A year ago yesterday, eyes began to open...
My determination then was to get drunk, stay isolated and be free in alcohol. But boy did my Higher Power have other things in mind.
Being arrested at a sonic resturants parking lot, parked and called on because i appeared drunk and was told by the police, "they called because they were worried about my life and others on the road" mind you i had a unopened tall boy in my cupholder.
My determination today and almost a year now, is to stay sober and help others!
THE DETERMINATION OF OUR FOUNDERS
A year and six months later these three had succeeded with seven more.
If it had not been for the fierce determination of our founders, A.A. would have quickly faded like so many other so-called good causes. I look at the hundreds of meetings weekly in the city where I live and I know A.A. is available twenty-four hours a day. If I had had to hang on with nothing but hope and a desire not to drink, experiencing rejection wherever I went, I would have sought the easier, softer way and returned to my previous way of life.