My name is Bonds ama and alcoholic - AA Speaker Meeting

The speaker, Bonds ama, shares his personal journey as an alcoholic diagnosed with manic-depressive psychosis, highlighting how he found profound identification and a turning point in the Doctor’s Opinion of the Big Book, which connected his mental illness with his alcoholism. He recounts traumatic experiences, including a nervous breakdown and a moment of near-relapse after his wife’s death, where a genuine prayer prevented him from drinking and propelled him into active service by helping establish the Hub Street AA center in Manchester. Bonds ama concludes by emphasizing his 18 years of sustained sobriety, newfound sanity, happiness, and the spiritual awakening that transformed his life, attributing his recovery to AA, the fellowship, and finding a constant, loving Higher Power.