Bedtime Gratitude - Part 40 - All Are Welcome
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Welcome resolute50!!! And congratulations on day 9!!!!
Congratulations on the job HD!!!! Awesome news!!! ((hug))
And you SO deserve it!
And as always, incredibly grateful for Eternal ♥♥♥
Love V xx
Congratulations on the job HD!!!! Awesome news!!! ((hug))
And you SO deserve it!
And as always, incredibly grateful for Eternal ♥♥♥
Love V xx
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Location: Michigan
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Grateful I finally stood up for myself to the bully at work. The stuff he was saying and doing was so obscene that it was getting impossible to do my job. Some of the things he was doing was pulling a knife out on me - like all the time - and saying he was going to cut me. Also that he was going to sodomize me - like all the time. And blocking the urinal when I wanted to go pee.
Grateful when this black guy was walking towards me with his hand in his pocket ready to pull out his knife again while at my work station at this tool and die plant, I turned towards him with two heavy duty metal pieces in my hand and swinging it about an inch away from his face. He walked away probably shocked that I did that. It was the first time I stood up to him.
Grateful when he walked by me later on I threw a kick at him with my steel toe boots and barely nicked his hand. He later came up to me and said that he won't mess with me if I don't mess with him. (Mess with him? He was messing with me!!!) I said okay but if he pulls out his knife on me one more time that we're going to have to fight right then and there.
Grateful that even though I'm still a wreck over this, that I'm still holding up and ready to get up at 4 am tomorrow and go to work.
Grateful that I'll be going to my 10 am AA meeting this morning.
Grateful when this black guy was walking towards me with his hand in his pocket ready to pull out his knife again while at my work station at this tool and die plant, I turned towards him with two heavy duty metal pieces in my hand and swinging it about an inch away from his face. He walked away probably shocked that I did that. It was the first time I stood up to him.
Grateful when he walked by me later on I threw a kick at him with my steel toe boots and barely nicked his hand. He later came up to me and said that he won't mess with me if I don't mess with him. (Mess with him? He was messing with me!!!) I said okay but if he pulls out his knife on me one more time that we're going to have to fight right then and there.
Grateful that even though I'm still a wreck over this, that I'm still holding up and ready to get up at 4 am tomorrow and go to work.
Grateful that I'll be going to my 10 am AA meeting this morning.
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Sorry to hear this, Unc. Total BS to have to deal with crap like that in a workplace.
Grateful for the kind people in our lives. Grateful that karma will come back around on the bullies.
Grateful for the kind people in our lives. Grateful that karma will come back around on the bullies.
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Holy Smokes Uncle! I can't believe after losing the other job and quickly finding this, that you have this craziness at work. I am grateful you are safe and your sobriety is not threatened and you posted. And grateful you benchpress a lot because that strength is probably helping you now. Grateful for your inner strength and sensitivity. When you get home get out that fluffy robe you like and keep us posted please.
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Grateful for hearing, yet again, a 12-Step message at Unity this morning. The minister was talking about losing our egos. "Thy will, not mine, be done," she quoted. I love listening to her. Glad I can hear & accept today.
And grateful for someone I met only once at a hiking MeetUp contacting me about getting together. She will be living here in town part-time and wants to go to Pilot Mountain, or as they say on The Andy Griffith Show, "Mount Pilot."
--ez
And grateful for someone I met only once at a hiking MeetUp contacting me about getting together. She will be living here in town part-time and wants to go to Pilot Mountain, or as they say on The Andy Griffith Show, "Mount Pilot."
--ez
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Grateful that I looked online regarding the town I am moving to and found a natural food store, a spa, an artist league, a yoga class and a Unitarian church all within a five minute drive of the condo. Wow. Gotta love a small town. Its all right there.
Grateful I finally gave up trying to function today. I hit a slump and the timing is poor but I have to accept it. Acceptance births change!! : )
Grateful for your words on your thread Mvungon. I feel like such a whiner that its hard for me to imagine it helps anyone to read it... so thank you for giving me a wonderful and surprising way to see it from the outside in. : )
Grateful I finally gave up trying to function today. I hit a slump and the timing is poor but I have to accept it. Acceptance births change!! : )
Grateful for your words on your thread Mvungon. I feel like such a whiner that its hard for me to imagine it helps anyone to read it... so thank you for giving me a wonderful and surprising way to see it from the outside in. : )
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Grateful to pick myself up out of my depression I've been feeling lately and just feeling yucky, stale, hopeless. I did this by getting some exercise in. Drove to the track and jogged 1.5 miles this morning and then jogged another 1.5 miles this evening. What a stress reducer!
Grateful to get some exercise in after not exercising for 3 months since I started this job. Exercise to clear my mind has been a big part of my recovery the last 21 years. 3 months without any exercise is far too long for me.
Grateful to volunteer to lead the table at the AA meeting this morning even though it would've been easier to sit back and let someone else do it like I usually do. To me it shouldn't always fall on the same one or two people to lead the table. It should be rotated to keep everyone involved.
Grateful to get some exercise in after not exercising for 3 months since I started this job. Exercise to clear my mind has been a big part of my recovery the last 21 years. 3 months without any exercise is far too long for me.
Grateful to volunteer to lead the table at the AA meeting this morning even though it would've been easier to sit back and let someone else do it like I usually do. To me it shouldn't always fall on the same one or two people to lead the table. It should be rotated to keep everyone involved.
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Join Date: May 2012
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Grateful to have found my way back here. I have now been sober almost 15 months but have had some crazy stuff happen in the last few months and have found myself in a bit of a slump. I am so utterly grateful to be alive.
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uncle glad you got out and released those endorphins.
Grateful EXM made it back to us..
Grateful that I may not know what the heck I am doing , but I know one thing I am not picking up that drink today..
Sleep well..
Grateful EXM made it back to us..
Grateful that I may not know what the heck I am doing , but I know one thing I am not picking up that drink today..
Sleep well..
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Grateful for my kitty, her patience at my need for her love.
Grateful I looked into meetings today. Grateful I did the 2nd round of research before heading off somewhere to a meeting I don't think exists. That would have caused a lot of anxiety and turmoil. Grateful for this site, somewhere I can turn to when I don't know what else to do. Grateful that the sun is down and the heat has subsided. Grateful that I took some time for self care today and sanded down the old blisters on my fingers and thumbs, I can almost feel with them again. Grateful I didn't lash out at anyone today.
Grateful I looked into meetings today. Grateful I did the 2nd round of research before heading off somewhere to a meeting I don't think exists. That would have caused a lot of anxiety and turmoil. Grateful for this site, somewhere I can turn to when I don't know what else to do. Grateful that the sun is down and the heat has subsided. Grateful that I took some time for self care today and sanded down the old blisters on my fingers and thumbs, I can almost feel with them again. Grateful I didn't lash out at anyone today.
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