A New Life

Yes, there is a substitute and it is vastly more than that. It is a fellowship in Alcoholics Anonymous. . . . Life will mean something at last.


ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 152

Life is better without alcohol. A.A. and the presence of a Higher Power keeps me sober, but the grace of God does even better; it brings service into my life. Contact with the A.A. program teaches me a new and greater understanding of what Alcoholics Anonymous is and what it does, but most importantly, it helps to show me who I am: an alcoholic who needs the constant experience of the Alcoholics Anonymous program so that I may live a life given to me by my Higher Power.

From the book Daily Reflections

When I first found Recovery AA was the key to my sobriety. While my parents taught me from a young age the importance of a relationship with God and church, after moving out of their house I had fallen from that. It was embedded in me and once the fog grew clear I began incorporating God, as my Higher Power, and am now able to take a much broader approach on staying sober. I turn My Will and My Way over to him to lead me in my daily endeavors. If it were not for God and turning my addiction over to him with the help of the program, I would be not the person I am today. He is my strength, my love, my Knight in Shining Armor. Godspeed.