Daily Gratitude, The Air Of Recovery

[Dazercat]

Wowzers
Thank you Twinnie

I got no words.

[JasonFisher]

I’m grateful to have got some good rest yesterday.

I was exhausted the other night and want to congratulate @Lisa07 for earning 1000 days! I’m grateful for you!

Congratulations @Its_me_Stella for earning 900 days. I’m grateful for you!

Both of you have had a huge positive influence on my journey! You are awesome moderators and I appreciate all that you do here.

@Dazercat congrats for earning 900 days booze free.

You all inspire me to be a better person. To help others more. To be kinder. I’m grateful to be on this journey you all.

I’m grateful that such awesome support is always in my pocket or running in the background on my PC when I’m home.

I’m grateful for this thread and everyone who participates here.

I’m grateful to have realized how important gratitude is towards maintaining healthy recovery.

I’m a sarcastic, pessimistic, harsh, rebellious and rough around the edges guy by nature.

Gratitude keeps me positive, it gives me compassion. It helps me see and appreciate the beauty of life, instead of being consumed by all the insanity and negativity out there.

It makes feeling feelings and emotions tolerable, sometimes really enjoyable.

It helps me silence my self destructive side, and allows me to bloom instead of doom.

I’m grateful to be grateful.

[Lisa07]

Thank you, Jason!
You have had such an inspiring impact on my journey and I’m so happy to be walking this path along side of you.

[I.cant.We.can]

I’m grateful to God please help guide me to do your will while remaining clean and sober, just for today. I’m grateful for my recovery with its challenges and blessings. I’m grateful for All my family, friends, TS and the gratidudes. I’m grateful I have a space to rant on the Halt thread later. I’m grateful for @Lisa07 @Its_me_Stella and @Dazercat hitting those milestones, keep moving forward, you all matter soooo much, thank you for my recovery.
God bless you all. &

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

[Shaunda]

Good evening
I am grateful for being exhausted from a day of double meetings, meeting with my sponsor, being there for a fellow alcoholic, being able to help an elderly neighbor and being sober.
I will go to sleep sober tonight and for that I am grateful.

Have a wonderful evening friends.

[Sunflower1]

@Dazercat @Its_me_Stella @Lisa07 congrats on the milestones!
@I.cant.We.can , hope your H.A.L.T. Visit helped you feel better.
I’m grateful all of you are here!

[Lisa07]

Thank you, Brian and @Sunflower1! I would have never made it to 1000 days without the help of everyone on this forum. There were too many dark days to do this on my own. I’m so grateful to have you all apart of my sober story.

PS… You are a star, shine bright. Ya You!!

While I’m here, I have to acknowledge another loving, kind and generous friend.

Congratulations on 900 days @Dazercat!

[Bluekoolaid]

I’m grateful for

1. My recovery
2. AA
3. TS
4. Friends
5. Nature
6. Music
7. Sour patch kids and watermelon juice
8. Headphones
9. Pen and paper
10. God

I’m grateful for the one day at a time. I’m grateful that all I have to do is try my best today

[M-be-free49]

Evening gratitude…
Yes, grateful for all of the gratidudes and the whole forum, but especially grateful for our moderators, and our milestone-makers. That said, day 1 is a milestone! Any day spent sober is a day to celebrate. I celebrate all of you.

I’m grateful that tomorrow is summer solstice - at least here in the northern hemisphere. I’m grateful for what summer solstice means to me: day of light! I need it, at least spiritually, right now. (Physically? I’m tired! But that little bird dude starts his chirp-chirp-chirping in the middle of the night! Grateful that it makes me laugh when I hear him. Grateful that I grumble, talk to him out loud, ask him if he thinks I’m running a 24/7 drive thru coffee shop while I put the kettle on. Sounds crazy? At least I’m not hungover.) The days will get shorter after this. I’m grateful for that too. It feels like a gentle reminder that… it’s okay, I’ll still grow, there will always be enough light. Less light is like a quiet invitation to turn inward, to slow my pace. I’ll take this into the rest of summer with me, and try to take more pauses, deeper breaths, moments of being present to all that is right now.

I’m grateful I get to work reduced hours tomorrow, from home no less. For the time I will spend in my little garden. The groceries in my frig and the time to make nice meals. For the time to spend on my recovery, and for wanting to spend my time that way.

I’m grateful for another day.

[moonchild7994]

I am grateful to be clean, I am grateful for my sponsor and the 12 steps, I am grateful for spiritual principals and my parents. I am grateful to God and Jesus. I am grateful for grace and mercy. I am grateful for my job and my neighbors. I am grateful for my health and fitness. I am grateful for food and shelter. I am grateful I have a boyfriend. I am grateful for my lap cat Birdie I am grateful for motivation. I am grateful for the Bible. I am grateful for JFT meditation. I am grateful for meetings. I am grateful for the love I have received from others while getting clean.

[maxwell]

I’m grateful I made it another day sober. I’m grateful I have a job that pays the bills. I’m grateful for my home I bought on my own 15 years ago and it’s almost paid off. I’m grateful my ex husband didn’t financially destroy me, he came very close in 2015-18. I’m grateful he’s out of my life for good. I’m grateful I have faith in God and believe things happen for a reason.

I’m grateful for Max and Riley who always love me unconditionally and make me smile and laugh every day. I’m grateful they can’t tell everyone how much I talk to them as well as answer for them. I’m grateful to each and everyone of you. I’ve never known such an accepting, supportive group of people of all ages. If we weren’t all addicts, we could rule the world!! But I digress… I’m grateful for humor, love and kindness and the special bond we all share together. .

[PinkyP]

Morning,
I’m grateful for not drinking yesterday or wanting to.
I’m grateful my days are adding up.
I’m grateful that my partner is following my lead without any pushing from me. He was talking about willpower and I said that I didn’t need to use it because I don’t want to drink. I’m grateful for that and realise it might not always be the case.
I’m grateful for lovely long uninterrupted sleep. Just the absolute best! It affects everything. I don’t know how I got through my days on so little sleep and poor quality sleep too. I was one of those people who did everything, sorted everything, up at the crack of dawn to prove to everyone (myself mostly) that the amount I was drinking didn’t affect me or my life.
I’m grateful for all the different birds visiting my window feeder this morning.
Have a great day x

[pomeapple]

Today I am grateful to be 1 year clean and sober. Grateful for all the support I’ve had from strangers who are now friends. Grateful to my HP for looking out for me in my dark days. Grateful to be blessed

[SassyBoomer]

I’m feeling especially grateful this morning and I’m grateful for that. I woke up at 5:30 and grabbed my morning coffee. Went out to our screened Florida room and started scanning posts here. I’m grateful that I got to watch the morning bloom out of the darkness and enjoy listening to the birds wake up. I’m grateful that I can reflect on my past and know that I don’t have to choose to live in that pit again. I’m even grateful for the drinkers and smokers in my family who dwell in this house because their shenanigans are a reminder of what I don’t want to be. I’m grateful it’s only 10 days to the NA convention and my granddaughter and I will get away to go celebrate recovery with thousands of other recovering peeps. I’m grateful to live in a house where it is normal for everyone to greet our cats and dogs with a cheerful “good morning, Binx! Good morning, Pumpkin! Good morning, Jerry!” I’m grateful for another 24 and for all of your 24’s. If someone ever added up all our 24’s here just think of the massive block of recovery time we built together. Mind boggling. Have a great sober day, my friends

[Callie99]

Good morning
I’m grateful I’m feeling much better today after a random case of food poisoning yesterday. It reminded me just how grateful I am for my health. That most days I wake up pain free, with energy, and I’m able to move my body in anyway I want. I’m grateful I’m rebuilding old lifelong friendships. When I was drinking I was not great at staying in contact with people. Sometimes I felt too overwhelmed to answer texts and calls. I don’t feel that same weight anymore. I’m grateful I feel light and I’m lucky to have good humans who love me. I’m grateful for my mom. We definitely have our issues but I internalize them less these days. I know that they are a result of her life and trauma, not about me. I called her yesterday ( I still want my mom when I’m sick) haha and she had a bunch of kombucha and healthy snacks delivered to the house. I’m grateful I’m going to try and get a swim in after I’m finished with my gratitudes. I’m grateful this came first today. I’m grateful for all of you.

@Lisa07 @Its_me_Stella @Dazercat @pomeapple congrats on all your milestones

[Cjp]

Good morning TS fam,

51 days free from weed and alcohol

Im so very greatful for my sobriety and the time to think and observe with a clear mind.

Im greatful I found an AA sponsor. Shes a little random but im open to learning from her.

Im greatful for a safe home filled with love.

Im greatful for my new job that gives me a reason to wake up early and be productive.

Im greatful for all the contributors here who are sharing in their sober journey.

Recovery one day at a time

[Its_me_Stella]

@Bootz

He used to say, “Life is short, go outside and don’t come in until you’ve said at least once, ‘That is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen!’ and meant it.”

This is beautiful itself.

[maxwell]

Congratulations Nicci on 1 year!!! ,

[Its_me_Stella]

Good morning

I am grateful that scrolling through this thread can rouse up so many different emotions in me very quickly. I have experienced love, joy, awe and so many more in such a short time. I am grateful for this. I am grateful for the meeting topics last night. Some nights I really need a meeting, not because anything is wrong or I am feeling bad per say my spirit just tells me so, and I have learned to listen. I am grateful that the voice of my higher self has moved into the foreground. I am grateful that I have found the courage and drive to continue the stepwork I started from the “Inner Bonding…” I am grateful that I have learned the principles of humility and courage, self worth and self compassion over the last 2.5 years. I am taking a big step and taking a table at a rock and gem show to sell some items I have created. I feel very vulnerable and I have learned that it’s ok to feel like that, I don’t need to push those feelings away. I am using the tools I have been taught to get myself to the fair, so that I don’t cancel my table, so that I don’t show up loaded, so that I don’t ask someone else to work it for me. I am using the tools that have been used by so many addicts before me that have gotten them through situations where they have felt scared and alone. Where they have come out the other side stronger and still clean. I am grateful for the people in recovery that share their experience strength and hope with me everyday so that I can believe in myself too.

Thanks for sharing your recovery with me, I am so grateful for you.

[I.cant.We.can]

I’m grateful to God please help me be better today than I was yesterday while remaining clean, sober and performing your will. I’m grateful for my recovery and yours. I’m grateful for All my family, friends, TS and the gratidudes. I’m grateful for detox’s, treatment centers, and all the 12 step rooms. I’m grateful for the speaker I heard last night at AA and that after she came to talk with me and boy did I talk, I remember her from two years ago and even 36years into her recovery she still has passion for it, fantastic. I’m grateful the lady celebrating 16 years gave me a big hug and thanked me for being there, her story and support around the rooms here has helped me and many immensley as well, she is always there on good and bad days, doing the next right thing as best she can. I’m grateful for halt. I’m grateful for the support and perspective from so many of you gratidudes, it means so much guys thank you, I feel better, the challenges are still there but I feel better thanks @DLS @JasonFisher @M-be-free49 @Bootz @Sunflower1 . I’m grateful I slept pretty good and already cleaned my place , myself, made breakfast, prayed and read my readings.
I’m grateful I can go volunteer in the garden now for a while, pull weeds, spread mulch. I’m grateful I can call the college this afternoon and set up an appointment rather than struggle to try and do it all myself.
God bless you all. &

p.s. You are absolutely incredible. Ya you!!