Higher power

I love my addiction support group. They always make me feel better. I’ve had drinking buddies that disappeared. The friends here aren’t like that. At a meeting the other day, a speaker shared his story and his struggle with alcoholism. “There’s not enough digits on my hands and feet to count the amount of times I’ve been institutionalized,” he said. After getting arrested in the hospital, he realized he had a problem. He talked about the pain of seeing addicted friends die. “It’s tough when people die in this program,” he said, “but there are a lot of people living.”


Part of a 12-step program is finding a higher power. What's mine? Watch and find out.