High Fever
April 2016

High Fever

At 27 years, he was getting close to a drink. Would he tell someone or keep it to himself?

About a month before my 27th AA anniversary, I found myself thinking about a drink. Since I had that much time in the program, I rationalized that I should be able to have a drink at dinner. It didn’t seem too serious, and I had not acted on it, so I didn’t talk to my sponsor or any of my friends in AA about it. Besides, I believed I was working a good program. I went to a lot of meetings, sponsored people, chaired and shared at meetings, spoke at other meetings and talked to a lot of alcoholics.

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