Daily Gratitude, The Air Of Recovery #7

[Pattycake]

Many thanks!

[Pattycake]

Thanks, much appreciated!!

[Lighter]

Grateful for a sudden increase in clouds! Any cloudy July day is a rare delight here.

I was able to get out and walk during the time it is normally 100 plus temperature…yay!! Made me happy. Only 80 with a nice breeze. Like fall.

I’ve been feeling hopeful today. I know my dreams are coming true. Things just feel right. And things are starting to happen. It’s only the beginning. I’m excited.

133 days sober.

The opportunity to help someone is always here.

[Aussie_Tiger]

• I am grateful I am not in jail or criminally charged.

• I am grateful I still have a job

• I am grateful I have a roof over my head.

• I am grateful that my children still love me.

• I am grateful I am sober

[eph-M-eral]

Still catching up on this thread, but I didn’t wanna miss this for anything! Amazing stuff!

Huge congrats to you, Patricia!

Onward we go!

[jbaldwin84]

Day 68
Got this guy tonight at group. Was a special night shared with my fellow brothers. Was waiting for this moment all week. I used to be that young guy that thought these chips were stupid. Heck I thought sobriety was stupid. That didn’t age very well. Anyways, I decided to collect each one. Each one reminds me how I felt that exact day. Day 1 - lost, ashamed, who am I, will I actually make it out?
Day 30 - man, I’ve been here before but this feels different. Something in me is real this time. Excited, but still lost, ashamed, who am I, and will I still make it out
Day 60 - thank you Jesus. I made it this far. Wow I’m feeling great and things are slowly changing around in my life. So excited and hungry for more!
Not really lost but curious in the map being drawn, still ashamed with the past me but know I am forgiven, who am I… not that same guy anymore, and still, will I make it out? Yes. One day at a time.

Love you all

[eph-M-eral]

I’m grateful for a peaceful Friday night. The end of an intense workweek. Grateful to exhale tonight with calm puttering about.

I’m grateful for the fun dinner out with some colleagues this week. Deep stress-relieving belly laughs. Yummy thai food. No one caring whether a person ordered a beer or did not. I could tell I was out with normies - everyone focused on the convo and food.

I’m grateful I live where I do. Grateful the berries are coming out. Grateful to come across lots of bear scat on my walk today but no bears.

I’m grateful to see old faces and meet new on this thread, always. I’m grateful for this home thread, that we celebrate our milestones, encourage those in the tough early days, and share our joy and tears. I’ve missed a lot - but hey huge congrats on 60 days @jbaldwin84! That’s massive work!

I’m grateful if all goes to plan I’ll be falling asleep this time tomorrow in a tent. Bliss.

I’m grateful for another day.

[Davina_Davis]

One year!!! Amazing work!! So inspirational

[Davina_Davis]

I love this, I’ve been seeing hibiscus all over this island and I am so in love! Too hot and dry to grow where I live I am grateful!

[erntedank]

Saturday morning gratitude.
I’m grateful I was up early. I’m grateful I noticed some of my stuff being scattered on the neighbour’s land. Did a walk around and hopefully found everything. Fucking thunderstorm. Fucking snails. Fucking wet. Fucking high grass. Fucking mosquitos. I’m grateful I did not notice broken trees on my way. I’m grateful this year will be fruit to harvest. If there’s no hail. I’m grateful I can enjoy the beauty of a summer morning despite all the things that are straining me.

I’m grateful I skip chores to snuggle with the cats before I leave for the workshop. I can do chores tomorrow.

I’m grateful the buildings are ok, further thunderstorms are forecasted for today and next week. Fuck climate change, 40 years ago we had 2-3 per summer and they were half as heavy.

I’m grateful I can come here and be grateful AND pissed.
I have to schoo purring Missi from my lap as I really have to get ready now. I’m over the moon grateful for my cats ODAAT

[Just_Laura]

Tonight I’m grateful

-For reading thru all your gratitude
-I can still find time to catch up around here when my life is this busy(even if I should be in bed sometimes )
-There’s coffee in the morning
-That even tho my body ached when I woke up, I’m happy it wasn’t bc of a hangover
-I know that being sedentary causes an aching body and movement is the cure
-For another great paycheck on a week with very few financial obligations
-I was able to buy us some nonessential trinkets
-That I had a nice afternoon out with my daughter
-For the goofy things she does that make me smile
-For sushi
-That I was able to eat a substantial meal before heading into a busy shift
-I was stationed upstairs at work, with the AC
-It was an extremely busy, chaotic night, but I kept my cool without becoming overwhelmed
-For the generosity of my customers
-That my coworkers are amazing people to work with
-There aren’t as many bugs in my apartment as there’d usually be this time of year (another win for the AC )
-That I have a break from having to wake up early everyday, especially after a night like tonight
-My muscles were extremely tense after work, but I was able to relax them with my mind
-That when I caught a whiff of bourbon, it repulsed me
-Kitty cuddles with the vibration of purrs
-For being able to read about and share with so many wonderful people
-It finally feels time to go lay in my bed
-I’m sober

[Pattycake]

Many thanks, Emm. Onward we go indeed!

[Pattycake]

Thanks!! The hibiscus is lovely, BTW. Makes me miss Hawaii!

[LAB]

Something new is forming! A life that you really get to participate in instead of watch go by while you wrestle with the cycles of drinking… the anxiety, the drive to get it and manage it, and then try to recover from it. Sobriety brings the freedom to see the “rest of your life”. And while parts of that are hard, many many parts are amazing.

Thank you for sharing about your feathered visitors. It brightens my day too!

[LAB]

It’s just after 4:30 in the morning on Saturday and I get to do my gratitude write!

I’m grateful to have another Saturday in which to express my gratitude for all that is going well in my life and all that I need to work on!

I’m grateful and excited to be leaving on a vacation today! It’s my favorite kind…. An up north woods cabin vacation!

So in a few hours the hubby and the dogs and I will load up our little truck and drive about 4 hours north. We get a cabin on water for the week! Kayaks, bicycles, tons of yummy food and a giant stack of library books. These are the vacations I really enjoy because I truly get to relax. And, I’ve been practicing.

I’m grateful to have the resources for this little journey.

I’m grateful to be sober and healthy so I can participate in this journey with a clear mind and a pretty healthy body.

I’m grateful to be in a happy marriage where time alone together away from home is something we enjoy.

I’m grateful that my hubby is sober and working his recovery too. We are each on our own journey, but we are able to do some of this together.

I’m grateful that I got nearly all my “summer to do” list done before this so that I feel good about really relaxing.

I’m grateful that I’m excited to go! Jumping up at 4:15 to do this!

I’m grateful for coffee.

I’m grateful that I participated a lot this week in the therapy that I started again. This is the first time I’m doing therapy in recovery. It was some intense work around childhood trauma. Dang! Feeling the feels! I’m grateful my therapist recognized that I was overwhelmed and helped walk me back out of that.

I’m grateful to be able to have some mind and heart space to work on that. I put myself back into therapy because of some pretty uncomfortable feelings I have toward my mom. I’m seeking peace. Always seeking peace.

I’m grateful to have made progress on some financial goals this week. Financial work and progress brings me peace because I feel safe when I understand what I have.

I’m grateful to be sober, to be really in my life, including the hard parts.

I’m grateful to be sober and have so many things in my life that I enjoy without drinking.

I’m grateful to be sober and up early on this Saturday morning with my coffee, my dogs, the birds singing and the eastern sky lighting up as the sunrise is coming.

I’m grateful for this community and all that you share here. I read a bit of it every day and I am grateful to learn from so many.

I wish you all peace!

[JazzyS]

@jbaldwin84 love how you are collecting the chips and associating your feelings and accomplishmentss with each milestone . Congratulations on 2+ months…glad to see you thriving in your journey
@Davina_Davis so beautiful. Love this flower. Wish the bloom would last longer lol. Growing up we always had a hibiscus tree in the house. They do well in doors too…maybe something you could try? Glad you got a lovely vacation in Hawaii…hope you are feeling fully regenerated
@LAB have a wonderful vacation…sounds heavenly! Grateful for good caring therapists…glad you have someone helping you process things in a healthy way

[Dazercat]

I’m grateful for this sober hangover free morning. The usual coffee, cat, and mantra for the beginning of my morning.

I’m grateful I’m up early enough to stop by the home thread. Get The Ol Burner out and go to the store and get fixins to make a fruit platter for the party.

I’m grateful the party day is finally here. I’m grateful it’s not my party and the way I would have done things doesn’t matter. I’m grateful I get to be Pop Pop and go with the flow. Even if it’s a choppy chaotic flow.

I’m grateful I can keep my “shoulds,” to my self. And there is a huge mine field of “Shoulds,” I’m easily navigating. I step in a “should,” every once and awhile but progress not perfection right?

I’m grateful I’m Pop Pop while the terrible 2’s posses my grandchild I’m grateful I had children when I was young. You know they’re a lot of work.

I’m grateful I got 2 cats on me now. A little difficult to hunt and peck but grateful

I’m grateful the house is looking good. Not clean or anything. Looks like a bomb went off. I’m grateful that’s signs of a happy house with family. I’m grateful I do have one nice clean room that I can retreat to for morning coffee and evenings.

I’m grateful my son makes the best dad I’ve ever seen. I love him so much. I’m grateful we got another walk in together yesterday. I’m grateful I get to make him coffee in the morning.

“Look to this Day! For it is Life, the very Life of Life.”
From the Sanskrit Salutation of the Dawn

[Sunflower1]

Congratulations on one year!!

[Sunflower1]

Congrats on the chip and the days!

[Sunflower1]

Good morning friends,
I’m grateful for a pretty good week at work. Busy but not killer. I’m grateful for the job offer my son got!! He starts on Tuesday. I’m grateful I get to celebrate my birthday today with my daughter, and my mom and sister and some shopping and sushi ( birthday was on Thursday). I’m grateful life is simpler since I quit drinking. I’m grateful I never have to make life that hard again. I’m grateful to read the homethread everyday and feel inspired and uplifted by all of you♥️