I’m grateful to God for lovingly guiding me through today while following his will and abstaining from my addictions. I’m grateful for my family, friends, TS and the gratidudes. I’m grateful that I chaired an AA meeting this morning before work and it was a third the size of normal so everyone got a decent amount of sharing time. I’m grateful that work was quiet for a large portion of the evening and I could get things done uninterrupted by customers. Most of the afternoon it was too busy with questions to get much of my main job done, which is stocking shelves. I’m grateful it was a productive day and wasn’t hard, I had fun, my life really is what I make it. I’m grateful I got a new expensive and comfy pair of steel toed safety shoes for free today. I’m grateful I treated myself to a delicious chicken caesar salad from a restaurant on the way home from work at 9:15p.m. I’m grateful to be in my bed and hope I can fall asleep soon and rest well, a little sore and I have to be at work for 8a.m. I’m grateful tomorrow should be a great day. I work five hours, then go for an hour drive with my sister to see our Cousin for the first time in ten years and get to meet her six month old daughter and see our Aunt and Uncle. Then I have the honor of being the speaker for my friends 8 year celebration at CA to finish the day. I’m grateful that I beleive my expectations for tomorrow are healthy. I’m grateful for music, exercise, music and creativity. I’m grateful for the twelve steps and the principles they instill. I’m grateful its sleep meditation o’clock.
May our higher powers grant us wisdom.
p.s. Recovery looks good on you, keep it up. Ya you!!
Morning gratitude. I’m grateful for a restful sleep and no nightmares, my dreams were only a bit weird and partly even nice. It makes such a difference waking up lighthearted
I don’t know what’s the matter between Missi and Tiglat, maybe still the smell, but I’m grateful he is obviously restored because she is hissing, he is bitching and they are both growling and brawling with each other. I’m grateful this too shall pass.
I’m grateful I’ll start the day with chores and office work, unpopular things first. I’m grateful I can decide without pressure or stress about continuing mowing today. I will listen to my body and my inner voice if I’m capable to mow two days in a row.
Grateful day 110 af
Evening sober peeps,. Grateful for lunch in nature. And a Dharma talk with depth and clarity and a little sensual tone
Grateful for friends , truth and not holding on to BS too long,. The guru said things people say is their karma. Yay
Grateful for Friday’s and motorsport s and lovingkindness.
Loving sober life and I’ll sign up for another 24✅
Ty for sharing your light,
With joyful appreciation (Says Noah)
I am grateful for TS community and the possibility to come back here even if we fall
I am. grateful for still trying
I am grateful for clean, fresh air
I am grateful to have everything I need
I am grateful to be open for love
I am grateful for spending love
I am grateful to go to the hairdresser now to have a fresh start
I am grateful that my sore throat is a bit better today and it seems to be only a lil cold
I am grateful to be alive
I am grateful you are back @Juli1 No doubts at all you will find your way.
Grateful for a brisk morning and a so far no plans weekend ahead. Grateful for a delightful poem about the life of a carrot a friend send to me yesterday. It was generated with ChatGpt in the style of Dr. Seuss. Made me belly laugh - my kind of humour. Grateful for connection and curitosity. Grateful I can forgive myself for the days I am neither. Every day is a new opportunity to make it better. Grateful for all of you
Morning,
Feeling grateful this morning. When I think how my life was, is and could be it makes me so so relieved. Grateful to be doing this recovery thing, I love it.
Grateful to never go back to my life as it was before, no thank you.
I’m grateful to want this and not have to fight it
Grateful I did some much needed sorting through my clothes and shoes and kids’ yesterday. Have a lot to take to donation today. Grateful these items will be used by someone who needs them.
Grateful for my hammock, my cup of coffee, my outdoor fan (temperatures are spiking here in the desert already).
Grateful hubby is home today. Grateful we have made some decisions for the next 6 months. Grateful I can now plan accordingly and have some stability for our family.
I’m grateful to God please help guide me through today while following your will and abstaining from my addictions. I’m grateful for my family, friends, TS and the gratidudes. I’m grateful for the twelve steps. I’m grateful for treatment center and detoxes. I’m grateful for music and creativity. I’m grateful for humor and laughter. I’m grateful for exercise and sports to play and watch.
Good morning!
I’m grateful to have slept almost 10 hours. Whew! I was tired!
I’m grateful to be sober and healthy.
I’m grateful the school year only has a few more days!
I’m grateful that I can afford to take the full summer break and be away from work for 11 weeks!
I’m grateful to come into this second summer of my sobriety with lots of skills at enjoying this wonderful life without drinking.
I’m grateful my brother has texted me this morning with some good news on this his 9th day of being clean. Wooooot!
I’m grateful for the support of my husband and sister and best friend in this journey.
I’m grateful that technology gives me access to so many resources to be a good support to my brother in these early days. And that we can communicate instantly all throughout the day.
I’m grateful for my cozy and safe and loving home and the resources I have to be comfortable.
I’m grateful I got to swim a lot this week!
I’m grateful for all of you and all that you share about your experience.
I wish you the best for today. Most of all I wish you peace.
My sobriety, 398.05 days free
My hubby and our kisses
Boscoe and his cuddles
Get to spend some time with my sister and niece today
Sunshine
AA fellowship
Sober buddies
Put some money in savings
A job i love
My tire didnt need to be replaced
A fridge full of healthy food
Looking forward to my southwest detox chicken soup
Healthier lifestyle
Progress not perfection
Weekends
All of you!
May you find peace and love and gratitude in the mundane
Good morning friends,
I’m grateful for my porch swing, and to be able to enjoy my coffee and listen to all the birds singing while I swing. I’m grateful that today is my 18th wedding anniversary. I’m grateful we both forgot (again ), and that’s ok. I’m grateful we never did need big or fancy plans to celebrate anything. I’m grateful I can order groceries online, and pick them up, saving me from having to go into Walmart. I’m grateful for the phone conversations with both of my brothers last weekend, and that I will send a text to both today just to try and keep communication open. I’m grateful for recovery podcasts for my work commutes. I’m grateful I am out of the grip of alcohol, and if I keep working at it, I will never have to go back to that.
BTW
Have you got any idea how hard it is to find a cute Happy Porcelain Anniversary Gif? Well unless you can make your own and I don’t. This is the best I can do. I gratefully enjoyed looking for you. Happy you’re here.
And I am grateful I am still caught up.
So beautiful to hear this and I am in full agreement that getting to the point where you can comfortably do things on your own and enjoy your own company because you want to is pure growth (I love your term of being whole again). Hope your cat is ok. @Dakotahjae – amen to being free of nicotine’s grip. Feel your positivity off of your post! @PinkyP good on you for standing up for yourself and your feelings – glad you were able to let it go once you processed it. 3 bags of books… that’s awesome — have fun with the reading!
Good morning my beautiful sober friends - happy Saturday!
I am so grateful that its Saturday and I feel somewhat relaxed. Crappy night (was painful and overly exhausted - if you know what I mean) - feel like everything is manageable today and these days that is AWESOME
I am so grateful for one event down and preparing for tomorrow’s festival. Tomorrow will start at 6 am and hopefully we will be back by 7 pm It is an intense festival but so worth it. Luckily I know that my sister will be there to help us so I may be able to take a break.
I am so grateful that i’m cozy inside getting my work done and not out in this crazy heat (How I used to thrive in the heat before and now i stay clear)
I am so grateful that I am finding time to meditate and pray even if my schedule gets hectic
I am so grateful that my coffee is getting cold so I’m about to get a nice hot cup now
I am so grateful for my family and their unconditional love / support
I am so grateful for this TS Community and my new connections!
Have a wonderful weekend my sober friends - sending much love
For………
The sound of water.
The sound of birds.
Getting Fatso (Benson) out for another walk. He gained a half a pound
Got a plan for Alice today at the Scottsdale vet. Let’s see how “Cat Friendly Practice Gold” they are.
I know I failed at boundaries again yesterday☹️
I got a meeting tomorrow and possibly find one on line today.
The fried rice was really good last night.
My daughter cautiously, tentatively, making plans to drive the Gus Bus to the beach on Thursday to see us.
For no expectations.
Silly gamble quail, strutting clumsily around the swimming pool.
The funky looking desert flora.
Woodpeckers in saguaros.
My wife.
My new phone set up and running.
Shade.
Good nights sleep.
New sleep meditation last night put me right out
My view.
My cats.
My dogs.
My children.
My grandchildren.
My wife again.
Amazon and Chewys.
You
Gratitude gentles even the roughest roads and gives wings to the heart.
Sue Patton Thocke
Early evening gratitude. I’m grateful to read about so many different stories and lifes here. I’m grateful it helps me to reframe resentments, overthinking, wishful thinking, fantasy- zoomies (is there a thingy like your head going nuts like cats on their 5 minutes?)
I’m grateful I took it easy today. A bit of chores done, a lot of money spent on grocery, a sensational delicious lunch cooked (posted it on the foodie thread). I’m grateful I fetched a friend and her mum from the airport. It was a nice chat on the way home. I’m grateful I noticed the heat outside and decided to stay inside. No garden work today. I’m grateful this thoughts and decisions are not stressing me anymore. What a difference, with my ex I would have been fat and lazy again, not functioning properly. I’m grateful he is no longer there judging on me without any interest on why I do/don’t whatever. It makes me sad that his attitude creeped so deeply into my soul I have to work actively over and over again to overwrite it with kindness and compassion for myself. I’m grateful I’m aware of this pattern, it doesn’t upset me anymore, today it makes me sad, I want to move on but obviously there is still grieving and letting go to do before I can move on.
Wow, this post went in an unintended direction as I typed. I’m grateful for learning from you all, for our sharing, for this outlet and the fellowship in this place.
Grateful.
Grateful for an ever abundant earth
For creeks and tranquil places that soothe my soul.
For rope swings and tree houses and fire pits…
For screened in porches and swinging porch benches…
For parks and trampolines and lemonade stands…
For the dream and the journey.
Walk in closets and closets within closets.
Lazy rivers
Golf carts
Vacations and the dream of my life being a vacation.
Sunsets while you’re floating in the ocean.
The tropics. I am there in my mind, my happy place. Ahhh, grateful.
Oh and all my sober TS peeps reading this.
I’m grateful to God. I’m grateful for another day of trying to do my best to live by spiritual principles while abstaining from my addictions. I’m grateful today I got to pray, meditate, read recovery literature, work, ride my bicycle, meet new family, see ones my addictions and behaviors kept me away from for years, be the speaker for my friends celebration, treat myself to dinner and breakfast out. I’m grateful my sister and I stopped to pay our respects to our, Dad, Granparents, Aunt and Uncle. I’m grateful for all you grati-dudes and would like to, (by means of photography and the internet) introduce you to my sister Christine and myself taking turns holding our 2nd cousin Alexandria, isn’t she precious
), and that’s ok. I’m grateful we never did need big or fancy plans to celebrate anything. I’m grateful I can order groceries online, and pick them up, saving me from having to go into Walmart. I’m grateful for the phone conversations with both of my brothers last weekend, and that I will send a text to both today just to try and keep communication open. I’m grateful for recovery podcasts for my work commutes. I’m grateful I am out of the grip of alcohol, and if I keep working at it, I will never have to go back to that. 
Well unless you can make your own and I don’t. This is the best I can do. I gratefully enjoyed looking for you. Happy you’re here.
It is an intense festival but so worth it. Luckily I know that my sister will be there to help us so I may be able to take a break.
………
(Benson) out for another walk. He gained a half a pound 
