An Open Heart and an Open Mind

FOR OVER twenty months, I have been graced with the fellowship of AA meetings, gradual growth and maturation, and the ability to stay away from alcohol and other mind-changing drugs one day at a time. My participation in the AA program of recovery has made me aware of how little I know and how limited my powers of understanding are. For years, I arrogantly assumed a posture of intellectual and emotional superiority. With degrees in communications and English, a successful career in the media, and verbal skill, I was and still am at times totally unable to communicate my most basic human needs to another individual.