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Sitting in a bar one morning, she accepted that she was an alcoholic

I was sitting in the bar at 11 a.m. I was no longer able to wait until noon to have a drink. I was desperately trying to drown my thoughts and at the same time trying to remember the evening before.

I was reading a book about spirituality and drinking. Drinking and desperately searching for answers. Finally I said to myself, "God, I can't do this anymore, I give up." Immediately the thought came to me to go to an AA meeting.

I got up and left that bar at two in the afternoon and that was the last drink I ever had.

I went to the meeting the following day. I knew where... Login to read more
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