The Traditions as Spiritual Principles for the Individual – Tina A.
About This Speaker Tape
October 1984. A 1.75 liter bottle of vodka sits in the passenger seat of a two-seater MG Midget. Tina A. is sitting in her "den," hearing the ghostly voice of a former counselor warning her that she will die a drunk
. For Tina, there was no invisible line; she began with a bottle of scotch in seventh grade and spent years as a "train wreck," drifting from continuation schools to the Navy. She describes herself as a "foul-mouthed, angry, pissed off, fearful little bitch" who felt like a freak in her own skin.
From the ice-covered rocks of Adak, Alaska, to a psych unit in Anchorage, she fought a losing war with Anabuse and a desperate need for attention. She eventually crawled into the "Dead Pecker Club" in Hawthorne, where she learned to turn off the old tape. Now 22 years sober, she relies on a Higher Power and the fellowship to keep the miracle happening, one 24-hour stretch at a time.
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