Lmao I saw those movies, some parts were so bad it was kinda great.
I try not to kill bugs, started noticing that I feel bad when I do.
Yes, now that Iām sober itās much easier to control. Thanks for the laughs again. Meetings in bed are the best part about online support IMO
Good afternoon Sunnyflower
I too am very grateful for this and that you did as well.
@Soberbilly thanks for the shout outs and support. Iām grateful you practice meditation and share your knowledge willingly and lovingly. Iām grateful for the way you mention being gently awakened
Iām grateful to God for lovingly guiding me through today while helping me abstain from my addictions. Iām grateful for my family, friends, TS and the gratidudes. Iām grateful for the fellowship after Churh service. Iām grateful to be heading to an AA celebration for four members of my home group. Iām grateful that after I am going to learn how to pitch slo-pitch softball so I can be part of a team that needs a pitcher. Iām grateful to have plans to meet a friend to play some chess this evening.
God bless us all. &
p.s. Donāt forget youāre a star, so, shine bright. Ya you!!
@sunflower1 Grateful you found this site and more importantly this thread too ā Do hope that you the right job opportunity finds itself for you @Dazercat you are doing awesome my friend!! I am sorry that you are having to fake it till you make it but so grateful that you found a meeting that you can do while in bed. Sending you strength my friend
Thank you Billy - appreciate your ānonsenseā ā keep it coming! I go out of my way at home to send the bugs and insects back into the outdoors (have hurt myself many a time in the process as I canāt stand centipedes, bees or spiders and in the process of taking them out i startle myself and end up with cuts and bruises - donāt ask howā¦ )ā¦ Yesterday - I spent 1/2 hour trying to grab a fly to take outsideā¦ iām sure if the universe was laughing at the sightā¦I was successful!
thank goodness you arenāt out in nature with your Dyson
Itās a beautiful sunny Sunday morning and I hope that all my sober friends are having a fantastic day
Itās hard to find gratitude (not hard just my mind doesnāt want to be thankful - that stupid bugger)ā¦So here goes anyways
I am so grateful that I am awake and functioning with almost no sleep and a ton of pain. Iāve made pancakes for breakfast (took forever) and enjoyed them with a hot cup of coffee
I am so grateful that I didnāt have anything pressing to do today so can just be a chilled out today and hope that the lack of sleep headache doesnāt become a migrane
I am so grateful that my brother is somewhat made up with my parents and he will hopefully not be in āmuteā mode when I see him (so hard to live and work with someone who doesnāt want to communicate and sends of closed off vibes all the time). He stayed out last night so grateful to have the house to myself for now.
I am so grateful that my eyes are starting to droop as I type so maybe I can get a bit of sleep (thought so earlier but as soon as i moved I woke myself up - maybe just sleep sitting up?)
I am so grateful for my parents - calling to check up on me and let me know that they made extra for lunch so I should drop by when I get hungry ā so thoughtful!
I am so grateful that I have not been able to focus on meditating completely but my daily routine keeps the meditation / prayer going in my personal background.
I am so grateful that I have you all here - you are all amazing human beings and I canāt thank you enough
Have an amazing day my friends - so grateful that I got through some gratitudeās today!!! Sending much love
Im grateful I just got done another on line meeting.
Iām grateful I came here for giggles.
Iām grateful I was not disappointed.
Iām grateful Iām going to grill some carne asada next. And some refried beans. Not going to grill the beans.
Iām sad youāre in so much pain @JazzyS Iām glad you found us too. You tend to brighten up my day with your presence on here. And we both like our coffee black.
Hang in there kid.
@Soberbilly and @Dazercat
Thank you so much!!! Appreciate you
Chilaxing in bed watching the tube mindlessly- i know this wont last which makes everything worth it.
Today Iām grateful for a great sunday. Slept about 10 hours and was up early. Used the cool morning hours for garden work. Iām really productive in the morning. Iām grateful the deck was ready for breakfast when I needed a break. Iām grateful for showers, Iāll have another one before going to bed. Iām grateful the third laundry 90 degrees celsius machine from the fucking stink bug attack is washed. These beasts have their name rightly . Iām grateful the bedding and linen donāt stink anymore
Iām grateful I had the first breakfast on the new deck. It is lovely to sit outside and enjoy it. Iām grateful it was quiet in the neighbourhood today, no grilling, no music, no loud chatting, no noisy children. Oh Lord, the silence was heavenly.
Iām grateful for yummi lunch, interesting documentaries in the afternoon and that I did more garden work later in the afternoon. Iām grateful how far Iāve come.
Iām grateful for a long and funny chitchat with all neighbours including kids and dogs. Nice neighbours are pure gold.
Iām grateful for my cozy bed, for feeling safe and free, for living in peace and for ODAAT
Billy, you ask questions I canāt answer! havenāt looked at the bug from this perspective
Looks like this and yes, I have an iron houserule: INhouse only furballs, outside all who want to peacefully coexist are welcome.
Yesss we have those where I live too, I think itās a stink bug, thatās what my 5 year old calls them. There is a Reddit forum ār/whatsthisbugā all these bug experts will tell you right away, lolā¦ you wouldnāt believe the bugs Iāve been finding in the South.
But the only bugs I kill are the fire ants, mosquitos and flies. Gladly!! Fly buzzing in my room right now needs to DIE
Today was a good day!
Grateful for this fence I got today. Oh man this thing is falling apart but it makes my heart sing with joy. I got the whole thing for 60$ and the lady selling it was so hard to get a hold of she would message me and then not respond for 5 days. I had given up and was at Loweās about to spend a fortune on fencing when she messaged me. I can finally plant my tomatoes that Iāve been growing. I am so grateful.
I am grateful for joy.
I am grateful for the journey.
Grateful for coffee creamer
Grateful that Froggert is fed and I didnāt have to go buy crickets.
Grateful my baby is asleep and I get to read for an hour tonight. My daughter wanted to stay at grandmas another night.
Grateful she loves my mom so much.
Iām grateful that @Dazercat@Runningfree thinking of me brought me back to my favorite space. Gratitude
Iām grateful Iām living life these days. Iām grateful I spend less time in my cave. Iām grateful for the ups and downs of my life. Im grateful that sobriety is what has given me the tools to face the lows with empathy, compassion, and appreciation for my life. Iām grateful I speak up now. On my human-ness, my challenges, addiction. Iām grateful for the kind human beings that have come into my life and loveme for me. Iām grateful I fell in love again. Iām grateful we are learning to hold space for each other. Iām grateful she makes me feel safe. Iām grateful that addiction led me here. Iām grateful for the tools that my friends here gave me that I use every day. That I share with others. I love and miss my gratidudes
Iām so grateful for this thread. Iām grateful for how I putter through the weekend, in my garden thinking about @erntedank planting her herbsā¦
Happy that @I.cant.We.can is still enjoying his place and on solid sober footing.
Hoping we hear from @Bootz after her run-in with KFC!
Speaking of run ins, Iād be grateful if yāall would drop the bug pics . I actually also usher spiders out of my wee home, but (TW) I encountered a (I can hardly type it) bedbug at a well known hotel chain for work travel (some years ago now. I think I drank about it, arg.) Nothing gets me from ānamasteā to ākill-those-motherf*ckersā faster than the sight of a you-know-what.
Grateful for @Dazercatās honest shares. I think those online meetings arenāt so much an addiction but more like a fitness routine for our recovery (kind of like this thread), you know?
Grateful that @Sunflower found this thread. Sheās been a solid support on my journey and I canāt imagine it without her.
Dang it thatās ten. I also wanted to welcome LALA222 and tailee17 and - thereās just too many, but I love how we have a place, a space, for all of this gratitude. I canāt imagine my life without this. Iām grateful I donāt have toā¦
I am grateful I slept a bit better I think.
I am grateful I feel better after yesterdayās upppp and awful dowwwwwn of sugar nightmare. It took me some time to recover.
I am grateful I have these things less often now. They occur and I will never get used to it as it is purely physical feeling. Nothing mental behind this. I am grateful I am not neglecting my diabetes as I did many years especially during drinking and the results were a lot more rollercoaster than now.
I am grateful to be sober.
I am grateful there is not much I really have to.
I am grateful mostly mosquitos sting when I am asleep. Please donāt swwwwwweeeee around my ear before. Just get your fucking blood and be quiet.
I am grateful I have enough.
I was so tired on Friday afternoon. Wouldāve submitted to a wine-induced sleep in the before time. I coaxed myself into my little garden instead. Grateful I went to sleep a good tired instead. Rose early on Saturday and played in said garden in the cool morning with my hot coffee, planted away in the afternoon too. Turned over the soil in the boxes and planters that soon will be filled with tomatoes. Grateful that I laughed when I stood to get ready for bedā¦ now I know why old people groan when they move.
Grateful for today too. A little sleep in, good walks with the dog girl, good chats here and there. Grateful I tackled a chore Iād been putting off: 3 boxes of āfilesā turned to about half a box! For someone who likes trees so much, thereās too much to be recycled or shredded. Grateful itās done.
Grateful for time to reflect. Grateful to be where I am.
Day 105 AF af and Grateful
Grateful to post here despite too tired to keep up with all the threads, still insomnia
Met with sober recovery bud today for a ride on the scooter. Lordy blessed us for safety and fellowship Ty Loving Higher Power.
Grateful friend trusted me with his life , it increased my bond with him even though I wasnāt fully on my game ( some small injuries and bike needs tune up~ both a work in progress )
Grtfl for sunshine and riding season is here and to be sober when riding is a no brainer. A little Kombucha when getting home and a lot of coffee to fuel the ride sets me straight.
Love to you all and according to Rajneesh:
Meditation will take us from sex to love to prayer
Ride the craves and Love Absolute will see us through
Checking in grateful for a sunny day in the great outdoors with marvellous views across lakes and woods. I spent the day with a friend, whom I hadnāt enjoyed meeting so much the last few months. I felt not seen nor heard by him and I was starting to hold a grudge. I am grateful I mustered the courage to spell out my perception of our relationship and he could acknowledge his part in it. It felt good to let go of the resentments. In fact, it felt good to realize, that there was another side to this as well and talking about it made it possible to work on it together. I am grateful for progress.
I am grateful I am alive and curious for all the things that might still come. Grateful for all of here
@erntedank Yes - those are stink bugs! I used to get so many but i never had them stink but my sister has experienced them stinking when her cats kill em in the house so i think they only emit the stink when scared or dying Just glad you got them out and all your linens are now fresh and clean
Iām dying ā loved that line! Thankyou so much āstill in pain but so much better than yesterday (almost to the manageable pain level so things are looking up.
@anon74766472 I canāt stand them damn mosquitos ā especially around the ear. If I know that iām going to be in the yard or outdoors I try to remember and rub myself with a garlic spray (just mushed garlic and water) ā mosquitos hate this smell and it makes me want Italian @Dazercat Normal? Not sure any of us know what that means Iām torn cause I donāt want your new normal to be based on you having had to fake it yet you are faking it to for your own sanity and wellbeing and only in a certain area of your life where itās not all bad just not always good. I always try to smile when iām down cause someone said that the act of your mouth smiling will eventually make you smile. I sincerely hope that this is the same for you Aaah love- sending you support and yeah - keep faking it till you make it
Itās a beautiful Monday morning here and the sun is shining - hope all is well with my sober friends
I am so grateful that iām enjoying a hot cup of coffee and waiting for my parents to show up for our meditation / prayer
I am so grateful that i managed to sleep (i could not for the life of me take a nap yesterday) so iām glad it paid off with a few long hours last night. Iām not refreshed but iām not groggy
I am so grateful that my pain level is almost back to manageable, I will be cutting my nails this morning to stop any damage from the constant itching and my cysts / welts are subsided and inward (did a apple cider vinegar body wash - so damn painful but i think it may have helped) ā OH and my headache very mild. Starting off the week right - I couldnāt be happier
I am so grateful that I will only have a few hours of work to do today and will be able to relax for the rest of the day ā I donāt want to stay home today so will try to come up with something fun (maybe go to a lake, go check out our dinky Michigan aquarium, go to the pool to hang outā¦ possibilities are endless)
I am so grateful that I was able to chat on this site pretty much all day and it was a huge distraction for me.
I am so grateful for my higher power, my ability to meditate / pray, my supportive family and THIS COMMUNITY.
Loads of love to all of you - have a wonderful day! Sending much love
& 
)ā¦ Yesterday - I spent 1/2 hour trying to grab a fly to take outsideā¦ iām sure if the universe was laughing at the sightā¦I was successful!
Thanks 
. Iām grateful the bedding and linen donāt stink anymore 
Ty Loving Higher Power.
Just glad you got them out and all your linens are now fresh and clean