Daily Gratitude, The Air Of Recovery #8 🪷

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Continuing the discussion from Daily Gratitude, The Air Of Recovery #7 - #2517 by Dazercat.

Previous discussions:

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Grateful I’m first.

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I’m grateful I was last :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

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I’m grateful today:

Made it to the gym by 9am.
Managed three relaxing coffees at home before walking to the gym.
Walking in the autumn leaves
Nearing 100 kindle books read so far this year.
More Kindle books to read!
My demon cat children :bear::imp:
Clean safe home
Water
Turmeric tea

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I’m grateful for
:dove:A Meeting tonight
:dove:A lift to the meeting no waiting at a freezing bus stop :cold_face:
:dove:prayer and meditation
:dove:A sober day no cravings, anxiety or obsessive thoughts
:dove:milk with my coffee

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Today I am grateful for:

  • last night’s SatiiSeva online meeting :palms_up_together:
  • a peaceful night
  • waking up refreshed
  • sinus rinse
  • less headaches
  • anime, books and video games
  • my inlaw‘s help with groceries and errands
  • public health insurance
  • central heating
  • blankets
  • hot teas
  • all the great information available on the web
  • naps
  • my bed
  • zen :lotus:
  • buddhist practices :wheel_of_dharma:
  • good food
  • mindful eating
  • this day
  • this life

Sleep tight sober friends :night_with_stars:

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@Tragicfarinelli Funny how the little achievements can be so very rewarding. Looking forward to the next 2497 posts. May all share in the celebration!
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Grateful for so many gratitudes that there’s another new thread!!! Grateful that autumn is actually really finally here. Hasn’t reached 80 degrees for several days :fallen_leaf::maple_leaf:

Grateful that I’m halfway through my work project. I’m grateful that the work is landscaping every Saturday, it’s an excellent workout. Grateful that it’s another reminder of why I need to maintain my sobriety. Grateful for my sober friends on this app, as always :pray:

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I am grateful today

Read all the latest posts for few days I was not around. Yay caught up
AA MEETING TODAY
Repotted my herbs. A todo that has needed to be done for a month or more
Go my nails done. Such a nice self care
I could reach out and connect to others who may be struggling and needed some connection to stay sober
I am grateful I have the time to relax, read and watch some football
I am grateful I can bond with my old kitty while dog away
Grateful I can be excited and look forward to my Hawaii trip soon

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I’m grateful my power come back on before it got dark outside

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Grateful for sobriety
Grateful for ingredients and time to cook
Grateful for kids working on themselves and growing up
Grateful to choose to eat healthily
Grateful for time to read
Grateful for fluffy socks
Grateful for being able to be stable enough presence in my family
Grateful for Dyson!

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Grateful…

Surely by Christmas my flats can be back to normal?

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Grateful that everything ends.
Jo Nesbo (he’s my literary husband)
Socks
A great workout
Smoked salmon I like. I’m very fussy and only eat one particular kind :grin:
Tea
Sleep
Reading
Music
…

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Good morning / afternoon my sober peeps :sun_with_face: :sunflower:

I am so very grateful for…
🪻My loving sister. Got to spend some time with her this weekend and it was lovely to see her.
🪻My family and all the support/ love they shower me with
🪻My Higher Power! I would be completely lost without Him
🪻 Coffee! Coffee in bed in a beautiful Fall morning :sun_with_face: :fallen_leaf::coffee:
🪻A friend sending me lovely videos from his day adventures. Brightens my day and the sounds are very soothing
🪻 ability to rest and recharge. Last week took a lot outta me (was expected so not shocked).
🪻 Awareness that drinking and getting high will not help me any. The momentary numbness is doomed with regrets and worse of all…the uncertainty that I’ll be able to get sober again.
🪻This community and it’s wonderful support.
🪻Still can’t get over how many trees have leaves on em still. Usually the wind storms hit hard in September/ October and everything is bare by Halloween. Lovely to see such beautiful colors :heavy_heart_exclamation:
🪻 Waking up to another day filled with possibilities
🪻 ability to stay positive. Have some hard negative moments but overall can find my way back to the light

Wishing everyone a wonderful addiction free day. Sending you all so much love :heart::heart:

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Good morning my gratidudes

Im so very greatful for…

My recoveries
919 free from weed and alcohol
462 free from nicotine

Nicotine is a bitch and the cravings are still getting me but i will not give in and digress

Boscoe cuddles…i love the way he smells…when hes not smelly. If that makes sense

Hubby made dinner
Got thru my workday productively dispite my anxiety
Self awareness
My spirituality and calm it can bring
Sweatpants
Indoor heating
My folks and how much joy we have together
Learning not to take work stresses home…work in progress
Got to the gym yesterday
Forced rest day today
Our ability to pay bills and save a bit
Hubbys open communication more
Love
Hope
Progress

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I’m grateful

  • for my early morning walk
  • for an omlet for breakfast
  • for a productive work day (I’m getting so much done and nearly finished with this project!!)
  • for my neighbor helping out today with some yard work
  • for my friend S who came for dinner and played a round of gin rummy with me
  • for hot and spicy lentil soup
  • for fresh garlic naan
  • for cuddles with my dogs
  • that it’s snowing outside enough to look pretty but not enough that I’ll have to shovel too much tomorrow
  • for lavender tea
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:upside_down_face: “We must withdraw ourselves, to some extent, from the effects that are beyond our control and be content with the good will and the work that are the quiet expression of our inner life.”
Thomas Merton (No Man is an Island)

:upside_down_face: I’m grateful the speaker at my AA meeting said he didn’t have a problem with alcohol. He had a Problem with FEAR.

:upside_down_face: I’m grateful fear seems to be a common denominator with a lot of people I’ve met in the rooms.
:upside_down_face: I’m grateful after almost 3 years I finally got my ass in a seat. My reason was? Fear. I’m grateful alcohol was not my problem anymore but what the fuck do I do with all this fear I have.
:upside_down_face: I’m grateful I heard exactly what I needed at that meeting yesterday. What else is new :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:
:upside_down_face: I’m grateful I read this, this morning, from my Gratitude friends book LIVING THESE DAYS 102 insights in the direction of wholeness.

:upside_down_face: Most often, we can’t put our finger on fear, it has no real obvious cause. Sometimes we sense a general undercurrent of anxiety that reminds us of potential uncertainty and chaos, a voice telling us that all hell could break loose at any moment. We are at the mercy of background noises that remind us we don’t really know what might happen, and that we are not in control.…………

:upside_down_face: I’m grateful it was such a great reading for me this morning.

:upside_down_face:……it continued………
:upside_down_face: We set ourselves up for anxiety when we try to grasp some sense of predictability in areas that are really not known or uncertain.……………

:upside_down_face: I’m grateful this hit home for me in my Al-Anon recovery.

:upside_down_face:………… If we are waiting, or hoping that everything will eventually settle down, or for all the negative situations to be attended to we are not really living in the real world. Living with any degree of contentment, is about having a comfortable recognition of the truth, that things are ceaselessly uncertain.……………….
:upside_down_face: I’m grateful it finished up with….wait for it……

:upside_down_face: This is why practices of daily gratitude, surrender and opportunities to widen our perspective, are essential to ongoing work with fear and anxiety, and ultimately toward our own wholeness and well-being.
:upside_down_face: I’m grateful Richard Burr wrote that book.
:upside_down_face: I’m grateful he is kinda the reason we are all here today on this wonderful home thread.

:upside_down_face: I’m grateful we all get to be here when we can.
:upside_down_face: I’m grateful the healing :mending_heart: can begin today.
:upside_down_face: I’m grateful for love :two_hearts: there’s no other way :pray:t2:

:pray:t2: :heart: :upside_down_face:

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Yes, love IS the way❤️

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Hi fellows, I’m grateful for:

  • quite a good last night I had, battery recharged to the full
  • good day today, dealing mostly with nice people
  • my intention to go running around 3 to 4km today, my first run after 3+ weeks
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Today I’m grateful for small things. You know, the things we don’t think about everyday. For example the smile on my nephews face as he said good morning to me. Or the way sun rises to warm the field and melt away the frost on the ground. It’s the details I didn’t always see when I was drinking or hungover.

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Nice :+1: :blush:
I’m grateful those little things all add up.
My little thing is the hummingbird I see in the morning in my garden. I always wonder if he is the same one each day.
:pray:t2::heart:

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