Paula P. - Sober 42 Years

Paula squeezed an amazing amount of alcoholic destruction into the years between her first drink at 14 and the day she ultimately got sober at 17. Some 42 years later, she recounts the story of her dysfunctional family with a violent father, alcoholic mother, and siblings, all of whom struggled with alcoholism and drug addiction. Her own nasty behavior surfaced early as she became the class bully and was always in trouble. Of course, she was drinking all the time. At 14, she was up in front of the juvenile court who sentenced her to AA meetings, none of which had any effect upon...