I Came To Believe That…

My employer fired me when I had been sober only a few days in AA. The reason was not because I had joined AA, but what had happened earlier in the workplace when I was drunk. I had worked three years in the firm part time as I sought my degree. I was ashamed after being fired, but my sponsor supported me and said that I would get a better job if I stayed sober one day at a time. The industry in which I had gotten my degree was at that time in bad financial shape.  A lot of people with my qualifications were unemployed and new jobs did not seem to appear. But my enthusiasm for AA was enormous, so I took part in AA meetings four to six times a week and sent out job applications day after day.