Welcome to SR. This place has been
a lifeline and another tool I use along
with my recovery one day at a time.
Hi Im Sharon and Im an Alcoholic.
By the grace of my HP and people
like u here in SR I havent found it
necessary to pick up another drink
of "POISON" since 8-11-90.
For that and u I am truely grateful.
Sharing your story here allows others
struggling with alcohol know that
they too are not.
19 yrs ago my drinking was intercepted
by a family intervention sending me
to rehab via the back seat of a police
car. Why u ask....
Well....i slowly spiraled out of control
hitting bottom and crashing hard. I was
miserable with life, family, and low self
worth.
All i wanted to do was end it.
A failed attempt with pills landed
me on the ground floor of the psch
ward of a rehab center. One day
and night of evaluations concluded
that i wasnt mentally ill. Rather i had
a drinking problem.
I spent 28 days on my own wishes
because no one thought id stay
sober on my own, including myself.
Those days, i was handed the tools
and knowledge of my alcoholism and
thus set on a path of a one day at
a time road of recovery.
I took those steps and principles set
down before us to guide me and use
them in my everyday affairs.
Many meetings later and a many
ODAAT collected together tp get
me where I am today, i continue
to share my story of what it was
like before during and after drinking.
With willingness, open-mindedness
and finally honesty and working a
program of recovery to the best of
my ability I have reaped the rewards
and promises stated in the Big Book
of Alcoholics anonymous.
That book is like the bible for AA. It has
all the answers needed to guide u along
ur journey. Taking it to big book studies
helped me understand the words and its
meaning. Just like going to school to
learn to be an Engineer, or Music Major,
u have to have books to learn. So does
having a book to learn and guide u to
staying sober.
Use SR, meetings, books, tapes, fellowship
to ur advantage to staying sober odaat.
That way u never have to feel alone in
recovery.