Daily Gratitude, The Air Of Recovery #7

Day 868 free from weed and alcohol

Im so very greatful

For my recovery
For my increased endurance
For love
For family
For soberonies
For more hours in a weekend without having to sleep off hangovers
For the sun and the moon and the stars
For the joy numbers give me
For serendipity
For the program and fellowship of aa
For the 12 steps and my spiritual awakening
For the despair that finally instigated change
For hope
For an improved mindset

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I’m so soooo grateful for Prashanti Paz and her ten day Mantra Challenge. She was so gentle and kind, on Insight Timer, with her guidance on learning how to chant Mantras. Her beautiful voice and calmness is something I desperately wanted. I’m grateful she has music I can download and it gives me so much Peace :pray:t2: :pray:t2: :pray:t2: Hope

I’m grateful for this Precious human life.

I’m grateful for all my Pets. Especially the ones I didn’t want, that wifey made us get, or got us anyway. Benson :grimacing: :heart: I wasn’t even home for that one. I was in Boston :scream:

I’m grateful for my new found Peace through all my recovery tools.

I’m grateful I don’t have to be Perfect anymore. Boy was that exhausting :weary: I really use to think I could be, had to be, Perfect :rofl::rofl::rofl: For a long fucking time!

I’m grateful for The Purr. I can’t think of anything more Purrfect :wink: than the Purr of a cat sitting on my chest healing me @SoberSassy :wink:

I’m grateful for my Plants and I get to have some now. I’m grateful for my Peperomia Hope

I’m grateful for @Planipennia @Peace @Petr @Pandita @Pattycake @Pat_m @Peaceofmind

I’m grateful for all our Patron supporters.

I’m grateful for Purple :purple_heart:
I’m grateful for Pelicans
I’m grateful for :jack_o_lantern: :jack_o_lantern:
I’m grateful I can remember the excitement on my wife’s face when I showed her, her first Pumpkin Patch in New England. Not too many pumpkin patches in Houston where she grew up :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

I’m grateful for Peaches. Although I haven’t had a good one in forever
I’m grateful to live near the Pacific Ocean

I’m grateful to still be very Presistant and Passionate about my and our recoveries.

:pray:t2: :purple_heart: :jack_o_lantern:

Perspective Can Change Everything.
Jessika Reed

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Bless your heart! Im greatful for you too! You have helped me more than you could EVER know!!! Love you tons!!!

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Grateful for:

A bit of sun in the cool wind
Comfort food
Blankets
A candle from the Isle of Skye I kept for a comfy day like today
A new kindle book
Seeing a kingfisher yesterday
A longer sleep
Coffee in bed

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I’m grateful for you, Eric.!:smiling_face_with_three_hearts::smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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Every day is a REAL adventure for you. I love you accepting all your challenges you have to face.

My challenges yesterday was Hubby put sprinkler too close to bird feeders and seed got all wet. Our birds don’t like wet seed. Also yesterday I wasn’t paying attention and backed up into the bird bath (stone) and knocked it over. I had to pick it up real fast before hubby saw it. F**ker was heavy.

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Life here is an adventure!
Part of living here is having the expectation that eventually everything will break, fall down or fail in some way or another. :joy: I hold material objects lightly.

Did you manage to replace the water in the birdbath before he noticed? Also it took me 2 reads to realize you probably backed your car into it instead of walking backwards into it. Lol :laughing:
And those birds are picky! Sassy about their free bird feed!

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Visuals for your gratitude today


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Did not refill birdbath. Automatic water system. Had my fib already if were asked. ā€œI cleaned itā€. Yes I backed into with the car. Backing up has never been a super skill even sober. :hugs:

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Oh this has me cracking up. Sounds like a 5 star bird hotel in your yard! Go eat their food when it’s dry anyway, have their bath then settle in for a nice birdy nap.
Okay tomorrow I’m gonna have to take a picture of my ā€˜bird bath’. Think rusted out barrel that rainwater flows into. I guess I do have an automatic water system via rain? :woman_shrugging:

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I am grateful to be sober and not making any excuses today.

I am grateful my Mom is no longer suffering and passed with a smile on her face.

I am grateful my little buddy Will :cat: seems to be feeling ok on solensia and has lost weight. Hopefully his blood sugar will be normal.

I am grateful for my fam, sig otha, and to be here with everyone :heart:

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Grateful that your mom is no longer suffering and passed with ease. Sorry for your loss and sending hugs and love your way :people_hugging::folded_hands:t4::heart:
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Im grateful for my SMART meeting today.
I’m grateful that my friends and family don’t invite me to gatherings now that I’m sober. Now I don’t have to find an excuse either not to go, or to drink to cover my social anxiety. I’ll be more grateful when I stop feeling FOMO

I’m grateful there’s finally a cool breeze and some autumnal weather on the horizon. Hopefully we’ve seen our last 100 degree weather for the season. I’m grateful for soft blankies and a cuddly doggie.

:v::earth_asia::people_hugging:

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The day started with wonderful sunshine. I am grateful for autumn coming our way, for rays of sun peeking behind the trees, sitting on the balcony enjoying the flowers and butterflies.

Did my morning run, my morning routine. So grateful I started this new routine a few months ago. It gives me so much, being out in the wood and the gardens in the morning, breathing the morning air, moving, waking up like that.

Did my morning review at my desk in the new with full sunshine all morning. Grateful I came up with this idea, could execute it yesterday and reap the benefits of it already today. Whilst the office stayed cold and gloomy my new place was warm and bright.

My daughter had a migraine today. I am very grateful after some doctoring about we seam to have found the right combination of meds to cut it short and she is well again. So grateful my ex was available to help us via phone, greatful this technology is available to us, grateful this is part of his specialty and he can help me in these situations. I always feel so overwhelmed when I canā€˜t help my suffering child.

I spend the rest of the day reading, doing some handy work around the flat, a bit of yoga and playing games. I am grateful for this quiet day, for all the comfort of it.

Now Iā€˜m going to chillax in front of the TV and looking forward to a nice night full of recharging sleep. So grateful for every single night I can sleep. Grateful for music, TV and entertainment.

Sleep tight sober friends :night_with_stars:

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Bless your heart @Dazercat it feels great to every once in awhile to be ā€œseenā€ on this awesome forum. I am greatful for you for sure. If I’m having a not so great day seeing one of your funny memes or a picture of your fluffy ones can be so uplifting!

Also, very greatful for @SassyRocks she has been so helpful to so many people on this forum for so long!

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Grateful this Sunday Night

Positive upbeat Weekend
The conflicts between spouse and I minor and manageable
Tasks set forth were completed cleaned up rose bushes
Organized a few drawers (been years)
Grateful God is showing me how to live a better life
High energy to survive some manual labor
Grateful rain tonight to water new Kale seeds and lavender cuttings
So very grateful for all of you!

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Little late on this visual Ostrich and an orange owl.

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Strugglin to wake up this morning…

Im so very greatful for

Sunny weekends
Autumn weather
Boscoe is feeling better
Quality time with hubby
Improved endurance on the treadmill
Coffee, lots of it
My health
My familys health
A new puppy for my brothers fam
A job that pays well

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Today I am grateful for another palindrome. 262.
Grateful that yesterday I talked myself into and out of drinking. I was alone and wanted my brain to shut down. Instead, I cooked a pork loin chop and lemon-limed the heck of it. I am grateful I will eat, regardless of what I feel. (Seriously need to cut back caffeine…?)
Grateful that I did sleep last night, pretty solidly. That may have come from, ā€œYou have choices. You chose correctly.ā€

Happy for all of you. Have a great day.

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I’m grateful to get right into the Q business this quiet morning.

Very grateful for my Quiet mornings. All my Quiet mornings but especially my Quiet mornings here in my new home with my pets on my lap and my mantras going with coffee and a fire :fire:

I’m grateful for QTIP
Quit
Taking
It
Personally.
I’m grateful I haven’t had to use Qtip lately. I feel like I’ve graduated and I don’t need it. It took awhile; but, here I am :blush:

I’m grateful I don’t Quench my thirst with massive amounts of beer anymore.

I’m grateful for Quiche
I’m grateful for Quahogs especially stuffed Quahogs

I’m grateful the fist Quake I experienced last week wasn’t too bad. Freaky.

I’m grateful I’ve learned first hand how important a QuinceaƱera is, in the Latin American or Spanish/Mexican Culture. And it’s a beautiful thing.

And I’m grateful for Quail, especially of the Gamble kind.

I’m grateful for my Grandma’s hand made Quilts that I’ve been carting around to all my homes over the years. She use to get me to help when I was a child. Even if I don’t use them much they mean the world to me. I bet I get to use one or 2 of them out on the catio on a chilly morning.

:pray:t2::heart: :duck:

Let the chaos that others create be theirs to resolve.

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