09.24.25
Today was busy, but good. Lots of meetings, plus long overdue coffee with a friend, and a session with Lady J. I treated myself to Thai food for lunch, and I didn’t mind one bit that I had to eat it while sitting on a Zoom call. Definitely worth it.
I swore I’d wait until the weekend to get the GSRU stuff organized. A few hours, I told myself. Nope. Couldn’t wait. Started last night, finished it before the sun was even up this morning. Typical me.
Tonight’s book study was on Chapter 9 from the Twelve and Twelve. As people shared about amends—both the ones they’ve made and the ones they still struggle with—I was reminded of a comment one of my cousins once left on a Facebook post. It made me laugh out loud, totally inappropriate for the moment, but I couldn’t stop it. He wrote “Bullshit. You may or may not be surprised by what I can accomplish with a backpack full of hatred and resentment.”
The irony of sitting in an AA meeting listening to how freeing amends can be, while still recognizing how easy it is to cling to resentments, was hilarious. But it was also grounding. It reminded me that I’m still a work in progress—and so is everyone else around me.
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