More Than Not Picking Up a Drink

ONE OF THE greatest things about the AA program is its capacity to take us as far as we want to go. What began as my desperate need to stop drinking soon became the desire to feel better inside. Going to meetings, talking with other AAs, practicing the Steps, and reading the literature helped me to do that. Then, I became aware of other changes that needed to be made in my life, both inner and outer, and the program helped me to do that as well. And so it goes, the circles of sobriety, sanity, and health widening out from the center of physical abstinence.