Category: Interviews from 2022 Shows

Podcast: Download (Duration: 55:41 — 44.9MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Though she drank for only five years during her 30’s, Kristy’s alcoholism surfaced quickly. By the time she found AA, her descent…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:18:49 — 54.1MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Jails, institutions, or death. These are the three bleak outcomes from alcoholism and drug addiction that faced my guest on today’s show,…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:16:39 — 52.6MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!** Please leave a rating on your podcast app. Thanks! ** Kyle’s hard-fought battle with addiction and alcoholism was one he thought…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:15:38 — 51.9MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Lauren rose to the top of her profession as a prima ballerina and enjoyed international acclaim during her 23 years of thrilling…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:11:50 — 49.3MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Paul’s award-winning achievements in the music industry are beyond compare. His work has woven itself into the fabric of 20th and 21st…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:02:12 — 42.7MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Blayne’s path to alcoholism began at age 10 with loneliness, isolation, and, ultimately, bitterness towards God after his beloved grandfather died. Living…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:15:05 — 51.6MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!April’s road trip of terror began during a drunken 4-hour drive on a major interstate. Halfway into the trip, while drinking vodka…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:07:37 — 46.4MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Dhom grew up in a poor village in the Philippines. Regularly drinking alcohol by age 14, he joined a gang and was…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:12:14 — 49.6MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Marianna’s story that will resonate instantly with those of us who’ve been raised in families in which frequent moves disrupted the process…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:16:40 — 52.6MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Paul’s older brother and sister both died of liver disease caused by their intravenus drug use and untreated alcoholism. Paul’s own liver…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:12:01 — 49.5MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Ryan grew up in a chaotic home where addiction was a best-kept secret. As an only child, Ryan’s family had also moved…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:03:45 — 43.8MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Tilda B. is an AA member from the other side of the world in Nairobi, Kenya. She grew up in London, where…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:02:27 — 42.9MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Gary grew up in a family in which his father was a well-known band leader and his mother was literally the singer…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:11:22 — 49.0MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!When Chris attended meetings at our AA clubhouse in 2007, many of us watched with concern as he slipped a half-dozen times…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:03:46 — 43.8MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Amy’s fascinating story is one of early exposure to her father’s alcoholism and her mother’s active involvement in Al-Anon. But her parents…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:07:19 — 46.2MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Corby first entered AA in 2017, only to be sidetracked by a relapse in 2020. Fortunately, he survived that slip and was…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:09:30 — 47.7MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Kirkland’s family of origin was a difficult place to grow up. Alcoholism was rife and the cause of constant stress and chaos….

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:07:11 — 46.1MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Courtney’s backstory is not dissimilar to those who grew up in tumultuous families in which alcoholism was present. The seeming frivolity and…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:05:33 — 45.0MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Growing up in Brooklyn, New York, Gerry’s road to utter ruin began with pot, pills, and intravenous drug use at 15. Living…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:12 — 2.2MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Today’s episode is to announce a 3-week summer break I’m taking before releasing my next episode on August 3, 2022. In the…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:10:52 — 48.7MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Robert got sober when he was just 13, after a brief, but vicious, struggle with alcoholism and hard-drug addiction. Twenty-two years later,…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:16:04 — 52.2MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Alcoholism nearly ended Justin’s marriage and his career as an airline pilot. Then he found sobriety and recovery in Alcoholics Anonymous.  Raised…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:02:48 — 43.1MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Terri S. first overdosed on pain meds when she was only six years old. Living in a Brooklyn apartment with an alcoholic…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:07:07 — 46.1MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!At an early age, JB aspired to going to prison. Using at age 12, amidst alcoholism and drug addiction, both in his…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:11:30 — 49.1MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!William’s story speaks to the devastating effects of alcohol on a life already afflicted with mental health issues. Raised in a drug-infested…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:04:00 — 43.9MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Sarah’s remarkable story begins with a relatively happy childhood in a family with little connection to alcohol. While other addictive behaviors may…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:10:32 — 48.4MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Matt J. describes his family tree as “littered with problem drinkers”, of which he became one all too quickly. As an only…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:04:14 — 44.1MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Incredibly, Tom hadn’t had a drink in over nine years when he joined AA. He was “dry”, but his behavior during those…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:11:11 — 48.9MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Nadia’s personal story was published in the 4th Edition of Alcoholics Anonymous in 2001. She’s the first AA member I’ve interviewed whose…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:11:14 — 48.9MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Jay’s foray into alcoholism stemmed from a difficult childhood in a home where his father drank, and fear and confusion reigned. By…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:10:14 — 48.2MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Jeff B. rose to very top of major league baseball, only to find alcoholism waiting to take him down. For years, his…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:08:25 — 47.0MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!By age 15, Kristine had already been in treatment for drug and alcohol abuse, self-harm, and a suicide attempt. It took another…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:06:43 — 45.8MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!When he started making the coffee, his life got better…. Thirteen years ago, Dale started attending one of my home groups, a…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:15:12 — 51.6MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Patrice T. has experienced the disease of alcoholism and the gifts of sobriety, both as a child of an alcoholic and later…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:18:22 — 53.8MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Jails, institutions, or death. These are the three bleak outcomes from alcoholism and drug addiction that faced my guest on today’s show,…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:06:04 — 45.4MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Imagine trying to get sober in a country without AA meetings or the Big Book. That’s what faced Ksenija when she got…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:09:26 — 47.7MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!At 94 years old and 44 years sober, Bud’s remarkable longevity and long-term sobriety are the perfect backdrop for the story of…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 58:21 — 40.1MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Ever meet someone in an AA meeting for the first time whom you can just tell is working a good Program? My…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:11:32 — 49.1MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!As a medical doctor who secretly battled his own addiction to alcohol and drugs for many years, Jim’s alcoholism literally affected the…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:07:05 — 46.1MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Jackie’s story illustrates one of the most cunning aspects of alcoholism–the erroneous belief that going to AA meetings without necessarily doing the…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 59:18 — 40.7MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Jim’s life as an alcoholic began with an addiction to morphine when he was 14.  Administered four times a day while he…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:15:50 — 52.1MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Victoria started drinking early to deal with the strife of abuse she suffered as a child and the trauma she experienced at…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:00:12 — 41.3MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Larry got sober at age 65, finally claiming his chair in AA after drinking his entire adult life. As a life-long bachelor,…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:08:41 — 47.2MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!Max grew up in a horribly alcoholic home with a mother who later died of cirrhosis and organ failure from drinking. To…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:07:47 — 46.5MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Blubrry | Podchaser | Gaana | Youtube Music | RSS | Subscribe Now!It was 1996 when Brent first attempted to get sober. But like so many others, it took him several attempts to fully…