Flint: Learning Who I Was and Who I Wasn't1/19/2012
I grew up on a ranch in SW Montana near Yellowstone Park. I started drinking when I was about 12, sneaking beers from the hired help. My first drunk was at age 14 when I still had a high voice and weighed about 110 lbs. It was wonderful! I got drunk, fell down a flight of stairs, fell into an irrigation ditch, got covered with mud, and crawled back up the stairs for another drink thinking I was having a good time.
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Shay: Blessing and Miracles1/19/2012
After 2 years of sobriety my boyfriend and I relapsed together. It didn't take long before our active addiction split us up. After the breakup we went our separate ways and my alcoholism took on an entity of its own in a way I had never experienced.
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Elizabeth: Living the Fellowship1/19/2012
My sponsor always said to write it down, everything. I want to tell my story and will at my home group. I want everyone to know what it was like, what happened, and what it is like now. I have been in and out of AA doors for the past 6 years. As I was later told, I was attending the AA meetings but I was not living the fellowship. I now understand what that statement really means.
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Lee: I Will Not Use Today1/19/2012
In 2005 I was using heavily, RX drugs obtained from the Internet, and my daughter was getting married. She only asked one thing of me for her wedding present, besides spending more than $25,000 on her wedding, and that was to attend her ceremony completely sober. I did so, but the day after I started using again until April 13, 2006.
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Donna: I Am Forever Grateful1/19/2012
My name is Donna and I'm an alcoholic. I was an alcoholic waiting to happen. The short version is I picked up at age 12 and was off and running. I started with booze and took anything and everything that would get me high. By the time I was 16 I was a full-blown alcoholic.
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