I’m grateful for another day sober.
I’m grateful I met up with a friend/coworker for coffee this morning
I’m grateful it’s Friday and payday!
I’m grateful for an ADHD diagnosis finally. It helps knowing my brain is just wired differently.
I’m extra grateful for air conditioning this week.
I’m grateful to have vacation in a month to look forward to. And my birthday! (49 - I can’t believe I’m almost 50! I feel about 25.)
I’m grateful for all the memes and jokes.
I’m grateful for all of you!
@erntedank Grateful that the meds are working for you love. Cartoon museum sounds awesome! WOW - were you able to take any pics?
Grateful for this motto and grateful that you are still with us! I am in love with your zest for life - you have so much to strive for - keep reaching for them stars! @croke Witcher books?? Whoa - i can imagine that they would be amazing - glad you are enjoying them - i’m going to see if our library has them @cjp can’t wait to hear all about your family reunion - glad that it going so much better than what you had anticipated / feared. Grateful that you are able to be your hubby’s sober buddy and the two of you can enjoy a sober time together.
Absolutely love this! Yes, sobriety is the new way of life and hopefully wont be something that you have to constantly fight for. Such amazing work love - yeah to 18 days
This is lovely Karen - age is just a number. Embrace the youth inside. I am grateful that you were able to get your diagnosis and are able to better understand what you have been experiencing. @Bomdhil Glad to see you doing well and adding on the days Thomas - hope you are feeling better from your cold
HAPPY FRIDAY my beautiful sober companions
I am so grateful for a lovely day to be alive - given another chance to heal and do better / be better. I am blessed to have the time needed to work on myself from every which way. I am grateful that i am not squandering this away.
I am so grateful that i am finding myself pushing myself a bit more everyday and only getting a little resistance. I am grateful that i’m ok with seeing small changes and have abandoned my expectations for fast results.
I am so grateful for my amazing family and all the damn support they offer - what an amazing gift i’ve received and am grateful for not taking them for granted.
I am so grateful that i just spoke with my favorite uncle (he is visiting from India and will be leaving Sunday)- he is at my parents house today as my aunts place is without internet so like 2 min away from me YEAH! I am going to get my energy sorted and spend the day with him - i am beyond excited.
I am so grateful for showers that no longer cause me severe pain (still a bit uncomfortable but i know that will improve in time).
I am so grateful for an overcast day that is cooler without humidity.
I am so grateful for my meditation and prayer and my Higher Power. Grateful everyday that i was shown this path to sobriety and no it has not been easy but tbh I am blessed that it hasn’t been as much of a struggle as i’ve encountered before - thanks to all of you and your support.
I am so grateful for seeing so many days adding up on my recovery - sometimes i just write the dates on my check in thread and think WOW - i’ve done that - and take a minute to digest how awesome that feels.
I am so grateful that i have my uncle to hang out with today - my brothers GF is coming here cause she has no power. I am not going to let this spoil my day
I am so grateful that I have had two cups of piping hot coffee and my soul feels content - now i should make some juice and clear the kitchen before she arrives
I am so grateful for all of you being on this journey with me - thank you for being you for being awesome!
Have a wonderful Friday my beautiful sober souls — sending much love
Im greatful for nature.
Im greatful for bald eagles on our lake
Im greatful for sunshine
Im greatful for family
Im greatful 4 generations have been coming to the reunion for many many years
Im greatful im sober
Im greatful people are telling me i look good and healthy. I was a whale at my wedding 2 years ago.
Im greatful for a sunrise walk
I’m grateful for my wife.
I’m grateful she wanted to go to a movie.
I’m grateful she loves me.
I’m grateful she wanted to sit outside on the deck with me in the late evening with her wine.
I’m grateful we had a nice time.
I’m grateful wifey is cooking dinner tonight while I go to my meeting.
I’m grateful for my Thursday nooner. Al-Anon meeting. I’m grateful for the different fun topic of “Do’s and Don’ts,” from the Alcoholism The Family Disease pamphlet.
I’m grateful we enjoyed the new Indiana Jones movie. We both had a lot of fun. I’m grateful we both want to wait until the crowds dissipate before we see the Barbie movie. I’m grateful we both want to see the Oppenheimer movie and that we are both on the fence about sitting through a 3 hour movie that we can wait and watch in the comfort of our home when it streams. I’m grateful we have a lot of practical shit like that in common.
I’m grateful for lunches at home.
I’m grateful I could not go outside this morning as Alice insisted I stay inside with her snuggling and purring on my lap.
I’m grateful we both got Benson walked already this morning. I’m grateful we make a great team. Me and wifey. Well, I guess me wifey and Benson too
I’m grateful I saw Momma Lisa and her 2 baby ducks at the pond on our walk today.
Hi CJ I’m grateful for bald eagles too, and you get to see them on your lake. Have a great weekend.
I’m grateful for the gratidudes.
“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.
Oprah Winfrey
Congratulations on 500 days a so so so many more beautiful things for you Darcy.
Atta girls.
Edit: I’m actually crying over here I’m so freakin happy for you.
@JazzyS thank you from the bottom of my heart!
I am grateful for living a momentum and to have a time of rest regarding urges and temptations.
Thank you Lord!!!
We made it home, all in one piece. The rental vehicle was in one piece, the three of us unscathed with full hearts. We are grateful.
I asked my kiddo what she was thankful for the other night before we turned the lights out, her response… “I am thankful you gave me some time when I was overwhelmed and you didnt get mad at me.”
Yeah me too, I am also grateful for that, which brings me right back to spiritual principles like it always does. I am grateful for step 12, " Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to addicts, and to practice these principles in all our affairs " All of my affairs means everything… thats a lot. I am grateful for progress not perfection and I feel like I have learned to prioritized quite well, most days.
I am grateful for water pressure and clean towels, room to move and places to stretch out.
I am grateful to have had some days away with my child and I am grateful to be home too. I missed my life! What an interesting concept hey??? Being on holiday and missing home.
Hi friends, I’m grateful for a pretty fluid day at work. I’m grateful for podcasts and books to learn from. I’m grateful I’m going to plant some seeds tomorrow with my mom. I’ll be grateful if I get to see my sister, but no expectations. Im grateful for love and forgiveness. See you all tomorrow .
I am grateful my dear friend who unfortunately had a serious house fire that their whole family got out safely.
This happened the day before his wedding.
I’m grateful they still went ahead with the wedding.
I’m grateful I see that as hard as it has been to pack up our home for the temporary move, although that been delayed. I’m grateful I realised when I was moaning how lucky I am to have our belongings to pack - my dear friend was left with just his underwear and luckily his family. I’m grateful he said he realised although everything that was lost he has felt so wealthy because his family survived. I’m grateful I could see the stuff I was struggling with was something I was taking for granted, and that although there have been set backs.
I’m actually very lucky, and it’s my mind tricking me to believe that big life changes moving so fast are me making them feel more difficult. Change my mindset.
I’m grateful I have all my pets, grateful I have somewhere to temporarily move too, grateful the damp work is being sorted finally.
Grateful I can see the positives, grateful I’m still sober. It has been close in my mindset to almost not be.
Again I am grateful to change my way of thinking - maybe feeling sorry for myself.
Grateful some medical issues that looked serious after some tests actually were perfect after extra testing.
Grateful for this huge scare, grateful it made me look at how to live better.
I’m grateful for all of you without you all my life wouldn’t be where it is today, I wouldn’t be who I am today. Sober and grateful and supported. I’m truly grateful for you all.
It’s 3am maybe will take some reading here and drop back off to sleep.
@dakotahjae So very happy for you Darcy. Loving those beautiful smiles! @bomdhil so grateful to hear that you are about to beat your longest streak in the past year. Grateful for you using all the tools in your toolbox and fighting the urges. @soberbilly YUPPPERS oreo’s are vegan (dangerous information to have LOL)… Now they have gluten free and vegan double stuff oreo’s and damn they are delicious. ENJOY! Way to handle the fender bender. Glad to see that your daily practices are paying off. @Twizzlers good to see you and your gratitude’s. Grateful that your friend and his family are safe. Grateful that you are finding the positives in life and surroundings – most of all I’m grateful that your testing came back perfect (so sorry you went through that scare).
Friday evening gratitude…
I need to find some gratitude - been an interesting day that i did get through so i am grateful for that. I went to visit my fav uncle (N) which i got to spend a short time with. Had to leave early as my other uncle (D) came and i needed to create some distance. Went into the restaurant to help out so my parents could go home (my mom is one of 7 siblings and today 5 of them were together - so i wanted them to have as much sibling time together as possible). Was nice to work but realized that i still have major fatigue and the constant moving caused a lot of swelling - i’m grateful that i am able to relax now and see a bit of relief. My brothers GF is staying here while her power is out (i believe it’s back but whatever)… she had the whole house smelling of something intensely strong (i can not handle strong scents as they trigger migraines) – i am grateful that i have been trying to do deep breathing and head massages to keep this splitting headache from becoming worse. She says she forgot about the scents and wanted to take a bubble bath - what bubble bath causes the whole house to smell? I’m in the basement and feel like i’m soaked in it.
I am so grateful that i will go into work tomorrow so i will not be here with her tomorrow - i’m told she will go home tomorrow. I am grateful that I did not have to interact with her today.
Sorry - this may not be the best gratitude’s but i needed to try so that i can find peace and go to sleep – thanks for listening… happy Friday / Saturday to all – Sending much love…
I hear ya, @Sunflower - I gotta get back here on the home thread with some regularity myself.
I’m grateful last weekend was a blast, that my pal and I giggled our way nervously through a night in a tent during an incredible thunderstorm. The next day was beautiful. Grateful to watch birds hunt for bugs in the trees and dive for fish in the lake. Grateful for camp coffee. For white-tailed deer and how they bound away. Grateful to walk through the trees on my own patch of land and smile. That’s more than enough for now - makes my heart burst with gratitude.
Grateful for the busy week I had. That I get to practice equanimity at every turn.
Grateful to be able to sit with impermanence, with unpredictability.
My old pal in the north who was ill passed away. It’s sad but good. He wasn’t one to be sick.
Grateful I smile when I think of my own years ahead, and how I want to live them. Grateful I turned a whole 53 years old on Monday! Would you believe - it is the fourth consecutive sober birthday for me? Grateful there’s no pull to mark the occasion with booze. Grateful to be sober. Grateful for my recovery. Best gift I could give myself.
Grateful for the smiles on @Dakotahjae and her girls’ faces! Delightful!
Smashing sunrise @Cjp. Thank you for being such ray of sunshine. Beautiful.
I like this getting older thing! Some out of town, younger colleagues were in town, and they know i don’t drink but were still bugging me to come out and join their shenanigans (maybe they needed a camp counsellor type?). Grateful I could text “In 2 years, I qualify for a seniors discount in some stores. Be safe. Goodnight now.”
Grateful to be a joyful killjoy!
I think we were missing each others posts, Billy - but I’m grateful your Madi is ok and that she has an amazing pop pop.
and her 2 baby ducks at the pond on our walk today.
I’m grateful for bald eagles too, and you get to see them on your lake. Have a great weekend.
without you all my life wouldn’t be where it is today, I wouldn’t be who I am today. Sober and grateful and supported. I’m truly grateful for you all.
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