A Life Exploded
April 2011 | Emotional Sobriety

A life exploded

Cancer, a gambling addiction, a heart attack, a husband’s affair … and she still didn’t drink.

Today is Remembrance Day and, thanks to AA, I have a lot to be grateful for. On November 30, 2010, I celebrated 41 years of sobriety and on Dec. 5, 2010, I turned 68. You would think with all those years I’d have the world by its tail. No, far from it. Since I hit the 39-year mark, it’s pretty much been total devastation.

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