Ruth's Story

Ruth here, a true 100% alcoholic...on 8/8/83 I was in rehab and going thru my first day sober(dry)

i shook, rattled and more....could not eat or sleep..

I knew I had a huge problem, earlier, so I quit for one year and it was not hard at all, so when I went back to drinking, I thought I would be able to control my drinking

....not.......in one year's time I was a wreck, drinking cause I had to

i felt like a rat in a trap, and going down fast.....and in rehab

we were told, that if we quit for a period of time, and start back

we would not begin again, where we left off

no....we were told that it would be

as though we had not stopped drinking

the other patients balked at that one

but I was able to tell them that it was true

I still am amazed at how quickly I went down

when I was told I needed to go to AA

I hated the idea

that was for derelicts, etc

.....not again...........

at any rate, in a nutshell,

I surrendered ..............and I won

just as it is said, wow what a wonderful way to live my life

it would not have been if I had not

gone into rehab,,,,,,,,i stayed sober

and was given a new way to live life

one I would never want to swap

my HP gave me this life

all I had to do was ask

and be ready to do whatever it took

so many people in these rooms of AA have helped me

they were there for me when i came in

and now it is my privilege to give this hope to others

what a wonderful life

thanks GA