Daily Gratitude, The Air Of Recovery

Grateful to be alive
Grateful im not on the worst possible path
Grateful for 3 sober months
My car, a roof, my art
Grateful for roasted potatoes
Grateful for friends.

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I’m grateful you’re alive too Minatasha.
Congratulations on your 3 sober months.

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Nice to see you checking in on the gratitude thread.

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I wanna give thanks today for my sobriety and this community and all the work I put in and the commitment I make to myself daily to stand up for myself and grow towards the life I want. Today I went to an admission interview for a creative degree which has been my absolute childhood dream to do. It was so hard to not abandon myself every step of the way during preparation, submission of my work, prep for this interview today, picking an outfit, making the train journey, talking to an impressive and dead cool mofo of a Professor without falling apart and believing the old voices in my head that scream you’re nothing you’re nothing, run away and hide already. I am grateful for all the tools I have. For my super supportive partner who helped me prep and believes in me, and the friends I told about this and who were loving and excited and my sister who gave me a bear hug and started crying when I told her. I am grateful for the experience that this is possible for me, to put myself out there. I have literally never put myself out there before. I am so grateful for this journey. Whether I get the coveted spot to study there or not, I have so much to be grateful for already.

Thank you. Also, cross your fingers!

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Crossing my fingers and toes for you @Faugxh

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Lets kick the day off with some gratitude…

Im greatful for

My sobriety - 40 days free from weed and alcohol
My moms unwavering support and love
My hubby and Boscoe
My new job and friendly coworkers
My safety
Introspection
Clear thinking
Everyones love and support here
The memes thread!
Your sobriety

We are stronger together. Lets get this one day at a time!

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This is awesome on so many levels!
Chasing dreams, creating the life you want, working through the inner dialog of self doubt and no longer self sabotaging.
Luck favors the prepared. I’m crossing my fingers for you too.
I’m grateful you shared this!

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I’m grateful for recovery. Mine and others.
I’m grateful for my friends and all the support here.
I’m grateful its so easy to access.24/7
I’m grateful to be alive and able to chase dreams.
I’m grateful I haven’t settled for less.
I’m grateful that I haven’t allowed myself to get distracted by any miserable good paying job offers I get.

To thine own self be true… I’m grateful I’m finally doing that. I’ve heard and read that simple sentence thousands of times over the years. I’m grateful to be practicing it. To be putting recovery first, being of service to others and staying focused on creating the life I want.

I’m grateful to be clean and sober. I ran into a good friend yesterday. He is spun. He is a shell of who he once was. It reminded me of how far I’ve come. Its funny when someone who isn’t a shining example of good living reminds me of some of my most embarrassing moments and affirms how bad I was. I was bad. I was a shell of who I am. I’m grateful the shell isn’t empty anymore.

I’m grateful I can be an example that change is possible.

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I am grateful for the opportunity to do myself well again today.
I am grateful for all the teachings that these hard, addicted days have brought forth.
I am grateful for myself, my ambition, hard work and determination to feel something again.

I am grateful for change, and the ability to move forward.

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Today I am grateful for yet another chance to start over.
I am grateful for a loving family that has never given up on me.
I am grateful that I have found willingness within.

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I’m grateful to God I don’t drink.
I’m grateful to God I don’t depend on booze.
I’m grateful to God for AlAnon.
I’m grateful God puts the right people in the right place at the right time for me.
I’m grateful I’m ā€œgoing with the flow today,ā€

I’m so grateful for my AlAnon story or reading today.
I’m grateful for clouds.
I’m grateful the clouds made a beautiful sunrise this morning with me and my dogs and my Nespresso. I’m grateful I just stood there and enjoyed it and didn’t go for the pic.
I’m grateful Alice’s subcutaneous fluids went possibly the smoothest it’s ever gone.
I’m grateful my friends can work remotely. I’m grateful they don’t have to work remotely this afternoon or tomorrow.
I’m grateful I got my first sober concert in last night. I’m grateful we left early. Since when did they start having 2 back up bands? I’m grateful we left before the end because of Minnie. She’s worth it.
I’m grateful Grampy can still stay up til 1 am like a young dog :dog: here’s a tip. It’s easier to do when your not wasted.
I’m grateful for a little G & G
Gratitude and Gratidudes.
:pray:t2::purple_heart::cactus:

When we finally get our own selfish motives out of the way, we begin to find a peace that we never imagined possible.
Jft.org
Another great reading today.

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I am grateful to be sober. I am grateful for the fitness challenge crew, especially today. I had a tough moment yesterday. Baby steps. Recovery. @Becsta , @Runningfree, @Jesile and also all the others who jump in from time to time.
I am grateful I had a productive day at work. I have nice colleagues, mostly.
I am grateful my mind calmed a bit down after my decision to quit looking for a new apartment.
I am grateful I began the yoga teacher training.

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I’m grateful you’re going to knock ā€˜em dead.
And I’m always grateful for your attitude Faugxh.
Good for you.
I’ll pray God gives you what you need.
:pray::pray::pray:

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Today I’m grateful for clarity. I’m seeing things and people, myself included, for who or what they truly are. There is no negativity attached to that statement at all. It’s really more of a statement of acceptance. I’m grateful for starting to heal. I’m grateful for the Universe intervening and hearing me when I had lost hope it was listening. As much as I would love to say this is it and I promise I’ll never drink again, I’m trying really hard not to make any promises to anyone right now because I actually care if something happens and I break them. I am grateful for forgiveness. I am grateful for resilience.

A story keeps appearing on my Tik Tok FYP. It’s about a girl who was battling mental health issues and tried to unalive herself more than once. She had a paramedic the last time who said to her, ā€œOne more time. Let’s try one more time.ā€ I have been saying this over and over to myself for a few weeks now. I have to process all of the trauma. I can’t drown it out in alcohol. It doesn’t work. It never did. So here I am……One more time.

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I’m grateful to God, please help me be my best self, doing your will, clean and sober, just for today. I’m grateful for my recovery and yours and the accompanying blessings and challenges. I’m grateful for All my family, friends, TS and the gratidudes. I’m grateful when the internet stopped this morning in the middle of my routine of prayers, readings and gratitude I could adjust and do it later, meaning finally now. I’m grateful for more amazon deliveries arriving in time for dads birthday Sunday. I’m grateful I made fresh cookies for the community fun bingo game this afternoon, they were a hit, who doesn’t love fresh cookies. I’m grateful that Kentucky fried chicken is going to give me a cooking job as soon as I can get all the proper paperwork to them, sadly the wreckage of my past is still present, they want original version of social insurance numbers and birth certificates so I am working on getting them but it takes weeks to get it done via a combination of internet and snail mail. I’m grateful they are understanding and are willing to wait and then work with me while I get it done. I’m grateful … beyond grateful… soooo grateful to have been accepted to college yesterday for a two year social sevice worker program starting this september 6th and its only a 35 minute walk from my door. I’m grateful I can admit it is a little scary how it is all coming together. I’m grateful I can also admit it has been a long time (26 years) since I was in school so the nerves are way high. I’m grateful that I attended a recovery support group this afternoon and they asked me to lead group once a week on thursday evening. I’m grateful my NA homegroup meets tonight. I’m grateful a friend and I have plans to go see the new Jurassic Park at the theatre tomorrow afternoon. I’m grateful for the twelve steps. I’m grateful for music, laughter and humor.
God bless you all. :v: & :heart:

p.s. You are a star, shine bright. Ya you!!

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Congratulations getting in that college Brian. I’m grateful you will be able to do that. You will be really good at that. Way to go buddy!!
:pray:t2::purple_heart::cactus:

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Thanks Eric. I am grateful for you. Congratulations … that are late … in regards to grandpa 2x yaaaa!

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Grateful for my ankle not being broken
Grateful for food
Grateful for my room
For cats
For being committed to not drinking
For whatever i have to offer the world that still exists.

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Today I am grateful for many freedoms.
I am grateful for the freedom from self-obsession, self-pity, and self-degradation. I am grateful for the freedom from a marriage and a job where I was unhappy. I am grateful for the freedom from my mind; I am no longer a prisoner there. I am grateful for the freedom to make choices today. Today I am free to speak my truth without hiding behind a lifetime of facades. For that, I am so fucking grateful! I am grateful for my freedom from fear and shame, anger and despair. I am grateful that recovery has given me freedom from my old ways of thinking so that I can look at my life differently, and instead of saying, " I am still suffering; I am not free.", I can recognize all of the things I have found freedom from.
I am free today in many ways, and I am grateful for that.

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Good evening all,
College sounds exciting and scary Brian! I’m sure you will do great!
I’m grateful to be done with work for the weekend. I’m grateful for coffee and laughter at work. I’m grateful for air conditioning because it is HOT where I live! I’m grateful for plans to go up in the mountains tomorrow- the cooler air and pine trees will be wonderful! Everyone have a wonderful evening :heart:

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WOW!!!
Congrats Brian what amazing news. :smiley:

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