We
learned that we had to fully concede to our innermost selves that we
were alcoholics. This is the first step in recovery. The delusion that
we are like other people, or presently may be, has to be smashed.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 30
I
came to Alcoholics Anonymous because I was no longer able to control my
drinking. It was either my wife's complaining about my drinking, or
maybe the sheriff forced me to go to A.A. meetings, or perhaps I knew,
deep down inside, that I couldn't drink like others, but I was unwilling
to admit it because the alternative terrified me. Alcoholics Anonymous
is a fellowship of men and women united against a common, fatal disease.
Each one of our lives is linked to every other, much like the survivors
on a life raft at sea. If we all work together, we can get safely to
shore.
Copyright 1990
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