Hi everyone! I am an alcoholic, and my name is Chuck.

This topic would seem to be pretty silly to some I suppose, but there is a serious side to it. Sometimes we are criticized for the way we laugh about terrible things, such as divorce, accidents, DUI's, etc. It is like "battlefield humor." My friends in Kansas didn't understand the stuff we joked about in Viet Nam, either. But some if it is bravado. I keep my spirits up by laughing at the things that scare the heck out of me. And that's what we did then, too. Also, the stress that we have gone through in getting from "there" to "here" needs some kind of outlet sometimes. We care so deeply about each other, and we understand so well the pain we have all stumbled through, that sometimes all we can do is try to make a little joke out of it. I know sometimes my own humor is inappropriate, but thank God and AA, my life is a lot more appropriate than it was when I was huddling up to the bar. I try to be a positive person. I try to use what I think is humor to build up others, and sometimes it works...sometimes it bombs! But God knows my heart is in the right place. Thanks!

- Chuck