Bedtime Gratitude - Part 42- All Are Welcome!
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: NE Wisconsin USA
Posts: 6,223
Winding up the day grateful for my morning AA home group meeting, and then the Tue. night AA meeting a stone's throw away.
Grateful to see an old neighbor at a meeting...he finally got ripe for the picking.
I liked what a woman said tonight, "I wasn't a bad person; I just didn't think I was good enough."
Grateful to see an old neighbor at a meeting...he finally got ripe for the picking.
I liked what a woman said tonight, "I wasn't a bad person; I just didn't think I was good enough."
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Poway, CA
Posts: 1,636
Grateful for taking time to reflect and feel more centered.
Grateful for the solace of my apartment; feels so safe.
Grateful for the people who live here, all seniors, lots of sharing and caring
Grateful for the SR Website as well and the wonderful group; I am blessed
Grateful for the community service I am taking part in which keeps my mind off me and others when there is nothing I am able to do about it.
Grateful for the solace of my apartment; feels so safe.
Grateful for the people who live here, all seniors, lots of sharing and caring
Grateful for the SR Website as well and the wonderful group; I am blessed
Grateful for the community service I am taking part in which keeps my mind off me and others when there is nothing I am able to do about it.
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: East Coast, The States
Posts: 12,162
Grateful when anxious inadequate thoughts started turning into drinking thoughts, I always have SR to go to. Grateful to know what is behind the thoughts and confront it.
Grateful I know I am not inadequate and I know anxiety needn't make me consider drinking.
Grateful to spot rationalizing drinking thoughts when they pop up for what they are: Fear.
Grateful to take a step back when my thoughts get skewed.
Grateful I know I am not inadequate and I know anxiety needn't make me consider drinking.
Grateful to spot rationalizing drinking thoughts when they pop up for what they are: Fear.
Grateful to take a step back when my thoughts get skewed.
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 6,224
Grateful that with each successive day I'm closer to getting my act together.
Grateful for the laughs and smiles tonight as we watched the 1970s All Creatures Great and Small DVD.
Grateful for the energy I'm finding to get through the end of the year.
Grateful for the laughs and smiles tonight as we watched the 1970s All Creatures Great and Small DVD.
Grateful for the energy I'm finding to get through the end of the year.
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Scottsdale, AZ, one big happy dysfunctional family!
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Congrats, V!
Had an open mouth and insert foot day yesterday.....made my amends.....and now I'm trying to accept the consequences.
Grateful that I can own my side of it.
Had an open mouth and insert foot day yesterday.....made my amends.....and now I'm trying to accept the consequences.
Grateful that I can own my side of it.
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Poway, CA
Posts: 1,636
Congrats to VenusCat on 10 months sober!!! I do not regret any sober days as they are our teachers of how to handle life on life's terms (my terms usually don't work out). I can say now but didn't see it then, my Higher Power carried me thru the rough times (and still does), and the people who are also staying sober. It's an advantage and/or guarantee for sobriety...and we didn't have SR 24/7 when I got sober...we are all lucky now...though I still go to meetings to meet new people and help carry the message...
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Poway, CA
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We are living Hemingway's quote about many are strong in the broken places...how true! We alcoholics share a bond like no other as our illness is perceived by others to "just stop".
Your many contributions on this site I see as your great continuation to "just stop"...it could be: just help us make you into someone you would like and love...because I find with my family it worked like that...so the strong in broken places is enhanced here on SR since we are truly loved from the time we walk thru the doors...or onto this site.
Your many contributions on this site I see as your great continuation to "just stop"...it could be: just help us make you into someone you would like and love...because I find with my family it worked like that...so the strong in broken places is enhanced here on SR since we are truly loved from the time we walk thru the doors...or onto this site.
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: East Coast, The States
Posts: 12,162
Yay V! 10 months is sensational! 
Grateful my colleague covered for me so I could leave early to meet my brother and family at the town's tree lighting / caroling / Santa ceremony. It was so fun!!
So grateful to have moved to my old hometown. I'm so happy to be in a small town.
Grateful to plan a visit from my grandson to my house next week and make plans on the weekend with my brother's family.
Grateful for gorgeous weather tonight and to shake Santa's hand.
Grateful my colleague covered for me so I could leave early to meet my brother and family at the town's tree lighting / caroling / Santa ceremony. It was so fun!!
So grateful to have moved to my old hometown. I'm so happy to be in a small town.
Grateful to plan a visit from my grandson to my house next week and make plans on the weekend with my brother's family.
Grateful for gorgeous weather tonight and to shake Santa's hand.
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Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Southern US
Posts: 323
Tonight I am grateful that I managed to get out and walk around my neighborhood for exercise. It's the first time I've done it sober. And a shout out to Lady Gaga and Duran Duran and Simple Minds for their music, which helped me keep up my steps.
Tonight I am also grateful for SR and my SR friends.
Tonight I am also grateful for SR and my SR friends.
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 6,224
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: East Coast, The States
Posts: 12,162
Grateful to haved moved away from a city where there was a record 121 gun shootings in the first 11 months of 2013... yes, you read correctly.
And grateful to have moved to a small town that can gather -with its children at night in tow mind you- to the center of town in the dark, watch the big tree lighting, sing carols, and wait in line peacefully for each child to sit on Santa's lap and get a bag of free treats. It is a struggling little town. But that didn't stop some people from giving free horsedrawn carriage rides up to the town green, nor stop the rotary club from handing out free hot chocolate to everyone...
Grateful moving one hour south made this huge difference in my life attitude and in my sobriety insurance!
And grateful to have moved to a small town that can gather -with its children at night in tow mind you- to the center of town in the dark, watch the big tree lighting, sing carols, and wait in line peacefully for each child to sit on Santa's lap and get a bag of free treats. It is a struggling little town. But that didn't stop some people from giving free horsedrawn carriage rides up to the town green, nor stop the rotary club from handing out free hot chocolate to everyone...
Grateful moving one hour south made this huge difference in my life attitude and in my sobriety insurance!
....... and really grateful to have a full schedule.
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