SUNDAY GRATITUDE EXTRAVAGANZA
| Breakfast with an Alcoholic | Chinese Food, Serenity and Five Years of Sobriety | Cousin's Visit | Tiny Little Steps |TFLMS Weekend | Much, Much More |
I’m grateful for really dark, really early morning. I’m grateful for coffee and my fireplace. I’m grateful for friends and meetings. I’m grateful fora day of the the usual nonsense. I’m grateful to be sober today.
LAST WEEK ON TFLMS:
Breakfast with an Alcoholic: Season 3 Premiere
Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Sobriety Journeys
05:05 Personal Stories of Addiction
11:44 First Attempts at Sobriety
17:31 The Role of Support Systems
22:48 The Impact of Relapse
30:19 The Alcoholic Lightning Round
43:12 Reflections on the Big Book
55:13 Looking Ahead to Future Discussions
Chinese Food, Serenity and Five Years of Sobriety
When I used to hear people at meetings say things like they were celebrating five years, that just seemed impossible. I could never even manage ninety days of sobriety during those years. On Monday, when I qualify at this meeting, I’m going be one of those people who says those completely impossible things. I will say that on October 22nd, I’ll be celebrating five years of sobriety.
Cousin's Visit
I'm grateful that the last two meetings I've attended have had the topic be "gratitude" (and it's not even Thanksgiving!). I'm grateful for the positivity and hopefulness in the shares resulting from this topic. I'm grateful for the reminder that surrendering doesn't mean giving up, but rather to simply stop fighting. I'm grateful for being in a position in life to help others and be solicited for advice. I'm grateful for running through a heavily tree-lined neighborhood and getting color overload from the changing leaves. I'm grateful Colorado sends educational pamphlets detailing the myriad of ballot measures so voters know about what's happening. I'm grateful to live in a democracy where we have the freedom to speak our minds and be our authentic selves. I'm grateful for the interior design compliments I got because it's a passion I've only recently discovered in sobriety. I'm grateful to be in a time period where I can hear sober fellows share about their experience living through…
TFLMS Weekend: Where Sobriety Isn’t Just a Consequence…
SUNDAY GRATITUDE EXTRAVAGANZA
| The Return of Breakfast with an Alcoholic | September | San Francisco | Stuck in My Own Shit |TFLMS Weekend | Much, Much More |