Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Examining the Pain

 I’m looking back to when I first came into AA.

Once I stopped drinking, I can honestly say I never had the urge to pick it back up.


But I had a lot of work ahead of me.


I needed to understand why I drank in the first place.


And the answer was simple:


I was trying to ease the pain.


There had been pain inside me since I was a little girl.


Shortly after I came into AA, I began counseling and inner child work.


For the first time, I started looking beneath my behaviors and choices.


I began to understand myself.


Why I did what I did.


Why I made the choices I made.


Getting sober stopped the drinking.


But learning why I drank began the journey of healing.

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