EPISODE · Dec 1, 2018 · 1H 1M
Owl 042 John
from Boiled Owl AA Recovery Podcast · host The Boiled Owl
John started with drugs at 13. In middle and high school, his friends could just do weekends but John couldn't stop. At 14, he went to his first meeting (NA), did 90 in 90, got 6 months and did some stepwork. He tried many other times to get sober, but it never stuck. At 16, he was in treatment for 6 months and got drunk and high within 2 weeks of leaving. He considered suicide for a year and gave AA one more try. His 4th Step was a particularly powerful experience. John's sobriety date is 22JUN2013 and his home group is Young People in Greensboro, NC.
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John started with drugs at 13. In middle and high school, his friends could just do weekends but John couldn't stop. At 14, he went to his first meeting (NA), did 90 in 90, got 6 months and did some stepwork. He tried many other times to get sober, but it never stuck. At 16, he was in treatment for 6 months and got drunk and high within 2 weeks of leaving. He considered suicide for a year and gave AA one more try. His 4th Step was a particularly powerful experience. John's sobriety date is 22JUN2013 and his home group is Young People in Greensboro, NC.
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