“I’m an Alcoholic!”
November 2023 | Gratitude | Tradition eleven

“I’m an Alcoholic!”

He was thrilled to break his anonymity onstage and even to the press. What could possibly go wrong?

When I told my story at a non-AA conference on alcoholism using my real name, I had no idea a reporter would be in the room. But I was pretty impressed with myself when my name appeared in the paper a week later. Little did I know that this would jeopardize my sobriety and follow me around for years. 

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