Looking Up

After being arrested again, I was sitting in a holding cell and facing jail time. I knew I needed help, but my idea was to get a good attorney. Fortunately, my attorney of choice was used to dealing with people like me and told me straight out that my problem was not with the law but with the bottle. I tried to turn the conversation back to my legal issues, so he told me the best defense is a good offense. If I went to AA meetings, he said, and had someone at the meetings sign a piece of paper verifying my attendance, it would look good when I went in front of the judge.