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Aug 27, 2012, 04:49 PM
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Member Since: Oct 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 6,543
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I'd been drinking for 20 years to the point of blackout almost every night. I knew this was dangerous -- big time.  My husband and I were sitting in a lodge, arguing of course. He was always verbally abusing me -- had been for over 20 years. He had said this one thing to me before, but this time I HEARD it -- he said "You're a rotten mother." And that did it -- I put my drink down, walked out the door and went home. Picked up the phone and called AA. Someone answered and I told them I needed help -- they arranged for a female to meet me at a meeting the next day - and I went. That was the last night I never drank. That night was July 28, 1993, and my first sober day was July 29, 1993. I've been sober ever since. 
I guess I have to thank my husband for saying that, but I divorced the bum 3 months later.  I was tired of abuse.
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