This will surely become one of the longest threads in this Tribe. It would be way cool if each member posts at least a few things for which they are grateful even when just visiting this Tribe to read.
So, what are you grateful for today?
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1) my recovery
2) my family
3) good health
4) decent home
5) full fridge & pantry
6) coffee
7) laughter...
So, what are you grateful for today?
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1) my recovery
2) my family
3) good health
4) decent home
5) full fridge & pantry
6) coffee
7) laughter...
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Tue, March 29, 2005 - 9:04 PM8) enough $$$ to pay the April bills
9) enough gas to last until Friday
10) 98 Rock does internet radio
11) virtual keyboard
12) home value tripled in 3 years
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Mon, November 14, 2005 - 9:10 AMmore things to be grateful for
warm bed on sick days
some one to feed me soup
a tribe like this one
fingers to type things Im grateful for
pirate video game
you lovely people!!!
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Wed, March 30, 2005 - 9:04 AM1. God.
2. Starbucks Coffee.
3. My Job.
4. Death Metal.
5. More Coffee.
6. My Sanity.
7. My Friends and family.
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Sat, April 2, 2005 - 9:28 AM22) this Tribe is now listed!!!
23) Saturday- YAY!!!
24) coffee grinder
25) coffee maker
26) GOOD coffee
27) at least one computer in this house is running today
28) friend bought me my own dot com
29) more coffee
30) new stuff to auction
31) chocolate
32) 1st bonsai doing great
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Mon, April 4, 2005 - 11:00 AM34. Vacation.
35. Sleep.
36. Disturbing The Neighbors.
37. More Beautiful Coffee.
38. More Sleep.
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Wed, April 6, 2005 - 8:16 AM39) coffee
40) Samson (dog I adopted yesterday)
41) good basic vet tech skills
42) HP of my own understanding & choice
43) coffee
44) happy, healthy family
45) DAY OFF!!!
46) virtual keyboard
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Sun, April 17, 2005 - 10:01 AM48) coffee- with ice cream today!!!
49) a mountain of clean clothes to fold
50) a working dishwasher
51) good karma from spiritual living
52) 3,598 consecutive daily reprives
53) harmless internet fun and random acts of silliness
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Sat, May 7, 2005 - 10:50 PM1. got out of old place-sober
2. got into new place-sober
3. invited combative triber in bipolarland to my network of friends. will he accept?
4. brother gave me a 24 in. t.v.
5. brother gave me his new lyrics to rework
6. nephew finally burned me c.d. of songs i downloaded 4 months ago.
7. moved into new rustic dump w/out boyfriend. just me and maddie. new beginnings.
8. throughtout move still made 5 out of 7 mtgs.
9. was invited to join 5 tribes i never heard of this week, signifying personal growth and validation that i am being heard for who i am.
10. took a risk on a tribal post and paid the written word price, but still held my mud and stood by my convictions, thus in my heart knowing i did the right thing.
11. glad you found me.
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Sun, May 8, 2005 - 11:37 PM67) Mother's Day was nice.
68) At least 2 new volunteers for the next round of RIMC updates
www.geocities.com/recovery_im_united/
69) <=== Yeah... ;oD
70) Day to myself in less than 7 hours.
71) Pissing off my disease, big time (anniversary soon!)
72) Home equity available in a couple more days.
73) Buying 20 acres w/ #72.
74) Paying off $5.25K credit cards w/ #72.
75) <=== Stepdad turned this old on May 2nd - YIPPEE!!!
76) Another 24 hours to celebrate thanks to HPs, everyone & everything!
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Thu, May 26, 2005 - 10:13 AM77) 3637 daily reprives so far
78) house to myself today
79) ice cream in my coffee today
80) 20 acres purchased
81) Master Fu (my betta) survived Kali (my calico) knocking his home off the table Saturday. It was a close shave!
82) found some great Little Rascals DVDs on clearance.
83) found the original 1925 release of The Wizard of Oz on DVD- clearance! Rare find, indeed!!!
84) my 7 y/o special needs son graduated from K and is being mainstreamed for 1st grade!!!
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Tue, May 31, 2005 - 12:24 AM86. survived the beating i took in the bipolar post
87. didn't feed into the beating i took the bipolar post
88. recognized the role i played in that post.
89. glad i have a more enlightened forum to discuss my illness and sobriety
90. glad i stay out of the drama around me day in and out yet am still able to be in the present and even offer solice and advise
91. glad my personal growth has enabled me to take criticism and use it as a tool for learning rather than an attack on my character.
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Wed, June 1, 2005 - 9:42 PM93) Kids got to have an outing with my mom before her surgery.
94) Found some neat treasures while thrifting.
95) 9 days until my recovery anniversary (HPs willing! ;oD)
96) Tax-free hurricane supply shopping until June 12th.
97) Buying ^^ stuff for use in AZ, not FL!!!
98) Found a fun site for making neat animated shorts. This is my 1st one, entitled "Curvytude"... mm.dfilm.com/mm2s/mm_route.php
99) Today's tornado watch was uneventful.
100) <=== I got #100 (nyah-nyah! ;oP)
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Thu, June 2, 2005 - 11:32 PM101. another day clean....even serene
102.learned many lessons this week and survived
103.took a stand to do the right thing
104. had an urge to do the wrong thing...stoped in my tracks...realized what my HP's will was and did the right thing!!!
105. my 15 yr old got a summer job!
106.my 11 yr old is going to camp for a week(bittersweet!!!)
107.been doing much spring cleaning
108. accepting hurricane season is here and turning it over!!!
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Sat, June 11, 2005 - 5:20 PM109) Tenth recovery anniversary TODAY!!!
110) Mom's doing super!
111) ^^ Docs removed all her cancer!
112) Filing AZ deed paperwork on Monday!
113) Sammy's getting over his refusal to potty outside in the rain!
114) Close to bedtime for my goofies! (insert sigh of relief here)
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Mon, June 13, 2005 - 1:39 PM115. grateful my friends r doing so well esp.fugi!!!
116.i'm ok even though summerjob did not work for 15 yr old
117.he is in juvi for domestic violence so he can't abuse us or hit us.....today
118. for my home group Back to life that meets mon.,fri., & sat....
119. my 12 yr old is home safe from camp
120.grateful for the tribes i've joined
121.have more time to write my personal recovery story for World Service.org(NA)
122.my step dad broke his hip had surgery and at 85 is doing well!!
123.grateful for my healthy diet
124. grateful for quiet time
125.grateful for fugis 10 yr recovery bday congrats
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Thu, June 30, 2005 - 12:16 AM127. i graduated from prop.36 6 months early (mandated drug program)
128. got a new (used) under the radar car as a sobriety gift from my parents to re-place my probable cause car.
129. recently resumed songwriting and recording with my brother.
130. have been asked to sponsor.
131. am taking my yr. chip on 7/9. (hp willin')
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Thu, June 30, 2005 - 11:06 PMWoohoo! Go, Gypsy!!!
133. July already?!?
134. Got 3 offers on our townhouse- and it ain't even listed yet!
135. Won a sweet digital cam for a song on eBay.
136. Seeing my HPs' hand in situations almost immediately, which boosts my faith, big time!
137. Hubster actually cooked dinner for a change.
138. New blog.
139. Coffee
140. Chocolate
141. AIR CONDITIONING!!!
142. Staying put this weekend!
143. Posting new eBay auctions next week.
144. Clean clothes to fold & put away.
145. Added a bunch more new volunteers for the 12-Step Recovery Instant Messenger Cooperative.
Up next: #146. Who's gonna run with it? {{{hugs}}}
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Mon, May 30, 2005 - 1:28 PM(7) being able to rest when i want to
(8) having enough assorted yarn and supplies for my craft making
(9)creativity
(10) being clean and serene
(11) tea especially jasmine & green
(12)hope for the future
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Mon, May 30, 2005 - 1:22 PMi sure try to keep a daily attitude of gratitude even in spite of what i'm lacking....i'm grateful for my spirituality, my recovery, my family,my friends, my home, reliable transportation, tribe.net
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Tue, June 14, 2005 - 3:54 AMcan we get to know you???i'm grateful for my friends in recovery too....they have helped me take off my many masks and get real and vulnerable and learn that i could have real intimacy with my clothes on!!!!what part of the world are you in??? what do you do for your recovery??? love & light lilaclady -
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Sat, July 2, 2005 - 3:03 PMI am grateful for
1. waking up without craving drugs
2. my friends in and out of the meetings who accept me and my imperfections.
3. My higher power
4. every breath I take
5. the wonderful woman HP sent me that is by my side daily, clean!
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Sat, July 2, 2005 - 7:13 PMwelcome johnny to our growing grateful fiends. i think this tribe has so much potential and energy waiting to be tapped and unleashed to be shared and spread to others willing to listen and ready to grow. and to the rest of you others also i haven't met yet also, welcome....it looks like we are starting to grow thanks to chris and donald who brought me in under their wings..... i am grateful..... -
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Thu, July 7, 2005 - 5:17 AM153) Johnny & Pam posted! Thanks!!! {{{hugs}}}
154) Seeing my HPs' hands in things as they happen.
155) Having faith when others nearby are sweating the small stuff.
156) Having a realistic, but flexible time schedule for certain goals.
157) COFFEE!!!
158) Not much housework to do.
159) Finally get some "me" time today!
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Thu, July 7, 2005 - 4:35 PM160. i officially graduated from prop 36 today....6 mo. early!!
161. tomorrow is my one yr. birthday!
162. glad i'm not in London and sad for all who are
163. am songwriting again and actually going places with it
164. am getting work under the radar
165. am setting boundaries and sticking to them.
166. re-evaluating my self worth and glad i have some left to give.
167. honored my daughter considers me a "hero"
168. shocked maddie wants to give up her jr high summer dance to watch me take my yr. chip on saturday!
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Mon, July 11, 2005 - 2:26 PMGrateful being where I want to be and doing what I wish to do and waking up without those "fears" every morning (hangovers was when I was a kid!) at 3AM and seeing only empty bottles and not knowing how to get through those damned 5 hours when the "liquor store" opened and then looking in my pockets and seeing I only had $1.30 left and why? I thought I had a "Twenty" somewhere and tearing the house apart to find it and then scheming to see who I could con out of $5 or $10 today with some sob story but at least I was not a "junkie" I had some "self respect"..Grateful to wake up today just a bit anxious about what I had to do and did it...Grateful since sober works. -
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Tue, August 2, 2005 - 12:13 PM170) Another 24 hour reprieve.
171) Healthy
172) Goofies home today.
173) NO errands to do today! (yet...)
174) POS X-Box power supply didn't kill my sweetie last week!!!
175) Got final daycare voucher approved.
176) Got notarized deed registration confirmation back from AZ.
177) Non-leaky roof.
178) Food in pantry & fridge.
179) A/C killing the stifling humidity.
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Sun, August 14, 2005 - 12:57 AM180) Day #3,717
181) Unconfirmed wanted pregnancy.
182) 7 y/o's first week of mainstreaming went great.
183) 4 y/o digging his new light-up sneakers.
184) Bills paid.
185) Food in fridge & pantry.
186) NO errands today!!!
187) One day closer to moving to AZ.
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Sat, August 27, 2005 - 9:50 PM188) HP spared my 4 y/o and I from harm Friday morning when our van skidded and almost went into the drainage ditch on our side of the road. I was in "granny" driving mode already (thank Goddess) because of rain bands from Katrina. In frantically steering to avoid this near disaster, upon recovery, the van was jettisoned into the oncoming lane. (2 lane road) Went front end into the ditch on the other side, stopping with just enough rear wheel-to-pavement contact to gun it in reverse. HP got us out, and just as equally miraculous, no oncoming vehicles hit us.
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Sat, September 3, 2005 - 7:21 AMI'm gratefull for :
1.) Tribe
2.) My four year old Son
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Sun, September 18, 2005 - 2:31 PM194) Long overdue f2f meeting Friday night- Awesome!!!
195) Pizza w/ family @ best friend of 19 years' house afterward.
196) Finally got to tend to my greenery for the 1st time in 2 WEEKS.
197) Okay so far about my impending b-day: The Big 4-0
198) Daily reminders of Why We Were Chosen
(short version)
members.cox.net/mppowers1/chosen.html
(for fellow historians)
www.a-1associates.com/AA/Why%...osen.htm
199) Feelings are not facts; This too shall pass...
200) <--- Nyah-nyah!!! ;oD
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Tue, October 11, 2005 - 8:17 AM201. that fug is back!!
202. I made it off one probation
203. don't have to do mandatory reporting on the 2nd probation
204. that i have my program that has kept me clean and sober enabling me to accomplish 202-3.
205. that my daughter is doing well in jr. high school despite hormonal raging and my space.com
206. that i have taken an active role in my home group extending myself by taking on a secretary commitment and candle chick (the hardest) for an evening mtg.
207. i have been asked to sponsor a fellow addict w/ similar issues and my sponsor said do it.
208. that i risked rejection by volunteering for the Red Cross given my past, age, and mental health history..
209. am handling being "on call" w/ the RC for "immediate" deployment. Let go and let my HP handle it.
209. Yet the RC calls and keeps asking if i am still interested, so i feel the risk was worth it even if i don't go...in one interview, i told them i'd already been to hell, i could handle it.
210. that i don't live in the southern gulf states, or pakistan, iraq, or bali ..
211. that i have the ability to feel and the compassion to care for all those suffering.
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Tue, October 11, 2005 - 8:32 PMcreation
trees
an occupation
tasty puffs
music
laughter
my doggie who I miss
sleepy
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Wed, October 12, 2005 - 7:36 PMMy sanity (such as it is)
My friends
No more "coming down" after a run
The blue sky
The ocean
The redwoods
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Thu, October 13, 2005 - 7:04 PMreggae
life
burritos
new babies!!
hair
this tribe!!
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Tue, October 25, 2005 - 9:01 PMlets see:
the car starts
i have warm fuzzy socks
my second husband is just so much more a husband
my parents are alive
my kid is not in jail or using to my knowlege (teenager)
my sponsor is my sponsor
i have a place to post and share with people like me, unlike before when i had a place to crash with people like me.
Today i am grateful for you who are reading this and that i have the ability to write it.
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Sun, October 30, 2005 - 5:50 PMfood
sex
yerba santa
cartoons
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Mon, October 31, 2005 - 12:32 AM250) Today is a holy day for my family (Samhain)
251) 8 days until we leave Bizzarro World (FL)
252) This revelation: www.livejournal.com/~fugitiv...7647.html
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Mon, October 31, 2005 - 11:09 AM253. that fug got the #'s back on track!
254. that i am sick and have on line recovery while i get better.
255. that my back is feeling better after two wks of hell.
256. that i got a chance to see a band that rejuvenated my HP connection.
257. that my 12 yr. old is doing well at school, for the most part.!
258. that my sponsee is still sober.
259. that i am still sober.
260. that you all are still sober.
love and peace....
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Sun, November 20, 2005 - 9:12 PM.....having found this wharfrat related tribe tonight after looking for weeks.....having had a fairly healthy conversation with my using parents without codependent/empty bs coming up.......Having my late great sponsor up on high kick my ass towards a meeting today....staying out of argumentation...feeling love from god and goddess.......a plan for tomorrow without planning results....... -
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Thu, December 15, 2005 - 11:29 PM273) DSL in the Ozarks!!!
274) Survived the road trip... literally.
275) One weekly AA and one weekly NA meeting in this one stop light town.
276) Goofy #1 likes his new school.
277) Goofy #2 is celebrating his 5th birthday today.
278) Persuing buying the house we're currently renting.
279) New sponsor's been clean & sober longer than I've been alive- YOWZA!!!
280) Friggin' gorillas disguised as a national moving company didn't damage/destroy more than they did.
281) Smoking sections in most AR restaurants.
282) Super-sweet next-door neighbor.
283) New electric space heaters temporarily in lieu of propane service.
284) Plenty to eat and drink in the 2nd poorest county in AR, where many probably went to bed cold and hungry tonight.
285) Researching development of a local non-religious, multi-purpose assistance agency. A hand UP- not OUT.
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Fri, December 16, 2005 - 1:54 PM286. that fug is back on track...!!!
287. that fug made the move and is doing well
288. glad i don't have a hamster that needs a friend, tho i do have a guinea pig that i will gladly ship.
289. that one of my closest friends just died from AIDS and i didn't drink or use.
290. that my computer crashed and i managed to fix it and transfer all my documents, praying it won't crash again.
291. that my daughter broke it off w/ a girlfriend by her own volition after discovering the harsh facts of betrayal and love.
292. that i didn't drink or use over #291.
293. grateful i am not 12 yrs. old, but can be a mom to one who is.
294. that the death of my friend inspired my best songwriting work to date.
295. that i finally had the strength to set boundaries and keep them w/ my SO.
296. that my 2nd mammogram was negative and i merely have "fatty breasts".
297. that my mom is here for two weeks from the east coast and i am happy to see her, for a change.
298. that despite me getting lost to the airport picking up my mother and w/ #286-297 going on, i didn't drink or use.
ok you DHF, get it right and start w/ #299. love to all....
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