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Life Underground

His life consisted of living and drinking in a sewer until he made it back to AA

After years of relapse and being homeless, I finally hit bottom. This I hope was to be my last physical bottom due to my alcoholism. I came to my home group starting in November 2005 for the coffee and doughnuts. Then my Higher Power did for me what I could not do for myself.

By late January 2006, I had moved into a sewer hole in the town in which I lived and drank. Two weeks later, I got a staph infection that put me in the hospital for almost a month. I thought that I had done Step One and I was on my way, until the desire to drink was stronger than my will to stay sober. So out... Login to read more
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