for my moms 70th girls trip
Hope
All of you

We can do this thing one day at a time

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ty ty Soberbilly you are such a blessing here for us and esp me my Dad called himself Captain Billy rip.
Love you Bill, you rock buddyā€‹:heart::heart::hugs::hugs::person_in_lotus_position::person_in_lotus_position:

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Iā€™m grateful I eventually woke up and made it to work! I guess Iā€™m also grateful for the extra sleep I apparently needed, and the extra snuggle time with my sweet boys. I havenā€™t overslept in so longā€“since I was drinking, for sure. Iā€™m grateful Iā€™m sober and donā€™t stay up late drinking and drunkenly oversleep and also donā€™t drunkenly wake up on the weekend and think I overslept for work and start getting ready for work. At one point the BF said he was going to get me one of those clocks for people with dementia so they know what day of the week it is, but I was just drunk. So thank goodness thatā€™s behind me, thank goodness itā€™s Friday, and thank goodness I made it to work on time. :sweat_smile:

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