Lonely & New
March 2023 | Get Into Service | Newcomers

Lonely & New

Isolating and drinking alone at home had been so lonely. Luckily, my new involvement in AA service committees became a way for me to fill that idle time with usefulness.

For me, beginning a wonderful new life of recovery from alcoholism was a transition from one kind of loneliness to another. That is until the unfamiliar faces at meetings soon became the smiling faces of my new AA friends. It was a quick transition that came about after going to only a few meetings.

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