Author Archives: Paul

About Paul

I am an alcoholic. I took my last drink on January 1, 1993.

Skipping School

Posted on June 29, 2014 by Paul

Not everyone remembers the day they first thought they might be an alcoholic but I surely do.  I was in my senior year of high school skipping school with some friends, one of which lived in a very relaxed household … Continue reading →

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Mom raised me better than this

Posted on May 31, 2014 by Paul

I was in Dallas, Texas, in 1984, with my newly espoused and roundly pregnant wife.  We had planned to work for a year and then go to college at UT to finish up what we started at LSU.  We thought … Continue reading →

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My Modern Dilemma

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Paul

I’m scared.  I’m scared that A.A. and the fellowship of alcoholics is disappearing. In most meetings I feel like the oddball who has alcoholism.  There is one last place, one slimming group of drunks where I feel a part still, … Continue reading →

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The agony and ecstasy

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Paul

My story is one less of tragedy than of agony.  It is an odyssey through disillusionment to an eventual landing in the rooms of A.A. where I found hope and my life was transformed. I have not been compelled to … Continue reading →

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