A Hard Spiritual Labor

AA reached our city, Krasnodar, situated in South Russia a few miles to the north of the Black Sea, in 1993. We now have a six-year history of liberating people from alcohol addiction following the Twelve Steps. Our group, Sissitia, consists of twelve participants. In our city of 700,000 people we have a few anonymous alcoholics, but the number of those who still can't give up this charming practice is overwhelming. We can bring the horse to water, but we can't make it drink. This proverb illustrates the attempts of the AA movement to expand in our region. We make ourselves known in all the mass media, people come, listen, and go back to the delirium of getting drunk and getting into trouble. We can only hope that the horse will someday find its way back to the place where it once tasted clear water.