Instead of triggers, tell me your glimmers

I just had a nice chat with an older guy (who could’ve been my grandpa) on the train.
Months ago this would have been terrible for me, not the chat itself, but the stares of the people around (the German stare lol).
It was really interesting, he told me that he immigrated here and what he studied, and some political stuff that doesn’t belong here.
This kinda made my day :slightly_smiling_face: A nice encounter.

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Sun rising on my day 1001 sober. Only topped by the following morning swim. True gifts of sobriety.

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Getting into tea has really been a nice part to sobriety! There’s a tea for every occasion. Mine might have gotten a little out of control. I’m an addict :wink:

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Same,and that’s just my current favorites :joy:

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Clocking out from work on your last shift before a vacation.
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  • When the apartment is clean again after a messy week
  • The smell of the butcher shop I visited today
  • fresh cooked food
  • fresh laundry
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cool air in the morning…when my younger son says good night in such a kind way…when my older son gets really silly… clean hair…when I lay down at night and feel accomplished from the day.

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  1. Knowing my son is coming over to visit today.
  2. Staying in bed all day watching movies in peace
  3. Waking up this morning without a hangover.
  4. Freedom do whatever I feel like doing.
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Each post one of us has poured forth from within, becoming peered upon by me in passion and with love, the spark of the divine we are all similarly endowed with, the… This. Whatever allows for the feeling of feelings being felt, the capacity to defy the known and grasp in hope or desperation an unknown later at the expense of a known and feared withdrawal cycle now. Surf upon the absurdity of it all, delight in you being born as the animal which may feel pain and allow for suffering, to each misery dwarfed by love, gratefulness for love, and ability to feel and make felt all things which cast a warm glow casting but a shadow of the former, a shapeless form now… as each sour is replaced by sweetness in taste, so too is the dark to be illuminated by the flickering of flame as goodness is embraced and blissful beauty overtakes any chance for sadness to force itself upon you, shattering like glass against our choosing of thoughts rather than a mere allowance to appear absent willed conjuring, a mind is as this pc… each runs uniquely in process, capacity, and outcome. Pilot your meat skeleton with mindfulness in acting and even more so in effect, aligning both with virtue always, to avoid shame is to birth pride and to abandon guilt is to presently reside, each now becomes a then and dies in all but memory. Each day is a tomorrow until it arrives. A past is a stoney sea of lessons and a future is a perceived outcome felt, before it is so, you make it so. Glimmers are everywhere. I see each of you sparkle :slight_smile:

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Watching T.V. with the sound turned down.
Warming myself by the furnace in the morning.
Hearing a cool song I haven’t heard in ages.
Grilling on my BBQ and it comes out perfect.
A fresh haircut.
The buzzing of the barber’s clippers on my neck.
New shoes.
Waking up in the morning and realizing it’s my day off.
A glazed buttermilk bar…OK, ANY donut!
A PB&J with perfect portions of each.
The smell of fresh ink on a new book.
Getting good service in a restaurant.

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  • Seeing people being kind to each other
  • Animals
  • Cherry donuts (finally again in stock \o/ )
  • Music!
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People with twinkly eyes.
Compassion.
A great movie or TV show or book that you understand in your soul.
Never waking up hungover or not knowing what happened the night before. That is never disappointing.

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Sore muscles in an Epsom bath
Catching up with a favourite book series
Early mornings
Catching a clear sky full of stars
Cold fresh water

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Putting on a fresh, brand new pair of socks right out of the package.

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The hottest shower in the world on my back and shoulders.

Then a cold finish :snowflake::cold_face:

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The feeling after a shower. You’re clean, hair is washed and dry and you smell absolutely awesome! I love that :slightly_smiling_face:

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When your head and body turn back to normal after a migraine attack that grounded you for 2,5 days

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Yes! I dyed my hair yesterday and made a full spa event of of it. Face mask, bodybutter, foot mask, the whole thing.
I only wash my hair once a week (I have long, thick curly hair, so I need to plan maintanance) and the day after I still feel sooo good. Feeling so fresh and so clean :bubbles:

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It’s too quiet on here for too long!

Acutally…humans. Yes, humans. Today I had to drag my old topper down into the basement. A guy and his granddaughter crossed my way in the stairwell. They offered help without even knowing me. But the topper isn’t heavy only big so I made it alone.

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Coming home to a pot of hot, homemade soup from my Mrs. after a hard day at work.

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