Helen N.
11-15-2006, 11:02 PM
I am enjoying a daily reprieve with God's grace fully operating in my life through the fellowship of AA and a wonderful sponsor. I am so grateful. I have 5 and half years sober this time and am living the life I was meant to for the first time in 50 years!
I started drinking at age 15 during the 70's and had not yet lost control during my high school years. Loss of control came in college and I was confronted for the first time about my drinking by my college roommmate in 1978. Many years of heavy drinking followed as a young professional social worker. I attended hours of training in chemical dependency and domestic violence only to become a case study in both areas.
I went through treatment for the first time for my employer in 1985. I white-knuckled it for the next 7 years only to relapse in 1992. This relapse launched my own personal nightmare for the next six and a half years: multiple treatments and two civil commitments.
I was completing a two year course of antabuse and only attended AA when court-ordered. My back was up against the wall - I had tried everything but AA. What was I to I do now? About the same time, one of my customers invited me to a meeting which has turned out to be a life-changing experience. I gained a sponsor, real friends, a real life, my soul amd my God.
I started drinking at age 15 during the 70's and had not yet lost control during my high school years. Loss of control came in college and I was confronted for the first time about my drinking by my college roommmate in 1978. Many years of heavy drinking followed as a young professional social worker. I attended hours of training in chemical dependency and domestic violence only to become a case study in both areas.
I went through treatment for the first time for my employer in 1985. I white-knuckled it for the next 7 years only to relapse in 1992. This relapse launched my own personal nightmare for the next six and a half years: multiple treatments and two civil commitments.
I was completing a two year course of antabuse and only attended AA when court-ordered. My back was up against the wall - I had tried everything but AA. What was I to I do now? About the same time, one of my customers invited me to a meeting which has turned out to be a life-changing experience. I gained a sponsor, real friends, a real life, my soul amd my God.