Signing out tonight to bed. Moments like this forever make me grateful for choosing sobriety each day.
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Hi Jasmine, I appreciate you and your kind words to everyone. Such a small thing can make the world to someone thatās struggling. 
Hope you had a beautiful evening to match your soul.
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Thank you! His full name is Alexander the Great, aka Alex.
Hmm, might your name also be Alex? 
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Thank you!
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Alexander the Great is a great name. 
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Grateful for clean clothes. Grateful that God is keeping my mind, heart and spirit strong amongst chaosā I feel like I shouldāve been lost my shit. Grateful for sobriety. Grateful for temporary shelter keep your fingers crossed I find something long term soon!
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Love that you didnāt lose your shit. Self control 
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Grateful as always, for another day. Grateful I know not to be complacent in my recovery journey. Grateful for the serenity prayer. Grateful I was able to get booked in for a new ink next week, super excited for this. Grateful for the amazing cheesecake we had yesterday. Grateful I was only able to have one slice 
grateful for life 
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Iām grateful I obviously fell asleep yesterday before the evening gratitude I wanted to do. So here is late morning gratitude.
Iām grateful I got up again yesterday after I couldnāt fall asleep for an hour. Iām grateful I watched part of an idiotic film, not my humor and went back to sleep.
Iām grateful nightmares are not real and I fell asleep again and slept in after the alarm woke me up from another brainfuck horrortrip. Iām grateful I let it out at the FRO thread.
Iām grateful I felt rested when I finally got up.
Iām grateful chores go easy today! Iām already done and managed to make the never used coffeemachine I brought from my mumās cellar working finally. What an extra bonus on monday! Iām grateful for youtube, my brain and a well equiped household. Sometimes I feel like a smartass again 
Iām grateful I feel happy and proud of such little victories in daily life. Iām grateful for my tenacity.
Iām grateful the cats enjoy spring-ish weather and birdwatching.
Iām grateful it feels like I will pack today to move back to the farm. I feel a special sort of energy and I will follow whereever it takes me. Iām grateful I allow myself to FEEL when itās time, not making plans and sticking to them. I cried a lot this morning, donāt know why, it somehow feels like letting go, but I donāt know what so I just take it as it comes and goes. I donāt have to know & understand everything. Iām grateful I can just be ODAAT
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Good morning sober family,
Im so very greatful for
The trip of a lifetime
A calm mind today
Sunrise swim on a secluded beach
Time with hubby
Sobriety still in tact
All the kind people we have crossed paths with
Joy
Peace
Hope
Safe travels
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Iām grateful that the sun is shining on a beautiful day and waking up feeling wonderful.
Grateful for 38 sober mornings.
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I am grateful my son is safely back home. He and his girlfriend will get an apartment in August for half a year in another country for her student exchange minor. I will miss him dearly but I am so happy he is building up his life and expands his horizon. I am grateful for his gf and their stable relationship, I love them both very much. I am grateful for her family, as they are a wonderful family and always welcome my son in their home with open arms. I am also grateful my son has a good relationship with her father.
I am grateful for the long chat yesterday with my son, but I didnāt sleep until 1am and was wide awake at 7, so Iām feeling half dead atm. I really need to call it a day, even when Iām having a good time. I always wake up early and I need my 8h of quality sleep.
I am grateful for a day off work and having nothing on my āreally-need-to-do-todayā list, but I am pushing myself to do some chores and go for a long walk this afternoon, no excuses. Taking small steps out of my comfort zone.
Iām grateful for motivational videos and podcasts. I started to work on my procrastination and Iām looking forward to going back to the gym. My son will help me with my workout schedule and I promised to stick to it.
I keep reminding myself that if the marines can workout all day after only 2h of sleep, I sure can do a 1.5h workout after a normal nightās sleep. This really stroke a chord with me, no excuses and no overthinking. I know when I set my mind to it I can do it.
Most important is a regular sleeping schedule, as I want to wake up at 6 everyday. I am a morning person, in the evening I never do anything useful but scrolling on my phone. Iāll quit the daily check-in at night, so I can put my phone away after diner. TS is important for my sobriety and although I love to read all the threads, I spend to much time here. Iāll stick to the daily gratitude thread and limit my TS time to max 1h a day. I can always check in more often when I feel my sobriety needs it.
Everyday I am grateful to be sober. Even when Iām tired or not feeling well, it is nothing in comparison to having a hangover!
I am incredibly grateful for my dog. He is with us almost four months and every week we bond more and more. He is funny, eager to train and the biggest cuddler. I am grateful for the previous owners as they did a great job raising a stable dog.
I was told at the K9 club he is probably a German pincher mix. I googled the breed and it described his temperent to a tee! Intelligent, protective, fierce, loving, stable, but also testing authority 
Our first dog Lola is running the eternal fields and she will always and forever be our no. 1, but she was a handful and often drove me crazy! But I am so grateful we had her in our lives for almost 15 years. Even after all these years me and my son still miss her.
I am grateful for being more at ease. I always had a feeling of restlessness and unforfilment, but the last months I have more appriciation for what I have. And every challenge in life has a silver lining. My parents are ill, but our connection became stronger. My son is leaving home, but he is building up his life and relationship. A short night sucks, but builts character. Irritation with friends makes me evaluate my boundaries. Quiting alcohol makes me getting to know myself better and discovering a sober life. Yin Yang 
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So much to be grateful for
But before I forget Iām grateful for @Soberbilly and his generations of love that he gets to have and shows us how grateful for it he is. And a HUGE Happy Birthday to Momma Billy. 94 amazing years
Iām grateful to be back home after a quick unexpected trip to Cali.
Grateful for Zillow.
Grateful for being able to make quick plans on the internet to be in Cali at a moments notice. Airline. Hotel. Car rental. And GPS to get me through Friday night LA traffic in the dark. Grateful I donāt drink! You ever look back and wonder how the FUCK did we do that while drinking? 
How fucking dangerous it was! How inconsiderate it was!
Grateful I loved the house and hood.
Grateful I made it home safe to watch the Super Bowl with wifey.
Grateful we made an offer on the house.
Grateful I can now let go of it.
Grateful I thought of all the stuff I didnāt like about it so if we donāt get it It wasnāt meant to be. Iām grateful Iāll be sad if we donāt get it. And thatās ok. Iām grateful I wonāt be a crazy resentful bitch if we donāt get it.
Iām grateful I knew my wife wanted to drink when I got home. Iām grateful I just knew it. Iām grateful itās what alcoholics do 
Iām grateful I stuck to my plans of cooking and watching the Super Bowl together in the evening. And grateful she got to have wine at lunch and a first half nap 
Well I wasnāt really grateful, but Iām grateful I didnāt try to stop her or control her 
Like I could
What I am grateful for is I worked the steps in real time. Consciously step by step for the first time!
Iām grateful I knew I was powerless over her drinking.
Iām grateful I know there is a power greater than me that I can turn it over to.
Iām grateful I did let my hp or god go first or talk to him for help and try my dangdest to hand it over.
Iām grateful I took an inventory and realized I was taking it personally again. Iām grateful itās not personal itās what alcoholics do!
Iām grateful I continue to ask god to let me feel my hurt feelings and take them away in time.
And then Iām grateful I just kept faking it til I made it. Iām grateful I only said one slightly snarky comment much later on in the day.
I didnāt think to make amends for it but caught myself and just gave myself a pass on a job otherwise well done.
Iām grateful I continued to take and inventory on my feelings throughout the evening.
Iām grateful if we get this house Benson is going to have grass again 
Iām grateful we wonāt have to pick up poop in pine needles or gravel. Iām grateful The Ol Burner and I can have a new place to walk and explore and go on hiking trails that are in the new hood, god willing.
Iām cautiously optimistic and scared shit of the huge life changes a head for me with this final move. Well until the kids stick me in memory care. Hopefully not too soon. Grateful I will be doing it sober and I got tools and a calm attitude and when the going gets tough. Iām grateful I can always go back to step 1. I am powerless over people places and things. So fucking powerless. Iām grateful I canāt make anyone do anything. Itās exhausting trying to. Let that shit Gooooooo! Iām grateful everyone is doing the best they can. I grateful I know I am.
Grateful to be back. Iām grateful for yāall. Iām grateful Iāve had all 4 cats this morning for biscuits and The Burner 
Healing my pain couldnāt come from healing my sonās alcoholism
Al-Anon org
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Grateful I am half way through a family vacation vacation SOBER, and Iāve not felt like I am missing out at all!
Grateful to not have to go to work today.
Grateful to spend time with my son.
Grateful for the good sleeps the last few days.
Grateful for this quiet moment of peace with a coffee in bed before the day begins.
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@megan3 OMG that is a beautiful sight and I am grateful to feel like I am actually there when I look at the picture.
@maxwell Oh thank you dear friend. You are so sweet to say so. Grateful to be here with you and have you here with me on my journey 
@tn2ky So grateful that you are safe and have found some temporary shelter. Fingers crossed for you 
@Soberbilly So lovely to see you and your family get together to celebrate your Mom. Grateful that she had such a lovely birthday celebration!
@cocojanie13 that cheesecake looks soooo good! Hope you all enjoyed the celebration 
I had a similar experience a few days ago and although I am not crying now I still hav ethe heavy sensation behind my eyes. I too donāt know where it is coming from exactly (wonder if something in the universe) and honestly am just going with the flow. Lets breathe and cry through this together and hopefully come out feeling free and cleansed
@Dazercat Grateful that Dazer got to go and see this house in Cali with a moments noticeā¦ so grateful that sobriety allows us to be so spontaneous. Grateful that he fell in love with the house and the hood. Fingers crossed that it all works out the way it is meant to
Happy Monday to all you beautiful souls!
I am so very grateful to be starting the day off with breath in my lungs and energy in my bones.
I am so very grateful for my piping hot cup of coffee to warm my insides on this beautiful morning.
I am so very grateful that i know i have a easy going day so i will be able to rest and work off this exhaustion.
I am so very grateful that i got to enjoy the Superbowl game with my dad last night. We had a good time together. Grateful for the lovely snacks my mom made (i havenāt had fried food in over 1.5 years so my stomach is not so happy today) Was still a very happy experience. It was a good game at the end. I did thoroughly enjoy the half time show and enjoyed all the surprise guests.
I am so very grateful for getting in a walk with my mom before the game. It was a short 20 min walk as the weather was changing and we were not dressed for the chill in the air.
I am so very grateful for the warm and cozy home we were able to come back to.
I am so very grateful that i did shower and use the anti dandruff shampoo today. My hair is still bleeding green and messing up my hands but i can tell that it is less of a mess - thank you Claudia for this recommendation @SoberWalker. Grateful for the rubbing alcohol to help clean off my hands.
I am so very grateful that my siblings brought back some Thai food for me the other night from my favorite spot - Looking forward to a yummy lunch!
I am so very grateful for my HP, grateful for my meditation / prayer practices, grateful for my Sangat.
I am so very grateful for my family. Grateful for my mom Grateful that i havenāt had the energy to be around friends or socialize but i donāt feel like iām missing out as i have my mom to chat with.
I am so very grateful for my morning gratitudeās - grateful that i start the day this way even when i donāt get it down in writing. This practice has really opened up my heart to a different way of feeling and living. Even when i am down it really helps keep me from sliding further into the abyss.
I am so very grateful for TS and how much i get from just being around all of you! So very grateful to have found this place and befriended all of you
Wishing everyone a wonderful addiction free day - sending you all so much love
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Afternoon everyone
Iām grateful I took a personal day today just to do errands.
Iāve been annoyed at a back handed compliment (or grateful ness) that someone felt they needed to write a few days ago. Maybe Iām misinterpreting their meaning, but I donāt think so.
Any who, old me would have definitely called them out, probably started a fight and I may have left again for awhile.
New me, accept it for what it was, it doesnāt hurt me, so I can let it go (yea, I get it, I still called it out, lol). Iām a work in progress 
Iām having a good day, and I hope everyone else is as well. Iām grateful for you and this community 
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Hi Bill,
This post gave me chills and touched my heart In a good way. Iām so happy for you and your family to share this wonderful birthday 
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Iām grateful I have carpet so that when I feel the need to spontaneously flop down on the floor for a nap like an over-dramatic two-year-old, that I at least have the veneer of padding. 
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@maxwell Good for you in making progress! Communication is such a hard thing, especially in only text. We might all speak the same language, but we all have a different dialect of āhumanā. I can greatly sympathize as learning to properly communicate and understand what other people are trying to communicate has been one of the greatest ongoing challenges of my life. I love reading that youāre walking a new path on this one. It can make such a difference to realize that often people donāt actually mean what we think they do; and even if they do, we donāt have to let it affect us. Iām glad youāre here and youāre not walking away.
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I am grateful, even on my grumpiest days, the one thing that never changes is that my husband brings me down coffee every morning while I get ready for work. Weāve been together 15 years and heās only started doing it the last few months out of nowhereā¦ but it means everything to me.
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Today I am so grateful to be clear headed, and feeling great! I love getting tired watching tv on the couch, then crawling into bed! Such a wonderful feeling for me!
Compared to when I was drinking wine, I would wake up, with my heart racing a million miles an hour, and I would literally be out of breath. That was quite scary.
I hope everyone has had great day!
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