I do not know a family that does not have a family member or a friend who is not an alcoholic. Every year or two I like to publish this article that a member of Alcoholics Anonymous once sent to columnist Ann Landers. It touches some deep nerves…..

A year after I published it as a Daily Treat, a gentleman emailed me and thanked me for publishing it one year beforehand. He said he was celebrating one year of sobriety.

We drank for happiness and we became unhappy.

We drank for joy and we became miserable.

We drank for sociability and we became argumentative.

We drank for sophistication and we became obnoxious.

We drank for friendship and we made enemies.

We drank for sleep and we awakened without rest.

We drank for strength and we felt weak.

We drank “medicinally” and we acquired health problems.

We drank for relaxation and we got the shakes.

We drank for bravery and we became afraid.

We drank for confidence and we became doubtful.

We drank to make conversation easier and we slurred our speech.

We drank to feel heavenly and we ended up feeling like hell.

We drank to forget and we were forever haunted.

We drank for freedom and we became slaves.

We drank to erase our problems and we saw them multiply.

We drank to cope with life and we invited death.   

Who do YOU know that YOU can pass this article along to so that they too can enjoy being sober and begin to have a life?

I DID MY BEST AND GOD DID THE REST!