aasharon90

Hi Im Sharon and Im an Alcoholic.

By the Grace of my HP and people
like you here in SR I havent found
it necessary to pick up a drink of
alcohol since 8-11-90.

For that and you I am truely
grateful.



From "The Three Legacies of
Alcoholics Anonymous":


"In the first years, those of us who
sobered up in A.A. had been grim
and utterly hopeless cases, almost
without exception. But now younger
folks began to appear.

Lots of people turned up who still
had jobs and homes and health and
even good social standing. These
in their turn were able to persuade
others like themselves of the need
for A.A.

Of course it was necessary for
these types of newcomers to hit
bottom emotionally. But we found
they did not have to hit every
possible bottom there was in order
to admit that they were licked.


… When one of these mild cases
arrived at the conviction that he
already had the principal symptoms
of alcoholism that was usually enough.


He 'hit bottom' then and there and
so was spared years of anguish."


I came into recovery back in Aug.90.
30 yrs old. Even tho i felt like I was
the youngest person at that time
entering recovery, sitting amongst
many "old-timers", I still felt like
i lived a life time of being beaten
down with alcohol and life.

The wear and tear emotionally,
physically beaten down.

Alcohol definitely took its toll on
my mind, body and soul.

Today i see many many young
people entering the rooms of
recovery, and what a joy it
is to see them face their problems
early on instead of waiting till
their disease completely
destroys them.

Thank goodness there is help
available to help each one
of us in all stages of life to
conquer this disease before
it destroys us.

Life is a joy. A blessing. A
gift. How awesome it is to have
many programs available for us
to help us live life clean and sober
and sharing the knowledge of
recovery to others that was so
freely passed on to us.

You cant keep what you have
if u dont give it away.

Welcome newcomers whatever
age you are.

thanks for letting me share.