I remember telling a friend
that I didn't have a drinking problem.
I had a stopping problem.
We laughed. It was true,
but there was something else going on,
something that never occurred to me
until I came to AA.
I didn't just have a stopping problem.
I had a starting problem too.
No matter how often I stopped, or for how long,
I always started drinking again.
I can't start doing what's right
until I stop doing what's wrong.
N U T S = Not Using The Steps.