My name is Laura and I'm an addict. I did my first two years in AA because alcohol was the last drug I used, and the one that brought me to my knees in surrender. My AA sponsor suggested that I give NA a try, since I have so many different drugs in my story, and I really found a home there ("We don't care what or how much you used, who your connections were, how much or how little you have but only what you want to do about your problem and how we can help" and my favorite "Alcohol IS a drug. (period) The first night I went to Narcotics Anonymous this beautiful man smiled at me, and that was it! He said "We're glad you're here" and what I heard was "I'm glad you're here"... We were married on October 21, 2006, by HIS sponsor, and we started our wedding with the serenity prayer, as all good things in our life start there. On December 6, 2007 (God willing) I'll celebrate 4 years clean, and on December 11 he'll celebrate 7. I wouldn't trade my life today for a drink, or a joint or any other intoxicant. At meetings we say "Keep coming back!" but better yet, just don't leave. If you're here reading this then you're in the right place. God bless you all, and remember: Don't pick up, NO MATTER WHAT and life can only get better. If you stay clean long enough and don't die, eventually everything will happen to you (you'll get a job, lose a job, have a home, move to a different home, lose a loved one, get a pet, watch that pet grow old and pass away, have a lot of money, need some more money, be happy, sad, mad) but if you don't pick up you'll learn from it, survive it and be able to help someone else get through it when it's their turn. If you're terribly afraid of something, you will see someone in a meeting who has already gone through it and stayed clean, and they will be willing to help you get through it. We only keep what we have when we give it away, and we're really glad you're here!

Oh I couldn't disagree more. Just this morning I checked my email and found that some supplies I have ordered (online) for my business have been shipped. I went to my bank website and transferred some money to my online savings account because business has been so good lately (I get a lot of new clients when they find my website on Google) I went to myspace and there were two new clients who wanted to discuss tattoo ideas via the mail there. After I'm done writing this post I will go to both AT&T and PGE and pay my bills there. I"m interested in buying a digital picture frame to display my work in the shop, and I plan to compare prices on the websites for Circuit City and Best Buy before I see how the prices on Ebay measure up. My daughter's high school has the Aries system in place, I will then go check her grades, attendance and current assignments to make sure all is well there. When my son was in Germany in the Army we used Ventrilo to talk to each other for hours and when he had the time we chatted with video IM (there's no replacement for seeing with your own eyes that your soldier is well and looks happy). Yesterday a client wanted a tattoo that said "All time is unredeemable" and I used the free online dictionary to prove that no such word exists, that the correct word is "Irredeemable" so he doesn't have bad grammar inked onto his skin forever. I"m sure today at work I will use Google to look for at least one design element, because there is no way that one artist can keep as many designs in a few hundred square feet as there are in the limitless space on the net. Next time I go to another city or state I will get a meeting schedule for that area by going to na.org or aa.org. Need I continue?

The internet is not only the way of the future, it's the way of the present. Some people resist change, or decide that they can't understand or enjoy new technology. There were people who said those new-fangled horseless carriages would never catch on as well, there will always be those people making statements like this.