An Electronic Awakening

One Friday night in late October I was sitting at my computer, drunk as usual, reading and writing electronic mail. I was exchanging mail about a computer problem with Judith, when suddenly something (my Higher Power?) made me add a sentence to my last note that night, saying "Remind me to ask you about AA sometime." Judith was one of two people who had once mentioned AA in an electronic discussion group, in a way that made me think they had had first-hand experience with it. I then turned off the computer and went through my usual routine of brushing my teeth while swaying, sometimes having to hold onto the side of the lavatory to keep from falling down, then staggering to bed and passing out.