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Sobriety Junkie

By: Greg Kayko

Greg Kayko is the single father of two young children, the sponsor of half a dozen (or so) men in the Midwest, and an avid but painfully average golfer. A self-described sobriety junkie, Kayko is also a managing editor at a large national media company and author of Realtime Recovery: Where Sober is the New Black, a personal blog that celebrates the many ways we “trudge the Road of Happy Destiny.”

How best can we welcome the newcomer?

There are many, many ideas on what is the best thing to say to someone new to 12-Step meetings. The question really is, "What do they hear?"

Demons be Damned—Stinging reality and comfort arrive together in 2013

For Greg Kayko, the new year brought comfort ... and stinging realities.

There is a solution

Action is critical to an AA program that works.

Tough to Love

Making excuses won't stop the drinking, nor the downward spiral toward oblivion. Only recovery can do that. Read Greg Kayko's latest addition to the Sobriety Junkie in Voices of Recovery.

Empathy: A necessary ingredient

Empathy is the very word Greg Kayko associates with the people he admires most in sobriety.

Leaving Las Vegas, sober-style

How do you go to someplace like Las Vegas, Sin City, and keep your sobriety? Greg Kayko gets real about the sparkly Strip.

A Sponsor’s Guide

The Prayer of Saint Francis is exactly the step-by-step guide to sponsorship that I had been looking for.

Look for the Good

Greg Kayko reaffirms that we should all look for the good in people, not the bad.

A Moment of Gratitude

People get broken a lot, in a lot of ways, for a lot of reasons. Some good, some bad, some just because. But how do they mend?

Honesty: The Measure of Our Success

Greg Kayko says his own success at recovery is directly proportional to his ability to be steadfastly honest with himself about his condition and daily behavior.