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Hi, I'm Christine.

I'm an alcoholic.

And my Friday date is August 14, 2004.

And I have a sponsor who also has a sponsor.

And I have a home group, although in all honesty, I haven't been going there that regularly. So I'll just say that. What it was like? I was raised in a Greek-Irish household, and so if any of you are Irish, you know that they love to drink, and if any of you are Greek, you know, that they love to drink and they love to do drama. So it was,

you know, very dramatic and, you know, lots of fantasy and all kinds of total insanity from,

you know, very early on and I just like absolutely loved it. You know, I was totally born into

the right family. You know, my mom and dad are, they're both alcoholics.

They drink differently and I learned to drink from them.

And that was kind of fun.

I have siblings that are alcoholics and so we used to drink together.

And I remember looking through some pictures after I was sober, like during holidays,

you know, on my dad's side or my mom's side, and always on my mom's side

for, like, there's, like, Greek Easter and all these, like, extra holidays if you're Greek, I always had, like, this little glass of pink wine, and I would match, like, my pink dress that, you know, I was forced to wear and stuff. And, um, I just loved it. Like, I loved the taste of alcohol from the time I was a kid. Love, love, loved. And I grew up on the East Coast

near the Chesapeake Bay, and my dad had a friend who had a sailboat. His name was Captain Dan, and he was a totally awesome alcoholic. And we would go out on his boat, and he would get completely drunk and drive us around, and we would sail to St. Michael's, and we always made it there fine and I used to get drinks for everybody. That was my job for when I was like seven years old.

I was a super awesome. around and we would sail to St. Michael's and we always made it there fine and I used to get drinks

for everybody. That was my job for when I was like seven years old. I was a super awesome little cocktail waitress and they'd be like, hey Chris, go get me a drink and I'd say, okay, as long as I get a sip. And I always got a sip, you know, and it was great. And so I'd pop beers open. The best was when my mom, they would make gin and tonics with this little lime wheel,

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