@dazercat Trout stealer Glad Benson got them quick moves LOL. Happy to hear that Kelly is starting to feel better. Hope she tests negative soon too @oolongjones Great to have you posting with us ā my favorite thread too. Donāt post as often but do read daily. @cjp OOH have fun with the paddleboarding. Hope Hubby has a safe and fun experience. I too am a water baby. Have a wonderful Sunday
Oh how lovely Lisa! Grateful for a lovely IRL community you have Love Bubbles and the stories ā makes me laugh imagining him hearing the truck pull up and realizing its dinner time @trustybird OOH have fun with your date day today ā sounds like you have a lot of fun options to pick from.
Sunday Gratitudeās
So very grateful for so many thingsā¦ most of all this practice!
my HP and my growing connections to Him
my loving and supportive family
dark chocolate
Herbal teas
listening to live Jazz in the park by the river
having a open and honest relationship with my mom
for being able to walk. Not my normal pace but movement is still welcome.
*for not getting upset that I havenāt been able to workout or be active
a really good sleep last night.
my love to cook / bake
good books and music
Wishing everyone a wonderful evening ā sending you all so much love
I am grateful for:
My sonās football coach for arranging a friendly game for them today, it got me up and out of bed early to enjoy being outside. All the kids were happy running around and it was a wonderful start to the day.
I am grateful that I wasnāt hungover on a Sunday for the first time in years and was able to thoroughly enjoy the football game.
This thread makes me smileā¦ I am grateful I have rejoined this community after 2 years of returning to old habits
Iām grateful for
The weather being kind today
My 3mile walk
My ts friends (I really do love you all )
My little flat
My even littler cooker
My warm bed
My AA programme
My smart phone to post this
My higher power answering my prayers today
I am grateful I made it through another very productive 4 days while Hubby was here. Grateful the bad shit was short lived. Grateful God kept me balanced and kept saying to me let it go! Grateful we have peaches and I got many pounds stored. Grateful I have my health and can keep up with the chores.
As hard to believe as it may sound, I am grateful for every experience, both positive and negative in my life, which made me who I am - and wouldnāt trade places with any other. Thatās not to say Iām perfect, far from it, but genuine. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and grow. We never chose this existence, we could have any form of alien bodies living the most bizzare lives or it could be a universe where donut beings orbit shoe planets or anything really and we wouldnāt know any better, nor would it be any less crazy and lucky. Itās all relative and a matter of perspective. If we could live out any other existence, what would we do? Live as a king or queen? Then what? Again? Hm, and thenā¦? Happily ever after Sound immature? Because it is, nothing is what we think it is, weāre placing our values all wrong, and superficial or external things do not matter. We already have so much opportunity if we open our eyes, what more could we ask for than a chanceā¦? Here, now? What matters is that we give our best to make the most of what we do have, because we know better. So I am grateful to be here, now, as I am, sober, with an unknown number of potential opportunities and a chance to shine in my own, unique wayā¦ Hope you all have a wonderful &/or productive sober day fam. Odaat.
I am grateful that that half a cigarette I had 2 nights ago tasted so incredibly bad that I swore I wouldnāt touch the stuff again. It was absolutely horrendous I wondered how and why I subjected myself to that for all those years.
I am grateful that I found the one cigarette and experimented with it. I am grateful that it was the cigarette I reached for and not the alcohol (Is this weird?) I am grateful the reset button exists. I am grateful that I know how 54 days without a cigarette feels like and I am grateful that that is what I want.
I am grateful that the disagreement I had with my partner that led to my reaching out for the cigarette was caused by what I now know to be one of my character defects. I am grateful that I am working on it. I am grateful that even though I still reached for the cigarette (and not the alcoholā¦is this weird?), I still paused and asked myself, āWhat is my part in this? Can I clean up my side of the road? Can I do so openly and with due regard to my partner and their feelings? I can do these things. I will do these things.ā And set the table for communication. I am grateful that it worked, and we have begun resolving some issues we hadnāt even thought to acknowledge.
I am grateful for 1 year 4 days of sobriety.
Grateful for what will be a challenging week at work but one I will face with a sober mind.
I am grateful for fun socks. The ones I have on today have penguins on them.
I am grateful for obscure sorrows. Todayās word is: Heartworm: n. a relationship or friendship that you canāt get out of your heard, which you thought had faded long ago but is still somehow alive and unfinished, like an abandoned campsite whose smouldering embers still have the power to start a forest fire.
Iām grateful God, higher power fills the void in me with hope and energy to cure my addiction - never drinking again and stay sober forever. Iām grateful for all the wisdom shared in this forum and what I read in books, listened in podcasts. Iām grateful for my friend who brings light into my life.
Back for more gratitude on monday
Iām grateful I take it easy today, I need a day of rest. Iām grateful for brunch and talk yesterday, we both were happy to meet and chat. Iām grateful two long calls with other friends, what a nice way to spend a sunday: good talks and good food
Iām grateful catfood delivery is scheduled for today. The cats eat a lot and Iām pretty out of everything to feed them.
Iām grateful I remembered to mail pictures of the stone wall to two companies, maybe one of them is able to finish this fucking thing. My poor brain is cooked and it stays hot, I forget everything even when I take notes. Iām grateful for the FRO thread, I will visit later to vent away.
Iām grateful my wrist is a lot better today.
Iām grateful this week is āpamper meā week! Iāll get a pedicure, legs waxed, massage, will cook with all the yummi fresh veggies I have at home, drink lots of green tea, throw away some stuff and spend the weekend with chosen family celebrating my 2nd motherās birthday. I will have a call with 2 of my sisters in advance as we know it will be too busy to chat much one-on-one on the weekend. Iām grateful for all my blessings, friends and chosen family. ODAAT
My recovery
Mondays without guilt shame dread and a hangover
Got out and walked boscoe and ran this morning
It wasnt too bad out at 6am, 75 and humid
Air conditioning in this excessive heat
Hubby helping with chores
Another week full of opportunities
Showers on demand
Pre-birthday week
Time to train for my next 5k
Boscoe cuddles
Date day with hubby yesterday
Feeling more grounded today
Love
Hope
My family
I am grateful to be alive and healthy. Hearing too many sad stories these last couple of weeks.
I am grateful I get to see my son this week, before he heads off again for six months. I miss him so much, the house is empty without him. But I am grateful he turned into this amazing young man.
I am grateful for my dog, he prevents me from falling down the rabbit hole of depression and the walks with him provide structure.
I am grateful my van is slowly transforming into a campervan. I decided to do some shortcuts and outsource some work, so it will be finished sooner.
I am grateful I get help when I ask for it.
I am so grateful Iām sober, especially during difficult times. I am grateful for the numerous relapses that taught me alcohol only makes things worse. I feel I am finally getting it.
I am grateful to God for lovingly guiding me and helping me abstain from my addictions one day at a time. I am grateful for my family and friends. I am grateful that Peaceās first trip to the vet was a success he soaked up the attention and was calm and quiet throughout the trips there and back and on the exam table. I am grateful for days off from work and for the awareness and boundary that I donāt want or need days off from recovery. Iām grateful for music, humor and laughter.
Iām grateful I got up waaaay too early.
Grateful the espresso help clear my head and get my morning pet chores done that I get to do.
Iām grateful I forgot to bring in the catio blankets and itās to wet out there. Iām grateful I got to enjoy more than a lovely hour with my cat, Benson and my Mantras with my coffee, in my parlor. Grateful I was up so early I did some research on the first mantra this morning. Always fascinating
Iām grateful wifey watched a wrestling movie with me last night. Iām grateful even though she hates wrestling, I saw here getting into it. Maybe it was Jeremy Allen White all pumped up. Donāt matter. Grateful we enjoyed it.
Iām grateful we went out to dinner last night. We were able to sit outside and we masked up. Iām grateful for the dinners I cooked at home the past week. So much better. Iām grateful I donāt fight it when she wants to go out to dinner.
Iām grateful I can get back to going to my meetings this week. Iām grateful Iām giving it more time than CDC says but I want to be cautious. Iām grateful I know I need to fill my spiritual tank. When I have weeks were Iām feeling down Iām grateful I can make a connection to lack of meetings.
Iām grateful 12 step meetings can be my higher power that gives me strength and hope ALWAYS
Iām grateful Iām good. But thereās just this extra uplifting in my spirit after going to a meeting.
Iām grateful to recall what an old timer in Al-Anon in Scottsdale said. To her. The shelf life of a meeting is only 24 hours.
Iām grateful for the new week and possibilities.
Iām grateful for the lovely new hike I found in my hood yesterday. Iām grateful I got a Pilates reformer workout in after.
Iām grateful for my little Hope plants.
Iām grateful for my silly cats.
Annnnnd the Ol Burner.
I must stop, have faith, look around me, and see that my Higher Power is offering me signs of hope each time a simple gift is given.
From Todays Hope .com
An hour in the sun just relaxing
Coffee
To be going home tonight rather than ridiculous o clock in the morning tomorrow.
Fresh veggies from the garden
The dragonfly that landed on my leg for several minutes, beautiful burnt orange in colour
A clean home to return to
Glad Benson got them quick moves LOL. Happy to hear that Kelly is starting to feel better. Hope she tests negative soon too 
Love Bubbles and the stories ā makes me laugh imagining him hearing the truck pull up and realizing its dinner time 
Sound immature? Because it is, nothing is what we think it is, weāre placing our values all wrong, and superficial or external things do not matter. We already have so much opportunity if we open our eyes, what more could we ask for than a chanceā¦? Here, now? What matters is that we give our best to make the most of what we do have, because we know better. So I am grateful to be here, now, as I am, sober, with an unknown number of potential opportunities and a chance to shine in my own, unique wayā¦ Hope you all have a wonderful &/or productive sober day fam. Odaat. 
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