John McG,
Excellent post, thank you. I concur with everything you said. We share the same sobriety date - '92. I lost my marriage, home, driving licence, senior management position, self-respect and was about to lose my class 1 medical. Thanks to our 'fellowship' I got the help I needed when I needed it most. My airline and CAA doctor knew what I was doing and gave me much support through some difficult times; so much so that I eventually made Head of TRTO again and retired a few years after my normal retirement date.
I now spend a happy and sober retirement in a beautiful place that now has AA. My daughter, who was 5 when I stopped drinking, was spared the horrors of growing up with a drunk for a dad and now visits for very happy holidays when she can spare the time from her medical studies.
Rod