Same old

I am, who I am, except now, I have a bucket full of coping skills that take the place of all that drunkenness.

Remorse

I drank in the darkness of the night, slept during the sun of the day and wept in between.  

Holiday time

Drunkenness never takes a holiday.  I lost so many good times and memorable moments because my desire to drink was far greater than my desire to spend time with God, family and friends.

My ritual

As far as religion, church, psychiatry and medication are concerned the verdict is still out.  What really saved me and sobered me up was my personal relationship with God.  I developed that relationship with daily prayer.

Pray early, pray often has always been my motto!

Alcohol abuse

Nobody ever treated me as badly as alcohol.  And because I am an alcoholic I let it have it's way with me and that was wrong!

A drink or two

What I thought would be a nice solution quickly became a major problem.

Problems

Alcohol is a product of a much bigger problem.  But over time alcohol becomes the biggest problem of all.