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Dear Grapevine, March 1981

I’m a twenty-six-year-old alcoholic and drug addict—and very grateful I came back to the program of Alcoholics Anonymous.

I found out early that I couldn’t drink like other people. Since booze caused so much trouble, I decided to experiment with drugs. For the next ten years, I mixed booze with drugs and landed in some pretty sordid spots—jails, hospitals, the street.

Four years ago, I was introduced to AA. I was going to learn from your mistakes and learn how to drink decent, like most other people. At twenty-two, I could readily admit I had a problem with alcohol and that my life had become unmanageable. But to take never having another drink of booze? Never! It’s taken me four years to learn that I don’t take that first drink today.

I’m grateful that I still have my family, health, and youth. And after this last slip, I’m grateful for AAs who told me that the only failure in the program is the failure to come back.

V.L.

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