Awesome Really cool you are celebrating life and sobriety like this! Thatās the way to go!
One whole fricken year sober AFAF! OFDAAT!
Iām so grateful for you and your posts and your presence here. For the light in your eyes and your words. For the momentum your sobriety brings to mine. For Boscoe, that little fucker.
Huge Congrats to you! Onward, friend.
Iām grateful I can let go of the fact that Iām a gazillion posts behind. Long days oā too much screen time to post. I got to pop in here and there and see the posts a-piling up and it made me feel grateful for this special place.
Work got a little worky and life got life-y. What was the word, @Bootz? Overfaced? Yep, that was a lot of April. Iām grateful itās May. Iām also grateful April happened - it showed me it aināt always easy but it sure is worth it, this whole showing up to life and recovery.
Iām grateful I can adapt on a whim. Not easily, but I can if I need to. Didnāt travel a few weeks ago as planned. My sweet Mom has covid (again) and her unit is on outbreak. Iām grateful I didnāt agitate the situation by throwing myself and a pile of PPE into the mix. She is getting good care. And so I go back to my breathā¦ grateful that this is sometimes all that I can actually do.
Iām grateful for the drive and day in nature with the dog girl on Sunday. For the ice melting on the lake. The geese honking. The red wing black birds song, here where they pitstop on their trek from Mexico, I think. Those little dudes sure cover some ground.
Iām grateful Iām falling in love. Nah, probably still at the wooing stage. Have long been reading online profiles, dreaming, but found myself taking a big step forward with courage and arranging a meeting. To be clear - not with a humanā¦ Oh, but with a delightful parcel of land! We met. Iāve looked at other parcels the last 3-4 years, but then put this all on hold. But this land? Those trees and birds and game trails and mosses? This might be love. Lotsa adulty paperwork the next few weeks and if not this piece, well then we go back to the breath, donāt weā¦
Iām grateful for dreams.
Iām grateful for another day.
Morning gratitude. Iām grateful waking up well rested on time with Missi tamping and purring away on me. Iām grateful itās a short week allthough it doesnāt effect me whether there is a holiday or not, my weeks are all the same from monday to sunday. Iām grateful I feel capable to live my life, meet my obligations and take care of my resposibilities most of the time. Iām grateful sometimes the bare minimum is enough, life is not a flatline but ups and downs.
Iām grateful for a hot shower in the morning, itās my best way to start the day. Iām grateful I catch up on doing laundry, me being sick causes a lot of laundry. Iām grateful the cats are āhelpingā, having fun and the old boy loves to sleep on the fresh laundry waiting to be put away I feel emotional today so Iāll have some soothing herbal tea now, read a bit and do a meditation. I donāt want my feelings go on a rollercoaster like 3 days ago. Iām grateful I have tools in my toolbox and use them
Want to like your post more Iām happy you and this piece of land might match together, this are the stories that make my heart skip happily (also thinking of you @RosaCanDo )
Thank you! Iām so grateful to feel understood! Should my dream come true, youāll likely find me a happy, scruffy, forest-dwelling creature, living in something that looks like a woodshed, crafting sentences and conversing with birdsā¦ bliss!
I hope your tea and meditation soothe the soul and that your day feels like a hug. Iām sending one now!
Super congrats on your one year CJP!!!
Your presence hear has been huge for me
So glad you get to celebrate in style
Keep on rockin your sober journey!!!
Iām grateful I casually found a list of audiobooks on another thread and downloaded the Tao of Pooh. Iām grateful I started listening to it in my headphones on my walk to lunch and it immediately brought a smile to my face.
Iām grateful Iām working on myself. Trying to find balance. Listening to new ideas (new to me!), new ways of thinking. Exploring.
Iām grateful I have a calm heart to do all this exploring with. I would have been anxiety-ridden right now, and completely overwhelmed with doubts, fear of uncertainty, terrified of change. Instead, Iām trying to be the best version of me. For my kids, for my husband and for myself.
Work in progress.
Today I am grateful I was awake early enough for some time for journaling and gratitude. Staying in the moment is the intention for the day, with recovery and stress management being key drivers of that focus. I am grateful for my notes from last nightās meeting where I jotted down inspiring statements of others and could reread this morning and will do so throughout today when needed. I am grateful for this app and all of you doing the work amd carrying the message!
@Bootz im sorry your al-anon meeting going experience was a bust. Glad to hear that your evening did turn around.
@M-be-free49 i love that you are in love - with a plot of land. Wishing you the best with all the adulting paperwork. I look foward to hearing about your forrest-dwelling adventures in your woodshed
Good morning grateful friends
Iām grateful I didnāt give into the cravings yesterday. So still sober.
Iām grateful today is a new day and the sun is shining.
Iām grateful to be awake after horrible nightmares all night. Iām up early enough to ease into the day. Sit here with my cats and sip my coffee.
Iām grateful I can come to this site as often as I need to when Iām struggling.
Iām grateful to remember that while my depression is currently bad, itās not always like this. It will ease up eventually. I need to focus on the little things like actually showering, eating healthy, and getting outside.
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Today I will do this with you sending you healing hugs and energy
We will get through today, know Iām thinking of you as I struggle to do the same but we must keep putting one foot in front of the other. Iām walking by your side in energy.
Iām grateful I managed to get out of bed today.
Baby steps. Little things like that count as progress too. Sending hugs back!
Congratulations on a year! Thanks awesome!!
Iām grateful for:
84 days sober today
The grace and mercy of God
The love and forgiveness of my family
AA
My sponsor
This wonderful community
The sun shining this morning
Being able to work from home today
Knowing that I wonāt be tired for everā¦.
My two dogs Sammy and Bella
Good morning friends,
Iām grateful for a wonderful day spent with my mom, sister, and niece. Who knew walking IKEA could be so fun! Iām grateful I have them, and we are close. Iām grateful for coffee and podcasts for the morning drive to work. Iām grateful itās the first day of a fresh week, and Iām going to try to stay positive, or somewhere near there about my job. Iām grateful I like my coworkers. Iām grateful for milestones achieved, numbers and other kinds too. Grateful for my home threadā¤ļø
Congratulations!!! What an awesome accomplishment, and how fun to celebrate it on the road with loved ones. Have fun and be safe out there
Good morning my beautiful sober friends
Its a rough morning with numbness and pain ā its absolutely hilarious seeing me walk (so ive crawled back in bed). This too will pass but for now im started to feel down and depressedā¦and as im writing this i find out that my parents are heading over to meditateā¦seriously how beautiful is that. Someone is really looking out for me and pulling me outta this rutt i was getting myself into. I am so grateful for this very momentā¦have to run (so to speak)ā¦will finish my gratitudes laterā¦sending much love
Good morning! Iām grateful for what looks to be turning into a terribly busy month. Iām being grateful and not letting it make me feel anxious. Iām grateful to spend time with family, for jewelry classes with friends, mini weekend road trips, and Iāll be grateful for any quiet time I can find in between. Iām grateful for my sobriety, and for the lunch I have planned with a coworker out of the office to reconnoiter a location for our summer office party. If I wasnāt sober, I would be terribly anxious, and hungover to make things worse and Iām so thankful Iām choosing to be and feel better. Thinking back on those drunk days itās sad to think how overwhelming even the smallest task could seem. Iām so grateful to choose to improve the way I think, feel and do each day. I am grateful to remind myself to focus on that rather than the mistakes and bad choices Iāve made, and to let myself be filled with positivity for the good choices Iām making rather than dread of the bad choices Iām capable of.
Good morning sober fam,
Im so very greatful forā¦
My sobriety, 366 days free from weed and alcohol
Getting started earlier than expected this morning
Was supposed to hit an AA mtg in town last night but turns out they havent had it there in years
They had a friends of Bill W sign posted and have a mtg tonight at my hotel!
Rolling with the changes
Trying to be flexible
My hubby
Boscoe
My mom and dad got me a beautiful card for my one year milestoneā¦made me cry
Going for a 2hr hike today at the grand canyon
Sunshine
Water
Snacks
Elk
Our safety
All of you!!
The replies yesterday made me feel all warm and fuzzy and greatful to have all of you in my corner and my pocket