Morning Gratitude Through the Night- Part 11 - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

**CarolD** · 10-04-2009, 01:22 AM

Good morning...

Time for a fresh start
Please do continue to share

Here is the last part

http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...part-10-a.html (Morning Gratitude Through the Night- Part 10)

Believe808 · 10-04-2009, 03:48 AM

Grateful to see that so much gratitude has given us another part.

Grateful to Carol for being there to open it.

Grateful for this mornings Daily Reflection reading,

a reminder that it is through the pain that I grow stronger.

I am so grateful to have found an awesome way to live.

I am blessed, we all are blessed.

least · 10-04-2009, 05:56 AM

Grateful to God that my little diabetic boy wasn't sick last night like he was Friday night. I'm so grateful he's feeling better. Thank you God for making him feel better. You gave me my dogs to care for and you know how much I love them. Thank you for helping me care for them.

nelco · 10-04-2009, 05:57 AM

grateful for the chance to live another day to the best of my ability.

gravity · 10-04-2009, 06:50 AM

Grateful for my morning readings...

Quote:

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Anxiety is that range of distress, which attends willing what cannot be willed.
—Leslie H. Farber

There are hundreds of ways in which men try to will things that cannot be willed. We will to sleep; we will to have others like us; we will to have sexual virility. In all these things, the force of our will does not work because what we want is not controllable. They come to us as an outcome of many factors - when the situation is right - when we have become ready for them.

When we could not let go, when we did not know how to turn our life and our will over to the care of God, we became more and more anxious. Then we turned to our addictive or codependent escapes from anxiety and willfulness. It is the folly of our age to try to take charge of everything. We are following a more peaceful and more successful way. We are doing our part and receiving the benefits that come to us.

The will of my Higher Power has a loving purpose and is far wiser than I.

From Touchstones: A Book of Daily Meditations for Men ©1986, 1991 by Hazelden Foundation.

Horselover · 10-04-2009, 08:40 AM

Grateful for my life, my "sober" life.

least · 10-04-2009, 12:58 PM

Grateful God gave me these dogs to love and care for. A big reason to stay sober and do my best.

least · 10-04-2009, 02:52 PM

Grateful I could take my dogs for the annual Blessing of the Animals, which this year fell on the Feast of St Francis. Grateful there was a good turnout, lots of dogs and a 'dog treat' party afterward.

Rusty Zipper · 10-05-2009, 04:13 AM

ah, thats done here too least,

an old actress named June Havoc started it, the sister of Gypsy Rose Lee

grateful i got to know june before she passed on,

oh how she loved the animals...

bohemianzen · 10-05-2009, 04:30 AM

grateful for figuring some things out on my computer yesterday (ye old lightbulb shineth)
grateful for others here on the board being such animal lovers (love your posts least!) grateful for my kittehs (glad they don't have parties for catz here, the evil one would probably be banned hehe)
grateful for my cup of joe to wake me up this morning
grateful i still have my job (my company is merging and ppl are disappearing)
grateful for the roof over my head and the warmth of the heater (it sure is being fall here)

Believe808 · 10-05-2009, 04:36 AM

grateful I am where I am today.

thinking of a year ago,being in rehab, dreary weather very dark.

today 1 year later, sober, at home, many new special friends,

new beginnings, miracles happening every day,

a whole different attitude.

yes I am grateful and blessed.

least · 10-05-2009, 05:45 AM

Grateful that each new day is another chance to 'get it right'.

bananagrrrl · 10-05-2009, 08:12 AM

I am grateful for my loving husband
I am grateful for sober peace and quiet

bohemianzen · 10-06-2009, 04:24 AM

grateful for my mom
grateful my flat tire from yesterday still has air this morning (so far)
grateful to have this board..... i was having some "wavering thoughts" last nite but feel so much stronger reading sr this morning
thank you big guy for coffee

Believe808 · 10-06-2009, 04:28 AM

grateful for honesty, openness & willingness.

grateful for my life, period.

Rusty Zipper · 10-06-2009, 04:51 AM

grateful,

todays the day i go for an consultation on new teef!

Believe808 · 10-06-2009, 04:56 AM

good for you Rusty.

gravity · 10-06-2009, 08:35 AM

Grateful for a bit of progess (prayers answered).

least · 10-06-2009, 08:35 AM

Tho I feel horrible, I'm grateful that my counselor will call me this afternoon so I won't have to miss a session. I need her input but am too sick to leave the house. Grateful that she cares about my well being.

lulamay · 10-06-2009, 10:53 PM

Grateful for waking up and feeling even better than yesterday.
This time last week felt like the end of the world!
Grateful for reading chapter of the Big Book this morning and understanding what a part of it meant; grateful for finding this board as a source of support and inspiration; grateful that I live to fight another day!!!

Rusty Zipper · 10-07-2009, 03:43 AM

welcome to the grat pack lula!

grateful to put in the work,

to be grateful to sow the gifts that sobriety & recovery can bring... (i hope someones reading this)

bohemianzen · 10-07-2009, 04:23 AM

grateful the trash man cometh and taketh away the trash

grateful i'm another day closer to my court date (dreading this but wish it was over)
grateful for finding some purell yesterday (i went to 3 stores that were completely wiped out before getting 4 bottles) wish i had stock in that company!!

least i hope you get to feeling better
and grateful you guys are doing ok - i'm not in panic mode over the H1N1 but just want to remind everyone to remember to wash their hands and be mindful of other people's germs.

Believe808 · 10-07-2009, 04:37 AM

Hi Lula and grateful to see you here too.

grateful for the gifts that sobriety and recovery have given me.

grateful to come on here to start my day on the right foot.

gravity · 10-07-2009, 07:57 AM

Grateful for a bit of patience.

And for fired up kids! - picture day, open house, and book fair today!

Rusty Zipper · 10-07-2009, 06:48 PM

bo[QUOTE]just want to remind everyone to remember to wash their hands and be mindful of other people's germs. [QUOTE]egads!

the mama tells me that still,

at 56! lol

10-04-2009, 01:22 AM	#1 (permalink)
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10-04-2009, 05:56 AM	#3 (permalink)
least bona fido dog-lover Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: eastern USA Posts: 23,513 Blog Entries: 31	Grateful to God that my little diabetic boy wasn't sick last night like he was Friday night. I'm so grateful he's feeling better. Thank you God for making him feel better. You gave me my dogs to care for and you know how much I love them. Thank you for helping me care for them. __________________ I'd rather live in my car with my dogs than live in a castle without them. Dogs may not be our whole lives, but they make our lives whole. Don't wait for the Last Judgement. It takes place every day. -Albert Camus Find the good and praise it. - Alex Haley

10-04-2009, 08:40 AM	#6 (permalink)
Horselover Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: NM Posts: 6,568 Blog Entries: 3	Grateful for my life, my "sober" life. __________________ "For who among us shall cast the first stone?"

10-04-2009, 12:58 PM	#7 (permalink)
least bona fido dog-lover Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: eastern USA Posts: 23,513 Blog Entries: 31	Grateful God gave me these dogs to love and care for. A big reason to stay sober and do my best. __________________ I'd rather live in my car with my dogs than live in a castle without them. Dogs may not be our whole lives, but they make our lives whole. Don't wait for the Last Judgement. It takes place every day. -Albert Camus Find the good and praise it. - Alex Haley

10-04-2009, 02:52 PM	#8 (permalink)
least bona fido dog-lover Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: eastern USA Posts: 23,513 Blog Entries: 31	Grateful I could take my dogs for the annual Blessing of the Animals, which this year fell on the Feast of St Francis. Grateful there was a good turnout, lots of dogs and a 'dog treat' party afterward. __________________ I'd rather live in my car with my dogs than live in a castle without them. Dogs may not be our whole lives, but they make our lives whole. Don't wait for the Last Judgement. It takes place every day. -Albert Camus Find the good and praise it. - Alex Haley

10-04-2009, 03:48 AM	#2 (permalink)
Believe808 Miracles Happen Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 9,977	Grateful to see that so much gratitude has given us another part. Grateful to Carol for being there to open it. Grateful for this mornings Daily Reflection reading, a reminder that it is through the pain that I grow stronger. I am so grateful to have found an awesome way to live. I am blessed, we all are blessed.

10-04-2009, 05:57 AM	#4 (permalink)
nelco Living in sobriety Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 3,868	grateful for the chance to live another day to the best of my ability.

10-05-2009, 04:13 AM	#9 (permalink)
Rusty Zipper Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: my room in ct. Posts: 34,764	ah, thats done here too least, an old actress named June Havoc started it, the sister of Gypsy Rose Lee grateful i got to know june before she passed on, oh how she loved the animals... __________________ *Rule 62*

10-05-2009, 04:30 AM	#10 (permalink)
bohemianzen grateful to be here Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 426 Blog Entries: 14	grateful for figuring some things out on my computer yesterday (ye old lightbulb shineth) grateful for others here on the board being such animal lovers (love your posts least!) grateful for my kittehs (glad they don't have parties for catz here, the evil one would probably be banned hehe) grateful for my cup of joe to wake me up this morning grateful i still have my job (my company is merging and ppl are disappearing) grateful for the roof over my head and the warmth of the heater (it sure is being fall here) __________________ “The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” ~Ernest Hemingway

10-05-2009, 04:36 AM	#11 (permalink)
Believe808 Miracles Happen Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 9,977	grateful I am where I am today. thinking of a year ago,being in rehab, dreary weather very dark. today 1 year later, sober, at home, many new special friends, new beginnings, miracles happening every day, a whole different attitude. yes I am grateful and blessed.

10-05-2009, 05:45 AM	#12 (permalink)
least bona fido dog-lover Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: eastern USA Posts: 23,513 Blog Entries: 31	Grateful that each new day is another chance to 'get it right'. __________________ I'd rather live in my car with my dogs than live in a castle without them. Dogs may not be our whole lives, but they make our lives whole. Don't wait for the Last Judgement. It takes place every day. -Albert Camus Find the good and praise it. - Alex Haley

10-05-2009, 08:12 AM	#13 (permalink)
bananagrrrl Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 699	I am grateful for my loving husband I am grateful for sober peace and quiet

10-06-2009, 04:24 AM	#14 (permalink)
bohemianzen grateful to be here Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 426 Blog Entries: 14	grateful for my mom grateful my flat tire from yesterday still has air this morning (so far) grateful to have this board..... i was having some "wavering thoughts" last nite but feel so much stronger reading sr this morning thank you big guy for coffee __________________ “The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” ~Ernest Hemingway

10-06-2009, 04:28 AM	#15 (permalink)
Believe808 Miracles Happen Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 9,977	grateful for honesty, openness & willingness. grateful for my life, period.

10-06-2009, 04:51 AM	#16 (permalink)
Rusty Zipper Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: my room in ct. Posts: 34,764	grateful, todays the day i go for an consultation on new teef! __________________ *Rule 62*

10-06-2009, 04:56 AM	#17 (permalink)
Believe808 Miracles Happen Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 9,977	good for you Rusty.

10-06-2009, 08:35 AM	#18 (permalink)
gravity where the light is Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,709	Grateful for a bit of progess (prayers answered). __________________ It's times like these you learn to live again. It's times like these you give and give again. It's times like these you learn to love again. It's times like these time and time again. Times Like These - Foo Fighters

10-06-2009, 08:35 AM	#19 (permalink)
least bona fido dog-lover Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: eastern USA Posts: 23,513 Blog Entries: 31	Tho I feel horrible, I'm grateful that my counselor will call me this afternoon so I won't have to miss a session. I need her input but am too sick to leave the house. Grateful that she cares about my well being. __________________ I'd rather live in my car with my dogs than live in a castle without them. Dogs may not be our whole lives, but they make our lives whole. Don't wait for the Last Judgement. It takes place every day. -Albert Camus Find the good and praise it. - Alex Haley

10-06-2009, 10:53 PM	#20 (permalink)
lulamay Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: England Posts: 89	Grateful for waking up and feeling even better than yesterday. This time last week felt like the end of the world! Grateful for reading chapter of the Big Book this morning and understanding what a part of it meant; grateful for finding this board as a source of support and inspiration; grateful that I live to fight another day!!!

10-07-2009, 03:43 AM	#21 (permalink)
Rusty Zipper Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: my room in ct. Posts: 34,764	welcome to the grat pack lula! grateful to put in the work, to be grateful to sow the gifts that sobriety & recovery can bring... (i hope someones reading this) __________________ *Rule 62*

10-07-2009, 04:23 AM	#22 (permalink)
bohemianzen grateful to be here Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 426 Blog Entries: 14	grateful the trash man cometh and taketh away the trash grateful i'm another day closer to my court date (dreading this but wish it was over) grateful for finding some purell yesterday (i went to 3 stores that were completely wiped out before getting 4 bottles) wish i had stock in that company!! least i hope you get to feeling better and grateful you guys are doing ok - i'm not in panic mode over the H1N1 but just want to remind everyone to remember to wash their hands and be mindful of other people's germs. __________________ “The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” ~Ernest Hemingway

10-07-2009, 04:37 AM	#23 (permalink)
Believe808 Miracles Happen Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 9,977	Hi Lula and grateful to see you here too. grateful for the gifts that sobriety and recovery have given me. grateful to come on here to start my day on the right foot.

10-07-2009, 07:57 AM	#24 (permalink)
gravity where the light is Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,709	Grateful for a bit of patience. And for fired up kids! - picture day, open house, and book fair today! __________________ It's times like these you learn to live again. It's times like these you give and give again. It's times like these you learn to love again. It's times like these time and time again. Times Like These - Foo Fighters

10-07-2009, 06:48 PM	#25 (permalink)
Rusty Zipper Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: my room in ct. Posts: 34,764	bo[QUOTE]just want to remind everyone to remember to wash their hands and be mindful of other people's germs. [QUOTE]egads! the mama tells me that still, at 56! lol __________________ *Rule 62*

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