November 16, 2025

 Getting ready for a busy Sunday. It takes me 90 minutes to get all my morning stuff out of the way. That means two daily readings, picking a word from my god box, doing a video post at the mens group in Hawaii and then sharing my word with about 70 people. I do that every morning.

We go to church this morning and then hang around for coffee hour. When I get home, I'll start supper. Roast beef in the slow cooker.

I have the district GSR meeting at two.

Come home and finish making supper. I have one sponsorship session at six and then the Living Sober group at eight.

November 15, 2025

 28 years ago today, I boarded a train to begin my journey to Wyoming to meet a girl I had met on the internet. What I was really heading for was my next relapse. It was actually the relapse that precipitated me arriving at the bottom that led to my current 28 years of sobriety. Sobriety that I achieved  with the help of my higher power and the fellowship of AA.

November is always a month of reflection for me, but even more so this year because the days of the week this year are on the same dates that they were in 1997.

My word from my god box today was Selfishness. As I mentioned in another blog post, it is okay to be a little selfish sometimes. For example, a friend of mine is feeling under the weather so she opted to stay in bed this morning. That's not really selfish. It's more self-care.

November 14, 2025

 It's Friday. I noticed as I was doing a polo at my mens group that this year, the dates are on the same days of the week as they were in the year I sobered up. The weather is slightly different. It snowed five cm that day in 1997.

Looks like an easy day for me today. I only had one session this afternoon and he had to re-schedule. Its okay with me.

I volunteered to take the AA cell phone this weekend. I don't usually get that many calls. But, if I can help just one person then my responsibility will be met.

Serenity Corner is tonight. Serenity Corner, for those who don't know is a big book meeting we do on zoom and in my home. We been doing it on and off for twenty some years. Its become a part of who we are.

November 13, 2025

 I slept in a bit today. I had things to do but my thursday morning session canceled last night, so that freed up my morning. I still meet with someone this afternoon.

I was hoping to take care of some banking for the district but it doesn't seem to be in the cards.

We will be going to the meeting at the church tonight. I might make cookies. Who knows.

November 12, 2025

 It's almost mid-November and we had a dusting of snow last night. Nothing to shovel, it was just flurries. I remember 28 years ago, in 1997, it snowed a couple of centimeters on Friday November 14th. I only recall that because the next day I was on a train bound for Wyoming. Well, that train was not going to Wyoming, that train was going to London, Ontario. In London, I took a train to Chicago, Illinois. In Chicago, I took a train to Denver, Colorado. In Denver, I transferred to a bus that went as far as Cheyenne, Wyoming and the person I was going to visit drove me from Cheyenne to Worland, Wyoming.

I didn't know it when the station in Halifax, but this would be the start of the relapse that would precipitate my bottom. The bottom that would lead to me being sober for the past 28 years. One day at a time.