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Web Exclusive: The Lowest Bottom

He had quit drinking many times until one night in a motel turned into a 3-month bender

To admit to being an alcoholic has taken an exceeding amount of trial and error. I started drinking like an alcoholic when I was 14 years old. I am now 54 and have been sober for only 25 days. I've quit drinking a myriad of times, but would relapse all over again. When will I quit for good? I don't really know—maybe not until I'm dead. But I have more hope this time. Here is the story of my last bottom.

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