Ryan D. - Sober 2 Years

With a little over two years sober, Ryan's story is especially compelling for those AA members who are newly or recently sober. It is a story with which many will identify. His father was an alcoholic and seldom home, and Ryan and his brother were raised mostly by his mother. The rageful behavior inflicted on Ryan by his dad during his formative years abruptly stopped upon his father’s suicide when Ryan was in middle school. Seeking solace and support from the Catholic church in which he'd grown up, Ryan’s tragedy elicited no sympathy from the largely indifferent priest, who...