The Fellowship That Kept Her Sober but Not Recovered – Ann G.
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A geranium leaf and an apple. At fourteen, Ann G. leaped out from under a blanket naked to play Eve in a game of charades, fueled by a bottle of expensive wine. She spent the next thirty years attempting to control the binge, moving from the nursing wards of Michigan to the Army of Occupation in Japan, practicing a local level of anonymity by passing out every night and coming to every morning.
The wreckage mounted: a marriage that was a big mistake, a dependence on dexedrine and codeine cough syrup, and the crushing blow of losing her sixteen-year-old son. Ann describes herself as a coffee cup drinker, hiding bottles in the dryer and behind cleaning solutions. She found a Higher Power in her living room rafters, but for years, she relied on the fellowship alone—the "plug in the jug" method. It took a relapse and the realization that neither money nor a quiet house could stop the internal drive to drink to finally bring her back to the work.
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