Show Notes
Shawn came into AA at 26 years old, homeless and addicted. He is now a sober and clean retired man with a comfortable pension, beautiful peace and endless freedom.
Quotes
“All the trauma that’s happened in my life, it didn’t make me an alcoholic, what makes me an alcoholic is when I truly honestly want to stop, I cannot.”
“It took me a long time to believe that this stuff was gonna work.”
“I had never attempted, prior to that, to do any kind of action to stay sober.”
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