Finally Beaten After 46 Years
Seeing that night, both of my children and my husband were scared of me, and scared for me. I was sick, a very sick person. Finally beaten, after…
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March 2022
Complete Defeat Looks Like Me Last Thursday
After that day 1 of admitting Step 1, powerlessness over alcohol and that my life had become unmanageable, I now feel like I belong. I belong in AA…
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Step One — Alcoholics Anonymous
Step One – (pp. 21-24) – Alcoholics Anonymous Me and many ‘others’ who arrived at the doors of AA Rooms found recovery as drunks, when we admitted we…
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WHO Cares to Admit…
WHO cares to admit… my code, and out pops a $20 bill. Next door was a liquor store. I buy a 5th of cheap vodka, whose brand name…
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The Moment of Complete Defeat
Lying sprawled on the living room floor. My wife, her face deep with worry and incomprehension, staring down at me. “You need to get help”. Next morning being…
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What Does Complete Defeat Look Like?
What does complete defeat look the horror that life had become. It forced me to see that being happy had become almost impossible in any real sense. Here…
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