Addiction & Recovery

I don't know where I'd be without her - and the program. And I try to pay it forward.

Too many people mistakenly think that AA is a "religious" program, it's not. All they have to do is read Bill's story. He was not doing well when he had a visit by an old friend who he assumed must be dead by then. But the guy was not only healthy, but happy as well. And he told Bill that what worked for him was finding "a power greater than himself." Many I know use the meetings or the program, which has now spread all over the world. And it's spawned numerous other programs, OA, NA, the list goes on. At the OA meetings I went to we read from AA's Big Book, substituting the word "alcohol" for "food." It really does work, all it takes is an open mind.