HELLO, MY NAME IS STUBBORN TERRIEANN, AND I'M A GRATEFUL RECOVERING ALCOHOLIC. NEW TO THE GROUP BUT NOT TO RECOVERY. MY SOBRIETY DATE THIS TIME 'ROUND IS JULY 5TH, 1997. MY NICK-NAME SAYS A LOT BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY IT COMES FROM MY BEST FRIEND WHO WAS DEAF AND IS NOW DEAD AS A RESULT OF A MURDER SUICIDE. SHE, PENNY, WAS SOBER.... HE, HENRY, WAS NOT. HE TOOK HE LIFE AND THEN HIS. THEY BOTH BROUGHT MUCH LEARNING TO MY LIFE AND THE LIVES OF ALL WHO THEY TOUCHED IN AND OUT OF RECOVERY. I MISS THEM, BUT MY "SIGN NAME" WHICH THE DEAF WILL SOMETIMES GIVE A HEARING FRIEND (I AM SPECIAL) 'STUBBORN' REMINDS ME I HAVE MANY ANGELS IN HEAVEN.

I WENT OUT IN SPRING IN 1997 AFTER BEGINING SOBRIETY IN 1990 BECAUSE I KEPT SOME OF THE MOST DAMAGED GOODS IN STOCK AND JUST KNEW THAT GOD DIDN'T NEED TO HELP ME WITH THEM. BY SPRING 1997 I WAS AN EMOTIONAL WRECK AND WENT OUT. I MOVED TO MY HOME TOWN OF SAN FRANSISCO, AND BEGAN TO DRINK AGAIN. SUICIDAL, I STOOD ON THE CLIFFS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN IN THE FOG WANTING TO STEP OFF INTO THE GERY AND END THE INSANITY. A POWER GREATER THAN MY SELF BROUGHT ME ANOTHER OF MY ANGELS IN A DREAM. BUCKY CAME AND TOLD ME "THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE." "AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THAT TRUTH MAY BE." I WOKE UP AND GOT ON A PLANE BACK TO UTAH AND BEGAN MY RECOVERY JOURNEY ONCE AGAIN. SOBER 11 YEARS NOW AND DOING MUCH BETTER ALLOWING GOD TO HAVE IT ALL.

I AM HOMEBOUND MUCH OF THE TIME DISABLED WITH CHRONIC BACK PAIN AND OTHER BACK PROBLEMS. HAPPY TO FIND SOMEWHERE TO ADDRESS MY RECOVERY ISSUES ON-LINE SINCE I DON'T MAKE IT TO MANY MTGS ANYMORE AND I MISS THE FELLOWSHIPING LOTS.

LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING AND MAKING NEW FRIENDS IN RECOVERY.

LOVE, LIGHT, TRUTH, AND SERVICE,
TERRIEANN/RALOP