Alcoholics Anonymous

Leading by Example — You can never tell who’s watching. Sometimes it’s others at AA, sometimes it’s people you work with, and sometimes it’s a relative. About three years after I quit drinking with the help of Alcoholics Anonymous and a friend I discovered there the first time I walked in, I got a…

To AA or not to AA? — During my first couple of years of sobriety, I went to AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) meetings pretty often. One or two meetings on weekday evenings, and my “home “ meeting Saturday morning. …

Hangovers — One of the “benefits” of nighttime drinking is the morning-after hangovers. For me, running a business with 12 employees, this was especially destructive. I might come in a little late, but that wasn’t the real problem. The real problem was I couldn’t function for the remainder of the morning. My…

Research, Recognizance, and Recognition — After I quit drinking, I didn’t quit drinking. I knew I had to quit, but I needed to know more about “how” before I’d set the date for the “when”. I had had my moment of enlightenment at Henry’s Bar a few nights before. Now, as an early adopter of…

I’ve decided to write about my alcoholism — Greenwich Village I had my first drink in Greenwich Village with my Uncle Don (which made my father jealous — “I wanted to do that!”) A couple of martinis as I remember, and walking out of that bar into the sunny day I clearly remember the Euphoria I experienced that day. Actually…