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April 2012: Close Call in Barbados
The gulp she took was not club soda
Forty-two days after my first AA birthday, I was invited to go on vacation to Barbados with three non-alcoholic women friends. My sponsor thought it was a wonderful idea, especially since I was just recovering from my 1st anniversary blues, brought on by the discovery that, as hard as I tried, I still was not perfect after one whole year of sobriety!
My sponsor had taught me that AA was indeed worldwide and that I could find out from GSO where meetings were located and how AA contacts could be reached before I even left home. I did not make the effort before I left for Barbados,... Login to read more
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