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June 1980

Just Not Drinking

He had followed a simple program, and the rewards were much greater than

I STOOD in front of over 100 people, all friends, with a birthday cake, and eleven candles flickering. It seemed such a paradox, yet it was another manifestation of a miracle. I was eleven years old in the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous, and at that moment, I felt like an eleven-year-old and enjoyed the feeling.

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