After three years, he’s back on good terms with his family. His daughters now communicate with him.
His health is better. He works every day and has a place to live with other sober people. He has a sponsor.
His story is like so many who have come to the program and found that their lives have become much better than they imagined.
Those who put together a period of recovery, like this man, have rejected the idea that they can have even "one drink."
Because, as the speaker explained, one drink turns into a day of drinking. Then a week. And then who knows how long?
His story was refreshing. And it inspired all of us in the room - newcomers and old-timers alike.
