What a day it has been! It has been a quiet weekend, I had not heard from my son all weekend, until the middle of this afternoon. He has been seeing a young man who has a problem. With the drink. His opening salvo was “I’m gonna kill him!” Junior drank an entire bottle of scotch last night and 3/4 of a bottle of vodka and he passed out from his exploration.It’s not my place to call someone an alcoholic but this binge drinking has been a common habit of his.

We are powerless over people, places and things. You cannot help someone who does not want help, or does not realize that their drinking is a problem, even if we see it, until he owns his problem, all we can do is point the way and be there when he hits his bottom. So what did I do with this information, I took myself to a meeting.

Sunday niters meets in the same hall as my Home Group, Tuesday Beginners. I went to the Big Book Meeting, and we read from the stories in the back of the book, “Listening to the Wind!” It is a story about a Native American woman who gets sober, against all odds. Page 458 in the Fourth Edition. It was a lively discussion. I stayed for the second meeting which is a speaker meeting. And low and behold the chair had asked for someone to speak. I asked him how much time was necessary for a speaker, and he said that any length of sobriety would be fine.

I have been in a very nostalgic mood for the past few days, coming up on my anniversary on July 8th. He asked me if I would speak for him, and I said yes. If you follow this link to [Sunday Niters. Org] They tape the speakers, so after midnight tonight, if you go to the webpage and click Archives, you can hear my share on the world wide web.

There is hope, There is Light, There is Alcoholics Anonymous. If you think you have a problem with alcohol and you need help, you can visit [AA.org] and get help.

There are no coincidences…