This morning I woke up still feeling sick but I got to work on the premise that I would come home if needed. By the time I got there I felt resilient enough to stay and I ended up having a good productive day. I even won at ping pong twice.

Today at the noon meeting we read the 12 traditions short and long versions. I saw a common theme, that problems of money, property, and prestige are mind altering and can be diversions from a spiritual purpose.

Before the meeting I read an article about a celebrity struggling with addiction. In reading about his spiral of self destruction and the lies and denial and pain that go with that, I found gratitude for my sobriety. I had already experienced finding gratitude for my health, spirit, and life but this made me especially grateful to be sober.

Thanks be to God for another sober holiday.