Such a beautiful post. I can really feel the gratitude reading it. Sounds like a fine present to yourself on your special day. Wishing you a very happy birthday 
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Iām grateful to be on vacation.
Iām grateful itās not a hall pass to drink 24/7 anymore.
Iām grateful I got a full nights sleep.
Iām grateful Iāll be able to get a 3 mile walk in.
Iām grateful Iām handling things the best I can. Especially those things that are out of my control.
Which is basically everything. But especially some other things that are REALLY out of my control.
Iām grateful to be waited on hand and foot. For a week. Itās nice.
Iām grateful when I donāt feel like chatting with the group of other people I can go off by myself and find a spot for quiet peaceful self time. Iām grateful Iāll be taking a lot of me time if I feel like it.
Iām grateful for the lovely crew thatās taking care of us. Iām grateful they all speak English and they all have different accents.
Iām grateful for my blessings.
Iām grateful to share them here with ya.
Iām grateful for chef Louie and our mysterious Belgium chocolate of the night.
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Iām so happy for you! Youāve written a beautiful testament to your sobriety, your commitment to it, and your desire to have it. I love what you wrote, and love your attached picture with your fatherās gloves. Wishing you the best for each day coming, days where you will feel grounded and good. What a gift youāve given yourself. Be proud of yourself. So much of what youāve written I can identify with. Happy belated birthday, happy every day.
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This was a pleasure to read. So beautiful. Good for you. 
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a very happy birthday to you!
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Good Mid-Day my friends.
I am grateful today to finally be passing on to another text source that seems very promising for my thesis. I am grateful for the joy I find in working, though it is very conflicted for me, emotionally, and I am still pretty blocked. I am grateful to be on this journey now, slowly slowly skimming down the mountain of this blockage. the last few days I have attempted to not hammer myself into the work, but easing. staying with my feelings, not avoiding them all too much. taking rest when I need, attempting to find a medium that works. rather than total subjugation to stress and the mindset of alarm. I am grateful this idea came to my mind, I am considering if it is an option, some more sustainable way to live. as Stella said above, āto have lost that desperate need for things, that feeling of āI canāt live withoutā¦ā Itās been replaced with a much calmer feeling of āI donāt want to Iive withoutāā. The calmness this brings, the agency and the feeling of having a center where I am, where I live, around what does me good. this is really eye-opening. it has come just at the right time where I am attempting to be more with myself, accepting of what is, not clamouring for how things should be. finding more peace. which I am also grateful for.
I am grateful for coffee, the absence of headaches (first day in two weeks), time to work, a scented candle I bought for myself and thatās burning on my desk. I never allowed myself to have one bevor, they were useless and frivolous. grateful I can come away from these old judgements and allow myself to enjoy. the little flame helps me concentrate I feel. grateful for all my beautiful house plants that I love to look at.
grateful my dogs are groomed (by me) so theyāll look their schickest when we will be going to that bbq later. grateful I am working on finding inner space to allow my young friend to make her own (bad man-related) choices. grateful I am sober and sane so I can be there for her when sheās ready. and I can see right through toxic men, manipulation and fakeness. and I can have the resolve not to lose my sanity over other peopleās pain and badness. grateful for the serenity prayer.
grateful for the ground I am making.
enjoy this day ppl, shine brightly or lowly today.
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Good morning sober fam!
Im so very greatful forā¦
My sobriety, 85 days free from weed and alcohol
No using dreams last night, atleast none i remember
Waking up rested before my alarm goes off
Allowing myself rest this weekend
Mom sending updates from the family reunion
My hubby and Boscoe, we are a pack
Personal growth through this sober journey
Every one of you who shares in your sobriety journey
Let us go out and slay the day soberly!
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Happy Birthday 
Iām so grateful you are hereā:heart:
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First happy birthday
2nd, not gross at all. Share your ice cream with your doggie 
3rd. Thabk you for so in deapthly sharing that journey. It really touched my heart this morning. Thereās always someone out there that need to hear our story.
Iām grateful for you and your story. 
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Happy Birthday M 
Thank you for sharing your story with us, honestly. I love the mataphor.
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I am grateful to be sober.
I am glad the heat will be over tomorrow for some days.
I am grateful I donāt stress myself atm. There is less must and more can.
I am grateful I read here and I can relate to many people.
I am grateful I donāt see anything positive in drinking anymore. The fight is over. I surrendered. These small things were not logical for a long time. Once I felt it, I felt free.
I am grateful there is a HP I believe in. Somehow. Somewhere. No need to discuss this or justify. Itās for me and the gift of sobriety feels like this. Staying sober is of course my work.
I am happy for the series I am watching atm. From time to time I see the news and feel: no, close your eyes. Itās out of my control really.
I am grateful I have enough.
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Good morning all,
Iām grateful for the beautiful sunrise on the drive to work. Iām grateful we got some rain yesterday, and that me and my husband went on an evening walk in it. Iām grateful that I feel good today- balanced, content. Iām grateful that I know it wonāt last, but neither will any of the other feelings that replace it. Iām grateful me and the kids did some meal preps yesterday. Iām grateful for me kidsš. And my husband.
Everyone have a wonderful day
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I am grateful to be sober and to have tonight off to rest and catch up on sleep.
I am grateful to be able to spend sometime with my sister.
I am grateful to know that if this anxiety doesnt improve soon I can talk to my doctor.
I am grateful to be here with everyone. 
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I am exploding with gratitude!
My physical therapist said I āgraduatedā today and have been approved to go back to work full time!
Yall! Iāve won mylife back after suffering what seemed like a lifetime the last year! I pushed so hard the last 2 months with p/t, cutting meds with certain side affects and the results are I fawking won! I owe that win to my higher power, I surrendered it all to my higher power and it has shown me it will heal me!
Rocky came to visit this morning
I think he was secretly telling me he knew what was in store for me this day! 
Iām grateful for the family reunion we went to last night. I had a moment of weakness when a cousin of my husbandās offered me a homemade huckleberry daiquiri but I managed a very weak voiced " no thank you, im off alcohol these days" im grateful she understood and didnāt offer again.
Im grateful I went to a place and spoke to them about the rejection of my previous application and told them my availability has changed. They told me to reapply. So I did. I will ve grateful if they accept or deny either way. My higher power knows where I need to be.
Thank you for listening and being so supportive
Edited to add that within 2 hours of resumbitting my application i was called for an interview tomorrow morning. 
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You sound like youāve had a great day. Hope it keeps getting better 
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Happy birthday beautiful soul. 
From one avatar to another.
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Good morning fam-dam.
Yesterday was magical, the whole weekend was actually. I am grateful to be present in my body so that I get to witness the gifts of recovery in my life and the life of other recovering addicts. Simple things, a motorcycle ride along the ocean with friends and lunch on a patio in the sun. I am grateful that I didnāt need to worry about my man friend drinking and then riding his bikeā¦ or that any of the people I was with would drink and ride. I am grateful that people kept saying āWhat a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon.ā and it warmed my heart because I know very well how each of them have spent many, many Saturday afternoons. What a gift we have been given today.
I was blown away yesterday when I asked my daughter to join me at an NA picnic and she said," Sure." It was the first time sheās ever come to an event She even played badminton and ate some food with my sponsees. I broke into tears today when I told her how grateful I was for that and how it had made me feel. I want so badly for her to see how good life can be for us now, all she knows is a mom who couldnāt leave the house due to anxiety and depression. She barely knows the recovering me and I hope that yesterday is the start of her joining me in life. I am grateful for the program of NA and DBT for helping me become a better parent.
I am grateful that there was an appointment available for my kiddo to take her learners at 1:15 which gave us enough time to go for lunch. Tomorrow is my intake appointment with the eating disorder clinic and my monkey mind keeps telling me that I can cancel it because Iām ādoing okā. I am grateful I know better and that I trust my intuition. I am grateful that I am doing better, and that I was at least able to order from a menu without having anxiety, today.
I am grateful for my feelings, to feel them, to understand them and to finally love them even the uncomfortable ones.
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Insanely grateful to wake up to my 130th clean day, with my youngest daughter. I was apart from my daughters for 4 years, thatās when I found opiates, and their graciousness and willingness to let me be present in their lives overwhelmes me at some moments. This is one of them. When I feel so stinkin grateful to just be alive and to get a second chance. Life, if Iām willing to put the work in, is so good.
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Hello friends, I come with great joy to resume my gratitude list, I was on vacation and my ungovernability and procrastination was stronger and I lost my good habits, today I decided to return to them and discipline myself with what does me good, by the way I turned 3 years clean last month 
today I have 1141 days clean and serene thanks to the will of my superior power.
Today I am in gratitude that I am clean, that I have not used substances and that I live a different lifestyle.
Today I am grateful that my higher power is very compassionate towards me and has a lot of love for me. how obfuscated, obsessed, and neurotic I was at work, everything was easier when I left it to his will and did not give up, I understood the value of effort and the serenity that is doing things for the right reasons without rewards or recognition.
Today I am grateful for having a roof, a meal on my table, and the bed I sleep in, I bought it with my honest seventh.
Today I am grateful to have people who care about me and are interested in me, thanks friends @Dazercat and @Erntedank.
Today I am grateful that I have a new sponsor and I am in a step study, I just finished a meeting we are in my first step and today I cried and vent some things that I did not remember but that make me value being in recovery, I already have to work plus my character flaws and ungovernable life.
Today I am grateful that when I look in the mirror I see myself with a little love and I no longer insult my reflection.
Today I am grateful that I can contribute at home and I have the good will to help my parents
Today I am grateful that I signed up to go to a Narcotics Anonymous convention, it is my first convention and I am glad that the decision to go was made.
Today I am grateful for being here writing this list of gratitude and sharing it with you, identifying myself with yours, and learning to grow together.
Today I am grateful because yesterday I laughed a lot listening to a comedy monologue, I had a lot of fun and I liked doing other activities and not just obsessing about my work.
Today I am grateful because today was a very complicated day but it was a good day.
Today I am grateful that I wrote to mom and dad and sent them a picture in my new work uniform and they were very proud of me.
Today I am grateful to understand that being well with my family, social acceptance and having a job is not recovery, that my recovery must be deeper, with myself inside with humility and acceptance.
Today just for today I have not consumed
good night friends.
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