Grat Pack's 10 nightly gratitude items and more- pt 5
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Originally Posted by Sneezy 
Thanks Fands - and what better place indeed?
Definitely saved a lot of $$$ - and not only on alcohol, but also on things that I thought I needed and wanted but really didn't, as I was just trying to fill up a big hole inside.
Fandy, you've taught me so much, especially about maintaining a sense of humor and perspective when I feel like running around like Chicken Little squawking that the sky is falling. Rule 62, ya know. And also about not allowing myself to be anyone's doormat. Love that strength you have
Thanks for your support and care, my buddy
Definitely saved a lot of $$$ - and not only on alcohol, but also on things that I thought I needed and wanted but really didn't, as I was just trying to fill up a big hole inside.
Fandy, you've taught me so much, especially about maintaining a sense of humor and perspective when I feel like running around like Chicken Little squawking that the sky is falling. Rule 62, ya know. And also about not allowing myself to be anyone's doormat. Love that strength you have
Thanks for your support and care, my buddy
oh i'm soooo confused!!! (and pulling your leg girly-girl)...
raining cats and dogs here...but it's not snow.
grateful to be off from work tomorrow...we will have coffee in the AM Sneeze!
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Well it's good to have that clarified because I'd hate to waste all that worrying if it weren't true
I would say that RZ is my Cowardly Lion (to keep on with the analogy, though he's hardly cowardly) but really he's more like the male version of Glinda the Good Witch, always there with encouragement and words of wisdom ("'You've always had the power to go back to Kansas. Now those magic slippers will take you home in two seconds.") RZ do you float in on a bubble too? Thanks pal
Reub - I ran out of Oz characters but if I could create a new one, you'd be there! Thanks for your friendship, your sense of humor that has kept me laughing through discouragement, and your commitment to getting through all of this in one piece. Have learned a lot from you
Newby, good to see you on this thread more and there's hardly a post on the grat forum where you don't make me smile and feel like I can keep on going one more day. Thank you my buddy and for the new word every day too
To everyone else reading this, I'm grateful that you're part of SR and support us all. I don't know what I would have done without this place and the people here over the last two years.
As you can see, I woke up and can't go back to sleep so thought I'd continue my thanks. Take care everyone
I would say that RZ is my Cowardly Lion (to keep on with the analogy, though he's hardly cowardly) but really he's more like the male version of Glinda the Good Witch, always there with encouragement and words of wisdom ("'You've always had the power to go back to Kansas. Now those magic slippers will take you home in two seconds.") RZ do you float in on a bubble too? Thanks pal
Reub - I ran out of Oz characters but if I could create a new one, you'd be there! Thanks for your friendship, your sense of humor that has kept me laughing through discouragement, and your commitment to getting through all of this in one piece. Have learned a lot from you
Newby, good to see you on this thread more and there's hardly a post on the grat forum where you don't make me smile and feel like I can keep on going one more day. Thank you my buddy and for the new word every day too
To everyone else reading this, I'm grateful that you're part of SR and support us all. I don't know what I would have done without this place and the people here over the last two years.
As you can see, I woke up and can't go back to sleep so thought I'd continue my thanks. Take care everyone
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I now have the song going through my head...."if I only had a brain".....(hmmm, I thing it's on Michael Buble's greatest hits CD)....didn't the Tin man sing that?
well let's hope I have some good grats in me tonight after hosting dinner for 10 people....but there is no wild panic in sobriety these days....i can pull this off with a little organization and "help" from the cats....i found a bottle of wine i bought (for others)....rolling around on the living room floor...the cats like Austrailian chardonnay???
well let's hope I have some good grats in me tonight after hosting dinner for 10 people....but there is no wild panic in sobriety these days....i can pull this off with a little organization and "help" from the cats....i found a bottle of wine i bought (for others)....rolling around on the living room floor...the cats like Austrailian chardonnay???
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Here! What's for breakfast?
Seriously, I got on the scale and I've gained 5 - count 'em - 5 pounds over the holidays, and they're not even over yet!!!!
Definitely have to get back with the program. Yesterday was better - it's the going out to eat and the huge portions. And the holiday meals with the family, and ALL THAT FOOD. And old family favorites that I just can't resist seconds of "because we only get it at Christmas."
Grateful that I have food to eat and a great family to celebrate the holidays with.
Seriously, I got on the scale and I've gained 5 - count 'em - 5 pounds over the holidays, and they're not even over yet!!!!
Definitely have to get back with the program. Yesterday was better - it's the going out to eat and the huge portions. And the holiday meals with the family, and ALL THAT FOOD. And old family favorites that I just can't resist seconds of "because we only get it at Christmas."
Grateful that I have food to eat and a great family to celebrate the holidays with.
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i am donating my chocolate truffles to the needy thin people....it's hard to part with peppermint bark too, but i need to purge the house....
i'll keep the dark chocolate pomigranites because they are "healthy".
i'll keep the dark chocolate pomigranites because they are "healthy".
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Final post for quite awhile, but I thought I would end it with a gratitude for a wonderful 2011 -
1. Grateful for God and a faith that has grown by many levels this year.
2. Grateful for a family that is always so giving and loving. Not sure what I did to deserve them, but I'm not going to let them go.
3. Grateful for friends on here that I feel like I know and would love to meet. You have all become my sober family and I couldn't do this without you. It would be way too boring. To say you brighten my days is an understatement.
4. Grateful for having a house that has sold in really not such a long period of time considering the market. To have gotten through the many ups and downs and now appreciating the even smooth sailing to NY.
5. Grateful to have found enough money to hire people to load and unload the moving truck for us. Didn't know how we would do it with the snow that has fallen here.
6. Grateful for all our needs having been met to the point our cups overflow.
7. Grateful for my husband's new and awesome job that he loves.
8. Grateful for having opened a Virtual Assistant business and having 1 client already.
9. Grateful for my Mom getting better after that scare we had this past Summer.
10. Grateful for love, laughter and being sober. I feel so much better about my life. I feel so much happier and the depression and the hills and valleys are almost nonexistent. Even with the stress we've had I would NEVER think to pick up a drink. I had thought of a cigarette, but my son would have killed me and that's a pretty bad habit for him to see me partaking in. I faced it head on and am happy that at age 45 years I'm now able to deal with life instead of running and hiding. Guess I can put my big girl panties on and face the world.
God bless you all and may all your sober wishes and dreams come true in 2012. I will be back after we are moved in the new house and have internet and IF I can come back before that from a hotel room on the road I will. Stay safe everyone!
1. Grateful for God and a faith that has grown by many levels this year.
2. Grateful for a family that is always so giving and loving. Not sure what I did to deserve them, but I'm not going to let them go.
3. Grateful for friends on here that I feel like I know and would love to meet. You have all become my sober family and I couldn't do this without you. It would be way too boring. To say you brighten my days is an understatement.
4. Grateful for having a house that has sold in really not such a long period of time considering the market. To have gotten through the many ups and downs and now appreciating the even smooth sailing to NY.
5. Grateful to have found enough money to hire people to load and unload the moving truck for us. Didn't know how we would do it with the snow that has fallen here.
6. Grateful for all our needs having been met to the point our cups overflow.
7. Grateful for my husband's new and awesome job that he loves.
8. Grateful for having opened a Virtual Assistant business and having 1 client already.
9. Grateful for my Mom getting better after that scare we had this past Summer.
10. Grateful for love, laughter and being sober. I feel so much better about my life. I feel so much happier and the depression and the hills and valleys are almost nonexistent. Even with the stress we've had I would NEVER think to pick up a drink. I had thought of a cigarette, but my son would have killed me and that's a pretty bad habit for him to see me partaking in. I faced it head on and am happy that at age 45 years I'm now able to deal with life instead of running and hiding. Guess I can put my big girl panties on and face the world.
God bless you all and may all your sober wishes and dreams come true in 2012. I will be back after we are moved in the new house and have internet and IF I can come back before that from a hotel room on the road I will. Stay safe everyone!
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