Addiction & Recovery

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 …

Your son did it when he got hurt playing football. So did your niece when she had her wisdom teeth removed. In fact, you did it when you injured your… Read More »Facing the Opiod Epidemic

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