Thirteen Years To Step One

In 1989 I thought I was drinking too much and so I stopped. I went to a spiritual retreat and discovered I was unhappy because of my marriage. I went into therapy, he got better, and I resumed drinking. Our renewed relationship resulted in a second child. I didn’t drink until after she was born. Finally I decided I really was in an unhappy marriage so I filed for divorce, drinking all the while though trying to control it. I started a new career and shared custody of our children. Divorced and still not happy I tried to stop drinking yet again. In January 2002 I attended a party with my new co-workers and I was the only one who had more than one drink. I got very nervous. If I kept drinking, I might lose my job, so I prayed really hard to stop. Miraculously, I did stop—for six months.