“To The Tomb To The Light”

Born into abuse, drinking at 13 to escape feeling worthless, started a journey of lying, cheating, manipulating taken me to mental hospitals, numerous jails, 4 ex wives, younger brother murdered and my children taken away, not wanting to get sober but willing to try to get my kids back. I came into AA with rage & pain. An old timer said Derald, why don’t you just stay sober today, if you want to drink tomorrow that’s your choice but just stay sober today, I just celebrated 38 years of sobriety and tomorrow has still not come, I feel like I’m in Alice & wonderland, I have had and incredible happy successful life that their is no way I could have been the Architect, at 72 I finally wrote a book I’ve been encouraged to write for over 30yrs, I thought about leaving hope & inspiration to the ones who see no light at the end of the tunnel just like I didn’t see 38yrs ago.