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May 1976

Pot

She found it a substitute addiction that nearly led back to the bottle

I'M ONE OF the "lucky" ones, an AA told me. But luck has never been my companion. Either I have brought about circumstances in my life by self-will, or God has directed the events in my life when I let loose. Many, many times, in spite of myself, God has protected me when I was riding herd with self-will. So it is truly by God's love that I am sober today, because a high percentage of "sober" pot (marijuana) smokers return to drinking, sometimes via the pill route.

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