T, J.

The author drank alcoholically from his first drink at age 14. By 17 he was drinking as often as he could, though it was usually only 3 or 4 times a week. By 19 he found that he was unable to stop drinking - even for a day - when he wanted to. He did not achieve any notable sobriety until he was nearly 40 years old. He was handicapped in his membership to Alcoholics Anonymous in that he was "spiritually broken." It wasn't so much that he didn't believe in God, as it was he had no desire to do business with Him. He prayed and meditated and practiced the program as best he could. He "acted as if...