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31 years of sobriety here. The proof is in the pudding. When I began, the though of ever becoming an “old-timer” was impossible for me. Keep it simple. Take the cotton out of your ears and put it in your mouth. One day at a time, and your have the answer to the question, “is sobriety all we are to expect” from working this simple program, cultivating rigorous honesty? This is especially true for us old-timers. Remember that Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob wrote that we should never be critical of whatever new methods that might come along for bona fide Dipsomaniacs to quit drinking.

Or to quit drugging, apparently. A young-charge demonstrated something new to me recently. And I was particularly skeptical, having seen so many “new” experiments” fail when we know “rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed this simple” program.

So, I have a special “niche” message to all those out there in chronic, intractable pain and who have become opioid-dependent. Like every compulsion, “if you’re ready” and you’re dread of withdrawal is making drug-seeking (usually having more than a few doctors on your payroll) crowd out more than about 40 percent of your life, than check out naabi.org . I’m monitoring a success story right now, and after watching literally hundreds of heroin and vico/oxy addicts go through physiological withdrawal, I’m feeling like I’m watching an episode of Star Trek.

It works if you work it, and Bill and Bob were pretty revolutionary in their time, too. Dipsomania used to be a death sentence.