I’m grateful I’m sober. I’m grateful for the cat on my lap. I’m grateful for dark memes to start my day. I’m grateful I get to go to the beach today and be around a bunch of people that don’t want to pick up. I’m grateful we had a little Gus time yesterday. I’ll be grateful when he likes me I’m grateful he’s got his Nana back. I’m grateful he is all over that I’m grateful I got my wife back. Presently. I’m grateful I know expectations lead to resentments. I’m grateful I know I can only control my recoveries. I’m grateful I reached out to my best friend about the state of affairs here. He’s so calm and soothing. I’m grateful I reached out to my SIL on our hike about the state of affairs here. I’m grateful with him, I just listened. I’m grateful I can disagree with him and just listen. I’m grateful it’s easier to just listen. I’m grateful he took me to get my car. I’m grateful in the car he called me judgmental. I mean he was right I’m grateful I know being judgmental is the quickest way for me to loose my serenity. But it comes so natural I’m grateful it helps to write things out here in a gratitude sort of way. I didn’t think I had anything this morning. And now I can’t stop. I’m grateful for this gratitude practice.
“It is not men’s acts which disturb us—but our reaction to them. Take these away, and anger goes. No wrong act of another can bring shame on you.”
Marcus Aurelius
I am grateful that my son surprised me with a movie date and we went and saw an amazing little film, Memoir of a Snail. A very adult stop motion animation film from Australia that was simply wonderful. I’m grateful my 18 year old still likes to hang out with his ol’ mama
I’m grateful for movie recommendations and hair inspirations from @Davina_Davis. I saw that cute 'do in your profile pic.
I’m grateful for black coffee and too many sugar cookies for breakfast. I might decorate my sugar cookies before my outing tonight or I might just bring them naked. Either way, sugar cookies.
I’m grateful for long time friends who know and love me.
I’m grateful for a husband who has my back and knows that I have his, literally today; he threw his back out a few days ago.
I’m grateful for emotions good and bad. I was stuck in an emotionless rut there for a while and I think my Wild Robot viewing of last night pushed me past that numbness. Feelings are a gift.
I’m grateful for a job I love and I’m grateful for a day off. I’m grateful that almost 5 years of stability at the same place has me thinking about how else can I be helpful in this world. There are needs and there are options.
I’m grateful, always, for this space. A whole social community of people talking out their struggles and supporting each other truly is a gift.
Oooh, edited because I forgot what actually brought me here. I was plucking my eyebrows (why yes I was a teen in the 80s, why do you ask?) and noticed some white eyebrow hairs. Getting old used to scare me when I wanted to burn out and die young, now I see it for the gift that it is. I’m grateful for gray hairs, white hairs, back pain and sugar cookies.
So grateful you did come here and shared some gratefulness with us. Grateful that it helped open you up and overjoyed you with gratefulness
@davina_davis Oh I love that your 18 year old enjoyed movie date with you. Love quality family time
@trustybird Ooh sugar cookies I like them iced or naked – they d hit perfectly (especially with a good cup of black coffee). Hope you enjoy your outing tonight!
Gratefulness galore! TGIF! I am so very grateful for being able to make my delivery this morning. It was a painful drive but I’m glad I didn’t have to ask someone else to do it. I am so very grateful for going on my walk to help focus on something else. Grateful that I was alone on the streets (very quiet today). Grateful for being able to cry and release I am so very grateful for being able to go to my parents to visit as my aunt and cousin came by for lunch. Today is my aunts 80th birthday Was grateful to b present with them and be able to come home and rest afterwards. Grateful that it was at my parents which is only a few minutes away so I didn’t have to drive. I am so very grateful for pizza! Grateful for text o order option which saves 20% on order Grateful to be able to pick up for dinner and not have to cook I am so very grateful for starting the day off with dark memes too Grateful for memes and the lovely escape they provide! I am so very grateful for my my family! So very grateful for each of them and all the amazing support / love they dote on me. So grateful to be blessed with them in my life I am so very grateful for finding the positive linings and not letting the situation bring me down. THIS TOO SHALL PASS - like the meme said – may feel like a kidney stone LOL. I am so very grateful for all you fabulous souls! Thanks for making this journey easier I am so very grateful for my Higher Power! For my faith in Him! For not being alone even when I am by myself. I am so very grateful for clean air, a warm cozy bed, for refrigerators and freezers!
Wishing everyone a wonderful addiction free day / evening – sending you all so much love
I’m grateful for God. Always
I’m grateful for my 40 year old body aches. No matter how much I stretch or workout, I hurt lol. I’m alive.
Grateful for one of my young adults who got accepted as a transfer to his dream college and I was the first one he called. Made me cry tears of joy. 6 months ago I wouldn’t have been someone for him to look up to and get advice from. Now I gotta buy a hoodie reppin his school. Cuz I said I would.
Grateful for the bed I’m in, my dog Gus by my side, and this small electronic device that keeps me in touch with this community
I am grateful for your milestones that help me believe it is possible. @Mindofsobermike one year - YAY
I am grateful for your shares about things good and bad which help me know I can navigate life sober.
A quick check in for early lunchtime gratitude.
I’m grateful I tackled a task I’ve been putting on hold for quite a while. My body is sweating and acheing from working but the main part is mounted
I’m deeply grateful I work at my pace, things get done, nobody stresses me. I’m grateful I learned patience and to wait until it’s the right time to do things. A blessing of living alone and working on myself.
I’m grateful yesterday had 2 surprises for me: First I spoke to the man who re-mounted the refrigertion unit and he will install the air conditioning I planned for next year. In january or february. What a chance, as this a/c can also heat, need little energy and the installation is done in one weekend. First step that I can go on vaccation in winter and leave the cats at the farm (I have no automated heating now). And I will not suffer heat-induced sleepless nights next year.
The second suprise was my own courage. I asked what happens to the surplus soil at the construction site on the other side of the street as they are finished working there now. I can have it for free! The neighbour is ok that it stays there over winter. I can fill up some urgently needed spots with it and it cost zero
I’m grateful the universe always delivers things at the right time ODAAT
Grateful for sobriety
Grateful for access to education system
Grateful for economic leeway
Grateful for Costco pizza and muffins
Grateful to be up to date with grading
Grateful for cooler weather
Grateful to be able to wear wooly jumpers
Grateful to have a day with no chores to do tomorrow
It’s a chilly Saturday morning in southern Wisconsin. The full moon tries to shine from behind clouds and the air smells of fall leaves. I’m grateful to be awake and alive and sober, able to enjoy and work through every moment of my life with my actual mind, not an altered and poisoned brain. I’m grateful for this chapter of my life.
I’m grateful for a safe and loving home and a marriage to a man who keeps taking steps to heal and learn and grow alongside me. He keeps doing the work of recovery and shares what he is learning along the way. I am grateful to have found him nearly 20 years ago. I’m grateful that I recognized there was a kind and loving and incredibly intelligent man under the surface of his hard things. I’m grateful he let me get close and that we are in such an amazing place in our lives now.
I’m grateful for work that I mostly enjoy. I get to keep learning and growing and having an impact on the lives of the students I teach. I learn more about how to help them every week and I enjoy the challenge of bringing what I learn to their lessons. I’m grateful that I saw big growth this week in a colleague I have been trying to teach as well. Step by step and one day at a time, I work my way thru each little day at school. Step by step and one day at a time, I approach these last few years of my teaching career with a sense of joy, even in moments of frustration. How humans learn is a lifelong study for me and I am grateful to be doing this work at this stage of my life.
I’m grateful for good health. My 30 years of drinking did some damage, but I’m grateful to note that the physical aspects of that are behind me and my mental and physical health are better than they’ve been for most of my life. Sobriety brings me better sleep and the mind space to do good food preparation for myself. A pretty strict routine around my sleep is what keeps me grounded and healthy for the demands of my days, and sobriety is the only way I’ve gotten to this good routine. It is truly amazing and well worth the early bedtime each night.
I’m grateful to live in a safe and loving home with enough resources to care for myself and my family. I don’t know what the future holds for me, but I will always be grateful that we got to be here for now.
I’m hope your weekend brings you some time to think about your journey and notice the wonder that may be entering your life as you see things with a clear mind. The practice of gratitude is good for the soul. I wish you peace.
930 days free from weed and alcohol
Im not a slave to a nicotine habit
Had fun getting hyped up for the netflix boxing special. In early sobriety i couldnt because i associated entertainment with booze but im not there anymore…just for today
Got my ass to the gym
Fleece lined leggings
One last day in the 50s before winter comes
True convos with hubby about money
Our marriage
Our dogson
Time with my folks yesterday
Birdsong
Boscoe, my companion
Leftovers
Hope
Finally getting sick and tired of being sick and tired
Im grateful for the love of my life-
Who is always there for me anytime, anywhere.
Who keeps me stable and calm when times seem uncertain.
Who makes me smile and makes my heart skip everytime i see her and talk to her.
Who gives me hope for a good future.
Who loves me and my oddities.
Who makes me feel safe and understood.
Who amazes and captivates me with all she does.
Who brings joy into every day.
Who inspires me.
I will never know how i got so lucky to meet her and share my life with hers but theres nothing i cherish more than her. And when she sees this-
I love you you are perfect and im proud of all you do and the person you are
Cats have been jumping on me since 5am. They must love me so much, it’s nice to be loved…
My new balcony is almost completed and will cost me a fortune to replace materials that they built it with. They look fine, I’m going to be safer now and they even cleaned all the windows.
I feel a bit of annoyance and push back lately in myself. Pause, surround self with recovery and breathe
There is colour in everything. In fact, colour isn’t even colour, it’s light mostly. I can be grateful for bad things, colourless events. Just see the prisms of potential I guess. Kaleidoscope eyes.
I’m grateful I’m sober.
I like them iced or naked – they d hit perfectly (especially with a good cup of black coffee). Hope you enjoy your outing tonight!
I am so very grateful for being able to make my delivery this morning. It was a painful drive but I’m glad I didn’t have to ask someone else to do it.
Was grateful to b present with them and be able to come home and rest afterwards. Grateful that it was at my parents which is only a few minutes away so I didn’t have to drive.
Grateful for memes and the lovely escape they provide!
