- Alcohol
- Faith
My journey of recovery began at the age of 23 after I attempted suicide and ended up in the first of many rehab facilities. Over the next ten years, I knew I was an alcoholic but still thought I could “learn” to drink as a normal person. I found out, of course, that I could not. September 27, 2012, is my sobriety birthday, and the miracle of recovery began before I even went to meetings for the first time. I woke up after a three-day bender with the desire to drink removed. It was just gone. I was a terminal alcoholic and binge drinker. When I drank, I blacked out every time. So this change was a miracle. After I got into the rooms of the 12-step fellowship, started working the steps with a sponsor and gave my will and my life over to my higher power, I did not look back. If it can work for me, a hopeless, helpless, didn’t give a crap about death or dying, I was gonna drink until the end kind of drunk, then it can work for anyone!