I am so grateful for a great night sleep - woke up an hour ago feeling drugged. It was a strange feeling (glad it’s over). My throat is feeling better and i am hoping by tomorrow my chest pains will also be gone. I am grateful to be awake and moving around
I am so grateful – i mean so damn grateful to be enjoying my full cup of hot coffee this morning. I do hope that Eric is able to find a good place for coffee this morning to start off his day. I can’t believe we forgot to celebrate National Coffee Day yesterday
I am so grateful that my brother spent time with me watching horror (not scary in the least) movies last night.
I am so grateful that i worked on my blanket (i don’t knit as much these days as my hands hurt especially with the blanket cause its such thick yarn). I may actually finish it by the end of the year.
I am so grateful that i am accepting that my body needs one more day to rest and heal.
I am so grateful for my mother. She took great care of me yesterday. So thankful for her Bless her heart cause she wanted to talk and for her she knows how i’m doing by the tone in my voice but i really did not have it in me to talk yesterday.
I am so grateful that I will be able to eat solid foods today.
I am so grateful that i sense a nap in my near future.
I am so grateful that after 3 days, my migraine is now a light headache. I just needed coffee
I am so grateful that i realized my brother turned down the brightness on my phone and i’m not going blinder than i am now.
I am so grateful that tomorrow marks the beginning of my favorite month!
I am so grateful for a cozy bed to sleep in and having an abundance of entertainment at my fingertips to keep me amused when i can’t sleep.
I am grateful that I am not waking up drunk or hungover. Grateful that i didn’t have to battle with the thought of not drinking before the procedures.
I am so grateful that the entire crew that worked on me was absolutely amazing.
I am grateful to be here and have such great friends. Appreciate being checked in on throughout the day and thank you for making me laugh (truly meant a lot)
I edit my statement from earlier - i can’t eat solids just yet (throat just pretended to be good and feels like the food is getting stuck in my chest) so back to soup for today. Luckily - my mom brought over a ton a soup so i’m golden.
OOH - the sun is coming out in full force! Love this fall weather feeling - grateful to be alive to enjoy such a beautiful day.
Have a wonderful addiction free day my beautiful sober souls. Sending you all so much love
Good morning friends,
I’m grateful for some pretty basic things this morning. I’m grateful I can come out to a clean kitchen in the morning, because I can take time to tidy it the night before, and I don’t eat weird things in a drunken stupor and leave the dishes and wrappers etc. on the counter. I’m grateful I get my nails done now because I won’t chew them while battling hangxiety. I’m grateful life is easier without the noise alcohol brought. I’m grateful for all of you❤️
Good morning to all. I’m grateful to be here.
Grateful to be alive and mobile and one pound lighter🤭recovering my physical fitness is possible and will take patience and vigilance, grateful I have so many options to do this.
Grateful for cool autumn days, and bike rides on rails to trails all around my area.
Grateful for my walking buddy, who gets me out there once a week.
Grateful for apple cider and apple season!
Grateful for the hummingbirds who lived with us for the summer, sad to see them go but hopeful for their continued survival. Same for the orioles.
Today after a bad night’s sleep I’m super grateful for my coffee machine.
I’m so grateful I wrote it a poem.
Ahem…‘Ode to My Coffee Machine’
Oh coffee machine, my faithful friend,
Thou art the start of my day without an end.
I’ll never leave you, never let you go,
For you’re the reason I wake up each morning to glow.
Thou art my sunshine, thou art my moon,
With your wake-up call I am never doomed.
Thou art the anchor of my early start,
And the fuel that keeps me ticking until the dark.
So here’s to you, my beloved machine,
May we always brew and laugh and dream.
I am grateful for my powerlessness over other people because that means their own life’s mess is not my fucking fault.
I am grateful for all the times I started to use again after a substantial amount of abstinence and how sick I would feel. Sick in all ways; physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. I am grateful that my addiction would take me down immediately; hard, fast and worse than ever before because as we all know it had been doing push ups in the parking lot while i white knuckled some dry days. I am grateful for the sheer fear I would feel inside when after thinking “see I can stop when I want”, I would realize I had absolutely no control. I am grateful for the false pride I walked around with all my life, I was afraid to be wrong, I was afraid to show my belly, I was afraid to know myself. All of this has taught me absolute humility today where I can reach a leave of deep vulnerability. I am grateful that when I was done with the facade I was fucking done, and that I tried alllllllll the tricks first many, many times until my life so, so painful. I am grateful my exhusband stopped enabling me so the pain could really start.
I am grateful I can still feel that pain when I need a reminder.
I am grateful for my scars.
I am grateful I live in the present.
Its still morning where im at! Soooo…not late to my gratitude practice. Still showing up.
Good morning sober fam,
Im so very greatful for
@Dilettante delirious ode to the coffee machine
My continued sobriety
60 days no vape
9mo healthier lifestyle
Tmrw will be 17 months of no booze
Sunshine
Hubby did dishes while i prepped dinner and lunch
Got a decent workout in
Variety
My planning self so i have 30min to chill before lunch, errands, and a diaper party
Im greatful im content with my decision not to have children
I realize my limits
My determination
Feeling and seeing progress towards goals
Looking forward to a manicure i can now afford because im not vaping 24/7
This community rocks. You’re part of this community. Therefore you rock
Awe this would have me in knots. I’m sorry for the memories it brought up.
I do hope you enjoyed your breakfast.
Oh this would be grand! I would love to share a meal with you my friend…maybe someday.
I moved off of the vegan thread and joined the foodie thread …we can share a virtual meal in the mean time
I’m grateful to call it a night. A good sober night.
Grateful to get caught up on here.
Grateful for the Ode to Coffee machine. Kiki.
Love the Jersey Cow on top. Nice touch.
Grateful to read CJ’s 60 days no vape.
Grateful to read the concerns and thoughts about my wife and me from friends on this thread and other threads.
Grateful for the fun sober September I had with my wife.
Grateful I have no idea what tomorrow will bring. I know she’ll drink. But hopefully not get herself fucked up.
I’m grateful I was grateful for hummingbirds too this morning.
Grateful for the turmeric raisin toast with my egg white omelette.
Grateful I found a nice authentic New York deli here where I’ll be living sometime.
Grateful for the gorgeous house we looked at but it’s not the one, thank God.
Grateful this hotel has a Stumptown coffee bar that opens at 6. No worries Jazz
Grateful I got to see Gus and my daughter and SIL.
Grateful for a sober morning coming up. They got that beautiful bar downstairs that I so easily walked by. You can’t go anywhere in this hotel as it’s strategically placed on the way to the elevator.
Grateful for you all.
I’m grateful for the beautiful bedtime story this thread has been - tonight, and all last busy week. Can’t tell you how much I could have commented on! Grateful for this thread. That I carry you with me all week in my phone and in my heart - i know, sounds corny (cheesy?) - but it’s true!
I’m grateful I’m not hungover today. Had a bigggg deadline this week. Grateful the completion of something is the reward. Grateful that I can put myself into my work AND use my new tools to make sure I’m not using work to numb out. Or validate my existence, sigh.
I’m grateful to learn acceptance. Really, my choices are to accept or not, right? Neither change the outcome. Some things are harder to accept. I’m grateful it’s okay to admit that, to speak it.
I’m grateful I have more to be grateful for, but oh - bed calls! Grateful I will show some extra appreciation to my coffee-making implements tomorrow morning. (I can just hear them now - ahem, can I get an ode over here? ).
Quite where I started this… I’m grateful for our smiles and shared laughs, for our mutual concern for each others’ physical and emotional goings on and wellbeing. For celebrating our successes! That when the world feels a little heavy, I know there’s a place and thread to take rest, to see things differently. Thank you for your eyes and your words.
G’night sweet friends. I’m grateful for another day.
I hope the moving isn’t too stressful and you reward yourself with some time to realize you are an awesome person and I wish we saw more of you. But you just keep doing what you’re doing. I hope you get all settled in soon. Much love to you and all your fur babies.
I’m so grateful for you. Sending you lotsa inner peace. Soothing beanies for when there’s too many thoughts in your head. If there are no understanding gamble quails where you are, wishing you crows or some other bird to yell at briefly (I do - they can take it in the heat of a moment far better than a human.) Busting-a-gut laughter with Gus.
And hope.
And sweet dreams.
Top of the morning to you. Off to swimming in an hour. Going to cook scallops later from the freezer, with maybe hazelnuts and peas? Then heading to see Chelsea play against Tottenham in the late afternoon, it’s the first game of the WSL season.
My sister’s super stressing me out but I’m starting to realise I can’t keep perpetuating the negative parts of the narrative. It’s so not helpful. We all have the responsibility to at least try to move our feet. My mental health has been struggling lately in sympathy.
I’m so glad I’m swimming and walking and getting out to exercise my own demons so that I don’t take on unnecessary water in my boat. It feels good, and healthy.
I’m grateful to be back and sober.
I’m grateful there’s way too much gratitude here to catch up on. I hope you are all doing well! I missed you.
I’m grateful it’s fall even if it hasn’t quite cooled off here yet.
I’m grateful I have a park close to home with a trail through the woods and along the lake. That’s been the one place lately I can find some peace.
I’m grateful I like my new therapist and like his approach.
I’m grateful my GP is compassionate and understanding.
I’m grateful my boss is compassionate and understanding. And that work is flexible.
I’m grateful for the company if my cats even when they are being little assholes.
My sobriety 17 months free
Sleeping in
A day without a list of to dos and adulting
My hubby
Boscoe
Family
Healthy eating
Steady weightloss
Compliments, even tho im terrible at receiving them
I get to get a manicure today
We can afford groceries
Crockpot meals
Golden oldies radio on pandora
Nature
Our freedoms
Love
Hope
A daily reprieve
This amazing community.
I’m grateful we’re getting an oil delivery today. It ran out yesterday and I’m not so grateful for the cold shower last night. Not used to the fact that we no longer have an electrical hot water heater. No wonder the electric bill is much lower than the old house.
I’m grateful for the celebration AA meeting last night. It was an honor to celebrate with 3 old timers (25 yrs, 30 yrs & 34 yrs). I’m grateful for all the nice things my sponsor had to say when she gave me my coin. I’m grateful my husband called from his meeting, had me on speaker and all the men congratulated me.
I’m grateful it’s my day off. Not that I have anything planned other than cleaning but at least I get a break from work.
Ok – this was priceless to read and a healthy reminder that we are only responsible for our own actions and our own fate.
Grateful for this time. No matter what comes next you will have this time - We are here for you You are not alone and I know you have the strength and tools to help you keep moving forward.
OH Emm – THANK YOU! Yes – this is a glorious place to visit to see things a bit differently. Grateful for all the stories, triumphs and achievements shown through the gratitude’s
@tragicfarinelli Grateful you have your swimming to turn to (I do feel so free in the water – it’s like all of life’s issues just wash over me with each stroke). I am so sorry for your sister and all that she is dealing with. Do hope that she is able to feel safety and peace soon. I do know how much sympathy and not being able to do anything to help can mess with mental health. Sending you strength to help deal with all these emotions.
@karenkw Grateful to have you with us friend You were missed! Grateful that your GP and therapist are working out for you. OFDAAT!
@CJP 17 months CJ – you rock!!! Enjoy your day of self care my friend – you deserve it
Oh love – this was so beautiful! Love your hubby for this. Grateful you were celebrated
@soberbilly grateful you and your group were able to be there for this newbie and show compassion and support.
Sunday afternoon gratitude
I am so grateful for my loving and caring mother. She is such an incredible soul! I am grateful to have her in my life and grateful to receive her love every day.
I am so grateful for my family and all their support. I am so grateful that i will find the strength to keep pushing forward and staying positive. They believe and so shall I … this too shall pass.
I am so grateful for my HP and His guidance
I am so grateful for the first day of October. My favorite month for oh so many reasons but mainly cause its Halloween!
I am so grateful that my sister’s SIL was grateful for all the Halloween stuff I gifted them. She still has not gone through all the boxes but I was told the kids are super excited. This makes me happy. I am hoping to have enough energy to do some light decorating this year.
I am so grateful that my throat is 90% healed. I am having other issues which i know will heal too… just making it ODAAT.
I am so grateful for getting my irrigation system fixed tomorrow and get the last zone blown out. Hoping it’s not too expensive.
I am so grateful that my renters will be moving out by Tuesday morning so will give me some time to get the place ready for showing - i am hoping to have it rented out by 11/1 (not wanting to rush myself and fuck up my energy in the process).
I am so grateful for a laid back Sunday! My sleep is up and down. I am grateful that when i finally pass out (as long as i don’t move) i can get some decent hours of sleep.
I am so grateful for you all - this community is the fucking best! All of you are unbelievably supportive and i love each of you for that. Thank you for being here
I do hope everyone has a wonderful addiction free day! Sending you so much love
Bless her heart cause she wanted to talk and for her she knows how i’m doing by the tone in my voice but i really did not have it in me to talk yesterday.
You are not alone and I know you have the strength and tools to help you keep moving forward.
