Episode 73 - Adam K. grew up in West Covina as the child of deaf adults (yes, a CODA) and found that he had enormous responsibility dumped on him from a very early age caring for his grown up parents, and he here tells how that experience informed his journey thru addiction and recovery.

Episode 74 - Marci Hopkins was a successful TV executive whose sobriety helped her give up on the idea of perfection so she could pursue a career in front of the camera on her own damn terms.

Episode 75 - Sonia Kahlon built a wildly successful orthodontic practice with her husband, but when they sold it to a private equity firm she had to decide what next!? She quit drinking but when her husband suddenly left her, she had to figure out what really mattered to her.

Episode 76 - Annie is my first returning guest, and she came back to talk about the ways in which she struggles with addiction in other forms and how she has found a new peace with herself thru a 12 step program dedicated to Sex and Love addicts.

Episode 77 - When Sean F. graduated from high school, he went off and joined the circus. Literally. The experimental puppet troup - Bread and Puppet - that put on a circus every summer at their Vermont headquarters. It became the experience that largely shaped him as an artist.

Episode 78 - I met Jono when we were both climbing the Hollywood Ladder in the 90s, and we both got sober at about the same time and while I took a 12 step approach; he has charted his own course yet managed to embrace so many of the tenets that make 12 step programs effective.

Episode 79 - Clancy Martin’s recent memoir, HOW NOT TO KILL YOURSELF, is a compelling narrative that chronicles his multiple attempts to kill himself, but it’s also a practical and valuable guide for how to keep suicide at bay… even if just until tomorrow.

Episode 80 - Paul Summers grew up in Las Vegas where he had a Eureka! moment at a young age that drove him to pursue music - a career that got derailed by booze, meth and oxy. After his baby daughter was kidnapped by his ex-wife, he got sober and fought and succeeded in regaining custody of his daughter. His new memoire - HIDE AND SEEK - A Dad’s Journey from Soulless addiction to Sole Custody chronicles that tale.

Episode 81 - He’s the son of Commodores founder William King and went to Long Beach State to join one of the most prestigious baseball programs in the country before booze gave him a case of the yips that eventually led to his undoing.

Episode 82 - Tom Vaughan is a screenwriter whose most recent work includes the Helen Mirren starrer, Winchester. In this episode, he shares some great stories of adolescent car thieving and palling around the Sunset strip with the young Hollywood glitterati of the early 90s.

Episode 83 - Powerful Eric’s moniker started as a login for a new mindfulness app and quickly became a gateway to a whole new POV. This story is largely about porn addiction, but Eric employs tools that I use for all kinds of destructive behavior in my everyday life!

Episode 84 - Nick Jonsson grew up in Sweden and discovered hard drinking when he was at college in Australia, but things fell apart when he found himself partying in the ex-pat community in South East Asia where your entire identity is tied up in your job, and it can be devastating when that falls apart.

Episode 85 - David Styne grew up in an idyllic version of Los Angeles in the 80s and managed to get sober right as he was graduating from UCLA and starting a successful career representing high profile filmmakers at Creative Artists Agency. But work becomes his higher power and he eventually relapsed, spending twenty years in the wilderness before seeking out a more balanced form of contentment.

Episode 86 - John Giordano grew up in the mob in the South Bronx but managed to chart his own path thru martial arts. But when addiction caught up to him in his twenties he found himself getting intervened by the criminals who raised him, but also loved him.

Episode 87 - Author John Machado shares a long, interesting road to recovery marked by a long stretch of relapse…

Episode 88 - Frank Conniff is best known for playing the role of TV’s Frank on the cult classic Mystery Science Theater Three Thousand, but he is also my cousin and shares a rich, storied history marked by inventive genius as well as alcoholism.