[John Rogers]

I was in the "Old Navy" when there was drinking like crazy, smoking for $1.00 a carton and no women on ships. Except for a few of the engineers that were Mormons or something, when we pulled into port.......we were drink until we left a week or so later. Didn't see anything wrong with it until we got in the shipyard and then I was drunk most all the time except for duty days. I finally stopped in Oct 1978 after loosing 4 days somewhere in Seattle Washington and my guys covered for me. Fortunately at the same time I had some pieces of a disc break off in my spine so I was put in bed, in traction until an opening for surgery could be set, about 2 weeks later. I wasn't allowed out of bed since I was in traction and by the time the surgery was over the nicotine had burned out and there was no desire for any drinking!

Neither one since then which at times was a struggle but........

If you think you've hit "bottom" then it is time to stop?