Jess C 48 12 / 11 / 2015
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Jess C

Age
48
Sober Since
12 / 11 / 2015
Sober For
10 Years & 241 Days

01 What it was like

My kids hated me and wanted nothing to do with me, I had lost my job and was looking at losing the career altogether. I had no driver's license, my house was in foreclosure and I was looking at jail possibly prison time.

My kids hated me and wanted nothing to do with me, I had lost my job and was looking at losing the career altogether.
Jess C

02 What happened

I called the AA Hotline in Yuma, AZ and an angel named Diane P agreed to pick me up for a meeting the next day and took me every day until I could get to one myself. She told me to read the big book, and I did and she told me I didn't ever have to drink again even if I wanted to.

03 What it is like now

At 3 years sober I was hired back by the same guy who fired me for being drunk on the job. I have my career, I have a driver's license and a new house. But most importantly my kids WANT to talk to me and I have a new family who has never seen me drunk. My life is 100 times better without that drink.

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