Welcome Home, Mary
March 2025 | Sober and Out | Featured Section

Welcome Home, Mary

A breakup with her girlfriend led to the woman who would help her learn the truth about her drinking

My Higher Power (and my therapist) gently guided me to an AA meeting in January of 1997. I was a mess. I had just gone through a breakup and was feeling very sorry for myself. My pride was smashed as my now-former girlfriend had left me for her daughter’s father, who was in prison. I was a working professional woman! What the heck was she thinking? 

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