I was grateful that I have a good job to go to today. I got up early enough to make it on time. I got up early enough to pray.

Today was a very busy day at work. It seemed that I was busiest of all. It dawned on me that I could have gotten resentful about that.

I got to go to the noon meeting there were only 4 other people there. I remembered that the guy who was a long term GSR for the group said that that meeting used to be so large that another meeting spun off of it.

I got to go to 3 meetings today. I don't believe that I need to go to that many meetings but I just felt so grateful to be sober this New Year that I had to go. I got the opportunity to go to the 5:45 meeting at the big meeting in my part of town because my wife and kids are out of town.

At that meeting I was surprised at how few actually shared about the program itself. I heard about people's struggles and I heard emotionally charged testimonies and I heard the latest one-liner. But, I didn't hear much about the practices that produce the connection to the power. I didn't hear much about the psychic change.

I made it a point to speak up.

I got to go to the Big Book study in my addiction fellowship. There was very low attendance due to a speaker meeting across town. But we read "Gutter Bravado" and there was a new guy there.

I miss my family but I am grateful for the silence.

Thanks be to God for the job he has given me.