Hi everyone! I'm John an alcoholic.

When I first came into the AA rooms, I knew I was a beaten man. I listened, and I took it one day at a time. I had to, my body needed to heal. I really was sick. I came across as OK, but I doubt it. I heard someone say that we can make plans as long as we don't plan the outcome. Living one day at a time has advantages, time goes more slowly. Now I remember what happened on certain days, instead of being in a fog and not knowing anything really. I had just existed from one day to the next all wrapped up in my disease. Seventy days ago, I took my last drink. I don't even remember quitting. All I know is that it was April 9. Something happened on that day ... the obsession to drink was taken away. I go to a lot of meetings and I try to follow this simple program to the best of my abilities. Like the Big Book says, we are not saints. I just try to grow in some way each day. As long as I don't hit a brick wall and stop working this program I have a chance. I have no options. The Big Book makes sense. It's weird, but I'm loving it. It is so much better than the life I was leading. Even when bad things happen, I have the ability to take care of anything that might come up. The Steps are the key, and when I find myself drifting I go to the Step I'm on ... it works every time! Thanks for being here so I could stay sober another 24 hours.