Sending strength your way. Thank you for sharing her with us and I wish her safe passage on her journey. š©·
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Oh no! My heart goes out to you @Chiron!
You gave her the best life possible. Glad you have the option to do this in the comfort of your own home. Weāre all here for you. 
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I just wanted to express my gratitude for everyone in this community! Iām really loving the positive energy and caring hearts!
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Today I am grateful for delicious hot coffee and warm snow boots.
I am grateful for silliness and kind hearts and also grateful for hard hearts, those hearts mean something different when you get inside.
I am grateful for english muffins and hot showers.
Robot vacuums and the never-ending supply of kitty hair so my vacuum will never go hungry. I am grateful for friend visits so I am reminded to clean.
I am grateful that life is long and that someday it feels short but it is actually very long, if you are lucky.
I am grateful I will face today sober and tomorrow too.
I am grateful for all yāall and for all the hearts you spill open on this site. That is strength.
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Thank you for these words.
@Chiron May the time you have left with your friend be in peace.
@Pattycake @JazzyS Do you have any suggestions how to start baking your own bread? I never tried before but was always interested.
While doing my weekly review and getting some inspiration on themes for the new week I had this very intense feeling of praying through my body, of turning my physical actions into worship. Praise and gratitude for and through this body, this reality, this world. For every encounter, every heartbeat, every breath.
Thatās what this discovery journey of recovery gives me. I am so grateful to be on this journey, to dance this dance with life, to be in this with all of you.
I had lots of fun with the kids at school today. In two weeks an new semester starts and a new group will come to my class. I am so grateful for this opportunity to teach and be taught.
I am grateful for fresh air, for the storm shaking everything up, the rain washing that needs to go away, for the sunrise to wake me up, for the earth to start awakening after winterās sleep.
I am grateful for a day well spent. I wish you all a good nightās sleep.
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Thank you for your kind words, @JazzyS , @Dazercat , @Alisa , @Mno , @TrustyBird , @acromouse , and @Lisa07. Iām grateful to know such generous and thoughtful individuals as yourselves. I am, again, very grateful I can arrange to have someone come here, and Iām grateful I have a supportive spouse who doesnāt push back on the cost of this luxury.
Iām also grateful for my close offline friends. I am not very skilled at handling sadness, but Iām grateful that I will be able to go through this experience with a desire to learn how to better cope with these kinds of emotions in a healthy manner. I am not good at reaching out. Iām not good at accepting help, even when I want it. So as painful as these kinds of experiences are, and you can be sure Iām already something of a wreck, Iām grateful that I can walk into it with eyes open and my attention focused on my internal world.
Iām grateful for my little furry friend, and for the twenty years she has been in my life.
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So sorry Chiron, Iām so grateful for your impressive and humane selfless decision. Sending you strength. Ill be thinking of you 
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Maybe we need a bread baking thread! It can be as easy or as complicated as anything else. I have a couple of bibles I have used,
The Tassajara Bread Book is one and then a Sourdough Bred for Beginners is another. Two websites that I really like are Breadtopia, which is focused on sourdough baking, and King Arthur Flour has a great website . In used their flour almost exclusively, with the addition of some heritage grains I get here in Wisconsin.
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Big virtual hugs to you and kitty!
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@Chiron I will be thinking of you this week. Sending hugs to you 
Iām so grateful that you get to say goodbye at home where she will be happy and surrounded by love.
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I have not successfully made the sourdough starter myself. Usually get from a friend. My go to sourdough recipe. It is a tedious process but so worth it.
I have used my bread maker for pizza dough, rye bread or banana bread (the machine came with recipe book).
Olive bread is my other go to bread made at homeā¦
olive bread
Hope these help - enjoy 
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Iām grateful for all the gratitude on this thread for our pet friends, those with us still and those who have passed. 
I donāt want to open up any cans of theological worms, but I like to dream that Minnie (already up there) greets them with enthusiastic tail wagging and shows them all around the other side. I canāt help it.
Sending you a whole lot of love and comfort, @Chiron. Kitty too.
Iām grateful for my recovery. I know we talk about tools for our recovery, but the last few weeks? Itās like my recovery has been the tool Iāve leaned on for living. If that makes any sense. But I also know Iām still learning new ways of dealing with the life-y stuff. How could I not be?
Iām grateful for this thread. Like a big comfy chair to fall back in for a few moments in the middle of the busy and life-y. Iām also grateful for how real it is.
Iām grateful for making more friends IRL where I live. I tend not to put myself out there, but Iāve making more of an intention to. Movies, coffees, sushi lunch. Fun! And no booze. 
Iām grateful I didnāt have to travel yesterday or today in the icky cold and snow. Grateful to tuck into my own bed in a few moments.
Iām grateful for all of you.
Iām grateful for another day. 
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Morning gratitude. Iām grateful I can stay in house 
it rained & freezed during the night, everything is glassy 
I just refrained from bringing trash out. Too dangerous.
Iām grateful I texted my therapist to please have our appointment on the phone. Itās in an hour and thereās no way I will drive under this conditions. Safety first. Radio traffic service states crashes and congestion everywhere. I pray for all people affected Thatās a rare weather condition where I live.
Again, Iām grateful to be home safe
And double grateful Iām in the city, not at the farm. That would be a dangerous major problem.
Iām grateful my parents are safe, of course, they are dead. Iām grateful I donāt have to drive over & take care of their place. I miss them. Iām grateful that Iām honest and donāt miss the caring even when I did it with love.
Iām grateful I include the ex in my prayers and hope he is safe.
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Iām grateful for the overflowing amount of caring responses Iāve received here and elsewhere in my life concerning my elderly kitten. It was very unexpected and I feel very touched in a way that I donāt think English has the words to properly convey.
Thank you again to everyone I mentioned previously, and to @Tragicfarinelli , @Davina_Davis , @Dilettante , @M-be-free49. I am grateful for your kind words.
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Good morning gratidudes. Holy gratitude batman im so behind on this thread but wanna share my gratitude before i head off to work
@Chiron my heart goes out to you as your precious cat crosses the rainbow bridge today. Proud of you for reaching out for support and putting a safety plan in place so you dont break your sobriety during this very tough time. Lean on those who have gone thru it sober. Lead for those others who have yet to earn that sad sad milestone. Much love
Im greatful forā¦
My sobriety,
632
175
Text buddies
Hubby and Boscoe
Countdown to coasta ricaā¦i never would have been able to afford this trip if we were still using
The AA promises coming true after working the steps and continuously working the steps
The AA community
The TS community
Clean water and healthy food
Our home
My family
Moments of serenity
The lessons on learning to pause before reacting
Love
Joy
The good and the bad
Progress
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Tuesday morning gratitudeā¦
I am so grateful that each time i woke up last night i was able to fall back to sleep with ease. I am feeling awake enough to tackle this beautiful grey meh day.
I am so grateful that i was prepared for the morning icy messā¦ yup a snowy glossy plane as @erntedank described. No way am i heading out this morning - my mom and i had a lovely conversation and will be enjoying our quiet time alone.
I am so grateful of how productive i was yesterday, I am hoping to stay in this routine. I am going to try my best to push through the symptoms (in a healthy manner) and start living - tired of spending days immobile.
I am so grateful that I made a new spiced cake for the restaurant yesterday and made sugar free coconut cookies for myself. Grateful that i only had to make 3 runs to gather everything i needed (been over a month since iāve baked). Grateful that it did not wear me out.
I am so grateful that i had my Ted Lasso to keep me entertained. Grateful that i did have my mobile hot spot so that i did get some internet access on my phone. Grateful that my brother was able to get the internet working last night.
I am so grateful that my sister got her new car yesterday. She was told end of January so it was a nice surprise to get it a bit sooner. Her car has been having a lot of issues and 15 yrs old so iām grateful to know that she will be doing all her driving safely. Grateful that both her and her hubby now have reliable safe cars.
I am so grateful for my morning gratitudeās - i love practicing gratitude all day every day but getting it written down in the morning is a special feeling in itself.
I am so grateful that the swelling in my hands is going downā¦ now the rest of me 
I am so grateful for my HP, for my family for my friends, for my meditation and prayer practices, for comedy and laughter, for TS and the wonderful community!
I am so grateful to be given this chance at living an addiction free lifestyle. For having the faith that i will fine (better than fine).
I am so grateful for LOVE. Grateful for all the beautiful souls in this world 
Wishing you all so much love
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Today I am grateful for my body. It ran for two miles in the gym, the start of my resurrection into running again. I donāt care how long it takes, Iām not in competition with anyone, not even myself. Iām just grateful I have the choice and ability and means to place a foot in front of the other.
Grateful for this time hop last night which was strange and right on time. I remembered completing a half marathon.
Itās progress that makes every day special. Not getting it right. Maybe we should be grateful to make mistakes more. After all, who ever learned from getting everything perfect?
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Today I am grateful for the little games I play on my phone. I love word puzzles and the like. I am grateful for supportive coworkers. I am grateful that my office moved downtown, and I have a plethora of restaurants and shops within walking distance now. As always, grateful for this thread and you all.
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Love this 
Your eyes are smiling - love the photo
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Iām grateful to be home where my pets are.
Iām grateful we made it home in time to pick up our gang despite weather delays.
Iām grateful everyone seems so happy back in their spots around the house.
Iām grateful all 4 cats took turns on me all through the night, Iām sure I slept through most of it, even B.
Iām grateful Alice is purring away on my lap for the 3rd time this morning.
Iām grateful I slept in til 7
Iām grateful for the drizzling weather outside and thereās no rush to walk The Burner.
Iām grateful I got to sleep in my own bed.
Iām grateful I got some great quality pics of Gus.
Iām grateful we had a really nice second birthday dinner out last night at home. Iām grateful we planned it around the fact they had carrot cake. Iām grateful I was very particular about breaking my no sugar streak and didnāt settle on something I didnāt really want to eat for a dessert. Iām grateful I can start back up again on day 1 today. Iām grateful I cut my huge delicious steak in half and didnāt eat it all. That was huge for me to do.
Iām grateful Iām finishing up my 28 days of my guided affirmations meditation. Grateful thereās only a couple of days left. Iām grateful Iāve enjoyed it and I think itās helped. Listening to It for 28 days in a row. Iām grateful for Insight Timer and the abundance of guided meditations I get to choose from.
Grateful to be able to read and share my gratitude and your gratitude here on our home thread. Grateful I got a meeting tonight I get to go to.
āWhatever life throws at me I take it and be grateful for It as well.ā
Tom Felton
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