SHOWING UP I came to my first meeting because I had to. There was no choice. You know how they say you can’t scare an alcoholic? Forget about that because I was plenty scared. Anyway,I came back because I wanted to. Now I show up because I love to. This is where I belong. Meetings
“Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path”…. I have broken down my life into two distinct eras: BR and AR (Before Recovery & After recovery). Up until the time I made it into AA, I utterly lacked direction, like a rudderless ship. Rather than committing myself and following through.
My opinion only, but I believe Alcoholism is a genetic disease. If you looked honestly and objectively at your lineage, there’s probably a good chance someone in there had a wee touch of the Irish Virus. I’ve always maintained that I was born an alcoholic. I didn’t catch this off a toilet seat in a
