Fill-in Sunday speaker, sober 21 years since 12/14/1973 Sue had 7 kids by the time she was 23. Born dirt floor poor in West Virginia, she married at 16 for 13 years to a man who got violent when drunk.
Sue tried on her own three times to kill him: with a frying pan to the head, causing him to walk in a manhole, shooting and, with the urging of her daughter, poisoning.
A wealthy non-alcoholic met her while she was go-go dancing, paid for her divorce, agreed to marry her and give her children a good education.
But that was not enough to get Sue sober.
In the end sometimes a case of beer would not get her drunk and the next day two beers would get her wasted - Terror, Bewilderment, Frustration, Despair.
Funny and passionate about AA and recovery.
(50 min) (11.5 MB) (id#1387)