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I Didn’t Know How to Not Drink: AA Speaker - Noel S. - Nashua, NH

I Didn’t Know How to Not Drink: AA Speaker - Noel S. - Nashua, NH

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Noel S. from Brookline, NH speaking at the sixth New Hampshire State Conference of Young People in AA in Nashua, NH - March 6th 2005


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Noel shares a raw, funny, and deeply honest journey of drinking from age 12 until alcoholism consumed every part of his life—relationships, sanity, school, and his sense of reality—until one night in Bangor he finally reached the moment of grace where he realized he couldn’t drink anymore. He describes how AA members showed up for him immediately, how sponsorship and the Big Book helped him understand the true nature of alcoholism, and how working the steps—especially the inventory and daily tenth step—transformed him from a terrified, chaotic young man into someone capable of showing up for others, repairing relationships, and facing life’s hardest moments sober. Through brain surgery, family illness, deep fear, and loss, Noel learned to rely on God, discipline, and service rather than alcohol, building a life where he is present, useful, and able to help other alcoholics find hope.


Music: Deep by KaizanBlu

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I Didn’t Know How to Not Drink: AA Speaker - Noel S. - Nashua, NH

I Didn’t Know How to Not Drink: AA Speaker - Noel S. - Nashua, NH

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