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never oeen religious. In philosophical arguments. I'd always argued against the existence of a higher being. But I prayed. And I swear to God. the next morning, I wasn’t afraid. I wasn’t afraid. I wasn’t afraid for one day. That was the beginning for me.
“I’m still not sure who or what God is but all you have to do is look for God. You don’t have to find him.
“I was released from the hospital and spent the next five months in a half-way house, going to 10 or 12 AA meetings a week. I fought— I still had a lot of arrogance—but I tried.
“That first year of sobriety was a year of miracles. AA said to write down a list of goals at the start of the year and bv the end, those
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