This morning I had a hard time waking up despite getting to bed on time last night.  I guess it was just that busy of a day yesterday.

On my way to school I thought about some basic concepts that an addict must realign his will...

I met with my friends in the cafeteria this morning before class.  I really enjoy this time in the morning and the crazy characters that I go to school with.

We had presentations for my class.

In the afternoon my father called me and we went to sporting goods stores and thrift stores shopping for Christmas gifts.  I enjoyed spending time with him again.  Sometimes when I am with him I find myself doing small things in patterns that formed in my childhood.

I took my son and his youngest sister to his science fair tonight.  It was a crisp fall evening and we had a great time walking through the neighborhood and park amidst the Christmas lights.

After that I got to go to a 12 step meeting.  Our topic was the bedevilments and the promises.  I thought about how I worked the steps with a sponsor and got a little downrange when I started having more problems with frustration and resentment.  I looked for information about what it meant for a life to be unmanageable and found only the bedevilments.  I wondered why this was the only nod to this yet the steps were a spiritual modification program.  I realized that it might be because alcoholics wouldn't care or believe that they have problems in these areas until they have begun to realize a spiritual awakening.

Thanks be to God.