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 of alcohol to quell periods of depression or anxie

Effective sponsorship has been the key to success in Lee's AA Program. Though sponsorship is often discussed, the role Lee's sponsor has played throughout Lees sobriety is especially illuminating in

Dows revolving-door story of getting sober, slipping, and struggling to get sober again and again should be heard by AAs everywhere. Its a cautionary tale that shines a bright light on the cunning,

Jims life as an alcoholic began with an addiction to morphine when he was 14. Administered four times a day while he was hospitalized for a month after a serious surgery, Jim found that morphine did

After a long period of sobriety, Marcia let up on her Program and plunged into a 7-year relapse. Seduced by the disease, she was convinced she could drink normally. That illusion took her to the depth

As an alcoholic and drug addict throughout his teenage years, Randy L. got sober before being old enough to legally drink. His difficult childhood was ruled by compulsive behavior, limited attention,

This 154th interview in my podcast series features Helen M., from London, England. Helen tracks her nearly three years of sobriety as more than 1000 days in AA, experienced the one-day-at-at-time. Tho

Jim H. is one of those alcoholics whose unabated drinking created serious medical problems amidst all the other destruction of career and family. He did not drink much in high school. But in college,

Marci's first exposure to Alcoholics Anonymous was at age 12 when she witnessed her father receiving his one year anniversary chip. But though her father maintained his sobriety until the end of his l

Sex, drugs, and rock & roll were more than a clich in the life of Elliott M. As a prominent rock musician and song-writer for years before alcoholism drove him into Alcoholics Anonymous, Elliotts dr