Podcast Episodes

Mike J. - Sober 34 Years

Episode 161

Mike's qualification for AA was honed by years of alcohol and drug abuse. Like so many others in our Program, Mike’s experience with alcohol started …

1 year, 5 months ago

Mike J. - Sober 34 Years

Mike's qualification for AA was honed by years of alcohol and drug abuse. Like so many others in our Program, Mike’s experience with alcohol started …

1 year, 5 months ago

Laura B. - Sober 37 Years

Episode 160

Laura B. got sober at age 17 after 4 years of intensively developing her alcoholism into qualification for AA. In that first meeting, she picked up a…

1 year, 5 months ago

David P. - Sober 37 Years

Episode 159

As the frontman for a British band that was among the vanguard of punk rock in the late 1970s, my guest, David P., rode the New Wave of that musical …

1 year, 6 months ago

Dale C. - Sober Since December 2008 (Encore Episode)

When he started making the coffee, his life got better.... Thirteen years ago, Dale started attending one of my home groups, a men’s meeting that I’v…

1 year, 6 months ago

Aileen C. - Sober Since April 2009 (Encore Episode)

A tough upbringing punctuated by violence and abuse led to Aileen's early use of drugs and alcohol just to survive home life. Her difficult and dange…

1 year, 6 months ago

Boots G. - Sober 22 Years

Episode 158

At age 82, Boots had lived most of his life as a moderate or normal drinker, only to find out in his late 50s that his drinking was getting out of co…

1 year, 6 months ago

Karen W. - Sober 3 Years

Episode 157

On today’s episode, my guest Karen W. shares a chilling story that every long-term alcoholic needs to hear. It’s a story about alcoholism’s insidious…

1 year, 7 months ago

Robert B. - Sober 17 Years

Episode 156

Originally from Detroit, Robert grew up in what many would consider to be a “normal’ family in which alcohol and dysfunctional behavior were largely …

1 year, 7 months ago

Al D. - Sober 6 Years

Episode 155

Al D. came into AA at 60 years of age to get sober after a lifetime of normal or moderate drinking. Punctuated by occasional binges and excessive use…

1 year, 7 months ago