I know what you mean Captain, I am far from being a spring chicken, tonight my sponsor will be giving me my 3 year chip, one of our traditions in my area is the people who pick up any number of years chip always give a short run down on "How we did it" I look forward to being able to share for the newcomers how I did it, short & simple.
I went to a lot of meetrings early on, I got a sponsor and followed suggestions, I took the steps and found a Higher Power, I apply all of the steps to all areas of my life daily, I pass on freely what was freely passed to me........ oh yea, & I did not drink!!!!