Hi, I’m Maria, and I’m an alcoholic.
I’ll never forget my first meeting. I didn’t want to be there. I sat in the back, arms crossed, waiting to prove it wasn’t for me. But then someone said something that cut through all my defenses: “You never have to feel this way again.”
It was the first time I felt like maybe, just maybe, I wasn’t broken beyond repair. That was the beginning of hope.
I didn’t understand the Steps. I didn’t even believe in God. But I believed those people were sober—and I wasn’t. So I came back the next day. And the next.
That was ten years ago.
If you’re new or coming back—please keep coming. You don’t have to do this alone. In fact, you can’t. But we can do it together.
Thanks for letting me share.
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