My sobriety, 437 days free
Boscoe convinced me to take him for a long walk yesterday.
I let Boscoe pick our walking route
Hubby has a new positive perspective
I love my positive, hopeful, sober perspective
My mom is amazing
I look forward to being productive at work today
Rain
Electricity
Text messages that dont require internet
2 weeks until our family reunion vacation!
Our love
Healthcare
Hope
Joy
Peace
Grateful!! Grateful I have been on some beautiful adventures lately.
Here are some things I am grateful for that brought me lots of joy latelyā¦
Light shining through maple leaves making them bright green and sereneā¦
Geese at crosswalks.
Dogs in convertiblesā¦
Sunsets after stormsā¦
Light shining down from the sky that looks like itās from heaven aboveā¦
Learning my family history and where I came fromā¦ I never knew!
Feeling like I belong
Teeny toads that must have just became toadsā¦ how cuteā¦
Huge tide pools, smiling facing, kids being pulled on boogy boards through tide pools.
Dancing sunflowers and new mugs ā¦ Happy Birthday @Sunflower1
Iām grateful to watch a satisfied Benson head to his water bowl in the house after a good walk early this morning. Iām grateful itās just me and him and no ear buds. Iām grateful I can pull up a mantra on my walk and think about Minnie sometimes and all her love. Im grateful I can cry. Iām grateful I can smile. Iām grateful I can even kind of laugh at some of her memories. Iām grateful to go through the list of all the dogs Iāve had/rescued in my life. Iāve been so blessed to have had so much love. Iām grateful Benson will be our final dog coming in at number 8. Im grateful heāll be number 1 for a while. Iām grateful they all lived good mostly long lives with me/us. Iām grateful I no longer have to worry about Minnie drowning in our swimming pool anymore.
Iām grateful I shared like a mother fucker at my meeting last night. Iām grateful I let some baggage go and literally ripped up my list of my loved ones alcoholic behaviors that have traumatized me. I gave everyone in the group a piece of it. Let them have it. Having that list has not been serving me well. Iām grateful for the reading on The Recovery Show from How Al-Anon Works about letting go of the memories of our alcoholic that have been haunting us. Hence, ripping up that list. Iām grateful for all the love and support at Al-Anon. Especially my Scottsdale Tuesday night Home Group.
Iām grateful one of those haunting memories were at the hotel in Dallas last time we went and thatās where we are going again. Iām grateful I can take it one day at a time. Iām grateful I can break it down to one hour at a time if I have to. Iām grateful I will not live my life in āwhat ifās.ā Especially those negative catastrophic what ifās. #fuckwhatifā¦ā¦.
Iām so grateful for my sober life and my Al-Anon recovery. Iām grateful Iām doubly blessed.
Iām grateful, sad, but grateful, I am starting to get a new morning routine around here with just one dog. Iām grateful, itās sad, but easier.
Iām grateful for TS and all the grateful Gratidudes working their gratitude.
āLetting go doesnāt mean that you donāt care about someone anymore. Itās just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.ā
Deborah Reber*
Iām grateful to read your gratitudes. Iām grateful I fell asleep before posting last night. Iām grateful that I read about @Sunflower1 birthday and was half asleep so now I get to wish you a wonderfull belated birthday. Iām grateful to God for guiding me through more days clean, sober and cigarette free. Iām grateful for my family and friends. Iām grateful to be on my lunch break and that I get an hour which gives me time to recharge not just with food but mentally and spiritually. Iām grateful the sun is shinning, the sky is blue and I can hear birds. Iām grateful for humor from many on here but @Dazercat#fuckwhatifā¦ made me Lol as Iāve been try to focuss on the here and now but years of negativity and living in the past or future is a challenging habit to break, not the only habit Iām trying to break either, Lol can you say expectations, progress not perfection and ODAAT Iām grateful for turtles. Iām grateful for huskies and other dogs walking through my store. Iām grateful for the twelve steps and the principles they instill.
Today Iām grateful for a light breeze. Iām sitting in the garden, itās still hot and humid. Iām grateful for the silence in the neighbourhood. Since the street was reconstructed thereās less traffic, thatās wonderful.
Iām grateful for group therapy. A lot of valuable sharings and insights. Iām grateful I could help a colleague. Oh, thatās not a breeze, thatās the forecasted rain coming. I can smell it.
Iām grateful I did paperwork today and ordered a new TV, a replacement for the broken pressure washer and catfood. Iām grateful I can afford it. Can I? With the summer depression doubts are creeping in again.
Iām grateful Schimanski is a snuggling brat stealing everything. They are all so cute. I love to be a cat mom.
Iām grateful Iāll go to bed soon. It was a long and busy day.
OOH light straight from the heavens! Priceless!!! Love learning family history ā doing the same here these days ā so lovely learning how our family tree is shaped.
@dazercat YES to the #fuckwhatifā¦ I believe you are doing absolutely amazing at handling the one hour or one day at a time!
Happy Hump Day my sober friendsā¦
I am so grateful for spending evening and morning with my cousins. Grateful for introducing them to Ted Lasso - love sharing laughter!
I am so grateful to being able to nap after they left. Grateful that it helped me recharge enough to get through the afternoon.
I am so grateful for gloomy days (thankful that i can appreciate sunny days as much as i love gloomy overcast days). Hoping to get some nice rainy days to cut out the humidity.
I am so grateful that I am have a caring mother that has been checking in on me non stop today.
I am so grateful for having a laid back easy day and not getting any work done today - feel ok about this as nothing is pressing!
I am so grateful for my daily practices of meditation/prayer and self-care to help me connect with my HP and become more grounded.
I am so grateful for dark chocolate - it has the perfect rich flavor and even with its bitterness it does hit the spot
I am so grateful for catching my negative thoughts in the tracks and re-routing them.
I am so grateful for going down memory lane - sometimes the memories are so prominent that you can taste and feel the feelings / tastes of those times.
I am so grateful for this site and all you lovely friends - grateful for the support and compassion!
Have a wonderful day - sending much love
My daily gratitude is for the Big Book workshop podcast I found today. I donāt think it was luck that I found it. I feel like I was meant to find it.
Iām thankful for this day and the opportunity this forum gives me to practice, not just sobriety, but humility and service to others!
Welcome to the Gratitude thread Chris. Itās how I start my day for the last 3.5 years. Retrained my brain and keeps me sober. I got everything to be grateful for when Iām sober.
Iām so sorry for the loss of your brother Billy. Iām glad he has hospice to see him through. In my experiences they are very special people.
Big hugs to you sir.
I am grateful to be sober.
I am grateful I can still learn a lot each day. I can surprise myself. I donāt need to react each time. I am grateful this morning I can see that this journey presents itself in so many different ways.
I am grateful that also I didnāt sleep enough I slept the first hours of the night.
I am grateful for TS and itās community.
I am grateful I have enough food in the fridge and water.
My new phone.
My friendās upcoming freedom on Friday.
My dogs.
All the awesome music Iāve been jamming to all day. I listen to music when Iām happy and not when Iām sad
My parents for their neverending support.
Walks.
Beautiful weather.
Fresh air.
Good food.
TS peeps.
Yeah Thursday!!! Another wonderful day to be aliveā¦
I am so grateful for another day - waking up with abundant air in my lungs and a pep in my step
I am so grateful that i woke up at 6 and have crawled back in bed to check the ts site and now doing my gratitudes
I am so grateful that i got my blood test results back yesterday (one day turn around seems super quick). Grateful to know its not all in my head. I
I am grateful that i am clean of all addictions. Grateful for my higher power for helping me cut the chains in time. Grateful i know im dealing with the effects of years of abuse and ever so grateful to know it could be so much worse.
I am so grateful that i know my dad fixed his kidney failure with aryevedic foods in a short time (his doctor still baffled)- i will fix my auto immune issues, kidney and liver damage and whatever else is going on. Cant understand all the results. Not sure what the bigger picture is when all put together. ODAAT! Grateful to have a doctor who listens and genuinely cares.
I am so grateful that i will be having my coffee shortly (too bad we dont have technology yet to just wish it and it appears - really dont want to get out of bed).
I am so grateful that i will rest now but will not soend the day in bed. I have overcome my chronic fatigue before and will do again. I feel like im in a bean bag chair being sucked in and doing my best to sit up straight.
I am so grateful that ive started massaging my joints witg coconut oil. I do feel a wee bit better and easier to walk around.
I am so grateful that my sister left her vegetable tower garden at my brothers. Growing hydro vegetablesā¦im going to figure out how to use and get it working again
I am so grateful that i have an amazing support system in my family.
I am so grateful for my mother and her naturally healthy instincts. I couldnt have recovered as well as i have thus far without her
I am so grateful for my meditation/ prayer practices- grateful for my Higher power and grateful for my connection to Him and to myself
I am so grateful to have so much love and support frim this community. You all are such amazing souls! Much love my friends
Sorry @Soberbilly for your loss. Sending you comforting energy
Good morning sober fam,
Im so very greatful forā¦
My sobriety, 1yr 2m 12 days
The little things
My positive attitude
Woke my ass up at 450am and got to the gym on time. Boy did i not want to get up but i knew id feel better and proud after!
I identify as spicy
Hubbys calls just to tell me he loves me
Boscoes love and excitement when he sees me after a few hours
Being proactive
Family reunion in 2 weeks. This used to be a week of me boozing, boating, and camping. I skipped last year because i wasnt secure in my sobriety. Feeling better a year on.
The newbie who reminds me of why i dont want to go back to that first week
My favorite Ladies AA meeting tonight
Paved roads
Neighbor already cleared a huge branch that fell down in yesterdays storm
The branch missed our roof
My job security
A positive checkin with the cfo
Treating myself to beef enchilada for lunch
Progress not perfection
And of courseā¦all of you and this beautiful community!
ā¦ Happy Birthday 
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