We Are Not Doctors

IT NEEDS to be said again and again: We are not doctors! When I crawled into the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous and surrendered to the First Step, I thought I was like everyone else--a "garden-variety drunk." For the first year, it seemed that way. But during my second year, I began to think, feel, and behave differently. My behavior became bizarre at times. I had no idea what was happening to me. I had alternating periods of feeling high and feeling low. I looked shaky and sometimes was perceived as being drunk by other AAs.