John C. - Sober 51 Years

With 51 years sober in AA, today’s guest, John C., shares a story chocked-full with experience that will resonate with newcomers, old-timers, and folks in-between. Growing up in Ontario, Canada, John’s childhood and adolescence were indelibly influenced by his overbearing alcoholic father and pill-addicted mother. Staying out of the house away from his parents for days at a time was one of the few ways he could cope with the madness at home. Indelibly imprinted on John’s psyche was the belief that he was a failure and would not amount to anything. By the time he was kicked out of...