Recovery Begins at the End of the Road

My home group where recovery begins is called the End of the Road Group, in Homer, Alaska. I didn't get to the End of the Road Group until I'd been sober in Alcoholics Anonymous for just over six years, but a few months earlier I'd experienced an emotional bottom that was nearly the end of my sobriety. Then, in a very short space of time, many things in my life came to an end and one new opportunity beckoned: the company I was working for was sold, and the subsequent reorganizational changes were uncomfortable; my home for the past seven years had deteriorated to a state where demolition was the only effective repair; my term as DCM of an urban Oregon district was over; and my sister in Alaska needed help. With all these hints from the God of my understanding--added to a lifelong dream of living in Alaska--the direction was clear: quit the job, tear down the house, pass on the district to a new DCM, and go be of maximum service to God and the people about me in Alaska.