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Voices of lesbian AAs

Most of the womens’ stories in this chapter deal with drinking and self-acceptance.

“At twenty-one years old, I became aware of bars for lesbians, and this was the discovery of my life,” F.G. writes. “I started to go to these bars, and since I had already developed a dependence on alcohol, I drank. Alcohol became my way of life.” Liquor “made my feelings of inferiority ... disappear,” writes Janet W. “I felt as if I had found the answer to my problems.”

Finally reaching Alcoholics Anonymous, these women found help through sponsors, new friends in the rooms, and reliance on a Higher Power.

One AA, Linda W., writes that the members of her group “were the embodiment of Tradition Three. It didn’t matter that I was a nurse in the intensive care unit, or that I was a lesbian. I was there for the same reason they were, to stop drinking and to learn to live sober. I felt supported, cared for, and even loved.”

In this chapter, lesbian AAs talk about how the program changed their lives.