Article Hero Image
September 1979

What's the Hurry?

You've got the rest of your life to work this program

FOR THE FIRST few years of sobriety, I kept comparing myself with those who seemed to have a good amount of serenity peace of mind, and I wished I felt that way, too. Until one day, after about three or four years, a thought struck me: "No way am I ever going to know what it feels like to be sober ten years until I'm actually sober ten years."

WANT TO CONTINUE READING?

You must have an active online AA Grapevine subscription to access full stories and audio.

Login Renew Subscribe

Need help with customer service?

Call 800 631-6025 (English), 800 640-8781 (Spanish), 212-870-3456 (French) or email: [email protected]
or [email protected]

Have Something You Want To Share?

We want to hear your story! Submit your story and it could be published in a future issue of AA Grapevine!

Submit your Story