Bedtime Gratitude Part 9
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I'm grateful that I can be honest about not feeling grateful these past few days. So I've missed a few chances to be grateful on this thread because I'm having trouble with some of 'the things I cannot change.'
I really am grateful that this feeling will eventually pass. The sooner the better.
I really am grateful that this feeling will eventually pass. The sooner the better.
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This too shall pass is an absolute truth but letting go of some of the things I cannot change does take time. I believe that it is our human nature - feelings, thoughts & emotions - that keeps us holding on. It's natural but becomes dangerous once it turns into an obsession. I just have to tough it out and have faith that everything is as it should be.
I also kinda like the way I deal with these stressful situations now - prayer, meditation, fitness, helping others. My old way - drinking, taking it out on others, selfishness. I sure was good at making things worse!
Grateful that I can learn and change.
I also kinda like the way I deal with these stressful situations now - prayer, meditation, fitness, helping others. My old way - drinking, taking it out on others, selfishness. I sure was good at making things worse!
Grateful that I can learn and change.
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I am grateful to realize why I "lose" so much time. I have had some more profound revelations the past day or two. I now think that my behavior is so obsessive-compulsive and ritualized that I waste quite a bit of time doing just about everything. It has to be just so, and I have to check it again, and I have to touch and adjust things constantly. This realization has hit me pretty hard. I'm just really glad I'm seeing my psychiatrist tomorrow.
I'm also grateful that I got a couple of new sharp knives today. Dull knives were another thing that was slowing me down in the kitchen. Now I can move a bit faster because I don't have to hack and saw everything. I'm actually SLICING (Imagine that!).
Have to get up for a five forty-five exercise class. See y'all tomorrow!
Love and hugs,
Eddie
I'm also grateful that I got a couple of new sharp knives today. Dull knives were another thing that was slowing me down in the kitchen. Now I can move a bit faster because I don't have to hack and saw everything. I'm actually SLICING (Imagine that!).
Have to get up for a five forty-five exercise class. See y'all tomorrow!
Love and hugs,
Eddie
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Originally Posted by gravity 
This too shall pass is an absolute truth but letting go of some of the things I cannot change does take time. I believe that it is our human nature - feelings, thoughts & emotions - that keeps us holding on. It's natural but becomes dangerous once it turns into an obsession. I just have to tough it out and have faith that everything is as it should be.
I also kinda like the way I deal with these stressful situations now - prayer, meditation, fitness, helping others. My old way - drinking, taking it out on others, selfishness. I sure was good at making things worse!
Grateful that I can learn and change.
I also kinda like the way I deal with these stressful situations now - prayer, meditation, fitness, helping others. My old way - drinking, taking it out on others, selfishness. I sure was good at making things worse!
Grateful that I can learn and change.
where the light is
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Location: Ontario, Canada
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Acceptance
I think that this is yet another case of expecting too much out of myself, expecting perfection.
Sobriety, AA, prayer, and meditation will NOT enable me to immediately let go of all things I cannot change. I have to accept this and not let it frustrate me. At times, I will feel sadness, fear, loneliness, anger. And maybe this is a good thing…it means I am human, that I care. I don’t know if anyone is truly able to let go of things like water off a ducks back.
One evening very early in my sobriety, I was feeling very down about the hurt I had caused my wife because of my drinking. I prayed (I was not very spiritual at the time but I thought “what can it hurt?”) and immediately felt more at peace (still a bit sad). It was like I had been told that everything would be okay, that I make mistakes because I am human (these were the thoughts I had after I prayed).
Life is good. Sobriety is incredible. Bumps on the road are all a part of it.
Courage.
Grateful for everyone on this thread – moving forward, living the good life.
ps - have a good rest espresso!
Sobriety, AA, prayer, and meditation will NOT enable me to immediately let go of all things I cannot change. I have to accept this and not let it frustrate me. At times, I will feel sadness, fear, loneliness, anger. And maybe this is a good thing…it means I am human, that I care. I don’t know if anyone is truly able to let go of things like water off a ducks back.
One evening very early in my sobriety, I was feeling very down about the hurt I had caused my wife because of my drinking. I prayed (I was not very spiritual at the time but I thought “what can it hurt?”) and immediately felt more at peace (still a bit sad). It was like I had been told that everything would be okay, that I make mistakes because I am human (these were the thoughts I had after I prayed).
Life is good. Sobriety is incredible. Bumps on the road are all a part of it.
Courage.
Grateful for everyone on this thread – moving forward, living the good life.
ps - have a good rest espresso!
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Originally Posted by cmc
I'm grateful for how the ESH shared in this thread helps me so much.
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Grateful I kept my cool tonight.....(Wanting not to but I did
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I'm grateful that I made it through one week sober. I'm also grateful that I kept my commitment to myself to attend a meeting every day. I did that.
Today it was two meetings. I'm grateful that I've been given another chance to pursue sobriety. Good night.
Today it was two meetings. I'm grateful that I've been given another chance to pursue sobriety. Good night.
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It's bedtime soon for me folks....well I can hope to get some sleep...
Grateful to be sober Today, especially Today
Grateful for AA, my sponsor, SR and meetings
Grateful for three consecutive nights of totally disrupted sleep?........c'mon I ain't perfect..YET!!
Grateful to be sober Today, especially Today
Grateful for AA, my sponsor, SR and meetings
Grateful for three consecutive nights of totally disrupted sleep?........c'mon I ain't perfect..YET!!
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