Warts and All

I would like to share with you one of the most significant aspects of my recovery to date: the freedom from guilt. I came to this program for the same reason many do--I had a drinking problem and had nowhere else to go. I had been drinking for about seventeen years, and at age 34, my life was bankrupt in every department. I had bottomed out some four months before my first meeting, and had been trying not to drink. I knew I couldn't drink but also knew nothing about the disease of alcoholism. I did not have the tools of this program to fix the problems in my life. My wife suggested I go to an AA meeting, because "these are people who are trying to do something about their drinking, and maybe they can help." And so I came.