Article Hero Image
November 2005

Grateful to Be an Alcoholic? Not Me

An AA draws the line between an alcoholic who is in recovery and one who is not

How many times have you heard in AA meetings, "I'm so and so and I'm grateful to be an alcoholic," or heard people talk about how great it is that they are alcoholics, so they could come into our Fellowship and have all the wonderful gifts it brings? I understand. It is wonderful to be sober and in AA, and to benefit from all the wonderful relationships, fellowship, and spiritual progress. But doesn't that mean that they're grateful for AA rather than for being alcoholics?

WANT TO CONTINUE READING?

You must have an active online AA Grapevine subscription to access full stories and audio.

Login Renew Subscribe

Need help with customer service?

Call 800 631-6025 (English), 800 640-8781 (Spanish), 212-870-3456 (French) or email: [email protected]
or [email protected]

Have Something You Want To Share?

We want to hear your story! Submit your story and it could be published in a future issue of AA Grapevine!

Submit your Story