Step One

We admitted we were powerless over alcohol---that our lives had become unmanageable.

I always new I had "issues" with alcohol and drugs but I was never convinced that I was an alcoholic. I had never been arrested for a DUI. I didn't lose the people in my life. I wasn't living on the streets....etc. I always thought "true" alcoholics were the bums on the streets. How wrong I was. I was a functioning alcoholic in denial.

In my first meeting, when I looked around the room, it hit me that the people in there didn't look like alcoholics. Ok, well some did. Again, my thinking was wrong. There is no face for alcoholism. I finally admitted that I was powerless over alcohol. I said "My name is Sheri and I am an alcoholic." The relief of coming to that realization was overwhelming and peaceful at the same time.

Step One to be cont....