This morning we got off to a good start and my wife was less mad at me. She had a flat tire at the grocery store so I had the opportunity to help her by going to change the tire for her. I was keen on that and it had the potential to really mess up my plans as I was supposed to meet up with a sponsee to do a fifth step. Nevertheless I resisted irritability and and realized that I was only a few dozen feet away from an air pump and 2 blocks away from the tire store where she bought them. I drove carefully to it and filled up the tire and drove to the tire store and dropped off the van.

This did interfere with my appointment but when I called the guy he had decided to go look for a job instead of doing the step work. Amazing how God has these thinks all worked out.

I listened to a well known speaker this morning, I was renewed in my enthusiasm to carry the clear cut message in meetings.

When or van was done I deliberated over whether or not to take my truck back to inspection because the engine light was back on. But I thought that maybe the reason for it to be on was not a failable error. I really didn't believe this and was further discouraged because it was the last day, but I prayed for God to help me in my decision and remembered that God could come up with something I might not even think of. Sure enough the reason the light was on was because the misfire was back. The technician then said that he would extend my time to get it corrected - Thanks be to God!

I went to the shop where it was fixed and got to talk several friends in the program and to my sponsor. Afterward I went to a meeting with one of those friends.

At the meeting I asked the lady if I was there at the right time. She answered, "yes do you want to chair?". I immediately said no and my conscience told me that I should have said yes. Just before the meeting I was reading about the spiritual experience. When the lady started up she asked if anyone would like to suggest a topic. My conscience told me that I should speak up but I did not. She chose the topic to be tradition 9. The meeting was a bit of a train wreck. My friend tried to share the solution and I tried to relate the tradition to the solution but the meeting had already degenrated into polemics about authority and a debate about singleness of purpose. Afterward I thought about how I should always be ready with a topic about the solution to alcoholism and will never turn down any opportunities to bring it. I also thought that it was no coincidence that I had randomly started reading about the spiritual experience.

This evening I got to throw passes with my son in the circle.
Thanks be to God.