My Greatest Asset

I WAS very touched by Gary C writing from prison in the September issue of SHARE.

We are told that our past is our greatest asset and that can be hard sometimes as I still suffer great guilt from my drunken past. An AA friend once suggested that every time that wave of guilt came over me, I could see it as an opportunity to do something good and worthwhile for someone else that day. His article showed me that by wanting to get well and wanting what was on offer, we will get well.  He wrote to GSO and requested information and help finding a sponsor. Both arrived. It works if we work it and want it no matter where we are.

Today I want to be sober. I have had a quiet time first thing with my HP. I have read some literature, asked for a day of sobriety and prayed for two members of my family. I want sobriety today. I have “adjusted my sail” and set my mind on course for another useful and sober day.

Keep going Gary ODAAT and the last three years in prison will pass and you can share your experience, strength and hope in meetings and give people like me hope for another day of sobriety.

JUDY, Suffolk