Grateful for sunshine, blue skies, birdsong and Friday. Gotta love that spring smell in the air. Grateful I get to see my little brother today and hear all about the things that matter in his life right now. Grateful I get to get the full experience of life. The good, the bad and all the moments in between - being sober made that possible.
Grateful for @Dazercat s gratirant and pointing out that emotions are such a fun mix. Just like you can be happy-sad, you can gratirant. Made me chuckle, thank you 
Grateful for new members, welcome @Neeksoner and congratulations on 84 days.
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Welcome Neeks
Congrats on 84 days! Yes- our biggest challenges are often ourselves and overcoming our addict mind. You are doing great!
Youve come to a very supportive and loving communityā¦the TS family is amazing. Hope to see you around. 
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HAPPY Friday morning my beautiful sober friends
I am grateful to be waking up sober in a comfy warm bed
I am grateful for reaching 4 months alcohol free (i honestly didnt think i could imagine a life without alcohol)
I am grateful for a supportive and loving family
I am grateful for the flexibility at work (1 job is with family at restaurant and other is own bakery business) i am spending today focused on baking.
I am grateful for this TS family
I am greatful for not putting up with toxic people. I no longer care about hurting someones feelings because im distancing myself. My sanity comes first
I am grateful for my meditation and daily positive affirmations
I am greatful for this gratitude thread!
I am greatful for my higher power.
I am greatful for feeling my feelings and not letting anything build up
Have a blessed and wonderful dayā¦sending much love
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Good morning grateful friends!
Iām grateful for another day sober.
Iām grateful itās Friday.
Iām grateful for @Dazercatās gratirant and āfuck Abraham Lincoln.ā Itās a reminder that I can still be grateful when life is hard and Iām in a grumpy mood. And a reminder that I canāt control my bfās decisions or actions and I need to stop trying to āfixā things for him. Iām grateful Iām working on boundaries and for speaking my needs. Iām grateful for learning to think about what I want and what I need in my life. That I matter and have value and donāt need to āpeople please.ā Iām grateful I have therapy Monday to talk about all this.
Iām grateful I saw my doctor yesterday about my headaches and neck pain. Itās all from really tight muscles (stress) so heās referred me to physical therapy and prescribed a mild muscle relaxer to take before bed. That actually helped some and the headache wasnāt as bad this morning. But I did have crazy weird dreams!
Iām grateful to take things ODAAFT. My brain wants to dwell on past mistakes or future worries so Iām trying to focus just on right now. Thatās really hard!
Iām grateful for all of you and all your support!
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Morning gratitude check in day 3.
I am grateful that I woke up at 5 and drove my husband to work. Any time I e get to spend together is awesome in my bookā¦AND I love driving around early in the morning and being out and about as the world wakes up.
I am grateful my college roommate reached out to take me out to coffee today. I am grateful for the drive I get to do later with my husband to pick up a new sink, and for the jobs that we have that allow us to pay for it!
Iām grateful for the opportunity to give my son his first sponge bath last night, and grateful to the nurse that showed me how to do it!
I am grateful for the affirmation work I have been doing with him daily since this all began. It has been grounding for me, and has helped me maintain asl steady and positive outlook, particularly in uncertain times.
Iām grateful for family and friends that are reaching out and making themselves known to me as support. Iām grateful for the hospital staff and the work that they do to save lives.
Iām grateful for my morning tea and for audible. They make my solo drives cozy and fun.
Iām grateful for the opportunity to set the tone for my day with these words.
And Iām grateful to be sober here with you todayā¤ļø
(Oh! And @Dazercat ā¦I ended up giving birth to my son early at a little over 29 weeks pregnant three weeks ago. We are in the middle of a lengthy nicu stayā¦but he is getting stronger, healthier and more resilient everyday)
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Edit: I started this post yesterday. Fell asleep.
Thank you @Soberbilly for F.U.B.A.R. 
I do like it, it describes certain situations in my life precisely.
@Dazercat You are welcome to be angry, moody, whatever. Let it out!
Today Iām grateful for being a whiney, exhausted, needy, grumpy pest on a luxury level. Iām grateful for my cozy house, my lovely cats, that my best friend is back from vaccation and I can call her to talk, vent, cry. I still feel like crap, helpless,
New day, new gratitude!
Iām grateful Iām eating out. Needed meds, visited the next restaurant
Iām grateful I left the house today. Iām grateful I did some chores. Little things add up. Iām grateful my doctor cancelled the antibiotic, the allergic side effects are too heavy. I pray that 3 days were enough to kill the fucking bacteria that made the superinfection. I pray the allergy meds help because normally my body doesnāt give a fuck whether I take them or not. Iām scratching my skin off.
Iām grateful the construction work pauses today. The silence is wonderful Iām grateful the new deck is finished and they put up the fence again. Not fixed as work is still going on but I have my privacy back The workers are really nice, caring and competent. Iām overall grateful I turned a problem over to the site manager and she solved it in a wink. Iām grateful I ask for help, set boundaries, speak up for myself and stay calm. What progress thinking back one year. Iām grateful I escaped the bad situation and the emotional black hole in my marriage then, I could barely function. Still a long way to go, Iām grateful for babysteps. Iām grateful where I am today. Itās safe, comfy, no stress and with a silver lining of perspective. I donāt care if I feel sick, like crap, rattle, am exhausted or desperate, feeling lonely and have the urgent need to cry: I am free. Yes, that means nobody in the house, just me and the cats. That can be frightening, I panic when I wake up heavily coughing fearing I wonāt be able to call help. But thatās only brainfuck, Iām pretty competent to take care of myself and call help in case of an emergency. The thing is: I have to get used to it again. I relied and counted on my husband way too much. In hindsight he wasnāt there for me half of the time, so what? Fucking codependent patterns and learned helplessness.
I must be feeling better someway to have such thoughts Maybe Iām just relieved that the antibiotic side effect horror will hopefully ease within the day.
Iām grateful for still being here. On this forum, alive, with my cats, in contact with the people I love
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Iām grateful
104 Day no drinking
Itās Friday
Rainx on my car windshield, poured rain all the way to work.
My uncles surgery went well, he gets out of the hospital today. Long road ahead of him though. He had an ankle replacement.
I am always thankful for healthy kids and grandkids.
Colorado trip scheduled for the middle of May. We are going to visit my daughter and son in law. Canāt wait!!
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Good morning sober fam,
Im so very greatful forā¦
My sobriety, 355 days!
My hubby got me 2 new really good pensā¦i love a good pen
My hubby knows me so well
Slept thru the night!
Positive mindset
Our collective gratitude practice
Hot coffee
Our safety
Countdown til vacation and my one year milestone
Payday
Friday
Progress not perfection
AA fellowship
TS fellowship
Texting
Reliable internet
Hubby did the dishes
Postive results from going sober
Yes we can
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One of the things I admire most about you is that even though life can be difficult, frustrating, heartbreaking, you always make the effort to acknowledge it and then give it the finger and find a way to dig up some gratitude, or go out and find a meeting or another way to bring yourself peace, or refocus to your grandkids or upcoming trips to bring yourself joy and excitement for the future. Itās hard work, and exhausting to feel you have to continually make such an effort, so Iām glad you can vent your spleen here, and Iām glad youāre a bit happier and I hope your moods upward trend continues the rest of the day! 
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Last night was more difficult than it needed to be for a number of reasons, but Iām moving on with my life. Iām grateful for a new morning, Iām particularly grateful this new morning is a Friday morning, and Iām grateful to have a full weekend planned with friends and houseguests. Iām really grateful that previously a full weekend with other people doesnāt give me a boatload of anxiety anymore, hey Iām growing and learning! Thatās certainly something to be grateful for as well. Hooray!
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Good morning. 
I am grateful for my sponsor and her wisdom. I am grateful that I found humility when I came to the rooms of Narcotics Anonymous. I am grateful that I am very aware that āI cant, but we canā 
That doesnt just apply to my own recoveryā¦ that isnt just I cant recover alone. That also means I cant fucking sponsor these women alone, I need help! Just as it takes a villiage to raise a child, it takes a long lineage of strong recovery to support an addict getting healthy.
Not. Just. One. Addict.
I am grateful that i established a very open relationship with my sponsor from the start so when I call her sayingā¦ ācan I read you something, I need to know if I said something wrongā¦ā I know she will tell me the truth. I am grateful that she is the only person that comes to mind when I need to discuss a sponsee. I am grateful my sponsor is from another area, and she has no fucking clue who half my sponsees are.
I went to detox last night and wow had I missed that place. What a feeling coming out of there, you knowā¦I always hug everyone good bye (not sure we are supposed to or not but I do) some of those addicts have been on the streets for god knows how long and have probably not had a hug forever. I am grateful that I havent been turned down yet when I ask, I am grateful to be able to share my light with them. One guy was getting out today so I spent some extra time figuring out what meeting he could get to straight from the detox. I have some hope he will make it there.
I am grateful to be clean.
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Iām grateful for gratirants and gratidudes and being able to let my feelings out here. Iām grateful for your support. And grateful for all your comments.
Jenny you always make me smile and laugh with your words of āpuppy shenanigansā which I love by the way, and āspleen ventingā and so many more. I hope the anxiety boat stays under water this weekend with your house full.
Iām grateful Iāll be going to a new meeting tonight to find my happiness since my happiness is passed out on the couch by 6pm these days. So, was Abe married to an alcoholic when he said that? I perceive the situation getting worse. Iām grateful I know itās a progressive disease. Iām grateful for now I will feel loneliness, sadness, heartbreak, with a little side of depression. Iām grateful I will find happiness at a 7 pm meeting tonight. And I can hit one up at 1 on Saturday. Iām grateful I feel confident going to meetings that Iāve never been to before. Iām grateful for that connection.
Iām grateful we got the dogs walked.
Iām grateful we got Alice fluids done.
Iām grateful for the hard conversation we had this morning. Iām grateful my wife thanked me. WTF 
Iām grateful I can fake it till I make it. Iām grateful we can get along. And we can communicate.
Im grateful Iām getting a shit ton of sleep going to bed with the Ol Burner at 8:30 to read my book. Iām grateful Iām meditating my ass off. Still got a little left 
Im grateful I can pull up 3 mantras now anytime I want to wherever I am without using Insight Timer.
Sita Ram Hanuman 
Iām grateful for yāall.
Iām grateful for velociraptor like baby giggles 
And Gussies first laughter. Iām grateful my son got the VRBO rental in Malibu in June to get the 2 babies together. Iām grateful weāll be killing 2 birds with one stone on that trip. Iām grateful after that trip we can settle in for the rest of the summer without travels.
āGratitude in advance is the most powerful creative force in the Universe.ā
Neale Donald Walsh
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Iām grateful it hasnāt snowed again, even though the weather keeps trying to insist it is winter and not spring. I live in the mountains and there is serious risk of flooding this season with the snowfall weāve had combined with the ~20 years of drought. Iām grateful that it hasnāt flooded as of yet and that we have some dates planned with the community to fill sandbags and put them out as a community, for the community.
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Grateful to meet you Neeks.
Congratulations on your 85 days clean. Well done. Welcome to the best thread in the house. Pull up a chair and let us know how youāre grateful. Weāre always willing to listen. Lights are always on. Make your own coffee.
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Iām grateful heās getting stronger and healthier every day. God Bless.
Iām grateful I cropped and enhanced this pic my daughter sent me. It made me think of you for some reason.
Strength for your family
Iām grateful you will be able to look forward to grabbing his chubby arms soon.
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I want to share how something small can be big.
Took jackson for walkā¦not a big thingā¦but along the wayā¦a car stopped and the driver told me how beautiful he thought my dog was. Went further and a woman walking her dogā¦gave a heartfelt smile. Getting close to home i greeted a couple of teens.
Today is my 74th day sober
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This is so beautiful and heartwarming 
Thank you for this wonderful share.
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My daughter said just before she went to stay at her dads for the nightā¦āmammy im going to give u the biggest hug everā and she didā¦then she whispers in my earā¦āyour the bestest mammy everā 
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Iām grateful my kids and I had a safe trip to visit my sister.
Iām grateful I visited two very dear friends yesterday and today - just shows how friendships can last even with distance between two people.
Iām grateful my kids are enjoying being with their cousins.
Iām grateful I had a beautiful hike and then a fun crossfit lesson (my first!) with my sister.
Iām grateful when offered a glass yesterday and today I said not for me, thank you.
Iām grateful Iām going to sleep sober.
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Too sweet! Melts my heart
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