Divorce, Alcoholic Style
January 2015 | Tradition Ten

Divorce, Alcoholic Style

She knew the minute she said “I do” that this wedding wasn’t going to end well

I grew up full of fear, self-doubt, shyness, self-consciousness, anxiety and fear of insanity. After graduating high school and completing business school, I secured a job, met Wayne, and decided to marry him and fix him. That was a bad idea—and I knew it. Walking down the aisle dressed all in white, alarms went off inside me. While I was kneeling at the altar, in order to silence the noise I came up with a solution: I’ll get a divorce! We then stood up and I said, “I do.”

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