Today I wake and I'm grateful for
1. The roof over the head of my family. It gives shelter but it's also our home to grow as a family full of love, first and foremost.
2. The food in the cupboards. So many in the world struggle and I'm grateful that my family has enough to eat today.
3. For the emotions I will feel today. The numbing isolation of gambling removed my capabilities to feel emotion. Today i will feel a variety of emotions and am learning each day to process those experiences
4. For nature. A simpler way of life allows me to notice the nature around me which changes ever day. It's glory was lost in gambling as it has no consequence or meaning towards the next bet
5. For sleep today. To be able to sleep, refresh and recuperate to take on life's challenges without escaping
6. For support. Undying support given to me with no hidden agenda from my support network which grows in strength and hope each day
7. Knowledge. To be able to learn again about service for myself and others. For many years that was lost
8. For help today and guidance. Stuart's thinking bought him to a dark place rock bottom. It's not Stuart's thinking that will allow me to build from the foundation but Stuart's thinking now will allow him to reach out and grow
9. Form community today. A community that I never knew existed. The community of recovery and the diversity of the people within it. To be able to see the similarities and not the differences
10. Simply for Sunday 22nd of March. A glorious day, each day, one day at a time. To be present in this day, not tomorrow, not yesterday but instead today and only today. I thank God for my health and the gift of today with all it brings. To have the blank canvas of today with the opportunity to make what painting I will.
Does anyone else feel grateful today and happy to post their feelings on here ?
Good morning Stuart.
Gratitude for me is a blessing. Many people in society today are so busy trying to chase a life/social life that is often unachievable without the use of credit cards/going into debt etc. As long as they are “keeping up with the Jones’”, that’s all that seems to matter to them. I see it on instagram on a daily basis - the younger generation in patients, living the high life in every way and I think to myself “how on earth are they able to keep that lifestyle up week in week out!🤔.
I am blessed to have gratitude. It is simple;
It is free
It has power! Power to make each of my days worth living and worth fighting for when the going gets tough.
Gratitude helps us to not self obsess about of own thoughts, feelings and being but instead, helps us to be thankful for what/who we have around us and the positives that come from this.
Gratitude brings us peace from within.
Gratitude helps us not to be self centred.
Gratitude costs nothing.
I SALUTE GRATITUDE!!👌😝
Have a lovely Sunday StuartI and so will I.
Pink Lady 🩷🍎.
Thank you for this I’m at the very start of what I’m hoping will be my recovery from gambling, instead of looking at the negative impacts gambling has had on me I should take the time to be grateful for what I have left.
Since coming out of a pretty nasty relationship, I have kept a journal of positives, no matter how small.
Some days it was having food in the fridge and a roof over my head, other's it was having the use of my limbs to walk the dog or good vision and hearing to hear the birds. There is always something to be grateful for if we look.
Today, I am grateful for my family around the table sharing a roast dinner together, the food on that table and some pretty amazing doggie kisses to wake me up this morning (even though he didn't smell too good!).
Day 2 of no online slot machines also.
Absolutely love this. Hope a few more reply.
I have a big gratitude to gamcare and all the people who help me in Da Gamcare room staff etc
Big thank-you to all lovely post stuart
Hi all
I am really grateful that I wake up each day, my anxiety is lessening, I am grateful for this site and the kind and helpful members of the community. 6 days GF, i'll celebrate my one week tomorrow by treating myself, and I am grateful that I am able to do that! I am grateful that i finally found it inside me to tackle this addiction.
Beautiful reply and gratitude list. I find it so important each morning to write mine. I will post this morning's in a minute. I would love more people to post theirs each day as for me, it keeps me grounded to read mine and others, It keeps me present and in the middle of my recovery road, not slipping to the edges where the pot holes and cambers are hidden.
It doesn't matter where any of us are on our own journey, I think gratitude is the most important way to start the day. Every day I wake up I say my 12 step prayers, meditate (can't believe I would ever say that), write my gratitude list, then I'm ready for the day. Present and ready to meet life on life's terms, gamble free. Determined to avoid that first bet. One bet is too many and it would lead to a thousand which is never enough
I'm grateful for
1. Knowledge and continuous learning in recovery
2. Tranquility in my mind, not all the time but enough to notice and appreciate
3. Being present and experiencing the highs and lows of life
4. A new morning, parakeets talking to each other, a chilled air knowing it will lead to warmth today
5. Sleep that was peaceful and recuperating
6. Courage to make today a great day
7. Belief in service to myself and others today
8. Love and kindness that I feel in my heart for others
9. Respect for myself and others today
10. A plan for today that does not involve chaos
@zmvcu4i3ft and Silly Stacey
As you mention you are at the start of your recovery which is amazing as the day you admit to yourself and others is the hardest day by far. Do you have any thing in place like blocks and accountability ? How is your support network looking ? How are you doing with connection if you are like me and isolated on gambling ? Finances ?
I'm not putting at all and understand if you aren't comfortable opening up but I would be happy to share what's worked for me so far if you would like ? I gambled compulsively for 44 years and lived the last ten years in mental chaos. I'm now 124 days gamble free
Hi Stuart - great thread to start up and some wonderful thoughts on here from our community.
Today I'm grateful for:
1. Having somewhere to call home
2. The love I feel in my heart for my family, friends and this community
3. The opportunity to be able to choose to get better and work on myself
4. My health
5. That my mind is becoming clearer each day, and the haze is starting to lift
6. For the support that is available to me, and the connections that I am making through this wonderful forum
7. My job and the opportunities to grow professionally each day
8. Having a warm bed, and somewhere peaceful to sleep
Fran 🙂
Hi Fran
Love that but can we get your list up to 10 items tomorrow ?
I'm grateful for
1. Fresh breeze today
2. Accountability
3. Connection
4. Feeling safe today
5. Peace in my mind and none of the chaos
6. The Dover meeting last night
7. Meditation
8. God, serving him, his guidance and prayer
9. Love in my heart today
10. My GA meeting this evening
😆 ... but 8 is my favourite number ♾️. Go on though, Ill go for 10 tomorrow.
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