"An allergy to alcohol...Over two decades ago I remember this being stated in a fellowship
meeting. Over four decades alcohol was a close companion of mine, a functioning alcoholic,
it has to be lived...hitting bottom is a fearful place to be...believe it! I am a grateful recovering
alcoholic, now of two decades...Thank God...it is not the time of being sober, but the quality of
life that I am grateful of. Make no mistake, I believe one way or other, if someone feels there may
be a drinking problem, you will probably be the last one to know to admit it...denial is a stubborn
liability. When it affects family, friends or employers in a harmful or negative reaction...it is past
time to take a serious inventory of self. Call it whatever, but I felt my allergy to alcohol was
in reality, a mental illness...it was my choice to drink...the good, bad and ugly...I have been there.
Hell on earth...mentally and physically out of control...a fearful place you don't want to experience.
Remember...alcohol is cunning, baffling and powerful... one will struggle alone, without HELP."