Daily Gratitude, The Air Of Recovery

Hi CJ!
120 is quite an accomplishment, nice job!! :trophy:

I laughed when you said old you would have dug it out of the trash, me too!! One of my favorite moves was putting vodka in my garage freezer so I wouldnā€™t drink it. Since the garage is attached to my house and the freezer is 3 steps from my kitchen, my plan was a complete failure! :rofl:

Feel better soon lady! :hugs:

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Wow! I am so grateful for your share. Youā€™ve made me cry tears of both joy and gratitude :heart: I dont know you but Iā€™m so proud of you!!!
Iā€™m truly grateful for the heart warming time spent with your daughters this weekend. Wonderful! :hugs:

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Congratulations on 4 months of sobriety!!!

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Hey you ā€œdaily gratidude peopleā€ :cherry_blossom:

I am new in this thread, but I think it is a good idea to spend daily focus on gratidude! I always forget Journaling in my notebook or something and itā€™s much nicer to be in contact with other people! :smiley::hugs:

So letā€™s goā€¦ 9 am Tuesday andā€¦

I am grateful for this hot, strong, ecological cup of coffee I have
I am grateful for the super clean outdoor pool i enjoyed yesterday, it was soo blue water, heaven and wonderful sundowner, perfect challenging workout
I am grateful that I tried the cold shower there yesterday (warm shower costs extra :rofl:) it was hard but such a healthy, warming feeling when I dried and put my cozy warm clothes on
I am grateful for being free, to do what I want
I am grateful to be a good cook
I am grateful to have a healthy body
I am grateful that I am so much into sports atm and am able to make my body more strong and flexible, which has an impact on my overall well-being
I am grateful to have a nice flat
I am grateful to have a bike
I am grateful for positive people in my environment
I am grateful for my glowing skin
I am grateful to have enough food in the fridge
I am grateful to have a job and furthermore to have opportunities to change and develop
I am grateful to learn
I am grateful for a clear mind that sobriety brings
I am grateful to be at ease today
I am grateful that I found this community, it is so helpful for sobriety!

I am grateful for the things this day will bring :cherry_blossom::blue_heart::revolving_hearts::heart::cherry_blossom:

Have a wondeful day :hibiscus::cherry_blossom::hibiscus:

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Today I am grateful for the past 5 sober days amd that I have the opportunity for another today. I am grateful for my energy these days to get up for a morning walk (post coffee) before having to start work. I am grateful my sonā€™s work and coaching has started up again as that tends to keep him motivated, excited and engaged. I am grateful for our sweet pups and kitties who add live to the home and for our quiet and friendly neighborhood allowing for nice walks. I am grateful the kitties in the neighborhood have started coming to the end of their driveways for pets when I walk by. Theyā€™ve never done that before. I feel like itā€™s a sign to stay on the path, so Iā€™ll go do that now. Wishing you all a healthy sober day/night ahead.

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Good morning beautiful people.

I am greatful today

Greatful for my sobriety, 121 days free from weed and alcohol
Greatful my immune system is kicking in and im on the mend
Greatful hubby and i are quarantining together
Greatful for lemon in my hot tea
Greatful i will be celebrating my first birthday sober in a long time this friday
Greatful for my husband
Greatful for Boscoe
Greatful to work from home
Greatful for everyone here who shares in fellowship.

Let us go out and slay the day soberly!

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Welcome @Juli1 ! Glad you are here!
This morning I am waking up grateful and excited to see my fiance take on his first day clean outside the structure of his (our) treatment center. I am grateful for this opportunity to get to meet him as he was always meant to be and so excited to get the chance to get to know him again. Recovery truly is a chance to have two lifetimes in one. So grateful that he has decided his life is worth living, worth loving, and worth fighting for! Grateful I get to go ahead and work today because his sister is picking him up, grateful for how things worked out and I had some help and donā€™t have to figure this all out myself. Grateful he had the wisdom to tell us he didnā€™t want to be alone AT ALL today and that one of us needed to be there when we was ready to walk out those doors. Grateful for the wisdom this shows. Greateful for the other signs heā€™s displaying that heā€™s really been trying, paying attention and things are changingā€¦grateful that I see him being willing to take suggestions, thatā€™s heā€™s going into Oxford housing for a couple months while we get to know each other again, while he gets his recovery game going and strong, and grateful he can understand itā€™s because people who have come before us and have experience with recovery agree we both need to have a solid recovery individually before we completely rejoin all forces. Grateful he can see the wisdom in this and is wanting and willing to give both of us (and us as a partnership) the best fighting chance possible. Grateful that his clean and sober house is really not very far from my clean and sober house. :grin:
Wow. Grateful itā€™s finally hitting me that after 5 years of both slodging in the misery of our active addiction Iā€™m sitting here on the morning of a day I have been dreaming of for a long, long, time. Grateful for the goosebumps and good energy Iā€™ve got coursing through me at this very moment.
Grateful for grace, for my ability to feel it for myself in this moment and for him and the grace he has never failed in providing me. Grateful to have a relationship worth being excited and hopeful over. Grateful for such a large and warm hearted person as he is, grateful to be getting this front row seat at watching a beautiful, wonderful person bloom.
Grateful for this exciting, clean life weā€™re CREATING. Grateful weā€™re beating the odds, grateful we never. Gave. Up. Grateful to think I never will.
Grateful for my favorite quote of all time, "Life is not about finding yourself, it is about CREATING yourself.
:point_up:This quote was painted on the wall of my treatment center. It was day 2 and I was having to fight the urge to run out about every 5 minutes. Grateful I noticed it on the wall and it made me pause and realize that itā€™s all in my control to create, itā€™s not a happenstance chance thing to have a life worth anything, itā€™s up to ME. Grateful for that massive paradigm shift on day 2 that let me settle the F down and get to business.
Grateful for today, a day full of SO MANY wonderful possibilities and possible firsts, should him and I just so choose.
Grateful for this beautiful morning of my 166th day clean.
LESSSSS GOOOOO!!!

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:purple_heart:thank you, @Shaunda

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Iā€™m grateful to to see Darcy put the gratitude thread right at the top and so easy for me to find. Good morning Darcy.
Edit on the proof read: Good morning Maxie.

Iā€™m grateful the headache I woke up to at 1 am was not from drinking. Iā€™m grateful I was able to take some Advil and go back to sleep instead of crying in the hot shower drinking a gallon of water because I was so dehydrated and in so much crushing pain.
Iā€™m grateful I was able to get back to sleep and the headache is minimal. Iā€™m grateful to be free of those brutal hangovers that started in the middle of the night.

Always grateful to be sober and enjoying my calmer new life. Iā€™m grateful Iā€™m looking forward to my Al-Anon meeting tonight that I currently feel I donā€™t ā€œneed,ā€ to go to. But rather want to go to.

Iā€™m grateful for my fireplace, woolen hoodie, coffee, cool mountain air, blanket and dog on my lap, quiet time. Iā€™m grateful my morning quiet time prayer devotional time, now only consists of prayer and 2 readings and my gratitude. Iā€™m grateful Iā€™m calmly enjoying it instead of rushing through 5-7 readings to get to my gratitude and TS threads before we walk the dogs.

Iā€™m grateful Iā€™m realizing my addict tendencies even in recovery. Going into Al-Anon all gang busters chairing my very first meeting with a bunch of strangers. Iā€™m grateful Iā€™m realizing Iā€™ve always been all in, over kill, be the best of or nothing. Iā€™m grateful I can keep a bit of that competition, no oneā€™s going to beat me, attitude for my recovery now. But also in a more calming way.

Iā€™m grateful Minnie came over for a pet.
Iā€™m grateful Mavy and I had a good long snuggle last night watching a movie.
Iā€™m grateful for my gratitude work.
Iā€™m grateful for your gratitude work.
:pray:t2::mountain_snow::evergreen_tree::yellow_heart:

When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears.
Anthony Robbins

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Morning All!

Iā€™m grateful Iā€™m on Day 17! :star_struck:
Iā€™m grateful for my work being busy and being able to do it from home. :house_with_garden:
Iā€™m grateful I didnā€™t drink or even think about it yesterday. :thinking:
Iā€™m grateful for the weather today and Iā€™m looking forward to fall. :evergreen_tree:
Iā€™m grateful for all my new plants and Iā€™m doing my best not to kill them. šŸŖ“
Iā€™m grateful for Max always waiting for me in the morning. :dog:
Iā€™m grateful for Riley eating well, canā€™t wait for our vet appointment! :smiley_cat:
Iā€™m grateful for a 3 day weekend coming up! :blush:

And especially, Iā€™m grateful for everyone of you. :heart:

Enjoy your day!! :tulip::four_leaf_clover::sunflower::pray::sparkling_heart::hugs:

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Congratulations on your 4 months clean and sober CJ :clap::clap::clap:
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I hope youā€™re continuing to feel better.
:pray:t2::blue_heart:

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Today i am grateful for the air that i breathe

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Iā€™m super grateful for my new counselor. I was apprehensive at first, I had just gotten comfortable with my last one when she moved on. But, this lady also really helps me address my codependency and sheds light on things that make sense in a way I can take a huge sigh of relief. I love light bulb moments that make it easier to work on things.

Iā€™m grateful my new book ā€œdrop the rockā€ came in.

Iā€™m grateful I was finally able to surrender last night and sincerely pray and mean my 7th step prayer. Im grateful it took me a week to consider it, mull it over, talk about it in meetings.

Iā€™m grateful I know my character shortcomings wonā€™t just disappear magically but rather it will be a life long process and something to always be striving for.

Iā€™m grateful I dont have to be all or nothing. I can choose middle ground in any situation.
Iā€™m grateful for both a friend in AA and my counselor helping me to finally comprehend this today. Or at least start to comprehend this lol

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Im grateful that today i woke up and felt motivation to be outside in my garden. That has always been my happy space and i havenā€™t wanted to go outside lately.
Iā€™m on day 51 of being sober and im grateful for that. Iā€™ve had a hard time facing emotions and problems in life since becoming sober due to numbing them for so long. Its brought on a great depression.
The sunshine i soaked up today was much needed and i feel good.

This is my first post on here. I like reading these threads so i figured i would finally try posting.

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Thank you for posting! Often the simplest things like sunshine and earth are exactly what we need to change our perspectives towards the positive. Iā€™m glad you had that today.

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Good evening all,
Iā€™m grateful for an easy day at work. Iā€™m grateful I got to workout, straighten up the house, and hang out with the kids. Iā€™m grateful for my houseplants and that they are doing good. Iā€™m grateful we have enough of everything we need. Iā€™m grateful for love and forgiveness.
Everyone have a wonderful day :heart:

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Welcome Cheyenne and thank you for posting. The sunshine is so healing. Im glad you were able to get out and let it lift you up.
Congratulations on 51 days of sobriety!
Iā€™m grateful you are here and joining in. :hugs:

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Hi Cheyenne!
Congratulations on 51 days! I liked your post, the gratitude one is one of my favs. Welcome to the community. :hugs:

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Hey Maxine,
Iā€™ve seen you respond to a lot of posts lately but not sure if Iā€™ve missed your own personal check ins. Just wanted to see how you are doingā¤ļø

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I am grateful to be going to sleep. Grateful that my fever broke. Grateful that the two covid test I took today were negative. Hopeful they stay that way. :crossed_fingers:

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