@JKidd56 4 months! Congratulations! 
@Tragicfarinelli let me congratulate you now on 3 months since you will be off for the weekend.
Awesome job both of you!
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They really are! They make me laugh so much though 
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Why thank you! 
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Yeah my mother in law is a keen gardener and they just run around burying acorns or digging bulbs up. Then we see the foxes playing with the bulbs, then the Badger turns up to dig anything left up. Sheās fuming by this point and it cracks me up
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Morning,
Iām grateful that I didnāt drink yesterday or want to.
Iām grateful for patience.
Iām grateful for calm cool evenings and walks by the sea.
Iām grateful to be over half way through our holiday and Iām sober. I would never have thought Iād be able to do this a while ago, Iām pretty pleased with myself. Probably the biggest event that Iāll enjoy sober.
Have a great day 
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Good evening friends 
Today I am grateful for the opportunity to be of service to another lady.
For all the friendly people that crossed my path, I appreciated their smiles.
For all the not so friendly people that crossed my path, I hope my smile helped them even if for a second.
For remembering page 419 in the big book during a meeting I wanted to leave. " but when I try to see what I can add to the meeting, rather than what I can get out of it, and when I focus my mind on whats good about it, rather than whats wrong with it, the meeting keeps getting better and better.
For the willingness my higher power continues to help me have to better myself each day.
Have a wonderful evening everyone.
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Iām grateful for the sunshine and my walk at the beach today with my daughter and pup.
Iām grateful that my energy is coming back and for my workout this morning.
Iām grateful for relaxing on the couch the rest of the afternoon and watching Netflix.
Iām grateful that my 16 year old daughter still likes hanging out with me and is really great company!
Iām grateful for my Charlie and Lola, my family and all of you.
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Iām grateful to be content, tonight. Comfortable in my own skin. At home in my own place and space.
Iām grateful to feel at peace with big changes the last 3 weeks, with my decision last week to leave the relationship (turned situation-ship) of the last 8 months. It was early enough on that I could. Had I not? I was on the fast-track to becoming a codependent-wino-stepmom. (Not on my bucket list.) Was it Iris Murdoch who wrote of not only having the right, but at times the duty, to withdraw from certain relationships? Iām grateful to learn the only one I can save is myself. Iām grateful to learn - slowly - that doing what is best for me may disappoint others, but that is not the same as me setting out to intentionally hurt another. Iām also grateful there are those in my life - dear friends-turned-family - with whom I/we have stuck out some hard stuff, for the better for us all. Weird, but beautiful, how it works out.
Iām grateful I ate my fill tonight of fresh local fish (grilled), corn on the cob, and watermelon. Summer food. Iām grateful to enjoy these instead of looking to refill my wine glass.
Iām grateful for the weekend ahead. Gonna stay put here and center down.
Iām grateful for this thread and all of you. For the support shared here. @ShesGotMoxie said it beautifully, but I echo same, @IamThechange - sending you deep condolences.
Iām grateful for another day. 
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Oh, Iāve had that class! 
Grateful you put this to words. Grateful now that when this happens again I will remember your words and likely stifle a giggle.
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Gratitude is hard to find today. Feels like I fell into a mud puddle thatās a lot deeper than it looked and Iāve lost a shoe trying to get out.
Iām grateful for not wanting to drink despite feeling weighed down.
Grateful for the patience Iāve somehow tapped into, even if waiting is the most infuriating feeling.
Grateful for sad movies to cry to when the tears donāt wanna just fall.
Grateful for waterproof eyeliner so I can still feel cute on the outside when inside I feel like garbage juice and bugs.
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What? No gratitude for 9 hours 
Iām grateful to get the gratitude ball rolling again on a Saturday morning.
Iām grateful for the serenity prayer.
Iām grateful Iām using it on my dog Benson. 
Heās pissing me off so much and really fucking things up around here with his anxiety. But I canāt change him. Iām grateful I do feel bad for him. Iām grateful weāve been to the vet about it and are trying some trazodone but the poor little guy is just fucked in the head and we canāt figure out what started it or why. Iām grateful he still loves his walks and gets excited about them and Iām grateful he is eating. Iām grateful I can share this angst I have about him here. Sorry. Iām grateful for my life and my gratitude.
Iām grateful I feel better.
Iām grateful I donāt drink.
Iām grateful Iām not hungover.
Iām grateful to be sitting outside on a beautiful morning.
Iām grateful my wife just let Benson outside and he came over to me and is sitting in my lap. Iām grateful heās not trembling. It seems heās afraid of me when Iām up and standing or walking around. But he wonāt leave my side and always wants to be with me.
ENOUGH. ABOUT. THE. DOG!!
Iām grateful for a clean house and we donāt have housecleaners today. Iām grateful we donāt have to give Alice fluids today. Iām grateful I donāt have to work out today. Iām grateful itās a day we can use to get ready and packed and organized for when we leave Monday.
Iām grateful to enjoy the last couple of cool mountain weather days. Iām grateful I got to sleep in til 6:45.
Iām grateful a lot of my life revolves around my 6 pets and wifey. Iām grateful itās my life and Iām sticking to it. Sober like.
Good morning Brian.
Iām grateful for you all.
āContentment comes from accepting gratefully the good that comes to us, and not from raging at life because it is not better.ā
One Day at A Time in Al-Anon
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I am grateful to be sober.
I am grateful I followed my rather spontaneous idea of going hiking. I am grateful I had a seat in the train forth and back.which is worth mentioning if youād knew whatās going on in Germany in public transport atm.
I am grateful for a wonderful hike and that my foot was only hurting a bit in the end.
I am happy itās only Saturday. Tomorrow is off.
I am grateful I donāt have any plans for tonight.
I am grateful I have enough.
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Good morning all,
Iām having an off morning. Horrible nightmare snapped me out of sleep at 3 am with heart racing and panicky thoughts. Felt like the old drinking days. I drank some coffee and some Kombucha, and felt lightheaded and spinny, also like the old days where I would sneak drink whatever was leftover from the night before while I was up alone, trying to get back to ānormalāā¦ā¦ of course that just meant I would keep drinking all dayā¦. Really made me flash back in a bad way.
Iām grateful that I donāt do that anymore. Iām grateful that I ate some food, drank some water, and went for a walk/jog out in the sunshine. Iām grateful for sobriety, and how much better my life is because of it. Iām grateful that I listened to a mindfulness podcast while walking, and did the breathing. Iām grateful I feel calmer.
Everyone have a wonderful dayā¤ļø
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Thank you Emm, I could use that todayā¤ļø
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Anytime, friend. Grateful for you here.
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Good morning
I am grateful that I made it through day one of sober festival. I am grateful that I am at a festival on the Island and not at one on the Mainland as the vibe was WAY different. I didnt feel too triggered, there were only a couple of people who were obviously flipping pills. I am grateful that I got up and āmoved to the musicā after being there for a few hoursā¦ itās progress. I have stopped saying things like āI canāt dance soberā or " I will never dance again." because since saying things like that ( I will never be in a relationship again) I have proven myself wrong. I am noticing that if I have self-compassion and just give myself the time I will be able to do anything I want to as long as I keep my mind open to it. I am grateful for my open-mindedness and willingness to have that open mind.
I have been noticing something lately that I do. In situations when I have an emotional surge I seem to take a very obvious pause before i speak. For example, when I am asked to share at a meeting, I get anxious right away so I say " Sure I will share, my name isā¦ I am an addict." Then there is fucking crickets and I just breathe. Connecting to breath helps me connect to my heart which allows me to speak my truth. It happened again yesterday when a āfriendā mentioned that I was eating ALOT! (hahahaahahahahahahhaha Are you fucking kidding me?) I seriously wanted to punch her in the fucking face, so was my pause to stop myself from assaulting her or was I connecting to my heartā¦ Iām not sure. Anyways I am grateful for this pause I have been gifted, it is an extension of the pause that I was gifted at a year clean, it feels even more powerful.
I am grateful that I can recognize that I still donāt really trust women in general and that maybe I wasnāt so far off my whole life by staying away from them. Some of my character traits have saved me from a world of hurt and not trusting women was one of those. I am grateful for the women that I have met in recovery that teach me daily that not everyone is a thoughtless bitch, or out to hurt me. I am grateful that I donāt take things personally anymore and that I can see that when shit like that happens there are just massive gaps in other peopleās recovery.
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Iām grateful to God please help me stay clean and sober while following your will just for today. Iām grateful for recovery and itās challenges and blessings. Iām grateful for All my family, friends, TS and the gratidudes. Iām grateful for daily readings, prayers and gratitude. Iām grateful for the sunshine and birds singing. Iām grateful for music and excersise. Iām grateful that I may work today and I may not, the boss and weather controls that, not me, let it go Brian. Iām grateful for my clean, safe space. Iām grateful I can cook late breakfast. Iām grateful I admitted my part in being wrong and made amends with Michelle, it is still hard and my emotions are raw, let it go again Brian, give it to God. Iām grateful my homegroup was last night and there was some really good stuff being shared. Iām grateful for for all your gratitude I still read them all and they it helps get me through my āstuffā or makes me laugh, remember when, makes me think, makes me proud to be a part of the best virtual homegroup Ever as @Sunflower1 mentioned. Iām grateful for @Bootz and her letās goooās that kind if shit fires me up too. Iām grateful for @PinkyP intro of not drinking today or wanting to for @Dazercat and his probably not today. Iām grateful for my gratifriend @M-be-free49 for sooo many reasons. Iām grateful for @Its_me_Stella itās and honor when we share our hope strength and courage. Iām grateful just talked for over an hour with Kelley my exfiance whom some of you will remember hearing about and seeing pictures of. Iām grateful that as she puts it we are touchstones for eachother and have the kind of friendship that we can talk about all of our stuff without expectations, we had our time. Iām grateful my higher power put her in my life as she knows me on a level not many do if anyone actually and can make me see my shit from a place of love trust and respect. Iām grateful she called me for help and I was able to be that for her too, it goes both ways. Iām grateful the boss just text again to say the water is to rough to be safe. Iām grateful that means I can go for a walk and love this sunny afternoon. Iām grateful this list/check in took hours to finally post 
God bless you all. 
& 
p.s. You are a star, shine bright. Ya You!!
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Back atācha sweet gratifriend!
Ok M, the dog girlās been walked, the home thread (love it) has been read, and the coffeeās all gone. The garden calls already! Damn fine morning here. Grateful.
Iām grateful for another day.
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Hi Stella,
@Its_me_Stella
I love diamond painting (thank you ), couldnāt stop working on it yesterday. Took a mental health day from work, but it was basically to try this craft. Iāve been wanting anything to get addicted to (bad choice of words?) That wonāt make me feel like shit the next day and destroy my liver. So with the exception of a cramped up hand, sore back, I found it. 
Who knew that sticking tiny stones to a board could do that. The ādiamondsā weāre a lot smaller than I thought theyād be, so glad I bought a lighted board or that project would already be in my closet or whipped across the room.
Before I started it, I was having some drinking thoughts, another 3 day weekend, day off Fri with nothing to doā¦ I did think if I was drinking doing the painting it would be all Fād up, but wouldnāt know how bad until morning.
Most of the peeled back part is done!
@Cjp Howās the painting going?
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