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High-Bottom Drinking
She didn't think she had a problem with alcohol until attending AA helped her problems.
"When I put down my addictive eating behaviors and started working the Steps, my alcohol use escalated."
My drinking history seems pretty mild compared to many stories I have heard and read. Because of this, I struggled with whether or not I was really an alcoholic and belonged in AA. I wanted to share my story to help others like me who may have recognized their drinking problem before it took them down too far. I have found that a dramatic drinking story is not necessarily needed to find comfort and recovery in AA.
I didn't pick up my first drink until I was a sophomore in high school. Though many of my friends had been drinking for years, I was too attached to being a "good girl"... Login to read more
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