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January 2013: Party Time

How a sober teen got through graduations, dances, weddings and deaths

I was 15 when I got sober in 1988. Back then, I had many reservations about whether I could stay sober though birthdays, graduations, weddings, break-ups, deaths, and many other events that could have been reasons to take a drink to celebrate or mourn.

The fact is that before God gave me the strength to avoid getting loaded in 1988, I was miserable and drinking was no longer the solution. Although it took a couple of years to work all Twelve Steps, my sponsor gave me an assignment to develop a plan of action when certain events occurred so that I could not find a reason to take that... Login to read more
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