For me growing up i felt like a freak in school so when i picked that first drink up that was the soloution for me just WOW it didnt take me long to cause chaos.I,d become a asshole in drink end up in hospital or in a police station for the night it didnt take me long to get in to other things id turn to crime anything i could get away with i carried on like that for eighteen years things finally got out of hand for me i had to leave my hometown because people were after me so.I ended up homeless living in a tent trying to use my spare clothes as a sleeping bag reduced to shoplifting or going through a supermarket bin just to eat day by day. I ended up in a night shelter in a strange town i thought my life couldnt get any worse alcohol hadnt finished with me yet id go to meetings but i was just sat there not getting the message at all i went like that for two months i was a wreck my rock bottom started at christmas time my partner finished with me by that point i started drinking again things were slowiy become unravelled again by january this year it got worse i got back dated money brought a couple of gadgets but the rest went on a vodka binge i got kicked out my home i was back on the streets right back to square one with just bin bags to show for it alcohol made feel great at first then slowly robbed me over the years this is what it reduced me to the first time i went into the church it brought me to my knees i was broken completely destroyed i seeked sponsorship started doin the steps doin service making my self useful waiting to become a volunteer just to be of use to the community rather taking for my own addictions i got a supported flat now being in AA is better then winning the lottery thank you all for keeping me sober and clean
Thank you so much for your share. I am so pleased that you have now like me found a program for living. It helps me a day at a time mix with others and help where and when I can.
Keep working at it, it gets better :} Welcome to AA :}
Aloha and Welcome Barry and thanks for the share. Your story is very important to you and the next man or woman it helps to get and stay sober in our program of Alcoholics' Anonymous. In support
"God grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, the courage to change the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference." > >> >> We treasure our "Serenity Prayer" because it brings a new light to us that can dissipate our oldtime and nearly fatal habit of fooling ourselves. In the radiance of this prayer we see that defeat, rightly accepted, need be no disaster. We now know that we do not have to run away, nor ought we again try to overcome adversity by still another bulldozing drive that can only push up obstacles before us faster than they can be taken down.
I would be nowhere today if I did not use this prayer in all things today.
