Gratitude
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Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: UK
Posts: 1,542
Gratitude
I'm thankful for:Life is good. Far from perfect but I can easily find the good today.
What is going right for you today?
- my 4 cats - who are worth every penny in vets bills.
- my job - that pays me enough for my independence.
- my home - my sanctuary of peace and serenity (when the 4 cats are all sleeping).
- my mum - who is almost always there for me.
- this forum - it has 'saved' me.
- my friends - I'm slowly working out what it is to BE a friend.
- my freedom - I now make my own decisions, good and bad, and am responsible for me (oh, and the cats...).
What is going right for you today?
I Love Who I Am
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Midwest
Posts: 3,210
Thanks for posting this, I can second all the line items listed here, especially the gift of having a job (in Michigan) and coffee..
I"m deeply grateful for:
-my children and my increased ability to be a better parent compaired to when I was deeper in my addiction to AH.
-my children and their specific gifts and personalities
-the critters that live with me (only one big orange cat but he's as big as both chihuahuas and they all love each other very much)
-my sisters and family and friends for loving me, especially when I don't know how to love myself
-my ability to write for a living and the opportunities that are presenting themselves
-my HP and faith
-SR for opening my eyes to alcoholism in a way I hadn't understood previously and introducing me to wonderfully wise folks
-my HP for putting me in the perfect place at the perfect time last night to be on the ground level of creating a new state-wide organization
-the dawning of a brand new day!
I"m sure this list will expand once the coffee is in my belly and not the cup.
I"m deeply grateful for:
-my children and my increased ability to be a better parent compaired to when I was deeper in my addiction to AH.
-my children and their specific gifts and personalities
-the critters that live with me (only one big orange cat but he's as big as both chihuahuas and they all love each other very much)
-my sisters and family and friends for loving me, especially when I don't know how to love myself
-my ability to write for a living and the opportunities that are presenting themselves
-my HP and faith
-SR for opening my eyes to alcoholism in a way I hadn't understood previously and introducing me to wonderfully wise folks
-my HP for putting me in the perfect place at the perfect time last night to be on the ground level of creating a new state-wide organization
-the dawning of a brand new day!
I"m sure this list will expand once the coffee is in my belly and not the cup.
Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: minneapolis, mn
Posts: 2,762
what is going right for me so far today:
i feel good that i am leaving abf to go have breakfast with my mom
(sometimes difficult to go do other things, when he is here i just wanna stick around him!)
i feel good that i have rehearsal this afternoon for a musical i am participating in
grateful for my mother who a year ago told me if i took piano lessons, she'd pay for them. i love the times over the weekend where i can have plenty of time to practice, and see my improvement
very grateful that, today, i don't feel "stuck" as i have been for some months now
i feel good that i am leaving abf to go have breakfast with my mom
(sometimes difficult to go do other things, when he is here i just wanna stick around him!)
i feel good that i have rehearsal this afternoon for a musical i am participating in
grateful for my mother who a year ago told me if i took piano lessons, she'd pay for them. i love the times over the weekend where i can have plenty of time to practice, and see my improvement
very grateful that, today, i don't feel "stuck" as i have been for some months now
Member
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: PA
Posts: 985
This is a tough one today for me so the best I can come up with is:
my kids are doing ok on their own and they love me well
I can still manage my home for now
I am employed and it pays the bills
no real life crises/drama at the moment
my kids are doing ok on their own and they love me well
I can still manage my home for now
I am employed and it pays the bills
no real life crises/drama at the moment
Member
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 1,888
No real life crises at the moment is a great one, Kassie2!
I am profoundly thankful for my health, my job, my independence, and the devotion of my pets, my family, and my friends.
I am also thankful that SR is here with threads like this one that make me stop, think, and listen to my HP.
Thank you for posting!!
Alice
I am profoundly thankful for my health, my job, my independence, and the devotion of my pets, my family, and my friends.
I am also thankful that SR is here with threads like this one that make me stop, think, and listen to my HP.
Thank you for posting!!
Alice
Member
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Wizard Land Downunder
Posts: 2,615
It is 6.30am here in my Heavenly part of Aussie, so the "stuff up fairy" hasn't got here yet.
Anyway
I am thankful for:
Having had a good night's sleep.
Just waking up.
Having the secure and affordable home I have.
Having my dear 98 year old mother still alive and healthy.
Being at peace with myself and my God.
Cyclone Olga moving away and not causing too much damage up here.
My RABF still being sober and no alkie problems in my life.
SR and the darlings here.
God bless
Anyway
I am thankful for:
Having had a good night's sleep.
Just waking up.
Having the secure and affordable home I have.
Having my dear 98 year old mother still alive and healthy.
Being at peace with myself and my God.
Cyclone Olga moving away and not causing too much damage up here.
My RABF still being sober and no alkie problems in my life.
SR and the darlings here.
God bless
get it, give it, grow in it
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Calif coast
Posts: 3,167
So happy that after 16 yrs. I am still madly in love with my husband.
I am grateful that I agreed to sponsor two ladies...I get as much as I give.
I am grateful that I am willing to keep trying to keep my focus on me. (I still have
some room for improvement here.)
I am grateful that I agreed to sponsor two ladies...I get as much as I give.
I am grateful that I am willing to keep trying to keep my focus on me. (I still have
some room for improvement here.)
Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: rural west
Posts: 1,375
cell phones
sunny days after days of rain
toddlers
best friends
the heater in the house
a working car
my brain
new jeans
candy corn
the smell of lavender
flowers in January
veggies sausage
movie theatres and popcorn
giggling
you all (I heart SR!)
sunny days after days of rain
toddlers
best friends
the heater in the house
a working car
my brain
new jeans
candy corn
the smell of lavender
flowers in January
veggies sausage
movie theatres and popcorn
giggling
you all (I heart SR!)
Recovering Codependant
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Liverpool, Great Britain
Posts: 1,335
I am grateful for (in no particular order)
Disclaimer - this is not an exhaustive list of my gratitude, just what I could think of at the time, I leave this open to addition at any point in the future, and if I learn to time travel, the past!
Thanks Bookwyrm
Lily xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- My daughter
- my family
- having a job (as much as I get frustrated with it, at least I have one!)
- Living within my means
- My best friend
- Finding local groups to be a part of where I can enjoy my music with people who love music too!
- Choir practise tonight
- Being part of a community orchestra
- My pets (a cat and a dog who I love dearly)
- my health
- knowing if I need you, you will be here
- being able to give of myself and my experience
- being able to learn new things every day
- finally leaving my depression behind me
- having clarity
- my faith
- love and support
- my home
- the future
- my past
- my experiences
- exabf - As much pain as you caused me, you drove me toward spiritual growth and healing - so thanks
Disclaimer - this is not an exhaustive list of my gratitude, just what I could think of at the time, I leave this open to addition at any point in the future, and if I learn to time travel, the past!
Thanks Bookwyrm
Lily xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To thine own self be true.
Join Date: May 2009
Location: U.S.A.
Posts: 5,924
Today I am grateful to God (my Higher Power) for:
1. My newfound ability to discern things I was never able to discern before.
2. My family.
3. All of my strengths and abilities.
4. Each new day I am allowed to practice at this thing called life.
5. My job, a roof over my head, and clothes to cover me.
6. Running water, soap and toothpaste.
7. Heat and hot water.
8. My peace and serenity.
1. My newfound ability to discern things I was never able to discern before.
2. My family.
3. All of my strengths and abilities.
4. Each new day I am allowed to practice at this thing called life.
5. My job, a roof over my head, and clothes to cover me.
6. Running water, soap and toothpaste.
7. Heat and hot water.
8. My peace and serenity.
Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Quebec
Posts: 2,708
today I am thankful for:
- My beautiful baby girl who just signed the words "Mama eat" this morning
- My Super Duper loving and supportive parents, there with me every step of the way
- Clearing yet another false collections claim on my credit report
- Having money saved up for a rainy day
- Having the opportunity to finally take care of myself
- Renewing a friendship with a long lost friend and reading his hilarious emails daily
- Tango dancing for 3 hours every Sunday
- Having a (boring) job in this crappy economy
- My spiffy new cell phone which lets me assign a dog bark ring to XAH's number
- Not having to deal with screaming, broken glass, empty beer cans, and rants about the human race every day.
Member
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Stumbling toward happiness
Posts: 4,706
Grateful today for this crazy adventure that is my life -- the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Grateful that the ravens, raccoons, and squirrels are running around ON the house and not IN the house.
Grateful for this beautiful perfect steaming creamy cup of coffee.
Grateful for the peace and quiet and endless possibility, light years away from the chaos of a drunk.
(grateful for noday for starting this thread)
Grateful that the ravens, raccoons, and squirrels are running around ON the house and not IN the house.
Grateful for this beautiful perfect steaming creamy cup of coffee.
Grateful for the peace and quiet and endless possibility, light years away from the chaos of a drunk.
(grateful for noday for starting this thread)
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