Searching for Acceptance

In order to stay sober, she had to accept the truth of who she really was

I first came to AA 22 years ago when I was 19. I was a scared young woman, at war with herself and the world. The anger fed the war and covered my fears. When I tried to get sober, the anger made it hard as I fought the suggestions given me—sometimes outright and sometimes with subtlety.

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