This Thursday I thought about how skills progress in steps, some forward and some back, but over time the forward steps outnumber those back.

In the afternoon I talked over a plan with my wife for handling my math class. We concluded on a great strategy for me to accept a low grade or failure but to stay enrolled and college eligible and to retake the assessment when I am ready. It was a major relief to get this off my back.

In the evening I got to go to a 12 step meeting finally after about 2 weeks (it seems). The topic was page 17 of the Big Book, "The common bonds of the 12 step fellowship". I thought about the miner rescues this week and about how many of them had a spiritual experience and vowed to changed their lives. I wondered how many of them would be able to hold on to it. I thought of how willingness would likely wear off for many of them after some time passes. I thought of how I could relate to this experience, how I felt as if I had been rescued from my trap. I was grateful to have the fellowship to keep this alive for me.

Thanks be to God.