Is it normal for the grateful thread to bring you to tears? The happy kind. The kind that gives you so much hope.
I’m grateful for finding this place.
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I’m grateful I’m not the only one to have this thread bring me to tears. Especially early on when I was feeling those early raw feelings. I was just so dang grateful each morning to be surviving. And realizing how much of an asshole I had been all those years. And grateful to know that guy doesn’t exist anymore. I’m grateful I don’t know that guy anymore and I’m grateful I’m never going back to him.
Totally natural Tiff.
I’m grateful you’re here.
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There he is!! Missed you on the gratitude thread sober buddy
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Good morning gratifiends. I am grateful for the new month and the new adventures, challenges and joys it will bring. Grateful for coffee and my morning stretches. Grateful for variety in people things and places. Grateful for universal kindness and connection laughter creates. (thinking of you, Brian). Have a fantastic vacation in Costa Rica @Cjp. Would be lovely to see some pics, if you like.
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Grateful I missed my gratitude last night because I had an early night. I went to sleep at 8.40pm. I’m so grateful this morning. I’ve had a week of early nights. I needed them, I think I overdid things last week and over the weekend. I’m grateful for running and walking and hiking and stacking our free wood but I think I need to find a balance and not go all guns blazing, I’m no spring chicken.
I’m grateful for snowdrops showing their heads and the first daffodils and primroses and I saw a lonely crocus yesterday, I love spring flowers, they bring hope.
There was something else I’m grateful for but I’ve forgotten what it was… I may be editing later.
Grateful to be here 
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Gratefull for not having much of migrain since menopause.
For my cat snoring right now 
For my aunt who is always willing to listen to me when I want to vent something.
For rediscoverering meditation and doing it every day since.
For my sober stretch of days, the work I put in it and the growth since 
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I am grateful for you, the good people on this gratitude thread. I definately get emotional here too, in a good way. Beautiful quote there, Bill. So true!
I am grateful for morning gratitudes. I love to start the day with being thankful and reading all of your gratitudes. It fills me with this warm feeling I can hardly describe.
I had always a quite cynical view on life, but I notice I got so much softer these days. I wrote it before, but this time it feels so different. It exceeds getting sober. It’s healing, connecting, slowing down, turning inside and feeling feelings. I don’t know, it’s weird but beautiful.
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I am grateful for last nights good sleep. Doesn’t happen too often, so I really notice it. Grateful I managed to run all my errands today and do the big shop with ease.
Grateful that I feel my sore muscles in a good way. I did three gym classes yesterday, two of them I hadn’t done since lockdown and the instructors and regulars welcomed me back with open arms. Made me a little emotional. After one of the classes the instructor came over and said how nice it is to have me back and that I was really missed. I opened up and explained that after lockdown I was in active addiction, so that’s why I didn’t come to the class anymore. My openness was met with understanding and empathy. I am so grateful for that, I do feel blessed. I am grateful I already managed to secure a spot for next weeks class.
I am grateful to have a couple hours now for some me-time. Grateful for yummy herbal tea, cozy blanket, quit-lit audiobook and my TS family. So I can use these few hours to put some work into my recovery.
ODAAT
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Good morning sober fam!!
Today i am greatful for…
21 month sobriety birthday, 1y9m
6 months no vaping
Im sooo excited, my energy was too much for the energy of the plane at 5am. It could be excitement or the redbull i chugged on the way to the airport
AM GRATITUDE:
The ability, time, and funds to travel
Made it to our gate just in time for boarding
My joy and excitement
Safe modes of transport
Paying extra for comfort+ airline seats
My folks love Boscoe almost as much as we do
Hubby and i didnt argue once…so far
No hangovers
Got to watch the sunrise
Greatful i realized ive been spelling costa rica wrong 
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I’m grateful for air plane sunrises.
I’m grateful I’m too old to travel that early.
I’m grateful CJ is going to have the time of her life.
I’m grateful for the morning clouds outside.
I’m grateful I got a pic.
I’m grateful I had a great doctors appointment yesterday. Just keep doing what I’m doing.
I’m grateful my Mantra practice keeps my bp low.
I’m grateful he’s not concerned about my cholesterol numbers.
I’m grateful I’m sober and was bragging to him about my 4 year chip I took.
I’m grateful it was a pretty good day yesterday.
I’m grateful I didn’t pass out in my chair last night from drinking box wine.
I’m grateful moist damp wet January is over.
I’m grateful I can’t wait to see what February is. Fuck it February maybe 
I’m grateful it will be surround myself with recovery February for me.
I’m grateful for a nice lunch with Ala John.
I’m grateful my sponsor is a double winner and I’m going to check out his AA meeting tonight.
I’m grateful I get to go to 2 different recovery meetings today.
I’m grateful I get to be a double winner if I work it.
I’m grateful for my cats and dog and wife and children and grandchildren and house and home and hot running water, indoor plumbing, a big comfy bed, clean sheets I never have to wash, clean clothes I never have to wash, my cooking and coffee skills and all of you gratidudes.
“We have all had to learn painful lessons. We are all recovering from some mistake, loss, betrayal, abuse, injustice or misfortune. All of life is a process of recovery that never ends. We each must find ways to accept and move through the pain and to pick ourselves back up. Be patient with yourself.”
Bryant McGill
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I’m grateful for my beautiful, healthy, pain in the ass teen and tweenager.
I’m grateful for coffee and sarcasm.
I’m grateful for crisp sunny days.
I’m grateful for morning puppy (not so much puppy, but always a puppy to me) snuggles.
Also grateful for my old lady Labrador snuggles, even if she doesn’t want them.
I’m grateful for weekly bestie lunch dates.
I’m grateful for an amazing support system.
I’m grateful for Sparkling Ice Water.
I’m grateful for day 32 AF.
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Grateful to have an in law coming for dinner, even though it does challenge my comfort.
Grateful for sunshine
Grateful for the two goofballs that have played all day, happy as the happiest cats alive
Grateful for discomforts in life, as that then makes comfort feel so nice. proves that you shouldn’t take it for granted.
Grateful for this in my apartment garden:
They are so joyful.
Grateful to the renegade gardener who year on year out feeds our birds out of his pocket and kindness. Hugh, you’re a legend.
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That’s exactly how I feel but you’ve said it much more eloquently than I ever could. You explained it perfectly, thank you
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Good morning.
I was grateful to wake up beside a copy of the yoga sutras this morning and not a strange man. I am grateful that my head is aching because my neck is effed up not because I poisoned my body last night. My body has become so accustomed to a daily yoga practice that if I skip a couple of days she is not happy, and takes no time it letting me know. I am grateful that I found a way to exercise my body that works with my chronic pain and fatigue.
I started a new set of steps that uses the Living Clean text, they are amazing. I am grateful for the addicts who take their time to come up with questions that challenge us and help us grow. These questions are deep, one of them is “describe walking through fear.” My answer was 2.5 fullscap pages long. What the absolute fuck??? What kind of question is that? A deep one.
I am grateful to have decided to do this set of steps with a woman in the program who has 30 years clean. She has not written (pen to paper) a set of steps since her first set. I can already tell we will learn a lot from each other. She has alot of fear, I have a lot of faith… sometimes too much. The first meeting she hadnt done her questions… the second meeting she didnt show up. I am grateful for the lessons that I am learning. I already knew this but cleantime does not equal recovery… abstinence and cleantime are the same. Some people in this program have decades clean and are still very sick. So what am I learning??? I am learning to apply empathy, patience, understanding, curiosity and love to a situation that would have pissed me off, frustrated me, caused me to become judgemental and be rude. I am grateful for the spiritual principles I have learned and the opportunities I am offered to live a virtuous life.
This beautiful soul was put on my path for a reason. I helped her through the passing of her partner last summer. I am grateful it was me she chose to hold his hand and hers as he took his final breath. We had a circle of loving energy flowing and he went so peacefully. I barely knew this woman when she chose me to be with her that day… but for some reason it was me. I am grateful that when the universe calls me to duty today I am not too loaded to hear the calls. 
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I am grateful to be sober.
I am grateful I felt some kind of calmness today.
I am grateful for my monthly Thai massage.
I am grateful we have some warmer weather at the moment.
I am grateful my new jigsaw puzzles aka active calming the monkey tools arrived today.
I am grateful I could fix the issues I had with my phone and diabetes related things. I am grateful for people helping me with this. I am grateful I somehow seem to be more patient.
I am grateful I am okay with my new diet.
I am grateful I have enough.
I am grateful I keep going to the swimming course. I am grateful I will attend the non violent communication session later. I am grateful for baby steps.
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His books are absolutely amazing 
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I’m grateful for a beautiful day, lush coffee and my current read, No Mud, No Lotus.
Grateful for a different and peaceful mindset. Grateful for pausing and breathing. Grateful for traffic lights and being patient. Grateful my cat, Suki, is feeling better today. Grateful for my car, my daughter, who came shopping with me today. Grateful for walking my shadow, Rocky! Grateful to be able to read people’s gratitude, when I was at my worst in addiction I nearly lost my sight. Super grateful it came back and the hallucinations stopped. Grateful I can walk because my ability to walk nearly went too due to scarring on my brain and signals not going properly to my legs. Super grateful I didn’t need a wheelchair for long. Grateful for life and the people in it. Super grateful for recovery. Grateful, even though I’m now tearful thinking back to how I nearly died through my addiction, that I can share pieces of my addiction. ODAAT my friends, that’s all we can do. Much love to you all 
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Grateful for a good day today. Grateful for my partner and our relationship. Grateful for a run after work today, I tried upping my pace a bit today.
I’m grateful for a nice bath and then another early night.
Grateful to be here
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Grateful to be alive with dogs, a cat, and two growing kids.
Grateful to be housing at the moment. I do love this place.
Grateful that I finally was able to get the state to remove a fraudulent movement on unemployment. Hey, it only takes 3-4 weeks to get any income after filing - grateful there’s an answer despite timing.
Grateful that I will process the things my life is committing.
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Grattitude is my attitude!
I am very grateful my tummy is much better today. I even had some real food. Man was I hungry!
Yesterday I had this very weird experience of going on a side addiction track. I did not try to numb my feelings with food, but with work and other stuff. I only caught up with it in the evening and was really horrified. It was a total binge day, I had lost control, neglected my needs, snapped at family members, everything I was used to from abusing food. Seeing exactly the same reaction for exactly the same reasons but with another ‚substance‘ was really scary.
I am grateful I was able to see what was happening. Grateful to have caught myself and have done some selfcare.
I am very grateful to people here helping me understand what had happened, and finding a way to deal with this experience. @MrFantastik for giving it his great “that was some addict behavior bro” attitude. @SoberWalker for giving me a perspective how to move on without panicking 
I am grateful for sunshine today, moving in my body, finding a way to be at peace with myself, taking care of my needs, taking brakes.
I am grateful for my wonderful partner, my child, my mother, my family. Grateful for caring friends. For work I love. For my plants.
Hell I am grateful to be alive today!
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