Twelve step Life Stories

"Happy, joyous and free"

The day my new life began was Jan 1, 1998 at about 7 PM when I came out of a blackout to discover that 4 or 5 police cars were following me trying to get me to pull over. I was driving down the wrong side of a divided highway with no idea of how I got there, why I was there, or what day it was. The blackout had begun about 24 hours earlier. I do not have to feel that way ever again. Keep reading...

"Through the wreckage"

Lets start at the beginning of my story, I was the youngest of four boys, my dad left long before I was born, not to take his inventory, but I do think he was an alcoholic only from stories I have been told, not ever meeting the man I could not judge him myself, but I sure did have a very intense hatred of a man I never met. He was my best excuse to act the way I did. I thought I was always picked on because, I was the youngest and just knew all my brothers hated me and loved to see me cry, always in a state of anger towards almost everyone in my life At age nine I found a case of dandelion wine this was to be the magic cure all for everything in my life. Keep reading...

"Serenity"

My journey started many years ago. I am the only child of a couple who emigrated from Newfoundland. That wasn't the cause of my alcoholism but it helped. Keep reading...

"Willingness to go to any lengths"

When I came to AA last time I was pretty well beaten up.

On my last drunk I had what I call grey outs. I felt like Scotty was transporting me from bar to bar and situation to situation. I have snippets of memory from here and there between 5pm and 2 am. At 2am I came out of a blackout while I was behind the wheel of my car. Initially I didnt realize I was driving. I think it was hitting the guardrail that made me realize the car was moving. Keep reading...