Podcast Episodes

Bud S.- Sober 44 Years (Encore Episode)

[Program Note: Bud S. passed away shortly after the release of this interview in 2022 at age 94. He had 44 Years of sobriety when he died. This interview may be the last time Bud shared his extraordi…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

Bret B. - Sober 14 Years

Episode 174

Growing up in a home fractured by alcoholism, Bret B. had first-hand exposure to his father’s untreated disease. The physical and verbal abuse was a lot for child to handle. Unfortunately, any solace…

Published on 3 months ago

Paul B. - Sober 7 Years

Episode 173

Given up for adoption by his 17-year-old mother, Paul B. still describes his childhood as idyllic. Growing up on a rural English farm where beer and alcohol were a normal part of every day life, any …

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Terri S. - Sober Since August 2003 (Encore Episode)

Terri S. first overdosed on pain meds when she was only six years old. Living in a Brooklyn apartment with an alcoholic father and chronically ill mother, who suffered from Crohn's disease, Terri had…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Audie M. - Sober 36 Years

Episode 172

Celebrating 36 years of sobriety on the day of this interview, my guest Audie M. recorded this episode of AA Recovery Interviews during some free time between meetings at a men’s AA retreat.  Audie’s…

Published on 4 months ago

Kesenija P. - Sober Since February 1992 (Encore Episode)

Imagine trying to get sober in a country without AA meetings or the Big Book. That's what faced Ksenija when she got sober in 1992. That, plus Croatia's viscious War of Independence. Though she had g…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Jennifer S. - Sober 2 Years

Episode 171

Jennifer S. had a rough journey getting to AA recovery. She was raised in a home where her mother’s alcohol abuse was neatly ignored while frequent family parties gave Jennifer ample opportunities to…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Larry L. - Sober Since February 2011 (Encore Episode)

Larry got sober at age 65, finally claiming his chair in AA after drinking his entire adult life. As a life-long bachelor, he was also a loner. For decades, his daily routine consisted of working lon…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Mike V. - Sober 30 Years

Episode 170

Mike’s story is classic tale of a life dragged to the brink of ruin by alcoholism. Brought up in a mostly normal home, his introduction to booze in was similar to many of us alcoholics who started dr…

Published on 5 months ago

Max A. - Sober Since November 2008 (Encore Episode)

Max grew up in a horribly alcoholic home with a mother who later died of cirrhosis and organ failure from drinking. To deal with the madness, Max began drinking at 13 to escape the feelings wrought b…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago