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February 2005

Finding the Focus

Sober, an alcoholic begins to show up for life

Old age, I've heard, is not for sissies. I might add that old age is not for drunks either. I was an old drunk with an all-consuming fear and loneliness that shut me out of the lives of my children, my grandchildren, my friends, my neighbors, and ultimately God.

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