Morning Gratitude ~ Part 44
 

New Thread Continues From Here :)

http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...t-43-a-25.html

Thanks, Opivotal!

Grateful for a better understanding with my teenage Granddaughter, Age 13

Grateful for my other Granddaughter, Age 17, believing in Acceptance to make it easier to attend an event she was leary of, but necessary

Grateful for learning about teenagers and just love them and pray for them. They are sometimes living in their own world (a nice way to say wacky)

Thanks OPI!!

Thanks Opivital and for prior threads as well! :You_Rock_

Grateful for our wonderful FBL!

Grateful to get up on a Sunday morning without a hangover, cook lunch for friends and look forward to them coming --- instead of struggling with a hangover.

HL: laughed at us wearing the same long johns -- that would be a big pair stretching from England to Australia! :lmao

Grateful for waking up with just enough time to have breakfast, check in to SR, and drive to my parents in time to take my Mum to church (hopefully I'll make it).

Grateful that I'm not panicking, and stressed about the possibility of being late, this would have set me up for a "bad day" in the past, now it just is as it is.

Grateful for the sunshine this morning. It will be a nice drive.

Grateful for my recovery from the illness of alcoholism which gives me so much every day that I can hardly receive it all. There is plenty left over for you guys. :grouphug:

Grateful for only a dim headache this morning (caffeine withdrawal). Grateful that I have caught up on my sleep.

Grateful to come home to my little dog who was so happy to see me.

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congrats on the 5 fbl :a122:

grateful to wake up, and in more then one way! lol

Grateful for SR today - really, truly, deeply grateful

Grateful for breakfast in the sun

Grateful for Aly's smilies!

Grateful for the sound of the baby wrens in the birdhouse in our front yard. I can hear them chattering all day long waiting for Mom and Dad to bring them their yummies.

Grateful for the beautiful weekend we are having - small storm yesterday, but all the events in the area made out pretty well.

Grateful for fresh veggies out of the garden - just heavenly!

Grateful for the start of day 7. First time that's happened since I relapsed in June. Two days here and there, sometimes three. When my birthday hit last Monday, I knew that was my day to pick, easy to remember!

Grateful for a lovely long peaceful sleep last night.

Grateful for a vision of Michigan in the summer from Marjoram. Onwards, Marjoram!
Grateful to remember how bright and strange & beautiful the world looked when I first took alcohol out of my system.
Grateful to have reaffirmed to myself that I don't want to go back to seeing it any other way.

Congratulations on 7 days, my lovely Marjoram :bigok: I'm so pleased for you :)

Grateful for all the optimism and true Spirituality here on SR

Grateful for all the opportunities going forward to work on Acceptance and some other challenges. Grateful to be a part of this Community.:lala

Grateful for the Miracle of 5 and 7 days in our little group here. :You_Rock_:grouphug:

Grateful having dinner with family and seeing a glimps. of 13 year old granddaughter, LOL Maybe she will sing for us since she is in a girl band.

Grateful that I got sober and have been able to raise my Daughters and enjoy my Granddaughters (5 of them!) They are always a joy and when not, I get to leave. LOL

Grateful that I had a short sleep in this morning.
Grateful that a Sunday's entertaining was that and not a Sunday's drinking.
Grateful to get the washing done and the house cleaned so I have a free afternoon.

Grateful for a day at home on my own, I love Mondays.

Grateful that I'm spending some time researching ways to improve my nutrition, and can afford good nutritious food.

Grateful for some Eckhart Tolle audio books which remind me that the only moment we have is now.

Grateful to have nothing to focus on this morning which gives me a blank slate for God to write on as I learn to listen and listen to learn while loving those on SR who are people just like me. :grouphug:

Grateful because I feel good today.

Grateful that it is a year ago today that I plucked up the courage to join SR and stop lurking!

Grateful for all that SR has brought me in that time

Grateful for gratitude today

Freein14: I am listening to the same audiobooks.

Grateful to awake to the sunrise, from a dream .

grateful for the keys to the kingdom

and i keep them on one of those biker key rings so i dont loose them!

Grateful for waking up to the world with Sober eyes! Nice to find the strength to get a week under my belt again.

Grateful for music. It truly is a connection to the soul.

Grateful for some time and space to be on SR and tune into gratitude.
Grateful for a really nice SO, and quality time with him. Grateful for a fun night at the movies.
Grateful for good conversations with my mom and brother yesterday, and a nice text from my stepdad. Always grateful for my supportive family.
Grateful for time for yoga, meditate, journal, to go with in....sometimes I feel stressed, about how I'm not working enough, I don't have enough going on I my life, enough responsibility for someone my age...but honestly, I'm grateful for this quiet time. Time to focus on my recovery. Last year I was working 6 days a week, 7am-6pm, abusing amphetamines, abusing everything, especially myself...now I'm sober, I don't drink anymore, I'm healthy...i realize how grateful I am for this time. All my material needs are met (I volunteer 25 hours a week for room and board, I have money from my tax return from the bank) and I'm trying to feel confidence that one sober day at a time I will move forward to more responsibility, with consistent daily sober actions. The grass isn't always greener, I need to feel grateful and make the best use of this "down time" to focus on recovery, wellness, etc. It's good to take time to appreciate it. And when I do have a real job with real responsibilities and plenty to do in the future, I will remember to honor and feel grateful for that, because I will remember when I didn't have those things and how it felt. Now I have the gift of time.
Grateful for another sober day. Grateful that my free time is not spent drunk, high, hungover, or obsessing about drugs.

Grateful for peace.
Grateful for excitement.
Grateful for sobriety and neither of the above coming from a bottle.

Grateful I got half of my laundry done today.

Grateful that a poor night's sleep doesn't leave me feeling shattered these days.
Grateful that my 59 year old body has recovered so well from the punishment I dished out to it for years.