If Alcoholics Anonymous had provided me with a social life, a job, and a husband, I'd have had no reason to place my reliance upon God. If they had done anything other than carry the message of recovery, I might have missed it. Thank God that's all AA does. Each of us, having had a spiritual awakening as a result of the Twelve Steps, tries to carry this message to the alcoholic who wants it. This is how I stay sober. And if you keep coming back, you don't have to drink again either, if you don't want to. c. 1993 The AA Grapevine, Inc., The Home Group: Heartbeat of AA, p. 113
