Daily Gratitude, The Air Of Recovery #8 🪷

Grateful for:
240 days alcohol and hangover free
Getting these stitches on my face out today
Less anxiety
Not living life thru the miserable lense of active alcohol addiction
Kind compassionate people
Advanced medicine
Plans with sis to go shop and get lunch today outa town
Music :musical_notes:
The day off
This community and all of you :heart:

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I am greatful for

A new day
My recovery
Hot coffee
Boscoe finally sleeping through the rain storm
My folks
My marriage
My mobility
Mental health meds
Love
Truth
Exercise
Mother nature
A full weekend

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What has given me opportunities to practice today that I am grateful for?

I am grateful for moments of pain and anxiety.
I am grateful for time with friends.
I am grateful for hard work in couple‘s counseling, for the sadness, the grief.
I am grateful for being tired and sleepy.
I am grateful for the exhaustion and discomfort of working out.
I am grateful for the confusion of brain fog.
I am grateful for the care of others.
I am grateful for the care for others.
I am grateful for this life and this day.

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Today I am grateful for having to do what I don’t want to do, and focus on what I don’t want to focus on.

In the past, going with my habitual behaviours and habitual thinking has been a central part of my addiction.

Deliberately doing what I don’t want to do, and introducing new ideas and new ways of thinking and behaving, is difficult now, but I think it will help me.

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I’m grateful that I have really clear ideas what I wanna study in the university.

I’m grateful that doctors decided to grant me a part-time pension until 31.8.2026, so I can continue to recover and plan my studies.

I’m grateful that I have new and good headphones and I can listen to music while my roommate is sleeping.

I’m grateful for the awesome staff here at the psych ward, they really care about us patients.

I’m grateful that I have chocolate, haha.

And as always, I’m grateful to be alive.

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Happy Monday my beautiful friends :hugs: Time to practice a little gratefulness …

:sagittarius: I am so very grateful for having my hot yummy coffee to warm my insides and give me the warm fuzzies this morning
:sagittarius: I am so very grateful for working through of my stuff and now only have Halloween stuff (saved the best for last :laughing:) to sort through and donate / give away etc. It has been a wonderful journey of minimizing.
:sagittarius: I am so very grateful for my brother taking out the recycling last night cause the new service providers come at 6 am
:sagittarius: I am so very grateful for having the lane at the pool to myself for majority of my swim.
:sagittarius: I am so very grateful for ordering pizza for dinner and getting extra spicy crust.
:sagittarius: I am so very grateful for being around when using the dryer. The belt was not turning and noticed the burning rubber smell. Grateful my brother did fix it and all is working fine now.
:sagittarius: I am so very grateful for my Higher Power. Grateful for my sense of feeling safe when I pray and connect. Grateful that I know that I am not alone
:sagittarius: I am so very grateful for remembering my 2nd cousins birthday. Not sure how it got erased from my phone. Sometimes I surprise myself :rofl:
:sagittarius: I am so very grateful for the sun shining bright today. It was a cold day so would have felt like winter if the sun was missing.
:sagittarius: I am so very grateful for my beautiful family and their unconditional love
:sagittarius: I am so very grateful for my sobriety journey. Grateful that I am addiction free and doing well in adjusting to getting back into the world with my work and socializing
:sagittarius: I am so very grateful for the energy and ability to be able to work
:sagittarius: I am so very grateful for this community and all of you lovely souls that make it such a safe and wonderful space

Wishing everyone a wonderful addiction free day / evening - sending you all so much love :heart: :heart:

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I’m grateful I got to sleep in a little bit today
I’m grateful for my hot morning coffees
I’m grateful my daughter called home for help last night when she got herself in a bad spot while she was out with friends.
I’m grateful she 100% understands we’ve got her back
Im grateful I wasn’t drunk when she called and needed me
I’m grateful I got my veggie garden planted
I’m grateful we had dinner as a family
I’m grateful to be heading to bed soon

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Today I’m grateful for:
~Lobsters for dinner and finally being able to decide what to have :rofl:
~Living in Maine and having easy access to good lobster
~Having a fun trip to run errands together
~Being able to laugh, it has been seriously underrated in my life in the past
~For my last workday this week
~For the rain taking a break
~Waking up feeling rested
~For powerful speakers
~Meditation
~Being able to surrender
~Waiving my white flag and accepting help
~Peaceful mornings before work

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What has given me opportunities to practice today that I am grateful for?

As always my morning meeting. I am grateful for being able to practice with a Sangha, with a community of like minded people. To work through my patterns with others.
My work, all the patience I need to put into it.
Tiredness, exhaustion, discomfort. They never leave me, and are always there to help me practicing.
Navigating the modern world of being an adult. Running errands, making phone calls, taking care of a child, doing groceries, getting through the traffic on a bike.
The excitement, exhaustion and soreness after a workout.
Taking responsibility for life.
This day, and this life.

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Grateful I am present to be there for close family in the recent passing of my grandad (97years old).
Grateful I am clean and serene
Grateful to have got to the Buddhist centre to do a drop in daily meditation group
Grateful to the jewellery store for repairing a pearl bracelet that my eldest daughter gave me for a birthday a few years back
Grateful for my life

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Today I am grateful for:
~Movie night last night
~Having today off
~Days where I get to see where the wind takes me
~Beginning my days with others in recovery
~Staying on the beam
~Talking to my soul child last night
~My sponsor & days to chat with her
~My best friend and talking with her basically daily for the last 30 years
~Knowing I don’t need to try to do everything all by myself anymore
~Freedom
~Dreams where I get to hug my dad :heart:

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I’m grateful for another clear headed early morning.
I’m grateful for all the love and joy my pets bring me.
I’m grateful when I see Benson happily run to the back door in the morning all excited to go out.
I’m grateful I just can’t walk past B on her condo in the sun. I have to stop and say hi to her and give her a pet.
I’m grateful Alice always wants her daddy. I’m grateful her whiskers barely touch my face when I’m in bed and it drives me crazy.
I’m grateful Daisy dumps her big buthuttomous almost right on my head with her tail wrapped and resting around the bridge of my nose some mornings.
I’m grateful I miss my M pets so much. Minnie and Mavy. They had a huge impact on my life and especially my recovery. Having just 4 pets does seem like nothing around here. I’m grateful having 6 during my years of sobriety was such a blessing to me to be able to be there :100: for them.

I’m grateful you guys keep the lights on around here and I can stop by when I do. I’m grateful it seems like the more recovery time I get the less time I am on here and I’m finally learning that’s ok. I’m grateful I’ve developed a grateful mind and attitude that keeps me in check on the daily. I’m grateful because of this gratitude work I’m almost never not grateful.

:folded_hands:t2::yellow_heart::blue_heart:

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My gratitude today - finally

I have a home
I am sober and will continue to stay sober today
For my wonderful AA Home Group and a great meeting Monday with topic just what I needed
I am grateful for for a new life of sobriety that allows me to learn about myself.
I am grateful to be challenged to be the better me everyday
Grateful I can say I am sorry when needed. And accept the things I cannot change and change the things I can ( at least work on)
I am grateful hubby has patience with me and giving me a chance to thrive in this life

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What has given me opportunities to practice today that I am grateful for?

Being together with my friends, with my Sangha, with my community. There is always room to learn.
Patience. The topic of patience came up a lot today. Definitely a learning opportunity.
The new bodhisattva perspective gives me the opportunity to learn.
Difficult conversations give me the opportunity to learn.
Breaks.
Life

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Grateful that I threw out the rest of my drugs last night. Going to really be sober from now on. Grateful that I am still alive after constantly relapsing. I’ve had enough of it. Sick and tired of this.

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So great to see you posting. Glad to see you back here with us and working on your sobriety :hugs:

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grateful for:
sobriety
good books
perfect weather
friends
problems
good food

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I’m grateful for the rain as it’s good for the garden
I’m grateful I was slightly less anxious today
I’m grateful I can handle my children’s challenging behaviours without anger and lashing out. It’s definitely a whole lot easier while not in a constant cycle of drunkness and hangovers
I’m grateful for sparkling water and all its great flavours
I’m grateful to not feel the need to act hateful to another just because that’s the way they have acted towards me.
I’m grateful Stubbs left the cat alone so he could lay on my lap for awhile this evening
I’m grateful to be sober
I’m grateful for this community and everyone in it

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Today I am grateful for:
~Listening to older music on a long drive & remembering my grandfather singing to it
~Fun adventures
~Dancing in the car
~Gluten free bakeries
~Ocean visits
~Letting go of control
~Ease & comfort
~Being ok with me
~Enjoying life sober and not needing to drink to do anything
~Being safer for myself and others today
~The people that reach out and ask me for help
~Being able to show up
~Sleeping in

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Im so very greatful

To be sober
My favorite ladies aa meeting tonight
My lil family unit
Sunshine
Fresh water
Boscoe cuddles
Grace, giving and receiving
Love
Pillows
Soup
Summer

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