Daily Gratitude, The Air Of Recovery #8 🪷

[Peace]

I am grateful to be sober and up early on a Sunday morning hangover free

I am grateful for my family/sig otha/fur babes. They make life sweeter

I am grateful to be spending a night out with my sister tonight and we will both be sober. In the past we’d probably drink a million poisonous drinks and feel like dog shit the next day… not relaxing!

I am grateful that I will get some exercise soon with a video on amazon… so many to choose from!

I am grateful for comfy pajamas, good tv, food, movies and meditation

[JazzyS]

Sunday morning gratefulness

I am so very grateful for feeling better today.
I am so very grateful to be enjoying a lovely hot cup of delicious coffee in bed as I watch the rain fall outside
I am so very grateful for my brother who made us tacos for dinner. I was able to enjoy them in bed
I am so very grateful for this new challenge and the thread to bounce thoughts and progress with my sober peers
I am so very grateful that my bread dough has risen overnight and I’m hoping to make olive garden style bread sticks, minestrone soup and salad
I am so very grateful that the rain is expected to stop shortly so I may be able to go for a walk.
I am so very grateful that I’m not getting discouraged with how slow things move on FB marketplace and how flaky some people can be. Learning to not expect follow through and be pleasantly surprised when I get some
I am so very grateful for good friends, a supportive family who loves unconditionally, my Higher Power
I am so very grateful for good food and having such easy access to em
I am so very grateful to be alive and having another day to heal emotionally, physically and mentally
I am so very grateful for my sober peeps here

Wishing everyone a wonderful addiction free day… sending you all so much love

[Dazercat]

I’m grateful for my lemon ginger hot tea, Om Asatoma by Prashanti Paz, unencumbered by a cat, and Benson peacefully sleeping on the ottoman. And my little electric fireplace inside.
Grateful I didn’t mess with bundling up and sitting outside in the 47 degree weather.
I’m grateful for a day of mourning yesterday for the country I love and thought I knew.
I’m grateful for my alcoholic and so proud of myself for how I handled things during this unmanageable this week.
I’m grateful for the friends all over the world who supported me on line, on the phone, in person, at meetings, and family near by.
I’m grateful for my alcoholic because I never would have built a support army and had the tools to deal with a life of unmanageability.
I’m grateful for First Things First.
I’m grateful I’ve learned to ask god and then wait.
I’m grateful god gives me just the answer I need when I need it and through whom/who I need to hear it from.
I’m grateful I keep my ears and eyes open when I ask god for help.
I’m grateful for all the higher powers I have that bring me serenity. Cat, coffee, beach, music, Benson, meditations, meetings and a door nob.
I’m grateful I’ve learned to use the door handle to get out and remove myself from situations I don’t want to be part of.
I’m grateful anything can be my higher power if it leads me to serenity.
I’m grateful, as exhausted as I was Thursday when I got home, I actually had a fun week and kept the chaos manageable and kind of under control.
I’m grateful my reactions were the part that I could manage and keep under control.
I’m grateful to look up and see the hummingbird is back sucking on my purple sage out my parlor window.
I’m grateful just for today life is going to go on. The good the bad and the ugly. I’m grateful I know what I’ll be focusing on

[Laner]

I’m grateful

• for a morning lay in
• for a relaxing afternoon with my friend
• for real coffee and the smell/taste of apple crisp
• for feeling encouraged today
• for supportive relationships
• for the sunny day
• that I’m pleasantly tired tonight am hoping it means a good sleep!
• for being sober and healthy

[jbaldwin84]

Hahah thank you Eric

[Button83]

I sit in my warm home as the fog rolls over the canal and I focus in on how very fortunate I am to be living here. Im greatful that I have a roof over my head. That I have a good job, a reliable vehicle and caring and loving friends and family. I may not be rich, I may live with my pops and sister, I may struggle but these thing I can over come. I am so greatful for learning how to adjust my sails in my day to day life. I am greatful for all of you! 🩷🖖

[Lisa07]

I’m grateful for my sobriety.

Grateful for my daughter’s new primary doctor. He’s a very kind and caring man, asking all the right questions and agreeable with current treatment/placement plan. Filled out all necessary forms on the spot for new day program and referral for existing gastroenterologist. He shared with us that he has a brother that’s like my daughter so maybe that’s why he’s compassionate. Grateful his office staff are nice too.

Grateful for electricity and water. Had a few days of only partial electric and the part that was out included well pump which means no water. Turns out it was a loose wire on the pole.

Grateful my credit score is getting better. A new car is in the near future. Grateful my old jalopy is holding up.

Grateful for my AA tools. There’s been a lot of work drama trying my patience lately. It doesn’t help that my personal life needs some attention too. I just don’t have the mental bandwidth to battle all of it at once.

Grateful for everyone here on the forum helping to keep me sober another day.

Grateful

[jbaldwin84]

[MNfast]

[erntedank]

Sunday gratitude.
Today I’m grateful for a day of resting. For waking up rested. Waking up sober never gets old
I’m grateful for breakfast, service on TV, a bit of knitting. I’m grateful I washed the macrame courtain, it looks so fresh and clean. Decorating it christmassy made me happy.

I’m grateful for a nice chat with a neighbour and that my little forest is ok. Grateful he had a look at it. It makes me happy that the neighbours are delighted how the house and farm evolve. I’m deeply grateful for it too.

I’m grateful for a long chat with a friend. We both needed it.

I’m grateful for cat shenanigans, the youngsters mess up the house like a hurricane.

I’m grateful I finished the christmas cards design today. I ordered them and the new emotional support poster. Grateful for coupons, this stuff became pricey.

I’m grateful for the kitchen stove providing cozy warmth, for blankies and socks, for tea and fresh laundry, for feeling safe, peaceful, content. I’m grateful to pet my old boy, he is so lovely. Grateful for every day he is with me. I’m grateful next week is less packed. This week was overly busy but I’m grateful I ticked off a lot from the to-do list. Grateful I’ll be able to live at my pace again.
Gratefully putting my sober head on the pillow soon. ODAAT

[acromouse]

Today I am grateful for

• my ex spending the night in our flat, rumaging around in the morning, waking up to all the familiar noises
• morning movement and meditation
• my daughter coming back with a role for the christmas nativity play
• a good review of the past week, and good preperation for the coming one
• a walk in the gardens
• reading, watching tv, chilling
• sketching, playing around with new brushes
• a nice yoga practice, coming back to movement after a week of cold and sickness
• my daughter getting her workout done on the rower, feeling empowered by exercise
• looking forward to tomorrow and the coming week
• experiencing a very much improved mental health, stability, equinimity
• Alan Watts talking to me through the sleepless hours of the night
• zen
• my classes for next week being cancelled, so I don‘t have to work a classroom with my current hearing impairment
• this day
• this life

Sleep tight sober friends

[Bunto]

I’m so much grateful for the whole weekend, when I look at it as a whole, it was just amazing.
Therefore I’m grateful for my friend, she is like a sun to me, positive spirit and I enjoy any kind of interaction with her
Grateful for my date, we had great discussions, there’s a sympathy on both sides I just hope she is all good with my step by step approach and not to hurry getting to know each other too much
Grateful for my health and recovery, as well as resilience which I have been building up with help from God, higher power…still way to go, but I’m proud of myself for how I’m coping with withdrawals, cravings.Take care friends

[Bluekoolaid]

Grateful for 258 days sober from all mind altering substances.
Grateful for AA, counseling, and therapy.
Grateful for my friends and family.
Grateful for my apartment.
Grateful for my job.
Grateful for my bike.
Grateful the holidays are coming and I will be sober and able to show up to family things healthy and with no manipulations, side quests, or hiding in the bathroom or garage.
Grateful for my freedom and not being in a cell!
Grateful for my higher power that walks with me through the good and bad.
Grateful it’s been way more good then bad these last 8 and a half months.
Grateful for music.
Grateful for this community.
Grateful for this chance…

[One4theroad]

I am grateful to be sober.
I am grateful I slept well.
I am grateful I bought all these jigsaws puzzles and enjoy then a lot.
I am grateful that the bus I can take to work is one of the busiest which means it’s running on time and frequently most of the time. I am grateful that at 6 am I always get a seat.
I am grateful I can walk. I am grateful I walk a lot.
I am grateful I have enough.

[scaredsmol]

I’m grateful that I had 12 hours of sleep! I’m grateful that, so far, my tooth isnt hurting. I’m grateful that this is day 11 of sobriety

[Lastry]

I am grateful for

• 8 hours of real sleep
• A clean kitchen because I didn’t pass out last night
• Perfect crackling on the roast pork
• Normal mother/ son conversations with both sober sons, not the chaotic “I need money” or radio silence
• AA and Alanon
• Monstera’s new leaf

[Peace]

I am grateful to be sober and hangover free after spending the night out in a hotel with my soba sista

I am grateful for a slow start to the morning and for having the today annnnd tomorrow off

I am grateful to all the veterans out there… thank you for your service

I am grateful for hot showers and fresh new socks

I am grateful for this time of year. This will be the first holiday season with my Mom physically not being here, which will be tough, but so very grateful to have my family, furs, TS and this thread

[Cjp]

Im greatful…

I slept in
My recovery
My sponsor
Quality Time with hubby
Boscoe cuddles
Got alot of chores done yesterday
Found $300 in the closet i was avoiding for months
A new week of new possibilities
Hope
Sober friends
This awesome community

[Dazercat]

I’m grateful I get to go to meetings.
I’m grateful I don’t have to do anything I don’t want to do when I got to a meeting. Just show up.
I’m grateful I don’t think I have a meeting today. I’m exhausted from working on my recovery but in a good way.
I’m grateful that’s a good thing.
I’m grateful I got my wife back.
I’m grateful for my run flat tires; they got me home from the beach Friday with a big nail in one.
I’m grateful I decided to call a toe truck instead of trying to drive to the dealership for a new tire.
I’m grateful I’d rather have tow truck come to my house between 8-10 instead of having to call one while trying to get to the dealership.
I’m grateful I checked my paperwork and my car is due for its annual oil change and multi point inspection. But the warranty on the tire expired exactly 8 days ago. But I’ll focus on the gratefulness that I made it home safe and sound from Malibu on that tire with a nail in it on a 45 minute drive. And I can get all the other maintenance done on my car this week too.
I’m grateful it’s been an Alice morning.
I’m grateful I have multiple cats so I’m never short on higher powers that bring me serenity.
I’m grateful I’m proud of myself and the way I handled my unmanageable life last week.
I’m grateful I even said so at my meeting last night with precise detail of how I did it without my martyr hat, head held high and even had much fun through all the chaos.
I’m grateful there’s no wind today and we have electricity and hopefully they can contain that fire a bit more.

“When I found Al-Anon, nothing changed but me.”
Opening Our Hearts Transforming Our Losses

[Dazercat]

Grateful to see a fellow Al-Anoner on the gratitude thread.