Daily Gratitude, The Air Of Recovery #7

I’m grateful for my friend who is helping me be able to afford online counseling. I’m grateful for having a low anxiety good mood type of day. I’m grateful for good friends and neighbors. I’m grateful for good exercise today. I’m grateful for going to the moncho to have time in the sauna and have a shower. I’m grateful for clean sheets and bedding. I’m grateful for cuddles with my dogs.

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I’m grateful for a fridge full of food. I’m grateful for a good day with my husband yesterday.
I’m grateful for my upcoming week at work, I train 3 of the 5 days and I’m grateful for a mindset thats excited to help others learn.
I’m grateful for the cat next to me swishing his tail against me.
I’m grateful for coffee and honesty.
I’m grateful I’m sober and growing.

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Today I am grateful for:

  • a good night’s sleep
  • waking up early and refreshed
  • getting everything done for my trip on time
  • a comfortable train ride without major delayso
  • a very comfortable appartement to stay in Utrecht
  • cycling through Utrecht on an ‘omafiets’
  • canals, bike paths, gardens, parks, houseboats, sunshine
  • good food
  • world’s best cycling infrastructure
  • great books
  • mindfulness training
  • practicing no harm
  • Recovery Dharma
  • eight months freedom from my most triggering substance: sugar
  • feeling tired in a good way
  • yoga

Sleep tight sober friends :night_with_stars:

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Today I’m grateful for a slow day filled with ordinary things: chores, laundry, cooking, reading a bit, spending too much time on my favourite game on the phone, falling asleep and having a good long nap.

I’m grateful the neighbour came over to talk through cat & plant caring on friday. I’m grateful I leave a spare key with them. Feels save and good that they now have a key to the house. I’m grateful for nice neighbours.

I’m grateful for mail from my lawyer. More to think about. I need a lottery win. I’m grateful I did not react on the information that the ex is on vaccacion in september and wants to reschedule the court appointment. I can say it here: This fucking asshole can go on vaccacion but doesn’t move a finger to remove his stuff from here. Fucking bullshit. Another life lesson to learn to let go what’s out of my control and not my business. I’m pissed. Coping mechanisms are weak when I’m tired in the evening. I’m grateful my bed is waiting for me. ODAAT

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Thank you @Dazercat ……I’m grateful for being able to spend my birthday money on some new clothes today and not on doc , I’m grateful for Louise coming fifteen miles to take me to my meeting today im grateful for being able to be present with my feelings today im grateful I’m able to be sober today

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Is today your birthday? Happy birthday or belated birthday :birthday: :tada: It is great spending our hard earned money on something that is not killing us :wink:

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It is yeah ,It felt really good not spending it on jack Daniel s

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Oh what a lovely day of celebrations – your birthday and your 1 week milestone :tada:

Great to celebrate a sober birthday! keep enjoying your special day

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Thank you I’m blushing now ,stop it ya fool

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haven’t been called a fool in a minute – thanks for the chuckle :laughing:

i’m glad you are blushing – you and your achievements should feel celebrated

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@Lisa07 Glad you had a great trip, and good job pumping gas! That made me laugh :joy: When I visited my aunt in Montclair, it was crazy to me you can’t pump your own gas there! Around here it’s impossible to find full service gas stations at all anymore. I’d take that any day tho if it meant tax free clothes :rofl: (which is even crazier to me)

@19801 Happy Birthday Corine! :tada: Everything’s better without Jack Daniel’s! (Even drunk me agreed with that! Yuck :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:) Congrats on a week! Welcome :pray:

Tonight I’m grateful for

-My pain waning with the moon (I knew I wasn’t crazy :sweat_smile:)
-Spending an hour on the phone trying to figure out my banking issues bc it means I don’t have to do it again!
-Having my daughter’s best friend over for the first time. They had fun together.
-Going to a park with them for a while
-Perfectly comfortable weather
-My kitties, who were both extra silly today
-Cooking a delicious steak dinner for the first time in a long time
-Forcing myself to rest, rather than catch up on chores
-The peaceful rain that just started, perfect for sleeping
-Being able to pay my water bill today
-Having all my bills paid :raised_hands:
-The katydid trapped in my house not keeping me awake last night. Hopefully I can catch it tomorrow bc the cats are surprisingly uninterested
-All y’all :heart:

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Im so very thankful and greatful for…

My sobriety 2y2m22d
My recovery journey
A beautiful spiritual experience sunday which brought tears of happiness to my eyes. Man i wish i could bottle that feeling up!
Got my ass up and worked out
2 more days of work before vacation
Boscoe cuddles
A dog sitter we trust while im out of town and hubby works doubles
My marriage, my partner in crime? Scratch that. sobriety
Laughter
Hope
The ability to pay my bills and build an emergency fund
My family
Health and wellness

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Today I’m really grateful to this awesome TS community. I’m on a day 15 and I’m really struggling today, I have massive cravings. But with your support and kind messages I won’t give up, I just won’t. Thank you so much, luv ya all!

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I’m grateful for a good meeting today and that I have a new project to be excited about and looking forward to. I’m grateful for running into an old friend today and being able to catch up. I’m grateful for the rain we got today my garden will be happy. I’m grateful for the comfy sweater I’m wearing. My friend knitted it for me and it’s really cozy. I’m grateful for a healthy tasty dinner. I’m grateful that I got through the day relatively sane and completely sober. I’m grateful for good friends.

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That’s the spirit… keep fighting for yourself. Stay connected friend…we can beat this addiction with taking it one moment at a time :people_hugging:

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Thank you, Jazzy! Yes, one moment at a time. Now I feel a little bit better, took a walk and huge cravings just vanished away. But gotta stay focused.

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Today I am grateful for:

  • sunshine and rain
  • grachten
  • long walks
  • public parks
  • resting by the water
  • spectacular city views
  • cycling
  • captivating reads
  • yoga
  • rest
  • sadness and letting go
  • clouds
  • wind rustling in the treetops
  • life, all of it
  • Nintje
  • this day

Sleep tight sober friends :night_with_stars:

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too much to catch up. too tired to read.

today i’m grateful the cat procedures went well. missi had her bad tooth removed, schimanski went through the annual check-up. no poop accident in the car! i gave my big boy many extra cuddles and he appreciated it :smiling_face_with_three_hearts::hugs:
i’m grateful i can afford to take good medical care for my cats.
i’m grateful missi ate a bit and is recovering. i’m grateful the old boy is unimpressed by today’s coming & going. I’m grateful i’m home safe after 2 trips to the vet in town.

i’m grateful for evening calls with friends.
i’m grateful for hot water galore and as many showers as i want to take. feeling fresh and clean is wonderful.

i’m grateful for leftovers but not for overating. i was nervous waiting for the vet call that missi is ok. nervous eating needs love, attention and work. i’m grateful i’m kind to myself.

i’m grateful tomorrow is a rest day. despite the mower needs to go to the garage again, i made it smoke again :see_no_evil: obviously i’m too dumb to handle this thing without burning it constantly :see_no_evil: well, i am at the begin of learning so i will ask for more details what i crashed this time and how the fuck i did it. it gets expensive. i’m grateful it makes me laugh, learning is a lot of trial & error. and for me it IS funny that it took me months to even find the mojo to mount this thing and get myself in the tractor and now i’m obviously too enthusiastic driving around and mowing :rofl:
and the best thing is: nobody cares, no comments, no one to call me anything or whining about shit. only me feeling a bit dumb and having a good laugh about it. my mower, my business, my mistakes, my rules, my responsibility, my money. my fun! wrecking your mower for the second time in 3 months shouldn’t make you laugh so hard. exept it is funny. like a comic. i love comics.

ups, derailed the gratitude a bit. i’m grateful after some hardship yesterday, today was a funny, good, busy day. off to bed and hopefully sleeping in tomorrow. ODAAT

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Thank you and I agree🤮

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