Not one of my better days food-wise, but ironically one of my better days in terms of using the tools of OA.

Was supposed to be meeting Child2 for lunch at a Chinese restaurant, then thought the Saint and Child3 might like to come so invited them too. i was 5 minutes late. They had been 10 minutes early. So 15 minutes at the table. That’s a long time with our particular 5 year old! I picked up a bad vibe and was instantly annoyed at myself for inviting them. Had to reason with myself that I was avoiding more bad vibes had i not invited them. But it was a tense lunch, with Child3 playing up and not eating and it not being a restaurant the Saint particularly likes. In my head i was composing a load of shitty messages i would fire off once i got back to work. i drowned it out with the serenity prayer… and those thoughts passed!

Chinese food leaves me hungry an hour later… so i had a banana. There was gym training for Child2 and the kids had McDonald’s but I made something healthy at home. Victory!

Read lots of “Staying sober without God” and identified strongly with it. Too tired to write more, but i think it’s really going to help with the step work and i will use it as a reference alongside the more traditional literature.