Rosemary started drinking at age 6 with a sip of beer. But unlike other children, whose experience with beer was an occasional sip, Rosemary's beer drinking became an everyday occurrence. Her parents, distracted by their own severe alcoholism, allowed her

My guest on todays episode of AA Recovery Interviews is David D., a man whose story of descent into alcoholismand steady climb back through the Program of Alcoholics Anonymousreminds us that no one is immune to the reach of this disease.Born into a

Courtneys backstory is not dissimilar to those who grew up in tumultuous families in which alcoholism was present. The seeming frivolity and celebratory aspects of drinking cloaked the actual dysfunction that was occurring in the family. By the time she

A "Man of the Cloth", Jimmy G.'s earliest aspirations were to be in service to the Episcopal Church. Though strict in many ways, when it came to drinking, Jimmy and his friends found plenty of opportu

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. By the time his parents got divorced, his coping mecha

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 before, neither of us was surprised when the two of us were

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 met in 6 different treatment centers and sporadic AA meet

[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 Anonymous. Raised in a family rife with alcoholics, Jus

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 todays interview, Nadias story comes alive in many w

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. Kristinas struggles with addiction, alcoholism, and mental illn