In the Beginning. . .

When I first started going to AA meetings, an old-timer with eighteen and a half years in the program happened to be at every meeting I attended, I got into the habit of looking for him daily because he showed interest in me and cared about me. After I had about a week of sobriety, he complimented me on how good I looked and told me that I was smiling more than I had been a week earlier. Although I hadn't noticed any change, others had.