Day 2
Grateful for beautiful weather, my chickens laying fresh eggs, my dogs, and my home.
I am grateful and proud that I have seen my issue with alcohol and want to stay sober permanently this time around.
I am grateful for this community. I am grateful for the air in my lungs and an opportunity to make myself better.
Welcome Emily. Congratulations on day 2. Iām happy you found us.
Iām grateful I feel like crying.
Itās strange, but it was the first thought I had when I opened the app.
Iām scared of the next few months. Of the potential to uproot the family. Of maybe changing jobs. Or having no jobs. Of having to be strong, and make sure everyone is happy, because Iāve done it all before. (Sounds familiar, @anon74766472 ?)
Iām grateful I feel like crying.
I also got scared because I was just standing in the parking lot, talking to a colleague, and a car backed into me, almost hit me. It really shook me.
Iām grateful I feel like crying.
Because this is a normal reaction. And it is ok.
Iām grateful I didnāt immediately think āI need a drinkā to numb these feelings.
Iām grateful I feel like crying.
Iām grateful I feel.
The good and the bad. Cannot numb just the bad and stay with the good.
Much love to you all 
GRATEFUL for the challenges that Iāve welcomed into my life with open arms. GRATEFUL that Iām excited for the refiners fire. GRATEFUL for these exciting & nerve-wracking changes that will take out whatās not serving me and hurl me into places and spaces Iām meant to be in. GRATEFUL to have intentionally set out on this journey and kept aware so that the startling and stark news that is being brought to me already only seems like progress and that itās already working. GRATEFUL for the metaphysical that God has given us and that Iām aware of its awesome power at this stage in my life. GRATEFUL to be utilizing it, harnessing it, and GRATEFUL that Iām super charging my recovery. GRATEFUL that Iām up to the challenge! GRATEFUL for the visible and tangible growth of my relationship with my youngest over just this short weekend.
GRATEFUL to be grateful to be uncomfortable, because I now know that growth and transformation comes from uncomfortable places.
Grateful for my recovery. So, so, grateful for a second chance at life. 
Man Iām so grateful to be part of this thread.
Iām grateful to be alive
Grateful for comfort food and candy / orange soda
Iām grateful for people to talk to when Iām down
Iām grateful for every chapter in my recovery
Iām grateful for comedy and music
Iām grateful my heart feels like a 1000 pounds
Iām grateful to be feeling
Iām grateful for animals and nature
Iām grateful for the sun 
Iām grateful for this chance at life
Iām grateful Iām on day 9. Iām grateful I didnāt even think of drinking today.
Iām grateful for my job and even though my boss seems to send me a ton of questions when Iām off for a couple days, Iām grateful for him.
Iām grateful Iāve decided instead of always having a To Do list, Iām going to write what I have done for the day, and just do my best.
Iām grateful for Max and Riley, but Iām concerned about my girl. Iāve made an appointment for her and Iām praying sheās okay. I have to wait 12 days.
Iām sad tonight, but having Max and Riley laying next to me helps.
Iām grateful I have somewhere to go and share my feelings. 
Iām grateful for all of you.
Iām grateful Maxine is here and sharing about your sadness. I truly am. My heart is with you tonight.
Iām grateful I meet with my sponsor tomorrow and will complete my 5th step. We had to cancel last weeks meeting due to illness in my house. I think prolonging doing my 5th has added to my funky feelings about sobriety. It will pass.
Iām grateful for both meetings I was able to attend today and that my daughter went to 1 with me.
Iām grateful for the teen group she and I also went to tonight.
Iām grateful my husband cleaned out our closet and I now have room to hang some clothes also lol
Iāve found gratitude for dixie, the invading pregnant squirrel. She is so cantankerous. I wasnāt sure i would like her since she seems to have run my beloved rocky off butā¦ she is wildly entertaining and definitely down for holding her ground.
Iām grateful for all my new to me clothes my co worker gave me. I legit had so few clothes. I cant say how grateful I am to have clothes that fit and look nice on me. I couldnāt afford to buy new clothes after my weight loss.
I am grateful to be sober.
I am grateful I donāt have to work atm.
I am a bit lost with the free time. I need structure. I am grateful for the challenge.
I am grateful for the cool nights and mornings now. I donāt need to rush before the heat gets unbearable.
I am still tired and sleepless but itās getting better. Well, at least I hope so. Day 4.
Morning,
Iām grateful to have fields behind my house where I can walk my dog first thing. I took my tea and enjoyed the quiet. There was a big patch of mist that looked pretty cool.
Iām grateful my friend asked me to go on a mini break with her. Not sure when or where but nice to be asked. Better start saving, these things cost a fortune now!
Iām grateful to enjoy my granola and tea (not together!) watching the window feeder birds. Mostly blue tits and nuthatches.
Iām grateful to be in a good mood this morning, full of positivity. Maybe it was the dog walk, maybe the tea. Probably a mixture of everything, a good sleep, an ok day ahead, evening meal already made.
See you later 
Me too! Every morning
Good morning.
Im forcing gratitude today and hoping it puts me in a better headspace.
Im greatful for,
Not drinking yesterday
No hangover
My sobriety, day 114 free from weed and alcohol
AA fellowship
Tears
Progress not perfection
Hubby and Boscoe
Having enough
Basic needs met
Running water
Air conditioning
A new day
Let us go out and slay the day soberly.
Grateful for a gratitude list that Iām going to assume will help put things in perspective this morning. Gratitude is not flowing yet. 
Grateful for my recovery. Grateful for the progress Iāve made, grateful that I know these circumstances are forcing growth. Grateful I can see that this clean and sober living (just the housing situation, not the lifestyle!) is temporary.
Grateful that my fiance is on his last week in inpatient and Iāll get my best friend back in person! Grateful for all the very cool things that I can feel right around the corner.
Grateful for the immediate reminder to surrender.
Iām not driving this bus, Iām just a passenger. My higher power has got the wheel so it donāt make no sense to run up to the front of the bus panicking right now. Grateful for that visual, to just sit back and enjoy the ride. Trust the driver!
TRUST THE DRIVER!
Grateful I gave myself an extra half hour this morning for gratitude meditation and that #1 I did not push the snooze button and #2 Iām using it wisely, I knew I would need it .
Grateful to be able to try to open my mind to the possibilities that I donāt know best, that maybe I will be grateful Im getting a new roommate today, even though itās out of order and I am definitely the last in line at the house to be getting a roomate, grateful that I can AT LEAST try to think that I might truly be grateful at some point. Again, lol, omg Iām going to have to say this all day, āTRUST THE DRIVER!!ā
Grateful that Iām not bulldozing myself into ignoring my actual feelings on the subject, but grateful for the options that my recovery is allowing me to have. In active addiction my options and ability to make choices are so wildly diminished.
Grateful that I finished step one yesterday. Grateful for the little advance and to move on to step 2 today. Grateful I made it back last night from taking my daughter back to my parents to make it in time for IOP. Grateful Iāve stayed in compliance even though the dire consequences are now gone if I donāt. Grateful for the intrinsic motivators that keep me going. Grateful that I am looking to and know I will graduate IOP. When I first entered recovery I was surprised when I first met someone who was graduating. I really didnāt know that was something people actually did. Grateful for that shift in my vision and place in my recovery that Iām knowing and seeing people who are accomplishing things they start. Grateful that pretty soon that will be me.
Grateful for my employment, that takes me out of this squirrely place I get after a 3 day weekend, grateful it will take me out into the world and OUT OF MY HEADSPACE! Grateful for the therapeutic and cathartic power of cleaning and the satisfaction and exhaustion it brings me. No joke. Grateful that when Iām done with a day of work I have zero energy for that bullshit emotion we call anxiety.
I am grateful that even though I am not yet to a place where Iām grateful I have to share my personal space with a stranger (roommate) I went ahead and left a welcome card for her. Grateful that in the midst of my angst and worry about getting a roomate like the last one I tried to treat her as I would want to be treated, and that Iāve set out to create positive energy in every way possible. Grateful to have realized that any possible negative energy will be countered and won over by the positive and high vibrations I have intentionally set out to create in my room.
Very grateful to end this gratitude list on my 159th day consecutive clean day with a win, with a much brighter outlook on the day and the reminder to SURRENDER! TRUST THE DRIVER!
Letās kill it today.
Iām grateful for so much this morning
Iām grateful I did a check in last night before bed and mentioned I was depressed but Iām not drinking. Iām grateful to share my pain to help reduce my pain. And it did. And Iām grateful I did a bed time meditation about letting go.
Iām grateful Maverick gently woke me up with his paws on my face and I didnāt get shredded. Iām grateful for the sense of knowing if his claws are out Iām toast and to lie there cautiously and let him pet my face without scratching me is indescribable apparently.
Iām grateful I see my Twins avatar. Good morning 
By the way Iām ready for a new avatar 
Iām grateful I woke up with one of my recovery songs in my head āDecide To Be Happy.ā Now thatās an ear worm I can live with.
Iām grateful I didnāt trip and fall and kill myself walking to the kitchen with 6 pets bashing around me doing their thing. Iām grateful I didnāt step on any of them. Iām grateful for my pet entourage. Iām grateful I get to see Minnie wake up with a big old girl stretch. Iām grateful I say good morning to each of them.
Iām grateful I took my pixie outside and already had a major cry this morning. Iām grateful I guess thatās how I decided to be happy. Iām grateful I thought of Rain Drops on Roses and Whiskers on Kittens and balled as I thought of my mom, she was a music teacher. And Dad and sister. The 3 dead ones I was never sober for.
Iām grateful I thought Iāve been affected by loved ones, myself included, who are addicts all my life in one way or another. At home and in the work place. My recovery, codependency, is going to take time. And thatās ok. Iām grateful I think maybe itās all being shoved on to my wife the only person I have in my life. And that sure as shit aināt fair. Iām grateful Iāve had all these heavy thoughts and revelations and smiles and tears before I even got my coffee in.
Iām grateful one of my readings ask if I was wearing my martyr face. Fuck me! I wore it all day yesterday. I just couldnāt get it off I guess.
Iām grateful for this prayer I read from Todays Hope
Daily reflection.
Perfection and grace
Lord, help me to hold myself and others to a standard of grace, rather than perfection.
ā Prayer
Iām grateful, I reckon the battle of my perfectionism will never be over. Itās so hard sometimes. Why canāt everyone be perfect like me? It would make my life easier
Iām grateful I smiled and was happy to see wifey this morning and we shared dream stories. Mine are always brief I canāt remember shit. But I was drinking a green beer 
Hers are a fantasy of chaos and confusion and she tells them in detail. I was drinking scotch in her dream Iām grateful for my sober deep forgetful dream like sleep.
Iām grateful itās not even 7:30 and Iām emotionally drained and exhausted.
Iām grateful I got my Pilates trainer today and tomorrow afternoon.
Iām grateful I got my Al-Anon meeting tonight.
Iām grateful to share, apparently, ALL MY SHIT here with you all if youāre willing to read it.
Iām grateful for Sober Time and the Talking Sober Forum. Itās magical. And it works if you work it and youāre worth it. Iām grateful I know I am
Music, it saved me
But it drives me crazy
'Cause it forces my eyes, to take a look and see
Got to decide to be happy
āCause it donāt always come naturally
Been feelinā like a stranger in my body
I havenāt been myself in a while, Iām sorry (Iām sorry)
Got to decide to be happy (happy)
'Cause it donāt always come naturally
'Cause flowers, donāt grow without the rain
And goodness, donāt grow without the pain
Flowers, donāt grow without the rain
Goodness, donāt grow without the pain
Decide To Be Happy
Song by MisterWives
Good morning.
I am grateful that I was up in time to watch the sunrise this morning, still grateful even though I didnāt make it out my door and I missed a beauty. I now know where my to-go coffee mug is and I am hopeful I will catch tomorrowās.
I am grateful for the meditations I have been reading and listening to over the last week or so and for the place I am in my step work. It seems all the meditations have been focused around resentments and step 5. My step work ( Inner Bonding Steps) is in a very heavy area around pinpointing false beliefs. And my mom, well she has just started a fresh cycle in her ED of extreme restriction.
I am grateful that my dad feels he can come and talk to me about the insanity of my moms behaviour. I am sad that he has no idea how it affects me even after I have told him many times. I am grateful that I can cry today. I am grateful that even when I feel so alone fighting wars within myself I know that I am not alone anymore. I have all of you. I am grateful to be of sound mind today and see my parents behaviour for what it has always been so that I can understand myself on a much deeper level.
I am grateful that I donāt have to have resentments today, that I can look past the resentment and see what is really causing itā¦ feelings of being unseen, alone, hurt, unheard, unloved. It feels good to be able to feel those softer emotions today instead of being stuck in the energy sucking darkness of resentment that makes me feel sick inside.
Feel and release your resentment.
Feel the feelings underneath it too.
Youāll become clear. The resentment
will dissolve. And youāll return to love.
I am grateful for all of the congrats I received yesterday when I celebrated 16 months free from self injury. My recovery from self injury has been a journey just like everything else. I have been to lots of therapy to learn how to live with my very sensitive nature. While I was growing up my parents told me that my feelings were too big, that I was a good actress so I quickly started internalizing them. Being so sensitive and absorbing everyone elseās feelings too, I became like a pressure cooker and found ways to release thatā¦all of them involved hurting myself. I am grateful that I had many years of remission from self injuring during my 20ās and 30ās. I am grateful that this behaviour came back with vengeance in my 40ās because I honestly believe it is the reason I am still alive. I am grateful that over the last 5 years I have only injured myself twice. I am grateful for my scars.
I am grateful I get to choose a new avatar for my Twinnieā¦ or maybe not but I will send him a cool one anyways. 
700 days!! 
Congrats!! Awesome number!
295
Grateful God gave me another day
Grateful for shelter, food, water
Grateful for friends and family ā¦
Im grateful for my help and support
Iām grateful my mind and body is recovering. I feel stronger and more stable then last year . I feel like I understand myself better . I feel like I found a common theme in why I drank and did drugs . And now understand there is so many better options for making it through difficult times . And to celebrate I definitely donāt need alcohol .
Iām grateful for everything that got me here ā¦ the insane times and all
Iām grateful for the basics which keep me on track . Iām grateful for all the ways I can hold myself accountable.
Iām grateful for the new running shoes I bought . Iām pretty excited about them. I never buy anything. Iām grateful I will be adding running and weight lifting to my recovery. Iām grateful Iām healthy enough to do this
Iām grateful for the sun because it gives me energy and balances my mood
Iām grateful for this community
Iām grateful for sleep because that is when I get to take a break
I am grateful to be sober although I am frustrated that I still havenāt reached the amount of days of continuous sobriety that I would like despite trying various methods. Odaat.
I am grateful that I never quit quitting.
I am grateful that I am about to get a quick 3 mile walk in as my brain and body really need the boost. Frustrated I havenāt been good with this lately and it is showing in my mood.
I am grateful that eventhough I am feeling frustrated with myself today, tomorrow is a new day.
I am grateful to be here with everyone. 
Congratulations on 700 days!!! Very inspiring and so proud of you!
Thank you for all the encouragement also.
