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A Fragile Utopia: Escaping the Elaborate Façade of Alcoholic Bliss

I’ve combined stories about key eras of my life as they relate to my slowly accumulated disease along with a journal chronicling my journey through rehabilitation and early sobriety. The result is A Fragile Utopia: Escaping the Elaborate Façade of Alcoholic Bliss. It’s a guide to early sobriety and a memoir of hidden struggles, alcoholism and redemption.

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In the meantime, read a few excerpts from the book or listen to a Recovery Elevator podcast about my journey.

Prologue

August 2022: The alarm blares at 7 a.m. It’s loud and unwelcome.

“Everyone is doing it!”

He arrived with a smile plastered across his face. He pedaled up to our group on his 10-speed Huffy mountain bike...

Move-in Day

As Move-in Day 2003 wore on, fatigue set in among those at 727. Those of legal drinking age took a nap before heading downtown...

Finding Fellowship

Alcoholism is an extremely isolating disease. You can't beat it by yourself.

Palace in the Cornfield

About 4:30 p.m. one afternoon we got a call from our colleagues at the organ procurement organization that supplied Mayo Clinic.

Moderated Drinking

Apparently, there had been some research showing that heavy drinkers could be culled back slowly to consume a moderate amount of alcohol without quitting.