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February 2011: Becoming Whole

From the February 2011 Grapevine Magazine

He had a "hell of a time" integrating his sexuality and his spiritual beliefs.

I really thought I was unique and different when I came into AA. I was just about to come out as a gay man when I got sober in 1982. Getting sober was the easy part of being a recovering alcoholic in the AA program. I was very conflicted and had one hell of a time integrating my sexuality and my spiritual beliefs, to the point of feeling torn apart. I was riddled with fear and insecurity. I drank so I didn’t have to feel pain and loneliness all the time. Drinking was my way of escaping from the reality of my life.

Being a gay man in AA has been a blessing in disguise for me.... Login to read more
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