In program for 47.5 years.  Currently 4.5 years continuous abstinence.

Talking today about Emotional sobriety. Recovery is not just abstinence.

For 43 years I would turn it over and take it back but never left.

The steps as written in the Big Book of AA have brought me emotional sobriety.

Today I can go down any aisle in the grocery store. Previously I would avoid aisle based on who was shopping. I now experience personal neutrality.