Today I Am Grateful For... Part 10
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Grateful for waking up sober and seeing Grtgrandpa here on SR, Good Morning!
Grateful for the many blessings of Sobriety that were lost in drinking.
Grateful that I am seeing my Cousin Bill today after many many years.
Grateful that relief is still coming to the Phillipines but it's still a heartbreaking disaster.
Grateful that the US Military is doing round the clock aid to the victims.
Grateful for the many blessings of Sobriety that were lost in drinking.
Grateful that I am seeing my Cousin Bill today after many many years.
Grateful that relief is still coming to the Phillipines but it's still a heartbreaking disaster.
Grateful that the US Military is doing round the clock aid to the victims.
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The fact that the dog hasn't thrown up the cyclosporin capsule regimen he started tonight... not yet anyway.
That his new toy is keeping him busy.
That he is eating again.
That he is always here when I get home.
That he helps me forget myself.
The fact that the dog hasn't thrown up the cyclosporin capsule regimen he started tonight... not yet anyway.
That his new toy is keeping him busy.
That he is eating again.
That he is always here when I get home.
That he helps me forget myself.
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grateful for:
warm house, good night's sleep, wife is still with me, family, friends, SR, food, coffee, paper, comics, sudoku, internet, games, music, sunny day,not smoking or drinking or drugs or cheating or etc. etc. etc........to infinity
warm house, good night's sleep, wife is still with me, family, friends, SR, food, coffee, paper, comics, sudoku, internet, games, music, sunny day,not smoking or drinking or drugs or cheating or etc. etc. etc........to infinity
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Today I am Grateful for my Cousin Bill and visit with him yesterday.
Today I am Grateful for my Neuropathy Dr. I will see today.
Today I am Grateful for the comforts of life: coffee, TV, recliner, laptop, car, sun
Today I am Grateful for SR: I awoke from a bad sleep and was happy to be on SR
Today I am Grateful to be planning a great Thanksgiving and the many relatives attending
Today I am Grateful that my cat...Tixie...who loves being on the patio and looks so innocent...while plotting her next move to divert me from being on the laptop
Today I am Grateful for my Neuropathy Dr. I will see today.
Today I am Grateful for the comforts of life: coffee, TV, recliner, laptop, car, sun
Today I am Grateful for SR: I awoke from a bad sleep and was happy to be on SR
Today I am Grateful to be planning a great Thanksgiving and the many relatives attending
Today I am Grateful that my cat...Tixie...who loves being on the patio and looks so innocent...while plotting her next move to divert me from being on the laptop
Grateful for websites like these and another day sober!
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Originally Posted by DaneK 
TIAGF accepting Step 1. I've admitted my alcoholism, to myself and those in AA... But to accept it deeply and personally? It's quite a milestone. I accept it - I'm an alcoholic!
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TIAGF the fact that I did step 5 yesterday.
It was weird, I tell ya. I was working on my 4th step doing all the worksheets from the 12 step study website. It was suggested to me by my Monday night accountability group. I started to write down my failings by going through my life and see how many people I had harmed and trying to figure out my failings that way. But the group said, Whoa. Just do the worksheet and the failings will pop out.
I followed that suggestion and I thought I was doing OK. I showed it to my sponsor once and he suggested a couple of things I was not thinking of. So when he wanted to meet me to see where I was, I though he may have more suggestions and then he will set up a time to do the 5th step. He made me go through what I had so far; asked me how I felt about it; asked about will I do similarly etc. Then at the end of it when I asked if I am ready for step 5; he said "Well, you just did it, buddy. Now you may want to do it again in 2-3 years into sobriety because you may be in a different place thinking wise, but for now you are done." You could have knocked me down with a feather. 7 months in. 5 steps in. My life is already in a better spot than when I came in. I still have a LOT of issues I need to address. But at least I will be addressing them soberly. I am grateful for that.
I am also grateful for this website. I do not think I will be as plugged into the program if it were not for this website. I am also grateful for anyone who reads this longass post!
It was weird, I tell ya. I was working on my 4th step doing all the worksheets from the 12 step study website. It was suggested to me by my Monday night accountability group. I started to write down my failings by going through my life and see how many people I had harmed and trying to figure out my failings that way. But the group said, Whoa. Just do the worksheet and the failings will pop out.
I followed that suggestion and I thought I was doing OK. I showed it to my sponsor once and he suggested a couple of things I was not thinking of. So when he wanted to meet me to see where I was, I though he may have more suggestions and then he will set up a time to do the 5th step. He made me go through what I had so far; asked me how I felt about it; asked about will I do similarly etc. Then at the end of it when I asked if I am ready for step 5; he said "Well, you just did it, buddy. Now you may want to do it again in 2-3 years into sobriety because you may be in a different place thinking wise, but for now you are done." You could have knocked me down with a feather. 7 months in. 5 steps in. My life is already in a better spot than when I came in. I still have a LOT of issues I need to address. But at least I will be addressing them soberly. I am grateful for that.
I am also grateful for this website. I do not think I will be as plugged into the program if it were not for this website. I am also grateful for anyone who reads this longass post!
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