Addiction & Recovery

Listen to the 7-minute podcast version  Watch a 90-second introduction video (previously published on June 2, 2019) Hi, I’m Steve, and I’m an alcoholic. When some people hear those… Read More »The Lifestyle of Recovery

There are people who relapse after being sober for years, even decades. Others after only weeks or months, and they repeat that backsliding cycle over, and over, and over. Some… Read More »Relapse is a Battle (and a War)

Many people don’t like to change. But to protect your kids from addiction, you may have to. There have long been misconceptions about addiction that needed to be adjusted. In… Read More »Changing How We Think About Addiction

I’d never been to a recovery meeting before and didn’t know what to expect, but the crowded room seemed welcoming enough as I slipped into a chair in the back.… Read More »Finding God in Recovery

Every week, I talk to many people about addiction and answer any questions they may have.   The first part of these talks normally goes quickly, because people understand “Why”… Read More »The Answers to Addiction

I just retired after being with one company—IBM—since 1980. For many of those years, I wrestled with alcohol issues until it became unavoidably clear a decade ago that I was… Read More »An Alcoholic at IBM

I’ve always read a lot, partly because there is plenty of useful material out there worth reading. The problem is, most of it remains largely unused by the vast majority… Read More »The Life-Changing Promise of Precovery

When I was first thinking about writing a book, I had a friend—an author—who tried to convince me not to do it: “It’s really hard, it takes a lot of… Read More »How We Can Help Prevent Addiction

If you live in the South, you likely know of Jeff Foxworthy and his “You might be a redneck” comedy routine. That was the inspiration for the jokes below that… Read More »You Might Have an Alcohol Problem If …

I went to Celebrate Recovery for several years. It is an understatement to say it was one of the most wonderful experiences I have ever had. Some of the life-changing… Read More »Celebrate Recovery