Today I Am Grateful For ... Part 12
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TIAGF for the freedom and detachment to pack up fifty of my books to take to the used bookstore. (They give me credit and I use it to get childrens books for my grandson and great nieces and nephews.)
Learning to let go takes many forms. This is another form and sobriety helps me detach.... more than I ever could when I drank!!
Learning to let go takes many forms. This is another form and sobriety helps me detach.... more than I ever could when I drank!!
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fear knocked, faith answered, and no one was there
Originally Posted by Elseware 
Grtgrandpa, you have a very great gift. That is the gift of faith. I wish I had it. But I am grateful to be letting go of that which I have no control over.
I was ten years old when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. All of the men in my family(too many to count) went to war all over the world.
I knelt next to my Mother in church for 4 years while she prayed for all of the men in harms way.
Many in our congregation did not return and their numbers were announced every Sunday along with different colored stars. Many were gold.
All of the men in my family returned from WWII. Faith due to my Mother's prayers.
I am still alive at 82 due mainly to faith coupled with, I wanted recovery.
Thank God I did not get what I deserved. I hope this helps cause you are worth it.
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Today I am grateful for 66 days sober. Today I am grateful I will be living in a nice place for the next 6 weeks. Today I am grateful for a nice bike ride with my boyfriend to the beach and to get ice cream. Today I am grateful to watch him sleeping in the late afternoon sun on the porch swing. He works so hard and deserves to relax. I am grateful for fresh vegetables and a little stove to cook them. I am grateful for the nice breeze rustling the leaves. I am grateful to find peace in this moment.
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I feel love in my heart today
Tiagf the warmth of the positive emotions that flow through me from the heart to daughters like EQ and granddaughters like Elizabeth 19.
They are positive reminders of what is possible for all who suffer the pain of our illness/alcoholism.
We just have to want it and connect with people like us.
It is so important that we put our uniqueness which can be terminal in the trash can and feel the love that radiates in sobriety.
I recommend Purpleknights' utube post on the 24 hour club today.
Thank you dear Ladies ((((((EQandElizabeth19))))))
They are positive reminders of what is possible for all who suffer the pain of our illness/alcoholism.
We just have to want it and connect with people like us.
It is so important that we put our uniqueness which can be terminal in the trash can and feel the love that radiates in sobriety.
I recommend Purpleknights' utube post on the 24 hour club today.
Thank you dear Ladies ((((((EQandElizabeth19))))))
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Tiagf
Grateful for coming across a film about Ram Dass and how his stroke has challenged his meditation and spiritual practice. It is called Fierce Grace and I recommend it. I pulled it up on UTube under zeitgeist films.
Grateful It reminded me of many years ago, probably around 1987-88 or there abouts, when me and my then husband and his best friend all went to see Ram Dass speak. I had just read Be Here Now even though it had been out many years. My H and friend were 8 years older so this was not new to them. Anyway after the talk Ram Dass allowed private personal consultations. I intended to ask him if all my time and money spent in therapy would be unnecessary if I just committed to a strong meditation practice. But instead when it was my turn, being nervous, I said: "Do you mind if I ask you a question?" He threw back his head and laughed (as I had just asked him one.) LOL.
Grateful that the film and memory prompted me to send the link to my former husband. He is the one who introduced me to meditation, higher conciousness,, um, et al, and it is an area of our relationship that has always remained valued and undamaged.
Grateful for that.
Grateful It reminded me of many years ago, probably around 1987-88 or there abouts, when me and my then husband and his best friend all went to see Ram Dass speak. I had just read Be Here Now even though it had been out many years. My H and friend were 8 years older so this was not new to them. Anyway after the talk Ram Dass allowed private personal consultations. I intended to ask him if all my time and money spent in therapy would be unnecessary if I just committed to a strong meditation practice. But instead when it was my turn, being nervous, I said: "Do you mind if I ask you a question?" He threw back his head and laughed (as I had just asked him one.) LOL.
Grateful that the film and memory prompted me to send the link to my former husband. He is the one who introduced me to meditation, higher conciousness,, um, et al, and it is an area of our relationship that has always remained valued and undamaged.
Grateful for that.
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Sunshine
My grandsons
Their parents who have been married ten years and have brought a lot of joy to our family - including the grandsons
Good Mexican food
The pool
The truth of simplicity
Sunshine
My grandsons
Their parents who have been married ten years and have brought a lot of joy to our family - including the grandsons
Good Mexican food
The pool
The truth of simplicity
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Today i am Grateful for the slow steady progress i have made (with my Higher Power's Help) over the last 7 and a half years/One day at a time!
also very Grateful for you special folks who have kept this thread alive!
also very Grateful for you special folks who have kept this thread alive!
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TIAGF that everyday I check here and see Grtgrandpa's avatar and a thoughtful tip on the day. Also, I'm grateful that my husbands surgery went well yesterday. He's home and doing just fine. I'm grateful it's all over.
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TIAGF my Wednesday AA traditions meeting and my wife's Ali-non meeting. Recovery has saved our marriage and we have been together for 35 years due to recovery.
It works if you work it, so keep coming back.
It works if you work it, so keep coming back.
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