Podcast Episodes

Diane S. - Sober Since December 1996 (Encore Episode)

In a story is wrought from a difficult childhood, Diane was the youngest of four and was largely ignored by her parents, especially when her father w…

1 year, 10 months ago

John D. - Sober 5 Years

Episode 151

Though he first attended court-ordered AA meetings decades before his current sobriety date, John had no interest in the Program and no desire to sto…

1 year, 10 months ago

Jim W. - Sober Since June 1989 (Encore Episode)

As a toddler, Jim was taken to parties where he got his first taste of marijuana and alcohol. For his 10th birthday, his adult brother got him a join…

1 year, 10 months ago

Dwight M. - Sober 35 Years

Episode 150

To mark the 150th interview in this podcast series, Dwight’s story is both riveting and ominous. It began with alcohol being added to his milk to kee…

1 year, 10 months ago

Nicole S. - Sober 3 Years

Episode 146

Nicole's battle with alcoholism was set against the backdrop of repressed feelings from childhood and the deep closet in which hid her own homosexual…

1 year, 10 months ago

Quinten S. - Sober 2 Years

Episode 148

Like many alcoholics, Quinten S. started drinking in his mid-adolescence amidst a chaotic home life. Alcoholism was not prevalent in his immediate fa…

1 year, 11 months ago

Soleen M. - Sober 21 Years

Episode 147

With a family of origin riddled with alcoholism, abuse, and fractured relationships, Soleen was a disenfranchised child. She started drinking at 11 a…

1 year, 11 months ago

David B. - Sober 30 Years

Episode 146

In David's childhood home, there was one basic rule about alcohol: Don’t let it interfere with your household chores. Lacking any other parental edic…

1 year, 11 months ago

Lisa F. - Sober 19 Years

Episode 145

Imagine you’ve been sober for a while and move to a new country. You don’t speak the language and the nearest English-speaking AA meetings are an hou…

1 year, 11 months ago

Ernie G. - Sober Since August 2005 (Encore of Episode 35)

Ernie's story is a fascinating excursion into a high-class lifestyle of fast cars, flashy clothes, and glittery nightclubs, all underwritten by a hig…

2 years ago