"You are a big chief and I am a big chief, but whiskey is the biggest chief of all."

Chief Washakie  Shoshone

 

 

 

 

We alcoholics are men and women who have lost the ability to control our drinking.

Big Book  pg. 30

 

  

 

The less people tolerated us, the more we withdrew from society, from life itself. As we become subjects of King Alcohol, shivering denizens of his mad realm, the chilling vapor that is loneliness settled down. It thickened, ever becoming blacker. Some of us sought out sordid places, hoping to find understanding companionship and approval. Momentarily we did--then would come oblivion and the awful awakening to face the hideous Four Horsemen--Terror, Bewilderment, Frustration, Despair. Unhappy drinkers who read this page will understand!

Big Book  pg. 151

 

 

 

Creator help us to live free of the chains of alcoholism, help us be free Grandfather.