When I was finally ready to work Step 4, I had just celebrated my first year of living life as a person who no longer drank alcohol. Seven of those months, I did it on my own and the last five months were spent in the rooms of AA.
When I was 27 years old, I left my first husband and the Mormon church in one fell swoop. I stopped believing in God, even though I don’t think I ever really did.
I’ve been attending AA meetings for three months now and I’m noticing that what I like most about the program is that I feel like no one is telling me what to do.