Today was an awesome Father's Day. We got to mass on time despite waking up late and the kids behaved fairly well. Once again I had to make spiritual communion as I still haven't been to confession. I must make this my top priority.

After the mass I went to the H&I meeting at the treatment center. No one else showed up. I was grateful for the opportunity to talk about what fatherhood was like in addiction and recovery. About what it was like when I was not a very good father as an active addict, what it was like getting sober as a father, and what it's like now to be a real father and spiritual leader for our family.

I am very grateful for the privilege of getting to be a Father today. I remember that Father's Day when I was in treatment. I remember my wife telling me that my son was in the back yard every day calling for me, "Da-Da, Da-Da". Today I got to throw baseballs in the back yard with both of my sons. I got to have a great Father's Day cookout with my parents. My wife and I did not bicker or gripe at each other the entire time. We were all a loving family.

Thanks be to God.