I try to help other alcoholics as much as possible. I don't tell them "you need to do this" or "you've got to do that" I just set down and tell them my story. How it was when I drank and drug, what made me finally get sober, and what it is like now. One alcoholic can relate to another alcoholic like no other can.... its just that simple.
I was just lucky enough to live .... some aren't going to make it. I know its sad to say but its the truth. I could go back out and never make it back. For a true alcoholic it is locked up, covered up or sober up. I have lost count of the friends I have met in AA and they chose to go back out.... they aren't with us no longer.