Rusty Zipper

grateful for healthy choices today

EternalQ

Grateful for leaving a message for my boss, after working 10 1/2 hours, that I am very unhappy, do not want to work like this, and need to find a solution.

Grateful when I felt like crying at work, I laughed because I realized I don't really care enough to waste my tears on it.

Grateful for a sweetheart of a dog who waits for me even when I'm gone too long.

Grateful for reruns of the Mary Tyler Moore show.

Grateful, that, like Mary Richards, I am not giving up on making a satisfying life for myself.

LDT

( I love MTM, too, EQ)

Grateful to have made a brand new friend here on SR ( and you know who you are . )

least

Grateful that my little dog likes to sleep in my lap.

HappyDestiny3

Grateful for today.... And super Grateful to finally be home..

Dentist went pretty well.. First visit in 23 years.. Got a cleaning, wowzzza that hurt.. x rays and saw the doctor..

I am to have 1 tooth extracted, 1 root canal w/crown, 1 crown, 1 filling.. Plus a deep cleaning under the gum. So to be honest I am so excited.. To start getting this all done. And I was truly surprised I thought for a complete drunk and druggie it would of been way worse for that long..

Sleep well gang..

uncle holmes

Grateful whenever there's a hole in my sock, I just throw it out and get a new one in my closet.

Grateful I felt very brrrr in my house and then went under the covers with the electric blanket on. Ahhhhh.

Lyoness

Grateful HappyDestiny's teeth problems are getting sorted and were better than expected. (After what I've been through dentally I find I am super sensitive to other people's stuff! Not obsessive, maybe a bit too empathetic! )

Grateful I woke up early today.

Grateful for lots of time on SR today and some interesting "conversations"!

Grateful I finally got to my laundry that I've been procrastinating over for no real reason. Grateful for clean laundry~what a luxury!

Grateful I got to visit with one of my best friends today. I've been isolating a bit and it was great to see her. Grateful for our walk today and our talks. Grateful for yummy pizza to share with her. Grateful to introduce her to "Vicar of Dibley" and enjoy laughing together.

Grateful for ginger candies.

Grateful for a (mostly) sunny day and a moony night.

Grateful my kitty and my housesit kitty finally played together today. Grateful for them both, furry loving beings I get to have in my life. =^o^=

Quinne

Today heading to my home group, I jumped off the train because something was telling me to just sit.

Sit still and reflect.

Then I started to cry.

Not a great deal, but pure tears of happiness and gratitude.

This was a girl who once woke up screaming a hospital down, restrained to a bed.

The same girl who deliberately self-harmed because she didn't know what else to do.

Requested electrconvulsive therapy because she was so delusional she thought it would fix her.

The self-hatred, guilt, shame and remorse was too much to handle; couldn't stop drinking.

I speak about myself in third person because "she" feels like a stranger.

I haven't forgotten where I've come from, don't get me wrong.

Where I am today is a completely new life I can laugh, smile, feel, give and receive genuine love.

The weight of the world is no longer on my shoulders!

Night, gratties!

Xx

Astro

I need to have a couple root canals & crowns done. Just trying to come up with the cash. Grateful that my teeth are a priority!

I liked reading EQ's post too. Grateful I can put my foot down and say no to long work hours sometimes. Gotta take care of me first!

EternalQ

Thank you Astro.
Quinn, thank you for sharing your moving post with us. And for listening to the still small voice within you and sitting with your feelings. So inspiring.

Rusty Zipper

grateful to remember when

Flicker31

Grateful that I will be waking up tomorrow not feeling like crap from drinking. grateful that music still sounds good when I am sober. grateful for the AA meetings I have just started attending and that I found the courage to go. Grateful that I recognised my problem when I did and not before it was too late. Grateful that I can go to one tomorrow instead of going out drinking. Grateful that I feel clarity and that I have nothing to feel ashamed or mortified for this weekend

eddie z.

Thank you so much for this post, Q! Self-harm was one of the last things to go last year. That and my "addiction" to my therapist. I'm glad you reminded me that it has been just over a year since I self-harmed.

Thanks, Grace! I can hardly wait. ; )

Grateful that, in about 3 weeks, I will have been free of all the addictions I've had (that I'm aware of) for a year. This includes over ten years free of chemical dependency; almost two years sober from my eating disorder; a bit over a year without self-harm; and a year without "compulsive communication" with my old therapist. THANK YOU, POWER GREATER!!

Grateful I survived leading an eleven-mile hike on a trail I was largely unfamiliar with.

Beddy-bye time,
Eddie

EternalQ

Grateful to watch a film recommended by a friend, titled: Once. It was so beautiful and reminded me that I am an artist and I need that creativity fed.

Grateful I let myself think about the big things I am still avoiding. I get totally immobilized about these things so it is big deal to think about them without having a panic attack. Just thinking is progress. Doing is another matter. Lol

Grateful to be open to blooming someday.

NorweiganWood

Grateful that I practiced acceptance today.
Grateful for 27 days sober.
Grateful for the most productive Saturday I've had in a long time.

HappyDestiny3

WoW what a powerful night of grats here..

Lyoness ~ sounds like a very nice day with a friend and the kitties..

beautiful Quinne just beautiful...

Flicker ~ welcome to the rooms of AA, I hope you love it as much as I do..

eddie ~ wow a journey.. You Rock.. What great milestones of just one step at a time..

EQ well done on the job with the boss, stand with your boundaries, and here here to blooming..

NW ~ congrats on 27 days to a better life..

Grateful I thought I had a nice day, but after reading all your posts, I am just grateful for all of you..

Pondlady

Grateful to see the moon through a big pine tree in my back yard....mysterious and beautiful.

Grateful to listen to my sister talk about her fears about her health. I can't change the outcome, but I express love and compassion.

newby1961

Grateful to have went to my AA friends memorial it was beautiful.

SoberKnitter

Grateful that I had dinner with friends and didn't drink.
Grateful for friends who didn't drink in front of me, even though they probably wanted to.
Grateful that I am home and safe with my kitties.

uncle holmes

Grateful to keep my mind occupied, usually with the computer.

Grateful to stay out of trouble.

Grateful I embrace being comfortable and cozy and don't feel the need to self-destruct.

Grateful to go out and see the movie "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone."