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495284 tn?1333894042

Time for a Gratitude List~

We have all been doing extra work on our recovery lately so i thought we needed to write down again all that we are grateful for..........

I am grateful for all of you.  You have all really worked hard on your recoveries this last couple weeks.  This is not always easy.  Many questions have come up and you all have gathered around everyone and worked thru your emotions and have been so supportive.  I am so proud of you all~
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495284 tn?1333894042
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I dont speak very often about my relationship but i am so grateful for him.  He has been my rock, my greatest supporter and calls me out on my BS.  It takes a special man to take on a damaged woman and stick with her.  He shares in my good times and he is a shoulder to cry on in the bad times.  He allows me to be just who i am, never asking for more or less,  He also calls me out when i decide i dont want to play nice in the sandbox.  I really hate that too and he knows it.  Noone should be allowed to figure me out!!!  When i cleaned up i fell in love with him, real love with real emotions that i really felt and still do.
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1742220 tn?1331356727
wow short but so powerful ...  both of ur posts really speak volumes.  nice.  --mp
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3120424 tn?1347170032
Spending time outside enjoying the woods and streams with the dogs
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1970885 tn?1435860428
My family's forgiveness and a second shot at being a husband and father.
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495284 tn?1333894042
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5518617 tn?1372430882
I haven't been here that long, but you guys have helped give me my life back.. I am first grateful for the years to come with my children, and getting to remember all the details (well most of them lol). I am grateful for all the wonderful souls on this bored... You have been more then supportive, you people are a god send.. I am gratful for not waking up every morning and reaching for a pill bottle, for not counting hours between the next dose. Im no longer owrried about whether or not my pills are with me at all times.. I am grateful for hearing my alarm clock now, for being able to expierence pleasure (my sex life was dead because I just couldn't "feel" the close-ness..
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I am grateful to God for allowing me to see this day and do with it what I will...clean. I am grateful to my husband who has served this country for 30 years. I am grateful to those before him. I am grateful that I happened upon MH where I found the most supportive, non judgmental, caring individuals...my cyber angels. I am grateful that everyday I am breaking free of the chains of pills that took me 2 years to realize I wasn't in Kansas anymore, but in a dependent relationship. I am grateful that I know I can always come here and get great support...

Belle
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IM greatful im clean and thank God for that  im also indebt to all who served to keep the country we live in free im gratful God gave me 5 wonderful kids and 2 grand kids im gratful to have a program of recovery thanks to N/A im greatful God keep me around to help others im greatful for the very air i breath the list goes on and on  everyone should say 10 things there greatful for each night b/4 bed it puts things into presptive I also am greatful of all of you who help out those still suffering we all can kick this with a little help from our freinds good luck and God bless every one of you...........................Gnarly...................
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Today I'm grateful to be alive and I'm grateful for my sobriety. I'm grateful that Bill W and Doctor Bob visited a 3rd alcoholic in a hospital ward in Akron OH and discovered that by helping others it took their minds off their cravings for a drink. The 12 steps and all the fellowships that followed, including this one, have helped millions of men and women to solve their drinking and drugging problems, one day at a time.
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4522800 tn?1470325834
Yep!! That is what I said in the other Post!! You sure got that right!!
God Bless America and the Ones that made it possible!
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495284 tn?1333894042
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I am grateful for all the veterans both past and present who have fought for our freedom.  Without them places like this would be non existant.
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I am grateful for finding this site and to all of you that helped me through those first couple of rough weeks (you know who you are) I'm grateful that I'm not counting those nasty pills everyday worrying about running out.  I'm grateful for my family being supportive for me and grateful that I wake up each day living and breathing.
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im grateful for this site that brought me back to life.  im grateful prayers are answered and my daughter will RECOVER that i recovered, and each day is a blessing to behold......butterbean said it all.
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1253584 tn?1332877954
Grateful for life and all that comes with it. The good and the bad.
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4810126 tn?1503942735
I love this:

"Dance like nobody's watching
Love like you've never been hurt
Sing like nobody's listening
Live like it's Heaven on Earth"

Thanks! (Needed that.)
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I am Grateful for being able to finally live by a quote i always tried to live by before becoming an addict.

"Dance like nobody's watching
Love like you've never been hurt
Sing like nobody's listening
Live like it's Heaven on Earth"

I'm truly grateful i'm here to share it with you all, my downs as well as my ups....but most of all i'm truly grateful to all the wise, wonderful, witty, caring and truly amazing people on this forum, without whom my journey would have been very isolated and soooo much more difficult.

I owe you all such a debt of gratitude i'm at a loss how to begin to repay it x
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4810126 tn?1503942735
I'm grateful for this forum and all the wonderful people who share their stories & for all those friends who've opened their hearts and hands to me. Blessings to each and every one of you.

I'm grateful to have (mysteriously!) been given so many chances that I didn't necessarily merit.

I'm grateful for the wonderful and (recently) devastating emotions that I can now feel. I'm grateful that I'm starting to  grieve all my friends that died far to young and that I carry inside me.

I'm grateful to be clean, to be tired, to be ill, to be joyous, to love, to give a d**n and to be alive.

Thanks for listening. (Grateful for that, too!)
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I'm grateful for my therapist.  It's the first time in my life I've gone to therapy(40 years old) and I'm really enjoying it.  I feel so much better after our sessions. I'm so grateful that I can afford to explore this avenue of healing.
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I am grateful for being grateful, for being in touch with my feelings to be able to feel grateful or anything. To appreciate and feel satisfaction, to value my life is magical. I wake up and hug a kid, kiss my wife, and talk to the family with my morning cup of tea or coffee. I check in on MH and talk to my kids about recovery. No sneaking, no knodding out, making excuses, or lying. I remember all that I do, and am grateful for all of it. I am really most grateful for how awesome recovering addicts are, I'm proud to be a member of such a wonderful body. Thank you all, and special thanks to you Sarah, for reminding me there was anything to be thankful for.
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1742220 tn?1331356727
im grateful that kitty is getting better, for all the ppl on medhelp who help me, are kind to me, and who haven't given up on me, im grateful for my friends, including my mh friends, for nature, hiking, running, for kurt, for music, for the ppl who pm me every day (!), for my life, for my health, for my job, my car, a roof over my head, for my strength and perseverance, for writing, for journals, for Vietnamese tofu, salad and cold vermicelli, for the kindness of strangers, for tha nasty, and for yet another chance to get clean!!!!!!  ooh baby!!!!
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4341997 tn?1514588688
I am grateful for EVERY day clean...my health and my family.....my jobs and a place to call home when it all gets too overwhelming....a place i can relax and re-group.....also very grateful for this site....the day i found this place was a Godsend.  Made some awesome friends here.....Alive and so thankful!  
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5347058 tn?1381188426
I am grateful that I have all of you wonderful people in my life. Your support helps so much. I am also grateful for my kitties who are my babies. I am also grateful that I am alive and kicking. Beats the alternative!
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I am thankful for my life.....and EVERY single person it in...virtual or real!  But mostly I'm thankful right this moment that I have NO laundry to do tonight!!  Happy Weekend to me!!!
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511409 tn?1373395178
I am thankful for all of you, who welcomed me back, without judgement. Who give support.. in times of need.  For those who've showed compassion, when I felt empty and without worth. And most of all, I am thankful for today.  I've been given another chance.  To hopefully find the strength to get it right.
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