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When I’m drinking, I’ll steal your wallet and help you look for it.

I try to practice what I call “sneaky kindness” — doing something for someone else and not get found out.

I was told to focus on the step I’m on and not the whole staircase.

When they passed the basket, I thought the money went to the speaker, so I’d try to have something really good to say.

One thing I learned in AA is not to look for healthy behavior from sick people.

My last drink was rubbing alcohol and valium. It was not a social drink.

Recovery is like breathing air because you can’t breathe enough today for tomorrow—you have to do it every day.