Apples with crunchy peanut butter.
Getting soaked in a rain storm on a walk home.
Thermoses that keep my coffee hot.
Loving my job, liking being a trainer at my job.
All of you.
If you need me to talk to someone for you @Steve14 just say the word. I will lay the smack down (a.k.a. remind them in a not too stern voice to be nicer to you). Iām not tough, I know this.
Happy sober days all.
Grateful I got through a chaotic work day unscathed.
Grateful for this venti iced coffee from Starbucks (one add shot and milk) that Iāve pretty much chugged down because itās been so hot all day!
Grateful I have the day off tomorrow to regroup and decompress a bit.
Grateful I have a measure of good health, at least for a middle-aged dude.
Grateful for my wife and kitty at home.
Grateful to have good, sound-running cars and no car payments.
Grateful to have just what we need.
Hump day gratitudeāsā¦
I am so very grateful for so much on this beautiful day. A few that come to mind:
Going for my morning walk in a light mist and then getting caught in a down pour. Grateful for loving the feeling of walking in the rain. So peaceful and quiet with not a soul in sight. Grateful for adding on miles to my morning walk as i just didnāt want it to end.
For some mom time. We havenāt had much time to spend since we stopped our morning coffee time.
Picked up my new glasses. So in love! My friend knows how much i love purple and got me a velvet purple case with a silk purple bag for them. Also got a nice dark purple tint for the transitions.
Taking my car in to get new shocks and struts and also have my brakes checked. Luckily the brakes are fine. Should have my car fixed and back by Friday.
Planning to visit my sister this Saturday.
Forcing myself out of my physical comfort zone and hopefully not over exerting myself or going backwards.
For a sunny end to the day. Rained all day and now beautiful and sunny.
Brother will be able to do my delivery tomorrow as I will not have my car
Was able to help out with getting 3 king size mattresses to the curb for garbage pick up. Will be selling off my beds that have been in my parents house for storage so getting rid of the mattresses. It was a painful and did not do my shoulder any favors but grateful that its done and cleared up some major space.
Brother making a lovely dinner.
Its 9 pm and iāve starting to get tired. This new bed time ritual is really starting to work for me. Grateful to be getting up early and seizing the day with fresh air, my coffee and my thoughts (not as scary as they used to be)
My HP. So grateful for the support. Grateful to not feel alone. Grateful for a sense of security and love.
Wishing you all a wonderful addiction free day / evening ā sending you all so much love
Getting to AA meeting
Being able to really relax today. No major to dos that had to be done
Ability to prepare meals with what is in fridge
For not feeling guilty skipped pool as may have overdone yesterday
That with Godās help I am taking care of me
Job interview for Friday and not feeling too anxious about it.
-Enjoying my two days off and feeling refreshed this morning for work
-Waking up to a very rainy and green day
-Finally having a busser scheduled with me for a lunch shift even though it wasnāt actually busy
-Being able to get to know said busser one on one and to share some life advice (he was talking down on himself on account of what otherās thought of him and I was not okay with that bc heās a really sweet kid)
-My cute, adorable, cuddly kitties!!!
-The gratitude others have for their kitties!
-The sensitive stomach cat food that seems to have helped
-My new lip stains
-Taking an accidental nap after work
-Forcing myself to finish all the dishes when I wanted to stop and do something else
-Being able to make a dinner from scratch with what I already had
-Spotting a deer by chance from my window
-Starting to feel tired bc I work again in the morning
-Being a part of this community
Day 59,
Grateful for sleeping good, for the health of my parents, my job, my plans for the next year, the decision to get clean, the feeling that I can make it.
Day 2 Grateful for the positive steps already being taken in my sobriety. Grateful that today is another day for change. Grateful I am alive after battling sepsis and now ready face my issues and heal.
Today I am grateful for day four.
The physical pain has gone.
The mental pain is still there but itās not as anxiously jumbled anymore.
The emotional pain is unravelling. I am feeling clearer and non-reactive.
I am grateful that I resisted with all my might to get alcohol yesterday, and I know today I will too.
I am grateful that although I got up to go to the gym, it was closed due to a power outage. This helped ease me into day 4 and to make a plan for it.
I am grateful that I donāt feel sick.
I am grateful that I have this community.
I am grateful that I am going to have a tough, but well thought out conversation with my partner. I need to set some boundaries and Iām ok to do that.
I am grateful that I have choice. Today that choice is to be AF.
Thursday lunchtime gratitude.
Iām grateful I woke up before the alarm and got my morning routine done. It takes longer as Iām unconcentrated, dizzy and get sidetracked very easily, leaving half of the tasks unfinished and having to finish them when I come across them again later
I fucking hate summer & heat.
Iām grateful the appointment to get my old boy fluids and his first solensia shot went well. Iām grateful the vet here is a 5 min. drive down the hill. Iām grateful we scheduled the next cat refill for next thursday right in the morning again. Iām grateful he sleeps peacefully on the couch next to me.
Iām grateful I rest the third day in a row. I was outside to cover the car and water plants. That was enough, Iām sweating, shaking a bit and my heart beats too fast from nearly no effort, carrying five 10-liter-cans outside and water plants normally is no big deal. I see, in this fucking heat even this is too much to do it all at once
Iām grateful I can split this task tomorrow and see if itās easier.
Iām grateful Iām aware of my summer depression hitting me. Too much sun, too hot. Iām grateful this will be over in a few weeks. Itās the 11th of July today, so basically 6 weeks until days are shorter and hopefully the big heat is over. Iām grateful I try a new approach to cope better by being more aware of little changes and let myself rest, rest, rest. I feel desperation slightly creeping in. Iām grateful itās ok, itās the same old story every summer. It will pass. As long as I enjoy a book on the balcony when itās a bit cooled down I am ok. Iām grateful Iām kind to myself and listen to my needs. Itās awful to feel so limited by the heat. Iām grateful I practice to cut back to an activity level that feels ok. I was doing really good. It sucks to cut back. It would suck even more if I overdo it. ODAAT
I am grateful that you are not alone. Summer depression is something that is SO common and so few know or talk about. Youāve got this. Minute by minute, day by day.
My recovery
My parents and our relationship
When my dad told on my mom that she was having serious heart pain. Him telling bc āif she croaks i dont want you to think i did itā lol levity in a difficult situation
I get to roadtrip with them in 2 weeks
Hubbys love
Boscoes stinky cuddles
Iām grateful to be up before the storm
Cat
Coffee
Mantras
Recovery literature
And now gratitude
Iām grateful for my time in the parlor last night by myself away from anyone drinking.
Iām grateful we both did what we wanted to do.
Iām grateful for my gorgeous 2 year old granddaughter. We had a nice dinner out.
Iām grateful for the over abundance of birthday love my son and DIL are giving her. Even the breakfast in bed The crib, yesterday morning. Seriously
Iām grateful I got another car done, plates and registration and smog check one more to go.
Iām grateful the dogs made friends with my handyman while heās working around the house. Iām grateful the dogs didnāt kill the landscape guys yesterday. Iām grateful we have crates to put them in.
Iām so grateful for a quiet peaceful start to my day. Iām grateful for the purring cat on my lap.
Iām grateful I slept through the night and woke up with Alice on my neck at 5:30.
Iām grateful for you all.
This is a good one for me to remember āI donāt look for perfection in my friends, because I know that
they wonāt find it in me."
Al-Anon forum
Grateful to see you found a seat here Natalia.
Congratulations on day 4.
Less physical pain.
And that huge victory over the urge to get alcohol yesterday.
Iām glad youāre here.
Itās not anyone in particular just the general public and dealing with them on the daily.
from Starbucks (one add shot and milk) that Iāve pretty much chugged down because itās been so hot all day!
at home.
and no car payments.
Iāll have you on my side any day.
The crib, yesterday morning. Seriously 
