u/Mental_Rip_1156

Today I am grateful for air conditioning and that I can choose to be inside during this heat wave. Not everyone has that privilege! Thank you for letting me share 😊 ​​

Today I am grateful that I have the opportunity to go back to school at my ripe old age of 36. I'm grateful I get to pursue something I am passionate about.

I've been stuck in a cycle of meaningless jobs with no way out until now. I'm so happy I get to ​feel fulfilled.

Thank you for letting me share.

Today I am grateful for nature. I'm grateful for the feeling of peace that overwhelms me when I am in nature, seeing the trees sway in the wind and bees buzz on the flowers.

Thank you for letting me share

Finding something to be grateful for this morning was difficult. I had to stop and scroll through everyone else's gratitude posts in an effort to be inspired.

I censor myself often in this subreddit to make my gratitude posts more palatable to a larger audience.

But honestly, today, I am grateful for a spiritual relationship with the higher power of my own understanding that I came to know through alcoholics anonymous and the 12 steps. I call her goddess! And for the first time in my life I feel whole again.

Thanks for letting me share. ​

Today I am grateful for the support. understanding, and unconditional love of my friends and family. It is important for me to remember that not everyone has that is blessed with a support system and be grateful that I do! Thank you for letting me share!

"We know that while the alcoholic keeps away from drink, as he may do for months or years, he reacts much like other men" p22 BB

This sentence has been bothering me. It feels incomplete.

We know that without a spiritual solution, the dry (real) alcoholic will not react like other people do.

In my experience as a dry drunk, I was character defects galore. I was self will run riot. I was miserable and suicidal. I was a nutcase!

My theory was that it could be read like "when sober, he may seem much like a normal person" because normal people have character defects too and the thing that generally sets us apart is only one of us is pissing their bed and spending their whole paycheck on blow.

What do you think? ​​

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Today I am grateful for ​the small things - hot water for my shower, a cold fridge, an internet connection, and a phone. It is easy to take these things for granted. Thank you for letting me share!

I am applying to online Addictions Worker programs through Ontario Colleges. The ones that are open for Sep 2026 start date AND approved by CACCF are: Algonquin, Fanshawe, Cambrian, and St. Lawrence.

Assuming I get into each program and the costs/fees are similar, does anyone have any advice on which college to choose?

I've done plenty of my own research, but I am from the states and not that familiar with the colleges here.

What I want out of the institution:
-Prepare me for the CACCF exam
-Help me with placement for the 300 required hours by CACCF
-Generally respected as an institution as to bolster my resume

I welcome any comments :) Thank you!

Today I am grateful for my health. It's not perfect, and likely never will be, but I am able bodied today. I am not in chronic pain today mentally or physically and that is a reason to be grateful. ​

Today I am grateful for my cats. When everything seems bleak and I am lost, I have two balls of fur that love me unconditionally. Thanks for letting me share!

Today I am grateful for the beautiful weather outside. Feeling the sun on my face and the cool wind makes my soul smile! Thank you for letting me share

Today I am grateful for the practice of patience.

I can be entitled and think everything should happen when I want it to. But everything happens in its own time, and I'm grateful I can recognize that today and practice patience. ​

I have immensely struggled with the word God lately, even going so far as to write a 4th step on it last week.

15 years into AA, NA, and CA and today was the first day I read the AA pamphlet titled The God Word

I just wanted to link it for others struggling today.

https://aaws.widen.net/content/0wcxerrekw/pdf/p-86_the_god_word_online.pdf

Today I am grateful for meditation.

When I can quiet my mind and untangle my thoughts, life gets easier. The chaos slips away and I can manage the unmanageable.

Thanks for letting me share!

Today I am grateful for my partner, who is currently supporting us financially by himself.

I tend to find myself focusing on all the negative aspects of existence lately and want to post a gratitude once a day for 30 days to change my mindset. Thanks for letting me share! ​​

Audiobooks I've loved:

The good daughter - Karin Slaughter

Cop town - Karin Slaughter
We are all Guilty here - Karin Slaughter

The Firm - John Grisham

The confession - John Grisham

The widow - John Grisham

Project hail Mary - Andy weir

Recursion - Blake crouch

Listen for the lie - Amy tintera

Dungeon crawler Carl (didn't love the dnd stats descriptions but loved the narration)

I'm pretty picky about narrators. I, like many, appreciate it being read in an entertaining way. But I also appreciate my mind being engaged by a mystery!

Audiobooks I didn't like/couldn't finish

All the sinners bleed

Memory man

Basically any other Karin Slaughter book

Let me know if you have any recs

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