One of the biggest gifts I got from recovery is being able to momentarily be in the moment. Right here, right now.

Barry has been sober since 2013. He is originally from New York but currently living in Italy where he has experienced both the bottoms of sobriety as well as the gifts of sobriety there. His drinking career began back in the sixth grade. He grew up in chaos, and both his parents drank alcoholically. He became the stereotypical "bad boy" and did a lot of acting out which landed him in some juvenile detention centers. Barry credits alcohol for saving his life at a time when he didn't feel wanted and was surrounded by dark thoughts and in a world of depression. Until it didn't work... Hear the rest of his story and how he got sober, relapsed and found recovery again... ***I do want to mention Barry was a member of the United States Air Force and I'd like to thank him for his service.***