It DOES work.

todAAy i AAm grAAteful & thAAnkful

for the basics ...

go to meetings (on a regular basis)

get a sponsor (who has a sponsor)

read the literature

find a Higher Power and let that relationship evolve

don't drink between meetings

I have done and I do all these things.  It works.

Reputation is character minus what you’ve been caught doing.
-Michael Iapoce