Step One – We admitted we were powerless over alcohol – that our lives had become unmanageable.

Brenton

My home group is Working With Others (Melbourne)
I got sober when I was 28
I was five years sober in July.

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One comment on “Brenton – Why do we need complete abstinence from alcohol?”

  1. Angeline Hoffman Aug 18, 2021

    Alcoholics have no stop button. We can not control our drinking. We either pass out or black out. No in between for us

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