After 11 years, Paul Thim is retiring from his position as a primary counselor at the Men’s Recovery Center at MARR. Paul discusses what he learned during this time as…
Darrell knows desperation firsthand. He describes his first drink at age 15 as a spiritual experience—something he needed without realizing he needed it. Alcohol worked for him for about a…
Ashley was drinking constantly and could not tolerate being alone. She wanted help, but she only wanted it on specific terms. For example, she didn’t want to do a 12…
Research has shown, and continues to show, that shame and addiction go hand in hand. In this episode, we hear from two counselors on the topic of treating clients with…
Corky says that recovery was like climbing out of a dark cave he didn't even know he was in. A self-described “wreck” with a blood pressure of 220/140, he came…
Entering recovery doesn't mean that life becomes trouble-free. Recovery involves setbacks, disappointments, and emotionally charged, frightening moments. In the last episode, Lindsey described the progression of her alcoholism, but here…
When Lindsey started drinking during her senior year of high school she was already blacking out. By the time she called MARR over 10 years later, she had lost her…
Dave Devitt checked into MARR in January 1987. Eventually he made his way back to school to study psychology in order to understand the disease he suffered from and learn…
One of them was crawling under his house disconnecting the phones to protect himself. Another had the DEA show up at his place of business with guns and badges. The…
When Matt checked into the hospital at the age of 28, he had a 0.42 blood alcohol level and the doctors thought he might die. Fast forward nearly 21 years,…
I needed to get drunk to be in a bathing suit. I couldn't be intimate with my partner sober. These are just some of the stories that Alison Makely hears as the…
Art is a MARR alum from 1996, who relapsed after that, and came back through in 1998. He identifies himself as an alcoholic whose drug of choice is “whatever’s next.”…