ha ha, me too. But he is far too polite!
Anyway, between this thread and Jack's book, I have been saved years, if not a life time, of struggle with alcohol.
I actually spoke to my teenage son and daughter about the technique, as obviously they noticed I wasn't drinking. They used to hate me going to meetings. I am a single mum, work full time and three meetings a week plus sponsor meetings -it put a huge amount of strain on my family life. They just couldn't understand why I had to keep going when I hadn't had a drink in months.
I also felt as though I had to protect myself from life as I was in recovery, fragile. I have dependents, I don't have the luxury of molly coddling myself for months just because I drank too much for too long and neglected my responsibilities. I need to behave like a grown up NOW!