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January 2009

Rocky Mountain HIGH

A starry night in the thin mountain air provided answers for an AA on the verge of drinking

The date written (in pencil) inside the front cover of my Big Book is 1982. Apparently, I had a good idea how "erasable" my resolve was going to be when it came to this sobriety business. I was dying of alcoholism and I knew it. Admitting my powerlessness was never the issue; it was accepting it that nearly killed me.

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