The alcoholic that comes into the rooms of recovery will drink again if they do not change. This warning caught my attention as a newcomer, and launched me into a process of transformation that included the Twelve Steps, 10,000 meetings and intensive work with over 500 alcoholics and addicts of all types. Oldtimer Said is an accumulation of wisdom passed down to me over the course of 29 years of recovery from the AA Big Book, the rooms of AA, NA, CA and other 12 Step fellowships I have attended. I it will aid alcoholics and addicts in the transformation they need to undergo for recovery from their addiction.