Daily Gratitude, The Air Of Recovery #3

[KarenKW]

Good morning grateful friends.

I’m grateful for another sunny, sober day.

I’m grateful for my sister treating us to massages yesterday although now my shoulders are really tender. About to see if a hot shower helps.

Grateful we got out for a walk at the nature park yesterday and will find a new trail today.

I’m grateful for Beans curled up in my lap keeping me warm.

I’m grateful my bf had a job interview yesterday. Fingers crossed he gets it.

Grateful for food in my fridge.

Grateful for ODAAT.

[Hoss]

I’m grateful for:

1. A great night’s sleep;
2. A great run with my doggos;
3. A hot latte with cinnamon;
4. The joy of the squirrels & muskrat in my backyard who love the little chunks of apple I put out for them.
5. The courage to speak in a Tempest meeting yesterday and looking forward to another in half an hour.

[mewmcmew]

3 things I’m grateful for

I’m grateful for recognizing and getting better at redirecting my thoughts when something triggers me.

I’m grateful for waking up.

I’m grateful the sun

[Cjp]

Good morning sober fam,

Im so very greatful for…

My sobriety, 308 days
My weightloss and commitment to building calorie deficits
Quality time with the hubby
Boscoe, my furry son
Gonna go check out a deal on kayaks
The whisk app and new healthy recipes to keep life exciting
My family is safe
Understanding to let things go that i cant control…and thats alot
This forum
AA fellowship
TS fellowship
Majority days mood above a 7 outta 10
My positive outlook
Hope
Joy
Music
A reliable car
My home
All of you

We can. One day at a time

[Dazercat]

“I’m grateful I have turned my life and my will over to the care of God today. All is well.”
Codependents Guide To The Twelve Steps.
Melody Beattie

I’m grateful to learn how freeing step 3 is.
I’m grateful after yesterday I am surrendering again. Yes I am.
I’m grateful for what my trainer said. “If you think you got too much weight on You probably do.”
I’m grateful I’ve been thinking about some of my boundaries and future plans and wondering if they are “Controlling?”
I’m grateful if I think am I trying to control it then I probably am.
I’m grateful I can stop.
I’m grateful I can do step 3.
I’m grateful I can then make a conscious decision to take care of myself, WITH GOD’S HELP

I’m grateful for meditation.
I’m grateful I’m realizing how great a tool it is for my recovery.

I’m grateful the roads are not icy in my hood and we can walk the dogs.
I’m grateful I can power walk myself after if I so desire.
I’m grateful we got the house stocked with groceries. So of course we went out to eat last night. I’m grateful that’s us.

I’m grateful for the sun. Especially where it melted the ice on the steps for the old dog girl Minnie, to go down for a whizzy and a poop where I shoveled first thing when I got home Friday.

Morning CJ. I see ya up there.
I’m grateful Benson has a new nickname. He’s now know as the “Midnight Pooper.” Ya he’s not liking the cold an snow. I’m grateful they’re good firm TMI

I’m grateful for the new chicken recipe a friend gave me.

I’m grateful I have a meeting in 2 days. I can’t wait. I’m grateful the roads are clear enough and hopefully safe enough for me to go to it.

I’m grateful I can let go.
I’m grateful I can let go again.
I’m grateful I can let go again and again when I have to.

I’m grateful for the good stuff I find on Twitter.

I’m grateful for my recoveries.
I’m grateful for you

It’s as though waking up to surrender, allows my life to be infused with more grace and gratitude.
The Grace and Gratitude of Living the Path of Surrender
Colette Lafia

[Cjp]

Good morning @Dazercat i hope you have a serene sunday

[Frazzetta]

This morning I am grateful to wake sober and ready greet the day and get things done. I’m grateful for my family and grateful my sobriety keeps me taking the best care of them (and myself) that I can. I’m grateful to look forward to having a friend over to visit from out of town next weekend, and grateful to be able to recognize that my discomfort at having people visit and having undefined plans to get together with my friends is a product of my anxiety and that it will be ok. I am grateful to recognize and remind myself that others not feeling pressure to make a definite specific plan is ok, and not to be crabby or resentful. A need to control things and plan things out is a coping mechanism, but I don’t need to force it on other people with whole other lives they’re dealing with of their own. Everything will work out fine, and these are all my favorite people and we care very much for each other, so it’s ok to leave things and trust everyone not to be weird. I’m grateful for warm slippers, quiet puppers, and relaxing homey tasks to keep me occupied and content.

[Dakotahjae]

Im grateful im making it through this recent struggle, most grateful for friends, a great support group that has been nonstop helping me fix my car and my bank account situation. Im grateful im learning how to live through the stress. Im grateful to focus of gratitude and all the really good things while all this shit is happening.
Im grateful for my kids, who have my back. My 18 year old told me yesterday " mom this is a collaborative effort." Wow.
Grateful i can see the rainbow at the end of this downpour.

[erntedank]

Today I’m grateful for a recreation sunday. Lots of cat cuddles, reading, yummi food, minor chores, some TV watching, early to bed.
I’m nervous, anxious, overthinking and detaching with resentment today looking to the lawyer appointment tomorrow. I’m grateful nobody can hear the allegations, frustrations and literally everything I want to throw in my ex’s face tomorrow. Self-talking helps me to decompress and hopefully to be calm tomorrow because I spit all out today. No worry, it will be a professional, maybe even a productive meeting. If not I’m out, that’s the healthy boundary I stick to.

I’m grateful I did not work in the garden today allthough the weather was beautiful and a lot of work is waiting to be done. I promised myself to enjoy my sundays and do only whatever I want. I wanted to stay inside my cozy house and enjoy being at home.
I’m grateful for the serenity prayer

[Cjp]

Back to gratitude.

Im greatful i have a good relationship with my family.
Im greatful i had 2 great hours in there company and tapped out. Its a fricken circus with 7 kids and 10 adults and 6 dogs.
Im greatful the sun is peeking outta the clouds aporadically
Im greatful for my good chat with my cousin
Im greatful my parents are proud of me
Im greatful Boscoe gets along with the cousin dogs
Im greatful were having a savory chicken stew tonight
Im greatful for personal growth and not needing external validation
Im greatful i have a few hours to chill and relax. My saturday was go go go
So greatful

[KarenKW]

Good morning grateful friends.

I’m grateful for another day sober. Almost at 60 days.

I’m grateful the sun is shining and it will be another warm day.

I’m grateful the headache I woke up with is getting better.

I’m grateful for my family and their support. Grateful for my sister’s visit this weekend and getting time just to hang out together. It really helped my mood.

I’m grateful my anxiety is so much better since getting sober. I still need to take medication for it, but now the medication actually works.

ODAAT

[Cjp]

Good morning sober fam,

Im so very greatful for…

My sobriety, 309 days free from weed and alcohol
My hubby , my heart, my best friend
Boscoe and his cuddles
A job i enjoy
I have enough
Our home
Treating myself to lunch
Steady weightloss
Progress not perfection
Prayer
Dharmy recovery tonight
A new week full of new possibilities
Hope
AA fellowship
TS fellowship
All of you, x1000

We can. Together.

[Sunflower1]

Good morning all,
I’m grateful for a good, unexpectedly busy weekend. I’m grateful to be present, and able to help my kids take steps to move them forward in life. I’m grateful for possibilities. I’m grateful for a job that pays the bills. I’m grateful for podcasts and coffee for the morning drive to work. I’m grateful I get to see the sunrise most days.
Everyone have a wonderful day❤️

[Hoss]

I’m grateful for:

1. doggy daycare, my dogs have a blast and I get to vacuum the house without terrifying them lol;
2. A long (for me) hilly run in the beautiful countryside;
3. A body that can still run - it’s been my very healthy habit for 45 years;
4. That the stigma around addiction in popular culture appears to be shifting. Imagine my surprise to be scrolling through instagram yesterday and stumbling on a post by Luke Combs addressing the sober people in his audience and how they might feel when they hear the rest of the crowd singing along with booze related songs…so he wrote one about being sober called Joe (I found it on iTunes). Great song imo and I rarely listen to country music.
5. This community and my Tempest online community for support.

[Dazercat]

I’m grateful

I’m grateful for this morning.

I’m grateful to read the excitement in @CueBall8n9 two posts I just read, and I can actually feel your excitement and remember how excited I was on my 27 (ish) days sober. Good for you. And without power no less. Keep up the great work.

I’m grateful I decided to do a breathing meditation first thing this morning because I didn’t know where to begin.
I’m grateful I couldn’t get loving thoughts out of my head about my wife during my 7 minute meditation so I just let it happen.

I’m grateful I found Jyotishaki & Vidya and have been listening to them this morning.
I’m grateful I’ll never be able to pronounce or spell Jyotishaki & Vidya. Now that, I can surrender.

Im grateful for shared photo albums on my iPad of Gus and Norma.
I’m grateful for grand baby videos.
I’m grateful for Minnie
I’m grateful as soon as Alice got off my lap Maverick took on the job.

I’m grateful for a wonderful nights sleep.
I’m grateful we enjoyed the new Top Gun movie. I’m grateful she stayed awake for the whole thing.

I’m grateful the roads are good and very manageable in my hood.

I’m grateful I continue to learn I cannot let fear control my future.
#fuckfear

I’m grateful I will turn my life and my will over to the care of God today. All is well. And here. Take my fear too will ya?

I’m grateful the sun is out and shining bright behind me and there is this huge sunbeam now in my house.

I’m grateful for gratitude and gratidudes

There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy.
Ralph H. Blum

[CueBall8n9]

I am thankful for @Dazercat for leading me to this thread!

I am thankful to be sober and to have a family that loves me and forgives me for the mess I have caused.

I am thankful for sobriety, AA, and this community!

[Frazzetta]

I’m grateful that this weekend I made significant progress-or at least it felt that way-on the afghan I’m making, and I’m grateful I spent time on the floor just playing and being with my dogs. I was supposed to be doing yoga and getting ready for work and to be honest it made things a bit more complicated than they needed to be this morning but I don’t regret it. It was a good and happy moment. I’m glad I got unstuck from our alley before I had to give up and wake up the bf and ask for help. I’m grateful I had a pleasant and happy weekend, full of contentment, productive without feeling like I spent my whole weekend “on task”. Grateful that my sobriety made all that possible.

[I.cant.We.can]

I’m grateful to God please help me remain clean and sober while following your will just for today. I’m grateful for All my family, friends, TS and the gratidudes.
God bless us all. &

p.s. You are a star, shine bright. Ya you!!

[anon74766472]

It’s soo good to read that your headaches and mood, depression symptoms are improving. That is really good to see. Also that you made the step to do this therapy weeks ago.

[desert_rose]

I am grateful that my car broke down on my way back home, and not on my way to work.

I’m grateful that it happened near a gas station and I could safely pull over. I was in the middle of an express road in a remote area.

I’m so grateful that, when no one in the gas station spoke English, a local gentleman came out of his car to help translate.

I’m grateful for the absolute kindness of this stranger who helped me (the problem with the car was much worse than I originally expected) and took the time to make sure I made it to a mechanic and I was safe and on my way home before he went on his own way. The car had to stay.

I’m grateful, so grateful, to see kindness like this in the world