A Mother and a Miracle

"IT won't happen to me" were my words after attending a few AA meetings five years ago. I went there to prove to my husband that I was no alcoholic! It was because of him and his behavior that I drank. The more speakers I heard, the more convinced I became that my husband was the alcoholic. I could not identify myself with the women I heard. They had all been in institutions, jails, lost their husbands, children and so on. None of these things had happened to me. I was aware only that my marriage was a mess and that with five children to support, my husband was doing a poor job of it because he drank too much, too often.