May 2014

My Lifeline to the World

A deaf member gets help from her canine friends, but it’s AA that saves her sobriety

When I was 30, I started to lose my hearing. The doctors first told me they thought it was a tumor—which sent my drinking into overdrive. Later, they learned that it was caused by otosclerosis. So I had to use two hearing aids, which made me feel horrible about myself.

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