Bedtime Gratitude -Part 38 - All Are Welcome
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Grateful for Emotional Freedom Techniques. I used them at length today to finally make a move on an issue. Found feelings from the past were keeping me stuck and replicating in the present. Years of therapy did not help me make these connections but this technique is bringing me freedom.
Grateful as I wade through these issues one at a time, I don't drink. I will let myself stay in bed for the rest of my life (lol) before I ever drink. It is so obviously "the wrong door"! And for me it is the road to perdition.
Grateful for seeing new roads I didn't know were there.
Grateful as I wade through these issues one at a time, I don't drink. I will let myself stay in bed for the rest of my life (lol) before I ever drink. It is so obviously "the wrong door"! And for me it is the road to perdition.
Grateful for seeing new roads I didn't know were there.
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Happy belated birthday Uncle Holmes
.... Happy D I'm so happy for you,what a wonderful thing your moms friend did... I'm grateful to read some great stuff in here..Grateful for SR♥
.... Happy D I'm so happy for you,what a wonderful thing your moms friend did... I'm grateful to read some great stuff in here..Grateful for SR♥
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Happy Birthday Holmes!
50 isn't so bad... I turned 50 last June and its actually looking like a great age the closer I get to 51. Haha. But honestly 50s are ok. I will be sober through this whole decade. And that's a wonderful thought.
Grateful for hopeful thoughts.
50 isn't so bad... I turned 50 last June and its actually looking like a great age the closer I get to 51. Haha. But honestly 50s are ok. I will be sober through this whole decade. And that's a wonderful thought.
Grateful for hopeful thoughts.
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BTDT=Been There, Done That
her ex husband, my pop died from the complications of active alcoholism,
and also a guy she was seeing for some time.
doubt if she will be the Jay Walker one more time! lol
grateful to read all the SR Grats tonight
her ex husband, my pop died from the complications of active alcoholism,
and also a guy she was seeing for some time.
doubt if she will be the Jay Walker one more time! lol
grateful to read all the SR Grats tonight
No expectations!
Join Date: Apr 2004
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You're welcome, unc!!
EQ, I tried some of the EFT tapping a few years back and am going to try it again here soon. I have heard so many people say it's miraculous.
Grateful for a really good trail cycling ride this morning...and into the afternoon actually. Still exploring new trails; got lost a bit; took one good tumble; but it was worth it.
And really grateful I have ALL my stuff out of the other house. Now I just hope my dad doesn't insist I help him get his stuff out. He still has more in it than I had left to move today.
Love and hugs,
Eddie
EQ, I tried some of the EFT tapping a few years back and am going to try it again here soon. I have heard so many people say it's miraculous.
Grateful for a really good trail cycling ride this morning...and into the afternoon actually. Still exploring new trails; got lost a bit; took one good tumble; but it was worth it.
And really grateful I have ALL my stuff out of the other house. Now I just hope my dad doesn't insist I help him get his stuff out. He still has more in it than I had left to move today.
Love and hugs,
Eddie
Aka.. Indamiricale. :)
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Happy Birthday UH 
The jaywalker, God I hope not RZ... Love that analogy in the book..
Grateful to be at my 2nd home group tonight, and see my friends and family.. Now that I only go to 3 meetings a week, I feel like I miss so much.. From 7 nights..
Sleep well gang.. As the water guys will be here first thing in the morning(but I won't hold my breath LOL )...
The jaywalker, God I hope not RZ... Love that analogy in the book..
Grateful to be at my 2nd home group tonight, and see my friends and family.. Now that I only go to 3 meetings a week, I feel like I miss so much.. From 7 nights..
Sleep well gang.. As the water guys will be here first thing in the morning(but I won't hold my breath LOL )...
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happy birthday, uncle!
i'm grateful for beautiful weather, and that I didn't talk myself out of a nice brisk walk after work.
grateful for sr and having more tools to deal with it when the sneaky drinking thoughts enter the mind. don't think those thoughts will ever stop sneaking up on me, but very grateful to have more options to keep away from picking up. thanking the hp for helping me notice that.
i'm grateful for beautiful weather, and that I didn't talk myself out of a nice brisk walk after work.
grateful for sr and having more tools to deal with it when the sneaky drinking thoughts enter the mind. don't think those thoughts will ever stop sneaking up on me, but very grateful to have more options to keep away from picking up. thanking the hp for helping me notice that.
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Thanks again everyone for the birthday wishes.
Grateful to organize my thoughts on all the little things I have to do that can be easy to procrastinate.
Grateful for sticky pads to jot this stuff down so I don't forget.
Grateful to organize my thoughts on all the little things I have to do that can be easy to procrastinate.
Grateful for sticky pads to jot this stuff down so I don't forget.
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Originally Posted by Rusty Zipper 
BTDT=Been There, Done That
her ex husband, my pop died from the complications of active alcoholism,
and also a guy she was seeing for some time.
doubt if she will be the Jay Walker one more time! lol
her ex husband, my pop died from the complications of active alcoholism,
and also a guy she was seeing for some time.
doubt if she will be the Jay Walker one more time! lol
My Dad asked me to bring him sleeping pills yesterday.
Grateful I can say NO!
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Originally Posted by Rusty Zipper
BTDT=Been There, Done That
her ex husband, my pop died from the complications of active alcoholism,
and also a guy she was seeing for some time.
doubt if she will be the Jay Walker one more time! lol
grateful to read all the SR Grats tonight
her ex husband, my pop died from the complications of active alcoholism,
and also a guy she was seeing for some time.
doubt if she will be the Jay Walker one more time! lol
grateful to read all the SR Grats tonight
No expectations!
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 8,732
Grateful for "squwunchy" happy kitty faces. You know, when their eyes & nostrils disappear and their whiskers point forward? So darn cute!
And grateful for accepting that my friend was not leading the Friday mid-day meditation group today. I was really looking forward to seeing her and was initially disappointed she wasn't there, but I stayed with her sub and had a really nice time. Glad I can go with the flow today.
Love and hugs,
Eddie
And grateful for accepting that my friend was not leading the Friday mid-day meditation group today. I was really looking forward to seeing her and was initially disappointed she wasn't there, but I stayed with her sub and had a really nice time. Glad I can go with the flow today.
Love and hugs,
Eddie
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Grateful for a productive day, I cleaned out closets and the computer room went through my books, I made piles of stuff for my garage sale that I will be having soon. So grateful to be doing a much needed spring cleaning Grateful I am not looking at the clock constantly this time of the evening anticipating drinking
Grateful I am not looking at the clock constantly this time of the evening anticipating drinking
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Grateful to hear Bradley Cooper interviewed on public radio tonight.
Grateful to hear him talk about taking care of his father who died from cancer. He described washing him, and his father's refusal to believe he was dying. He talked about how he felt so privileged to be with his Dad at his last breath, and that he was completely changed since that moment and his priorities changed immediately.
I was grateful because all of that describes me with my Mom and since I was alone with her when she died I have always felt so alone in my experience. I felt SO grateful to feel understood and to understand even though he wasn't talking to me!! : )
Grateful for the human condition we all share.
Grateful to hear him talk about taking care of his father who died from cancer. He described washing him, and his father's refusal to believe he was dying. He talked about how he felt so privileged to be with his Dad at his last breath, and that he was completely changed since that moment and his priorities changed immediately.
I was grateful because all of that describes me with my Mom and since I was alone with her when she died I have always felt so alone in my experience. I felt SO grateful to feel understood and to understand even though he wasn't talking to me!! : )
Grateful for the human condition we all share.
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Grateful to Eternal for telling us that.... I always felt BC had a very real warmth and humanity....that's a beautiful and sad story
Grateful to be 90 DAYS SOBER!!!!
Grateful to all of my wonderful SR friends for helping me to get here....it is the first time I have ever made it this far....
Love u guys a lot,
Venus xx
Grateful to be 90 DAYS SOBER!!!!
Grateful to all of my wonderful SR friends for helping me to get here....it is the first time I have ever made it this far....
Love u guys a lot,
Venus xx
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Grateful for such a wonderful and productive day today...
I got to go and do so much only because of the thing I am most grateful for...
My 196 days of uninterrupted sobriety, for if I were to put anything above that , I would lose these days like today...
Sleep well gang..
I got to go and do so much only because of the thing I am most grateful for...
My 196 days of uninterrupted sobriety, for if I were to put anything above that , I would lose these days like today...
Sleep well gang..
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nels the jay walker is a story from the bog book of alcoholics anonymous
it's a great story about insanty, if you cant find it, let me know and will pm you
grateful the Band of Gypsys (committee members) in my head,
are out bothering someone else
it's a great story about insanty, if you cant find it, let me know and will pm you
grateful the Band of Gypsys (committee members) in my head,
are out bothering someone else
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