here's something my sponsor said to me once when i was early sober and fighting going to a meeting and getting involved. she said, "if a snowstorm occured, did it ever keep you from somehow getting your booze replenished?"
"well of course not", i said.
that's when i realized that i needed to use the same amount of fierce motivation to stay sober as i did when i needed to drink!
AA saved my life and my sobriety will always come first even over family, money, etc. cause if i'm not sober everything else will be lost anyway.
you're right, we are stronger as a group than as individuals. 
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Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle.
The world you desired can be won. It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours..~Ayn Rand
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