Sober 43 years since 2/17/64, Wallace is sober as a direct result of someone taking the time to carry AA's message into the North Carolina prison system.
What he put others through during his drinking, including a terrible crime committed in a blackout, is in stark contrast to the man he has become through this Program.
Wallace spoke ten years earlier at this same event:
(1 hr 15 min) (25.9 MB) (id#1630)