http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:49:57 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/ http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/gratitude-list/188727-i-am-grateful.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:06:31 GMT my fiance... i'm thankful that every day when i wake up, he tells me how beautiful and wonderful i am... flawed and all. i am thankful that he is encouraging me to go to meetings if i want... and telling me to do whatever i have to do to get healthy.

i am thankful that he is not judgemental, and is the most supportive person i have ever met. ]]> The Gratitude List elliebean http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/gratitude-list/188727-i-am-grateful.html http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/gratitude-list/188638-tude.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:52:06 GMT Today I am grateful for heat. Am grateful for my own place. Am grateful to live in the Rocky Mountains. Am grateful for a job. Am grateful for less pain this last week. Am grateful for a new(er)... Today I am grateful for heat.
Am grateful for my own place.
Am grateful to live in the Rocky Mountains.
Am grateful for a job.
Am grateful for less pain this last week.
Am grateful for a new(er) car with a good heater.
Am grateful to feel the sun warm my apt in the daytime.

Am grateful to be able to come to SR
am grateful for a job which allows me to come here.

because it was a bitch of a morning.

I found out the people
who let me live with them
until I felt better
have gone through all my belongings
I had stored in their basement
and stolen a LOT of my belongings.

I am grateful I am not one of them.
I am grateful I am rid of them.

I am worried about confronting them
which I will tomorrow...
so I'm focusing on what I HAVE
and who I AM
before what might turn into
a nasty scene. ]]> The Gratitude List barb dwyer http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/gratitude-list/188638-tude.html http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/gratitude-list/188404-thank-you-god.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:01:34 GMT Thank you God for the gift of sobriety. Thank you for seeing me through the difficulties in my life. Thank you God for the gift of sobriety.

Thank you for seeing me through the difficulties in my life. ]]> The Gratitude List Believe808 http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/gratitude-list/188404-thank-you-god.html http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/gratitude-list/188388-i-am-grateful-my-addiction.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:24:13 GMT People often laugh at me, or look at me like I need a "vacation" when I tell them I am grateful God blessed me with my addiction. But I truly am. Had He not, I wouldn't be able to reach out to the still struggling alcoholic/addict, and I CERTAINLY wouldn't be able to do what I do. If not for the recovered among us, how would the still struggling find the help they need? ]]> The Gratitude List SoberByGrace http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/gratitude-list/188388-i-am-grateful-my-addiction.html http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/gratitude-list/188367-i-am-grateful-sr.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:56:07 GMT Hi,

I don't post here as often as I should considering the blessings in my life. I've always been kind of a spoiled brat and am usually more grateful, but it's harder to be grateful when you're down you know. Ironically, I beat myself up for that (and for everything else wrong in my life) which makes me feel worse, but I'm trying not to do that as much.

Anyway though, I am really grateful for SoberRecovery. I spend way too much time here, especially in the chat, but it's been keeping me sober and somewhat sane to know I'm not alone. I'm trying to be more grateful for the other things in my life too. Sometimes as hard as life seems, I think I have it way too easy.

Thanks,
Clayton ]]> The Gratitude List ClayTheScribe http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/gratitude-list/188367-i-am-grateful-sr.html http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/gratitude-list/188301-i-am-grateful-pesky-irritating-painful-voice-has-finally-backed-off.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:15:09 GMT I am so so so so so grateful it is gone. Strangely enough it started to hush up around the same time I realized it was all or nothin and I am an alcoholic. It got so much quieter the day I... I am so so so so so grateful it is gone. Strangely enough it started to hush up around the same time I realized it was all or nothin and I am an alcoholic.

It got so much quieter the day I decided to get down on my knees and ask God for help. My laundry room is my sanctuary. No one goes down there, they don't look for me there, it is a place I can be alone. Sometimes I have only a few minutes but that is really all you need...seconds even...and it smells nice too. I have complicated praying I think...I went to catholic school and prayers were never short, always needed to be word for word and really downright frightening. Now I have learned to kneel...be grateful...get up and switch the laundry.

I am grateful that I have started to be grateful and even more grateful that my gratefulness seems to help:)

Jo ]]> The Gratitude List dojoro http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/gratitude-list/188301-i-am-grateful-pesky-irritating-painful-voice-has-finally-backed-off.html http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/gratitude-list/188281-starting-gratitude-list.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:34:44 GMT I am less the 2 years sober. I have listen to my sponsor thus far and my life is getting better. Some days are hard, but better than it had been while I was drinking. My sponsor suggested that I... I am less the 2 years sober. I have listen to my sponsor thus far and my life is getting better. Some days are hard, but better than it had been while I was drinking.
My sponsor suggested that I create a gratitude list and review it daily. So I wil begin today.

I'm grateful I am sober.
I'm grateful my child now hug and respect me.
I'm grateful I have a job
I'm grateful I have a home
I'm grateful I have no shame
I'm grateful I know what I did the night before

Until tomorrow:c041:dancer5::dancer5: ]]> The Gratitude List madlydancing http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/gratitude-list/188281-starting-gratitude-list.html http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/gratitude-list/188241-gratitude.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:59:00 GMT and in rememberance..... .tomorrow is Veterns Day in the U.S. Prayers for our valiant service members on active duty and for the brave ... and in rememberance.....
.tomorrow is Veterns Day in the U.S.

Prayers for our valiant service members on active duty
and for the brave ones who did serve with honor.

All Gave Some...Some Gave All

Please find a Vet....shake their hand...give a hug
listen to their story...thank them.
Let them know they are not forgotten.
You remembered their valor. ]]> The Gratitude List CarolD http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/gratitude-list/188241-gratitude.html http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/gratitude-list/188133-i-am-grateful-my-elevated-liver-enzymes.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:45:04 GMT it was a gift. It has been over a year since I have known they were high and a constant worry but never enough to make me stop drinking. When I was asked to stop drinking by my dr and couldn't doors started opening. Today I am so close to saying outloud I am an alcoholic. Inside I know it...just can't say it yet. it will come.

I am so very grateful for this gentle nudge, this gift God has giving me. He could have given me a DWI, I could have injured my children, I could have ruined my mariage, isolated my family, set a very bad example for my boys who would grow up to be alcoholics too. I could go on and on. It could have been so much worse. I was given this gift, this realization and I feel smart enough and strong now to take it. I pray for the strength to continue to fight to always know where one drink could lead me.

Thank You and I especially thank You for the sense of calm and peace I have today!

Jo ]]> The Gratitude List dojoro http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/gratitude-list/188133-i-am-grateful-my-elevated-liver-enzymes.html http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/gratitude-list/187798-year-later.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:56:41 GMT and I'm so grateful to have had all the support I've gotten...without it I could not say that some day are really cool and exciting...

thank you all!! ]]> The Gratitude List mxchaos http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/gratitude-list/187798-year-later.html http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/gratitude-list/187626-grateful-being.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:52:10 GMT I'm grateful for being able to no longer get swept up in whatever moment I may have been feeling, for being able to step back and be an observer, and with that make a choice on what I want and be in total control of my thoughts and actions. ]]> The Gratitude List jookie7 http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/gratitude-list/187626-grateful-being.html http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/gratitude-list/187148-i-used-think-about-lucky-people.html Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:53:23 GMT You know, those people that have it all and get all the breaks. But that was all before I saw the forest for the trees. I now realize how good I really have it. I got to know my Grandfather for 16... You know, those people that have it all and get all the breaks. But that was all before I saw the forest for the trees. I now realize how good I really have it. I got to know my Grandfather for 16 years, listen to him share his wisdom and old stories. I felt the longing and pangs of first love, but also the bliss and innocence. I'm currently in a long term relationship with a girl who just 'gets' me; the kinda girl you can tell all your secrets to, and still have her love you. I've never wanted for food, shelter, or clothing. I've managed to steer clear of jail, even though there have been times where I right out deserved it. I've had the chance to learn to appreciate the little things in life that make you smile without too much strife. I've had access to learning tools, and had the ability to further my education. I'd like to think I'm a pretty decent looking fellow, and I don't have much trouble sleeping anymore. Yeah.. you might say I feel like one of those 'lucky people' I always used to envy :wink3: ]]> The Gratitude List TheCuriousGent http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/gratitude-list/187148-i-used-think-about-lucky-people.html http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/gratitude-list/187147-grateful.html Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:32:39 GMT I'm grateful for:
My life sober
My Job
My place
My serenity
My sobriety itself
Food in the cupboard
Nice warm clothes
Friends
Paid for Transportation
Good AA in Gillette, Wyoming
My Sponsees
Good Sponsorship
A loving God ]]> The Gratitude List YogaoftheMind http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/gratitude-list/187147-grateful.html http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/gratitude-list/187045-grateful-support.html Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:16:39 GMT I'm grateful that TODAY my husband is being supportive. I have asked him to quit drinking so I can get a good start to being sober. And also to just be chill so I have no excuses to get pissed and struggle with the idea of having a drink. He has for 4 days been awesome and stayed positive and out of my way. I have a few times snapped at him but he knows I am really digging in riight now so has truly cut me slack.

Thank you God for holding me up today!

Karen ]]> The Gratitude List JKaren http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/gratitude-list/187045-grateful-support.html http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/gratitude-list/186940-i-am-grateful.html Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:07:53 GMT A mother who will give up her privacy and comfort to help me while I get on my two feet again 2 fluffy, furry, and purry cats that are too cute for words, and will follow me wherever I go Being... A mother who will give up her privacy and comfort to help me while I get on my two feet again
2 fluffy, furry, and purry cats that are too cute for words, and will follow me wherever I go
Being able to keep my own car
Being almost done with this semester of school
My two favorite online forums; SR, and BHM ( a hair/style based online community)

I will add more as it comes to me I just wanted to share :) ]]> The Gratitude List LiveLikeGold6 http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/gratitude-list/186940-i-am-grateful.html