Carrying the Message

There has never been any doubt in my mind that I am an alcoholic since I found out about alcoholism. I think I could best describe myself in the early years by looking at the First Step and just taking the last half of it. I think that from the time I was born my life was unmanageable. I didn't know why and I didn't know that it was. I had a problem from the very beginning and the problem was myself. And that's the reason I think this program works for us because it helps to remove "I"--I was my problem--and the practice of the AA program helps me to change myself so that I am no longer a difficulty to myself.