Desert Oasis

My name is Heather and I am an alcoholic currently serving in Iraq. I was dismayed to read in a recent Grapevine that another member of the armed forces was having to go it alone. When I first arrived here, there was no AA group at my camp. I felt alone, and I was scared that after two years of seeing what happens to people who don't make meetings, I wasn't making meetings. However, "Bill's Story" in the Big Book gives a very clear example of what to do when work with other alcoholics is needed; it also gives further instructions in the chapter "Working with Others."