Hi, my name is Gina and I am an alcoholic.

Today on my way to work at 7 AM, I stopped at the grocery store to pick up snacks to bring to work. There a was a gentleman standing in front of me with a bottle of tequila and a gentleman behind me with a case of beer. I felt as if I had stepped into a time warp. Exactly nineteen months ago that was me, standing in the line at a grocery store with a bottle of booze at seven in the morning. I felt an immense amount of empathy for these men. Gratitude brought me to tears that I do not have to do that today. It is only by God's gentle and loving grace that I am alive today and the Twelve Steps of this program and the fellowship that I have a beautiful life today. It just keeps getting better, and I have so much to be thankful for this year. I have another sober holiday approaching.

Thank you for allowing me share, Gina.