Daily Gratitude, The Air Of Recovery #5

[HolySquid]

Today I am grateful that my car got its annual service without any faults detected. I am grateful for the amazing blood red sky I saw this morning driving my car to the shop. I am grateful I got out of bed earlier than usual, otherwise I would have missed that sky!

I am grateful I could stay the day at home and actively work on my recovery. I am grateful for quit-lit audiobooks included in my Spotify. I am grateful I got that Spotify subscription as a present. I am grateful for Spotify - fullstop

I am grateful for music that engulfs me with emotion and lets me dance around the house. I am grateful for my (mostly) healthy meals today. I am grateful for my time alone today, for solitude not loneliness. I am grateful to end this day sober, relaxed and in a calm mood.

Right now I am grateful for my bed, heated blanket, scented candle, herbal sleepy tea and lavender pillow mist.

I am grateful I started using this thread and was made welcome

[PinkyP]

I’m grateful for messages and photos from my daughter on her travels. I’m saving up to go and see her, soooo looking forwards to it.
Grateful for a clean kitchen when I came home from work and grateful that my daughter had been shopping.
Grateful to be in bed

[TN2KY]

I’m grateful for the voice in the back of the head that keeps whispering “don’t drink” even though my body wants to.

I’m grateful for this community and their support and kind words.

I’m grateful that even though I want to get a drink I’m laying on the couch watching Equallzer 3 and going to an AA meeting later.

[JazzyS]

@TN2KY

I’m grateful that even though I want to get a drink I’m laying on the couch watching Equallzer 3 and going to an AA meeting later.

Much power to you! We can’t stop the cravings but how we choose to deal with them is amazing. Day 3 is wonderful – keep it going strong

[Michelle]

I Am Grateful For All of You Guys! I don’t even look at Facebook i just jump straight to Sober talk!!

[M-be-free49]

Crikey. Too long, G-dudes!

I’m grateful I’m here, catching up on this thread on a Friday night instead of uncorking a bottle of misery and regret.

I’m grateful for all the tools I had to navigate the last few weeks. Stressful things with Mom’s health two weeks ago (@Naomi, yep, dementia’s a tough one ). Then a scare with the dog girl’s health last week - about 4hrs of sleep each night. On-again-off-again work travel snafus. And knowing that wine would help with none of it.

I’m grateful this week was just trying to get things back to normal again - caught up on work and sleep. Grateful for colleagues that make me chuckle.

I’m grateful for this thread and all the words that resonate. Yes, we are like longtime family, it feels like sometimes! I’m grateful I feel softer too. Grateful to be able to extend more grace toward others and myself. Also for boundaries. To know that these are love.

I’m grateful it’s the weekend. For fun new projects around my wee home. For interesting work. That I won’t have a hangover.
That just never gets old…

I’m grateful for all of you.

I’m grateful for another day.

[EarnIt]

I am grateful that at day 35 I am seeking no more and really haven’t this time.
I am grateful that the accident I had took away some “positive” choices about my negative world.
I am grateful for the sun in my forest. It’s pretty rare in most living areas near me.
I am grateful for my online group, which kindly gave me a 3-month scholarship due to my accident. I have been there for awhile. I am not sure if that had much to do with it.
I am grateful for the major strategy about getting rid of gnats in this forest house. Certainly, I am grateful that a messy kitchen is NOT allowed without a happy gnat party.
I am grateful for my body to really want food, whether I can smell it or taste it. That’s pretty new-ish.
I am grateful that overall I am getting a good night sleep, even without melatonin. I think it might be the heavy turmeric I ingest. Maybe. Might be. I really do love a good night’s sleep. It’s rarely been my thing, especially with some life challenges.

Grateful for all of you.

[Bluekoolaid]

Got some serious catching up to do but that’s why I like the gratitude thread … it’s manageable.
Grateful for forcing myself up early these days . 530 Today and I went up to Starbucks and road my skateboard. Currently hanging out.
Grateful for my sobriety… already getting close to 2 months. I gotta check it might be exactly 2 months…
Grateful for family and friends who give it to me real when I need it .
Grateful for the basics… shelter, food , water
Grateful for music especially Kendrick Lamar, j cole , Tame Impala, Mac DeMarco. These artists speak to me . Certain music brings tears to my eyes and I’m grateful.
I’m grateful for prayer and meditation. This has been huge this time in my recovery.
I’m grateful for this community.
I’m grateful for Mother Nature

[LAB]

Gratitude is the air of recovery and I’m glad to breathe it every day!

I’m grateful that it is Saturday morning and I get to think and write on gratitude while having my coffee in my cozy house.

I’m grateful to be sober and at more peace than I’ve felt so many times in my life.

I’m grateful to be in a safe and loving home and have the resources to care for myself and my family.

I’m grateful to be healthy. Except for this damn swimmer’s ear infection that has been bothering me for too long since it was incorrectly diagnosed and incorrectly treated. It’s on the mend now, whew!

I’m grateful to have work that is meaningful and challenging and rewarding to me. My new classes started this week and I’m engaged in teaching new material to students. I like this challenge and it is keeping me motivated.

I’m grateful that if things continue in the current pattern, I should be able to retire from teaching in 2027. I won’t be rich, as teachers usually are not, but I should be safely comfortable. Let’s hope that plan can happen.

I’m grateful to be sharing some time today with my husband’s family for a small get together to honor their mother.

I’m grateful that I get to be a part of the grieving and healing process. And even though addiction has done a lot of damage in that family, my husband and his sister are strong in their sobriety and we can help each other with this journey.

I’m grateful that my husband and our siblings on both sides of the family are in this sober journey. The two families have different traumas that played out in the background and brought us all to a state of being out of control. But we also have climbed out and together we practice steps each day to be safe and sober and recover ourselves. I am grateful to be in that project and share with them.

I’m grateful to have taken some steps of communication with my mother over a situation that was frustrating me. Each time I am able to address an issue with her, I feel better. At 59 years old, I really don’t want to feel like a frustrated child with her. We are both working on that.

I’m grateful to have an amazing library book that is a week overdue and that today I really must finish reading it. That is next for me to do today.

I wish you all peace.

[Bluekoolaid]

I’m just catching up on the gratitude thread but I hope you have a awesome time in Costa Rica. You seriously deserve it. Your dedication to your recovery is really cool and when you list your gratitudes I always notice a similarly and it’s that you put your recovery first and now your chilling somewhere cool on a cool vacation. Anyway have fun!!!