Sober 32 years since 4/25/1981, Jim's wife, Carol, has nine months more sobriety.
They are 49 years married. They drank and sometimes fought together for 18 years before recovery.
They have three daughters. One is in Al-Anon and another has 8 years in AA.
His parents raised him in Decatur, GA to be a priest.
He went to seminary in Cullman, AL when Father Hillary D. was an Abbot there.
But Jim did not have a God of his understanding, left and went into the Air Force where he learned to drink.
Father Hillary's story is also in WeJoy:
(1 hr 5 min) (22.3 MB) (id#2094)