I Fell off the Apple Tree

"My name is Mike, and I'm an alcoholic," is a phrase that I've used quite often over the past 26 years. There was a time, however, while sitting on a bar stool, that I could not imagine myself being in AA, let alone thriving and growing and being happy, joyous, and free. Because in those days, I felt that I would not allow AA to do to me, what I thought it had done to my father.