Gerilyn's Story
I'm grateful for AA I'm grateful for my sobriety
I'm even grateful that I am an alcoholic because I was NOT born "normal" I had the alcoholic mind long before my first drink
If I hadn't become an alcoholic, I'd just be a screwed up "normie" with no hope and no place to go
I tried to
control my drinking, then quit drinking on my own for about a year
before I found AA
From my first meeting, I knew AA was the answer
to my drinking problem. It has turned out to be the answer to all my
problems, even those I didn't know I had (me, a control freak?
I had tragedy strike in early sobriety in AA
My dear
cousin killed herself because of her alcoholism
I had to separate
from my husband because he was still drinking
Thru it all, I
stayed sober thanks to AA and the wonderful people we find here
People who had been through what I was going thru
In retrospect, this was good for me. Losing my cousin and husband MADE me lean heavily on other recovering alcoholics.
I don't know what my life would be like today without AA.
I don't want to know. I'm generally happier than I've ever been.
Even when I'm not "happy," and life isn't "yippy-skippy," I have a level of peace and serenity that I never dreamed existed. Thank you all for being here. GA