AA Recovery Interviews with Howard L.

AA Recovery Interviews with Howard L.


Latest Episodes

Matt J. – Sober Since May 2014 (Encore Episode)
October 22, 2025

Matt J. describes his family tree as littered with problem drinkers, of which he became one all too quickly. As an only child, Matt grew up in a home where verbal and physical abuse reigned supreme.

Ron B. – Sober 43 Years
October 16, 2025

Todays podcast is my interview is with Ron B., a man whom Id just met at a Friends of Bill W. meeting on an enormous cruise ship earlier this year. As we had both attended floating AA meetings befo

Ray O. – Sober Since April 2009 [Encore Episode]
October 08, 2025

Rays difficult road to sobriety was paved with many failed attempts to get sober over the years. Each attempt was thwarted by the belief that his situation was somehow different than the people he me

Justin M. – Sober Since June 2020 (Encore Episode)
October 01, 2025

[This is an encore of Episode 84 originally released June 29, 2022] Alcoholism nearly ended Justins marriage and his career as an airline pilot. Then he found sobriety and recovery in Alcoholics A

Nadia S. – Sober Since August 1980
September 24, 2025

Nadia's personal story was published in the 4th Edition of Alcoholics Anonymous in 2001. Shes the first AA member Ive interviewed whose backstory can be read by anyone with a Big Book. Combined with

Kristina C. – Sober Since August 2018 (Encore of Episode 74)
September 17, 2025

By age 15, Kristina had already been in treatment for drug and alcohol abuse, self-harm, and a suicide attempt. It took another 14 years for her to find lasting and contented sobriety in AA. Kristina

Richard B. – Sober 2 Years
September 17, 2025

Richard's life-long battle with alcoholism was abated for nearly two decades in AA. But he let up on his Program and ultimately relapsed on "thimbles" of moonshine in a Mississippi bar. His drinking r

Ted O. – Sober 42 Years
September 10, 2025

Welcome back my friends to AA Recovery Interviews. Im your host, Howard L. and Im an alcoholic, sober since January 1, 1988, one day at a time. Im grateful youve joined us. AA Recovery Interviews

Richard B. – Sober 2 Years
September 08, 2025

Richard's life-long battle with alcoholism was abated for nearly two decades in AA. But he let up on his Program and ultimately relapsed on "thimbles" of moonshine in a Mississippi bar. His drinking r

Nancy K. – Sober 53 Years
September 04, 2025

Nancy K. is an extraordinary woman whose 53 years of continuous sobriety is a stunning achievement built upon the trials and tribulations of everyday life. Growing up in a home dominated by a violent