Morning Gratitude and Throughout the Day

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Originally Posted by MajestyJo

Do not suffer in aloneness. there is no such thing.

- Gary Zukav -

From my site The Five A's posted in 2003

So grateful for the new awareness, clarity, understanding, and experiences in my life that helped me grow and heal.

sometimes have hard time feeling good enough with others not pretty enough nice enough so work on the outside when I should work on inside to feel good on inside What fear of defect driving me I need to look reflect pray sometimes just stay still and feel then let go. I always need meetings others to listen to and God Higher power in the rooms and online. So glad we have each other to love each other and respond to . Love Heather Have a good day

[MajestyJo]

Grateful for the blessings received each day:

“How beautiful it is to do nothing,
and then to rest afterward.”
Spanish Proverb

“If people concentrated on the really
important things in life,
there'd be a shortage of fishing poles.”
Doug Larson

“To sit with a dog on a hillside
on a glorious afternoon
is to be back in Eden,
where doing nothing was not boring–
it was peace.”
Milan Kundera

[MajestyJo]

Was reminded at my f2f Al-Anon home group how grateful I am for the gifts of recovery.

Gifts that are priceless that no amount of money can buy. The peace, serenity, the tools, the people, etc. that have been made available for me as a result of me reaching out and asking for help.

Our topic today was the Fifth Tradition. It is my favorite. It gave me a purpose and a reason for being. I question my existence and why I was chosen and why I was alive. I found the answer. To carry the message to those who still suffer. Someone took the time to be there for me.

It is my responsibility to be there for others who come into recovery looking for the help that I also sought. Without you, there is no me.

[MajestyJo]

Many times over the years, I got into the I want ways of thinking and then I remember what my life was like when I was using, and I remember to be grateful.

I was one step away from the gutter physically, and was already there mentally and emotionally, so any thing that happens in today, gives me much to be grateful for.

[MajestyJo]

Quote:

“When you are grateful fear disappears and abundance appears”

- - Anthony Robbins - -

As I heard a long-timer say many years ago, "Any day I wake up, it is a good day." Sometimes I lose sight of that. That is why I say today that any day I don't pick up, is a good day.

Quote:

"I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought,
and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder."

- - Gilbert Keith Chesterton

So grateful that I am not on insulin for my diabetes like my two younger sister's are. I am also grateful that I am single even though the two of them enjoy being married. My space may be small but it is mine.

Have found that there is always something to be grateful for, in any given situation if I look for it. As my sponsor said many years ago, "A grateful alcoholic/addict will never have a reason to pick up."

[MajestyJo]

Sometimes we forget to be grateful for the air we breathe, the roof over our heads, the food on our table (no matter what it is), our family and friends.

It is the little things that add up to a big thing! Gratitude!

[MajestyJo]

Love this picture. Is Ms. Cat a couch potato. Did she forget to give thanks that she woke up this morning.

She doesn't seem to have any Good Orderly Direction, I wonder if she asked for it.

[MajestyJo]

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[MajestyJo]

Grateful that I have 23 years of sobriety today, although when I get honest, it was more being sober than sobriety, because I did what I could, but had the feeling I should do more. More is always a danger word, especially for me.

It isn't about more years, but one day at a time for 23 years.

I am so grateful for the people in my life be it face to face or on the internet.

So many have done my research for me and I didn't have to go back out myself to find that it isn't any better out there.

Many have taught me how to work my program and how not to work my program. For me it is more about living, picking up the tools of recovery and applying them to my life.

I am so grateful for the tools of recovery, the most important are the 12 Steps, which originated with AA and passed on to other Fellowships.

As my sponsor said many years ago, and as I have said many times on the board, "A grateful alcoholic/addict will never have a reason to pick up, lot of excuses, but no reason to go back to where you came from.

My name is JoAnne, I am an alcoholic, and I am addicted to pills, men, food, and just about any object or person that will take me out of myself and make me feel better. I didn't know it wasn't their job, and that I was responsible for my own happiness and recovery. I had to let go of the blame game and live in reality, instead of denial and self-pity, and all those old feelings that are not condusive to serenity.

Having trust and faith in the program gets me through each day. Through the program, I was able to make a conscious contact with the God of my understanding, and for that I am very grateful.

[MajestyJo]

Whenever I have pain or an excess of pain over and above the normal, I know it is emotional on top of the physical and that I need to surrender even more. It is time to take an inventory, not only at my recovery from alcohol and drugs, but my day to day living to see what I am doing wrong. i.e. overdoing, not getting exercise, not enough sleep, not eating properly, too long on the computer, etc. Also have to look at my emotions, to see where they are at. What haven't I let go of, what I haven't turned over, what I am in denial about, what I am trying to control and what do I need to let go of and surrender to my Higher Power.

Something I shared on another site in 2011

The pain is still there, it has never gone away, it is about learning to deal with it and work and think through it, with the help of my God and the wonderful people He has put in my path. I will be eternally grate for His Good Orderly Direction which has shown my how to deal with the pain and not have to go to the drugs I use to use and felt like I just had to have. I am sick don't you know! Poor, poor me, pour me another one.

So grateful for the program that saved my life.

[MajestyJo]

Don't know if it is because I have celebrated two Thanksgivings and Christmas is on the way, but have had a lot of gratitude.

It seems like I am noticing more and more, the little things in my life and more importantly, remembering to say Thank You.

Each day, I am thankful for being clean and sober. I remember all the years that I struggled and vowed never to do it again, but I did.

How many times, I prayed, "God get me out of this and I will ...."

How many times have I thought, "I don't need help, I can do it on my own."

How many times have I said, "This time it will be different, I will eat, I won't mix my drinks, I will get up and dance instead of sitting and just drinking, etc."

Thank you for being a part of my sobriety. Thank you for those who still struggle for carry the message to me that it isn't any better out there. Thank you to those who make it back in, it affirms that the program is the only way and you give me hope.

Posted in December 2011

They told me in the rooms of recovery when I came in many years ago that AA was the last house on the block. We try so many things, and finally when our score card read zero, we finally went to AA. I could stop, but I couldn't stay stopped. I am so grateful for AA that has allowed me to stop, one day at a time, for 23 years and 7 days.

[MajestyJo]

A grateful addict will never have a reason to pick up. Lots of excuses, but no reason. I am so grateful that I was given a second chance at life. I had been trying my way for eight years and when I entered the doors of recovery, I found the solution. It was up to me to put it into action.

I am so grateful for the young girl who introduced me to NA literature when in treatment in November 1991. She is no longer with us. She will always be my special angel because she carried the message to me.

I am grateful that I found a Higher Power. I choose to call Him "My God" as He is personal to me. Before God was this distant Being and through the fellowship of the spirit, I was able to bring Him closer and build a relationship with Him.

God was an old tape. He was who other people told me He was. I had to find out who He was to me. I am grateful that He reveals Himself to me each day. As I shared with my son yesterday, God is a He when I need Good Orderly Direction. God is a She when I need tender loving care (Divine Orderly Good), and an It when I need to go within and find my answer. I went on a spiritual journey at a year sober. I am grateful that everywhere I went, God was there. I try to show my gratitude for thanking Him for being a part of my journey. I am grateful that He is always there. It is up to me to acknowledge Him.

I am grateful that you are all a part of my life!

I am grateful to be clean and sober in today.

Posted in 2011.

Still grateful in 2014

[MajestyJo]

How grateful I am for the gifts of recovery.

Gifts that are priceless that no amount of money can buy. The peace, serenity, the tools, the people, etc. that have been made available for me as a result of me reaching out and asking for help.

Our topic today was the Fifth Tradition. It is my favorite.

5 Each Al-Anon Family Group has but one purpose: to help families of alcoholics. We do this by practicing the Twelve Steps of AA ourselves, by encouraging and understanding our alcoholic relatives, and by welcoming and giving comfort to families of alcoholics.

It gave me a purpose and a reason for being. I questioned my existence and why I was chosen and why I was alive. I found the answer. To carry the message to those who still suffer. Someone took the time to be there for me.

It is my responsibility to be there for others who come into recovery looking for the help that I also sought. Without you, there is no me.

"If you concentrate on finding whatever is good in every
situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be
filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul."
- - Rabbi Harold Kushner

It is my firm belief that there is something 'good' in everything, the same as life isn't all positive or negative. Many time, that negative is to draw my attention to a lesson that needs to be learned.

[MajestyJo]

Really like this. It has been brought home to me lately, how much we look at what we don't have rather than what we do have.

Yes I have pain, I have daily pain, yet my God sees me through it each day without the use of heavy duty narcotics. For that I am very grateful. I have friends who just have the fibromyalgia who are on highly addictive medication. I have fibromyalgia many other things like my diabetes and associated diseases and osteoarthritis.

I may not have my own home, but then when I came into recovery, I was one step off of the streets. I am not capable and cleaning a big home and don't have the money to get someone to come and do it for me. Why should I wish for more, when more is the seed of addiction.

Each day, I always try to remember to say thank you, because I know, what I need is on the way.

[MajestyJo]

How often we leave words unspoken as unimportant or because of a fear of rejection of thoughts of being made to look silly.

So many thing no said or done, because we are afraid of what people will say or do. Gratitude is so important. A simple "Thank You" speaks volumes."