~PT and some progress
~Grocery stores
~Lotion
~Good sneakers
~The postal service
~Living in the beautiful state of Maine
~Witnessing the fall beauty
~Living in a small town
~Detours that give me the scenic routes in life
~Chatting with my Gramma
~Having her at age 98 able to do so, she truly is incredible
~Trash pickup so I don’t have to take it myself
~Morning cuddles
Fall running weather
Time with family
Closure
The program of alcoholics anonymous
My mobility
My familys health
My hubbys birthday and his joy
Love
The pause
Time
Hot coffee
October 8 Today I am grateful for: Another day alive and well My sobriety My husband and son God and prayer My supports (TS and my ED groups) The Conqueror Challenges Stretching my muscles Routine
I was in the hospital all summer, so I can relate. It’s really cool to witness an overcomer, like you, still making efforts to be healthy in a society of inactivity.
it wasn’t my favorite thing to do: sit around in the hospital, walk the halls, drink coffee. lots of antibiotics too, not sure if i’ll ever fully recover.
but it did give me another reason to be grateful. it was kind of like jail. i actually called it jail on accident a few times. so today i’m grateful for my freedom and that im not sick like i was.
grateful i don’t have the PICC Line anymore, that’s fersure
and that they aren’t in the cell next to mine.
this is a good one
wish i was there to do it for ya
eeeek. idk about that. it’s good but what about moose tracks or cookie dough? chocolate fudge? yeah i disagree
Wednesday gratefulness Today I am so very grateful for …
Coffee crunch wrap that my brother made me for dinner Bob Marley and how I can listen to his beautiful music non stop at work. Being flexible at the pool and working with the pool classes / life guard breaks so that I can still get my 100 minutes in. Being able to help out at work and set up for the day and close up solo. My family! I do love them even when they drive me nuts. Sure I do my share of making them go mad. Unconditional love My Higher Power. Grateful for my faith and my daily practice of prayer and meditation. Grateful that I ALWAYS keep Him with me A possible chess mate. I played last year for first time and really enjoyed it. Want to practice more and improve so this will be so great Cooler fall like weather which means its officially hoodie weather Knowing that my symptoms and my pain does not define me. Grateful for some lovely clips a friend sent me that really resonated with me. We are not alone! I never go to bed angry if I can help it. Grateful that I called my mom and patched up our argument over something so very silly. My mom is healing well and is finally taking a beat to rest and heal up. She has a hard time not working LOL… Now I know where I get it from My new ring peeler. Made peeling a case of potatoes effortless. Grateful that my wrists were saved with this gadget. For all of you beautiful souls and this wonderful safe space.
Wishing everyone a wonderful addiction free day / evening - sending you all so much love
~Getting some rain
~Sunshine later in the day
~Balance
~New exercises that kick my ass
~Things in life that challenge me and get me out of my comfort zones
~Cloud watching
~Cameras
~Photos & videos
~Having a warm October so far
~Witnessing the birds migrating
~My brother and his birthday today
~Having beautiful people in my life, like you!
Quality time with hubby
Our amazing king size bed
Sending smelly Boscoe back to grandmas
Laughter
Being in tune
Ladies aa meeting to look forward to
Love
Friendship
This community
As someone with OCD, that has been challenging. Letting things as they are. But, with the help of my higher powers and retraining the brain, i am getting better at letting myself and other people and places and things ‘live and let live’.
it has been so exhausting trying to control every outcome, monitoring every situation, being beside myself with anger and anxiety. I am no longer going there.
So I am grateful for progress being made on those fronts.
I am also grateful to my higher powers for giving me the strength to work through physical pain and emotional discomfort - i’d like to sit home and rest my body but my shop is counting on me so i am counting on my higher power and showing up.
grateful, immensely for the 12 step program im working because miracles happen regularly for us
thank you all for supporting my recovery im with you on this road
edit/ps - if anyone wants to offer advice or their experience with anything like what i’ve said feel free to send me a pm i am a friendly guy most of the time no creeping or anything like that
October 9 - Today I am grateful for: The 50min workout i was able to squeeze in first thing this morning. My mental health feels more stable. My support system God guiding me throughout my day My son joining me in prayer this morning Having lost 4.8lb since Oct 1st The cool autumn weather Free printing at the library Having so many places within walking distance to my home. Its nice living downtown sometimes. My recovery and not living in active addiction. God thank you!! Arometherapy - nice smelling candles and lavender essential oil My mom, dad, brother, husband, and son Bright colors - they make me happy YOU all!!!
My brain is spinning right now between work stress and personal struggles with the reality of divorce but I can still find some gratitude:
I’m grateful for the access to nature that I have. I made a choice to live in this area and I live in a place where people have lifelong dreams of living. I achieved that by the time I was 35.
I’m thankful for the sunshine on a cool fall day with the yellow aspens that cover the hillside of the little town where I work.
I’m grateful for the mistakes that I made that brought me here to recovery and a stronger sense of spirituality and a better relationship with my HP.
I’m thankful that I have a dog that LOVES frisbee.
I am grateful that I have this place to read about experiences strength and hope whenever I need it.
I’m grateful that I get to do the hard work of getting to know and love myself. Some never get that opportunity.
For trusting myself to move about the cabin (the Country).
For boundaries.
For LoveYourBrain Mindset group to start today and last once a week for six weeks.
That the exam about my memory and brain analysis finished for disability yesterday. Now just waiting.
For you, for me.
For resilience and trust in myself.
Belief that change doesn’t mean decrease in anything.
Knowing materialism doesn’t actually help people.
Love. Super grateful for the amount of love I share with family, friends, and total strangers.
Grateful for thinking about this thread every day.
How easy it can be to travel these days. For the invention of Airplanes in particular (I don’t think I’d have done well on a Viking longboat). I’ve been really wanting to travel to America lately and I know that it’s realistic.
For the stage of my journey that I’m at - early stages of sobriety are rough but it’s better than the 15 years that came before it.
For the internet. There’s a lot of bad on it, sure. But there’s also a lot of good on it (TalkingSober the best example) if only you know where to look.
For living in a little village out the way that feels like it was made for this healing phase.
For the gifts I’m working on being able to give to myself
I’m grateful for my comfy bed and lots of pillows to get comfy with
I’m grateful for my pyjamas
I’m grateful for hot tea. It’s certainly not coffee but it’s what my stomach will tolerate right now
I’m grateful for gravol induced naps
I’m grateful for Tylenol and it helping with fever and body aches
I’m grateful my kids and partner care enough to check on me through the day today
I’m grateful for frozen pizzas to effortlessly feed the kids
I’m grateful I’m not making things worse with alcohol