She Had Set Good Standards for Herself and Then Could Not Live by Them – Alabam C.

About This Speaker Tape

Alabam shares her story at the 41st Tyler Anniversary in 1988 with 35 years of sobriety. She grew up in a small Southern town, married a mining engineer, and became a company hostess. Her drinking escalated through blackouts, fake medical emergencies, and hospital manipulations.

After her second husband was killed in a car accident, two AA men sat with her all night doing inventory work. Her sponsor taught her that manipulation was blackmail and exaggeration was lying. She found human dignity through honesty and service to newcomers.

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Timestamps

• 00:00 Thirty-five years sober at the 41st Tyler Anniversary
• 08:00 Small-town Southern girl marries a mining engineer
• 16:00 Escalating through blackouts and fake medical emergencies
• 24:00 Hospital manipulations to protect her drinking
• 32:00 Her second husband killed in a car accident
• 40:00 Two AA men sitting with her all night doing inventory
• 48:00 Manipulation is blackmail and exaggeration is lying
• 56:00 Finding human dignity through honesty and service to newcomers