Hi, my name is Tina and I am an alcoholic. My sobriety date is September 23, 2019, and I have been sober for 1 year, 3 months and 6 days this equals 463 days of sobriety at the time of writing this post. I have been an alcoholic since I first started to drink at the […]
Category: Young Persons
Nothing Changes If Nothing Changes
A member’s experience of getting sober in 2020. “Most of our problems are of our own making and change will only rectify them.” My name is Katie and today I am a grateful, sober alcoholic – only due to the fact that I started to make changes in my lonely, destructive life. My sobriety date […]
Out Of My Comfort Zone
My name is Rafael and I’m an alcoholic. I got sober in Berlin and have been living there for more than eight years. One of the reasons I chose this city was that it seemed to be socially acceptable to drink at all times and almost everywhere. I only got to enjoy that for a […]
Finding the Fellowship I Craved in YPAA
My name is A.J. and I am an alcoholic. “Yes, I’m willing. But am I consigned to a life where I shall be stupid, boring and glum, like some righteous people I see?” When I came to AA at age 29, I had already lived my life as stupid, boring, glum, and self-righteous as an […]
Incomplete and Lonely
A newcomer remembers the first and last drunk before coming to A.A. I always felt incomplete and lonely. I had that hole deep inside of me and I could never really fully connect with anyone until I discovered alcohol. I started drinking when I was 18. I went to Paris where I walked […]
