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Five Years Later

After a long relapse he came back to AA and found a God of his understanding

I first came to AA when I was 23. I hadn't drank long, but in what drinking I did, I discovered the answer I didn't know I was looking for, to a problem I didn't know I had. I stayed dry for over six years, drank for a few months, and then landed in a psychiatric hospital. When I left there, I stayed dry for another five years, during which time I married a wonderful woman and moved several times.

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