Originally Posted by Gottalife

I am very encouraged by your last post Lucy. I tried everything else that was suggested here, and nothing worked. While the will to do good was in me, the performance was not.

I made a sort of deal, I threw my self into AA - meetings - sponsor - steps, and if I was not happy with the result atter three months, they would refund my misery at the door. I never claimed the refund. By three months my life had changed completely.

It wasn't the meetings, though they were important. One piece of AA literature gives a clue. "The steps are a set of principles, spiritual in nature which, if practiced as a way of life, can expel the desire to drink".

There was some work involved. Like they say, God can move mountains, but you better bring a shovel.