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December 1982

First Christmas Sober

That dreaded trip home turned out just fine after all

DURING MY first year of sobriety, I had quite a hard time. I didn't drink, but the obsession with alcohol was still in me. I see now that I hadn't turned my drinking and my life over to a Higher Power. I was scared, real scared. To find some sort of spirituality, I visited a new church.

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