Mike Donohue

From Aa to Ad, a Wistful Travelogue Mike Donohue

Recovery from Alcoholism was the most significant event of my life. Living the way of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) became my pathway over these past thirty five years. The diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) three years ago has equaled the challenges of recovery. This is a story of my journey, about my paying the dues to qualify, about the tools of AA explaining how they are key to abstinence and to a better life. It discusses the tool at work in my life and finally with acceptance AD. I see both of these intrusions into my life as gifts. Once consigned irrevocably and accepted as such they turn into blessings the benefit from which is not to possible without first being afflicted by them. I examine the spiritual and mystical qualities that are at work seen through the eyes of a Christian, a Jew, and a Buddhist. These experiences have opened my mind to the deeper consequence of living.