Roots

This Week on Diary of a Sober Girl

Goooood morning my friends (: As always, I hope everyone had a lovely weekend and you all are feeling ready for the fresh week ahead!

I’m having some writers block the morning and would prefer not to bring you all through the same story it’s been for the past few weeks. I started therapy again, first session was great, there’s been a lot of changes lately just in life in general and I need some more time to settle in. I don’t want to drink by any means, but I still can’t shake this exhaustion.

SO, I think it would be best to bring us back to our roots here, something I haven’t done in a while. A gratitude list - my list of 30 things that I am grateful for today.

I hope you enjoy!

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1.    I am so grateful to be sober.

2.    I’m grateful for time with family over the weekend.

3.    I’m grateful for the friends I have who are so patient, tolerant, kind and understanding.

4.    I’m grateful for our new home and all of the new space we have.

5.    I’m grateful for the really good memories.

6.    I’m grateful for the old film photos I found that I took and developed back in college that I hung up around the house.

7.    I’m so grateful for remembering how much I love to take photos.

8.    I’m grateful for AA and the lessons it’s taught me.

9.    I’m grateful for my sponsor.

10. I’m grateful for the opportunity to change.

11. I’m grateful that I was able to take my peepas ashes back home with me this weekend.

12. I’m grateful for adapting and evolving.

13. I’m grateful for coffee.

14. I’m grateful that I’ve been able to keep the doors in lately to let a little fresh air in.

15. I’m grateful for boundaries - for respecting myself and for knowing that I certainly cannot expect other people to change - but I can find a place of neutrality and still have a boundary.

16. I’m grateful for how far I’ve come.

17. I’m grateful that I’ve stopped being a doormat (in most cases).

18. I’m grateful to know that seasons pass.

19. I’m grateful for moments of calm inside myself (which can certainly be few and far between sometimes).

20. I’m grateful for a long slow recovery.

21. I’m grateful for the anniversary meeting last night and for doing service.

22. I’m grateful for in unit washer and dryer (it’s the little things).

23. I’m grateful for my health.

24. I’m grateful for books.

25. I’m grateful for comfy sweatshirts and a new anklet from my mom.

26. I’m grateful for the beach.

27. I’m grateful for the city.

28. I’m grateful for honesty and compromise.

29. I’m grateful for being able to write here.

30. I’m grateful for my life and all of the ups and downs and all of the things that make me, me.

Xx,

Jane