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Sober Sailor
A seafaring man finds sobriety and the greatest adventure of his life in AA
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I was born with a wanderlust that could only be slacked by going to sea. My childhood dreams always involved traveling the world in search of great adventure. It's not surprising that I took to the drink as naturally as I took to the sea. My first voyages coincided with my first drinking at age 18. My last drink was at age 28 and my last voyage? Well, at age 65, I haven't had that yet.
The progression from heavy drinker to hard drinker and ultimately into alcoholic drinker was rapid because the only way I knew to drink was up. I simply drank it up. Whatever it was, wherever it was,... Login to read more
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