Thank you for sharing, you're words are inspirational. I need pushes like that to get me to try AA.

I struggle with marijuana addiction (well, disassociate addiction and MJ is my goto) and I have a huge amount of respect for folks that made it through addictions to hard drugs (I very much consider alcohol a hard drug). You make my plight seem manageable.

Tangentially - 'Infinite Jest' is an amazing portrail of addiction and mental health issues.