I'm Grace, an alcoholic.

Such a priceless gift! Sobriety. I love being sober, but it was not easy for me. I crawled into AA bankrupt in every area of my life. I had even sold all my furniture so I could keep going out to a bar to find that "man of my dreams." I gave up my young daughter, because when I got sober I didn't know how to be a mother. She was gone for two long years. I developed health problems after I got the booze out. Glum? I think not for me! I have been blessed with this second chance at life. I have a loving husband of twenty-two years whom I met in AA. We have never fought. We stay married one day at a time. I have a loving God who never left me and was filled with joy when I came back to Him. I have never found it necessary to go back out and drink, since I know I have another drunk in me, but I do not have another chance at life. I will give a gift now to those of you who are new: in nine days, I will be sober and happy in AA for twenty-four beautiful years! The importance of such longevity is a gift to those of you who are new. You can have it too! God bless you all in this wonderful awesome journey.