Daily Gratitude, The Air Of Recovery #5

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I’m grateful to God for guiding me and helping me abstain from my addictions. I’m grateful for my family, friends, TS and the gratidudes. I’m grateful that it was a more organized work day today. I’m grateful for music, creativity, humor and laughter. I’m grateful for all your shoutouts for my seven months. I’m grateful that Aaron Rodgers and the Jets are going to lose to my Buffalo Bills on Sunday. Congratulations on your milestones of 14 month’s @M-be-free49 and @Sunflower1 three years, WOW. Keep moving forward. I’m grateful to be relaxing on the love seat now. I’m grateful for prayer, meditation and binary beats. I’m hoping to hear from my friend soon who relapsed and asked last night to grab food, hang out and play chess until my NA homegroup meets later tonight.

God bless us all. :v: & :heart:

p.s. You are absolutely incredible. Ya you!!

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Adorable x 2

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Thank you for sharing. I’m grateful you had the courage to share restaurant experience. I have not had that experience yet and I will keep this in mind if it happens to me.

I’m grateful your wife is working on her first weeks. I hope things go well.

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Saturday morning is my favorite time of the week and I’m so grateful to be here with you all to enjoy it.

I’m grateful to have work that inspires and fulfills me.

I’m grateful for a great start to another school year and for the excitement it brings.

I’m grateful to have adorable students in my classroom who are all anxious to be successful.

I’m grateful for new colleagues who are stepping up to the challenges of teaching in collaboration with me.

I’m grateful to have my sobriety and be able to sleep and exercise and work without the alcohol monster fucking with my head every day.

I’m grateful that the first week of school is over. As good as it was, the first week is chaotic and overstimulating for everyone!

I’m grateful that I did not forget my Spanish over the summer.

I’m grateful for plenty of resources being available to work with my students.

I’m grateful that my own children are grown and I don’t have to do the “second shift” of coming home to manage them and their schoolwork. Those were hard years. I’m grateful my sons are grown men with lives of their own and that they are happy young men.

I’m grateful my husband and I are both sober so our relaxation routines are very compatible.

I’m grateful my husband is happy to be back to his job at a school as well.

I’m grateful that my brother continues to progress in his recovery and I’m grateful he has worked through some of the hardest parts of ending his marriage. There are still hard parts to go, but I think he is going to come out reasonably well on the other side.

I’m grateful he has confided in me and let me help him every day since last October. I’m grateful for the healing this has brought me and the work I still need to do on the trauma of our childhood.

I’m grateful the weather today is beautiful!

I’m grateful I will have time today to do my house chores and then plan some lessons for next week. My goal is to spend my Sundays with low key recreation and reading as that calms my mind for the coming week.

I’m grateful for good health and the beautiful swimming pool I get to use each day before school. Swimming at that time of day is energizing and calming at the same time and helps me stay emotionally even during the day.

I’m grateful to be the oldest teacher in the school and still be able to swim those laps every morning and be the first one in the building for the meditative walk down the hallway before the activities of the day. That morning routine is key to my calm and kind responses during the day.

I’m grateful to have this community of support. While I am so pleased with my recovery progress, I know I must attend to it every day for my health and safety. I’m grateful to have this forum and to read a bit every day here and learn from all of you.

I wish you the best and a Saturday of peace and joy.

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Good morning sober family!

Im so very greatful for…

My sobriety, my superpower
496 free from weed and alcohol
39 free from vaping
Vaping cravings come but im resisting
Slept in til 7am!
My lovely mother
A good week at work
Madly in love with the hubby
Sweet, hairy boscoe
Hope
Joy
Peace
Starting my indoor herb garden today
The little things
All of you and this amazing community im blessed to be a part of.

Happy day ya’ll

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Thank you Lab. Enjoy your weekend.
I’m grateful she has stuck with it for 8 days but who’s counting :thinking: today will be day 9 on the 9th.

I’m grateful I think I’ll just do my gratitude here and now. I wasn’t going to.
I’m grateful to be up and coffeeed before 5:30 so I can get Benson and myself out for a walk. Already 82 out there. I’m grateful the highs are only going to be in the upper 90’s next week. Grateful it’ll be cooling off.
I’m grateful for beautiful sunrises and I can see the effects of it right out my window as it’s just begun.
I’m grateful we got a clean house.
I’m grateful for my wife confiding in me with her struggles. I’m grateful I’m listening to her.
I’m grateful we both laugh at all the non or dealcholized wine concoctions she got going on in the house. It’s like a chemistry lab. I’m grateful whatever she’s doing is working for her.
I’m grateful I got my lunch out with John today. I hope I know how to act.
I’m grateful my wife and I have scalp massages booked for tomorrow. And I added that 30 minute Sole Satisfaction for me. And then brunch/lunch.
I’m grateful it’s football season. Go Bills! Go Nittany Lions!
I’m grateful wifey likes to watch football with me too. Especially the part where she gets to nap if she’s bored. I’m grateful we both love that part. I’m grateful since she isn’t drinking maybe she won’t be a raving lunatic.
I’m grateful it’s 5:45 and I best wrap this up and get the burner out before it’s gets sunny and 90.
Grateful for y’all.
:pray:t2::heart:

“The way to develop the best that is in a person is by appreciation and encouragement.”
Charles Schwab

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Good morning friends,
I’m grateful I shared my milestone excitement with y’all. I’m grateful I have friends who understand- thank you all for the congratulations! I’m grateful to have slept long and hard. I’m grateful to be enjoying coffee and gratitude as I wake up. I’m grateful my nephew came to spend the night last night. He was welcomed like a movie star hahaha! I’m grateful we all sat around the kitchen/living room eating on the buffet of leftovers we had for dinner, talking, laughing, cracking jokes. I’m grateful when my son mentioned how cool it is when we do that, and my nephew chimed in “yeah it’s so relaxed and chill, I love it”. I love it too. I’m grateful I feel like I’m
Living life now, not just getting through it.:heart:

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That’s a beautiful quote right there :point_up_2:

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I’m grateful to wake up before my 5am alarm. I’m grateful there’s no traffic on my weekend commute. I’m grateful I’m the only one working in the building on Saturdays, besides the security guard. I don’t think he’s grateful when I wake him up that early.

I’m grateful I was dressed in business attire on Wednesday. My boss had a family emergency and asked me to step in for an in person client meeting last minute. I had a feeling something was going to come up when I was getting ready that morning. I’m grateful I listened to that gut feeling. I’m grateful the client was receptive when I showed up in her place. I’m grateful for my knowledge and experience. I’m grateful the meeting went very well.

I’m grateful hubby and I had our usual Friday date night (AA meeting followed by milk shakes). I’m grateful we take that time to sit outside the ice cream shop and chat. Our lives are so busy during the week, we rarely have time to catch up. I’m grateful we were able to resolve our issues from last week. That was a tough one, didn’t think our relationship would survive.

I’m grateful my daughter is feeling much better. I’m grateful I took her for blood work yesterday morning. I’m grateful I was able to go into the office late. I’m grateful we made a follow up appointment with her physician to go over results and follow up on the pneumonia for next Friday. I’m grateful she’ll be getting back into her routine and going back to her day program next week. Too much time at home alone is not good for her mental status.

I’m grateful for the ladies AA meeting tonight and looking forward to dinner afterwards. I’m grateful for the in person support network. These ladies have gotten me through some of the toughest times in sobriety.

I’m grateful CJ reminds me when it’s payday. We’re on the same pay cycle and I get excited when I read her gratitude post on those days.

I’m grateful for all my TS gratidudes and gratidudettes. I’m grateful Eric shared his mishap at the Chinese restaurant. I’m grateful for his reminder to always be on guard when being served “mocktails”.

I’m grateful I get to share in the joy when others reach milestones.
Congratulations on 7 months @I.cant.We.can! :tada:
Congratulations on 14 months @M-be-free49 :tada:
Congratulations on 3 years @Sunflower1 :tada:

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What a beautiful thing :blush:
Who would have thought? 4 or 5 years ago? I’m grateful for this idea. Not sure that would fly down here. But maybe if I give it time. If I asked her now she’d think I was an alien or something :alien: I think it would be worth breaking my no sugar thing. Sounds heavenly.
:pray:t2::heart:

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I’m grateful for outdoor washing lines and the smell of line fresh laundry.
I’m grateful for a few sunny days so I can work in the garden.
I’m grateful I can listen to my body and know (and am beginning to accept) I need regular breaks, I’m not the powerhouse I once was.
I’m grateful for strawberries, wild plums and the last of the blackberries, all warmed in the sun and bursting with flavour.
I’m grateful for the RIDICULOUS poses my dog sleeps in, they always give me a giggle.
I’m grateful for fun-ducational podcasts while I work.
I’m grateful for all the butterflies, birds and bees feasting in the garden.
I’m grateful for cloud watching on a blanket.
I’m grateful to be FAFAF.
I’m grateful to all of you and for sharing in your gratitudes, it adds extra happiness to my day :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:
:heart::v:

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I too loved this and am grateful that you and hubby were able to get through the rough patch. Grateful that you daughter is moving around and hoping that all comes out well with her bloodwork.

Keep hope alive - might be something that she would really be up to – maybe bring it up in a few weeks as she gains more sober days in September. :crossed_fingers: Grateful that she has been going strong for 8+ days and you two are enjoying eachothers company.

Saturday morning gratitude’s
I am so grateful for waking up a little less groggy today. Grateful to lay in bed and watch a show before attempting to say hello to the world. Grateful that my coffee was ready for me when I emerged from my cozy bed. Grateful that it greeted me with it usual warm embrace.
I am so grateful that i did get some one on one time with my brother this morning. He was trying to get pics of me laughing. I hate pics of me. Been trying hard to get out of my shell and post selfies here to stay accountable to my journey - hope to see some changes down the road. Bro says I don’t smile in my pics and I don’t capture me in my pics but I don’t like the ones he takes. Grateful that he still sees me as a giddy laughing soul.
I am so grateful for my sugar free coconut dark chocolate cookies. Its the perfect breakfast cookie with almond and oat flour.
I am so grateful for a good PT session yesterday. They went easy on me and I am not in any extra pain today. Grateful for the gentle exercises that I have been given - will try to do them as often as I can today.
I am so grateful that it is another cooler overcast day. I am hoping to go for a walk today. Grateful that I did order a pair of cushioned sketchers shoes that will arrive on Tuesday - I was told that i need to wear cushioned shoes indoors as well. I am not one for slippers so I figure i can wear these indoors for now and then use outdoors when i start feeling better. Honestly - i so do not like shoes and having to wear all day is going to take some adjustment.
I am so grateful that I did order my 9 month sobriety gift in today - giving it plenty of time to get to me as it will be coming from Cananda. Grateful that I am able to celebrate my achievements and also support a fellow journeywoman… thank you @Its_me_Stella for your beautiful jewelry
I am so grateful for the peace and quiet i feel around me today.
I am so grateful that I live so close to my parents. Grateful that I am starting to spend more quality time with them (not just working time). Grateful that we are planning a trip to St. Joseph to enjoy a cooler day at the beach and enjoy the most amazing Vegan Ice cream I’ve ever tasted.
I am so grateful for my daily practices and support system at home and within this site. Grateful for all of you!
Wishing everyone a wonderful addiction free Saturday! Sending you all much love :heart: :heart:

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I am grateful for a sun shiney morning. A GOOD MORNING TO ALL MY SOBER FRIENDS. Day 55!

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  1. Grateful for 19 days today.
  2. Grateful I kept my cool with an incredibly rude person at the drive through window at Starbucks this morning. However, if he acts like that again I just might throw my grande iced honey almond milk flat white back at him :joy::joy::joy:
  3. Our New Mexico house is nearly finished, I’m so excited to see it and get back to my horse.
  4. Air conditioning, it’s still oppressive here in New Hampshire.
  5. Always grateful for my animals.
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Today I am grateful that i finally got my package in the mail so I can redecorate my bathroom!

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Today I’m grateful that the migraine lifted over night, a bit of a headache is still there. I’m grateful for a lovely morning in bed with all 3 cats :orange_heart:
I’m grateful I payed all bills and answered all emails. I’m grateful I packed the car, left the cats at home and drove to the farm. I’m grateful I give myself another day to work things out here and settle better without disturbance. I’m grateful for a long call with a far away friend, it was nice to catch up. I’m grateful my first meal back on the farm was delicious ham and cheese toast. Oh boy I missed my toaster!!! I’m grateful for the beautiful sunset I enjoyed in silence, sitting quietly inside the house watching the colours changing until it was dark. So peaceful. No TV (my ex drove me nuts, always in front of the TV instead of talking to me or sharing together time). I’m grateful he took the TV when he moved out.
I’m deeply grateful for this place. Whatever will be, today I am here, present, grateful, feeling connected, save and loved. Weird but I think the house loves me and is happy that I’m back.

And I’m grateful for hot water. The solar plant works :pray:

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I am greatful for this safe place.
I am greatful for compassionate hearts.
I am greatful for my mind, mental illness and all.
I am greatful for healthcare
I am greatful i could hangout with just my folks tonight.
I am greatful @Dazercat taught me how to workout my gratitude muscles daily.
I am greatful the lessons AA and the 12 steps taught me.
I am greatful.

Full body. Warm heart.

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Why this gratitude list is so difficult? Am I ungrateful bitch? Well, I heard that one before…
But gonna keep trying.
I’m grateful for another sunny day coming;
I’m grateful for fresh fruits and veggies;
I’m grateful I feel a bit better today, finally it’s happening;
I’m grateful Jasmine is uploading some selfies lately, I love to see a face of someone who is such an angel here;
I’m grateful for Eric’s morning walks with doggo, the photos are just WOW;

I could go on but my little lucifers are asking for another round of sandwiches, I’m grateful they have appetite (when I think about time when they will be teenagers, how much they gonna eat… :exploding_head::money_with_wings: Anxiety hits hard)

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I am grateful for the people in my life, old and new. I am grateful I know which ones are the ones that truly make me happy and help me thrive. Grateful I will have a chance to establish some boundaries with my mom today. She is not in a good place, mentally and emotionally and some of her toxicity has slowly been creeping up on me. I am grateful I could stop being angry at her a while ago and see the situation for what it is. A hurting human, who is looking to other people to change their situation for them. Don’t I know this-it was me for the longest time as well. I am grateful I feel fully responsible for my life. It makes it so much easier to be ok with missed chances and wrong decisions, because I can always remember how I came to decide one way or the other.
I am grateful for late summer/early fall Sunday on my balcony. Coffee, blue sky, good book and geranium plants around me. Today is a good day. :orange_heart:

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I’m grateful for a slow and lazy Sunday morning.
I’m grateful for my coffee machine.
I’m grateful to be starting to hit on some home truths that will help me keep on rocking life sober.
I’m grateful my mind feels peaceful this morning.
I’m grateful for the lovely birds near my window who sing the most beautiful songs.
I’m grateful for Recovery Dharma reading.
I’m grateful for meditation.
I’m grateful for all of you, every day.
FAFAF ODAAT
:heart::v:

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