“We have shown you how we have gotten out from under. “Yes, I’m willing. But am I to be consigned to a life where I shall be stupid, boring, and glum, like some righteous people I see? I know I must get along without liquor, but how can I? Have you a sufficient substitute? Yes, there is a substitute and it is vastly more than that. It is a fellowship in alcoholics anonymous. There you will find release from care, boredom, and worry. Your imagination will be fired. Life will mean something at last. The most satisfactory years of your existence lie ahead. Thus we find the fellowship, and so will you. “How is that to come about?” you ask. “Where am I to find these people?” you are going to meet these new friends in your own community. Near you, alcoholics are dying helplessly like people in a sinking ship.-pg. 152 A Vision for You from the big book of Alcoholics Anonymous
Many people that have just received alcohol addiction help or have a desire to get sober have the same concerns such as becoming boring, miserable, and unsuccessful at life. It can be hard for many of us to believe that there is a life of joy, happiness, and freedom just around the corner. It is also hard to see how we could possibly get the life back that we destroyed, and have fun again. If we are in a 30 day rehab program, AA or a drug addiction detox we may feel stuck. We may think to ourselves that this is as good as it gets. It’s not. As alcoholics we knew how to party, often times we were the life of the party, and that definitely doesn’t change in sobriety. We get to have a blast and there is something for everyone. If we just work for it we can find the joy and happiness we have been longing for.