When I started drinking my life started to go down hill. The more I drank the steeper the hill became. Family and friends tried to stop me from falling but even they had to let go eventually such was the strain it was having on their lives. steeper and steeper became the decent. sometimes I would have nothing to hold on to and fall from great heights ending up in hospital with broken bones and a fractured scull.This would be a resting period ,then i would take a drink with the pain killers a continue the journey of my life going down hill. sometimes I would hit rock bottom but this would turn out to be a shelf and with another binge, it would send me over the edge, The decent took me far beyond the depths of despair.It took me to my darkest hour where Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow lived in the same day. Finlay I hit rock bottom and could go no farther. It was there I turned to climb the hill my life went down only to see that it had become a mountain. It was unclimbable . every time I tried to climb up ,I would fall back down.It was there that I conceded to the fact that my life was over, Misery,and despair was to be my lot. I accepted defeat, I was beyond help, my life was over. the strangest thing happened for someone appeared and asked what my problem was to which I showed him the mountain that I created and 17 years it took to fall down it. The person smiled and told me that there where Twelve Steps that would take me above and beyond the mountain. At first I did not believe him ,then he told me of the mountain he had created and conquered. He took me up the first five steps and the view was amazing .I could have stayed there for all my life. There where people who did just that but they ended up falling back down the mountain so i continued climbing and every step was filled with fear but i had faith in the the person who was guiding me up the 12 steps and the God of my understanding gave me the courage to continue until I reached the top . It was the most amazing feeling I have and will ever experience. I was on top of the world . I was at one with man and God . I said to my spirit guide who took me to the top ."What do I do now "? and his reply was. "Go back down and show the next person who is beyond help how they can climb their mountain in 12 STEPS.
