I’m Jim Stalker. I got sober at 27 through Alcoholics Anonymous in 1987 and I’ve stayed that way for 38 years.
AA saved my life. It’s also flawed, dogmatic, and resistant to evolution. I write about both—what works, what doesn’t, and why the recovery industry’s monetization of suffering is its own kind of addiction.
I’m not interested in having a recovery persona or selling you a program. I’m interested in what works and is true: that people get sober through many pathways, that shame doesn’t work, that the disease model is incomplete, and that most of what passes from “experts” is just repackaged hustle culture.
I’m an atheist who’s been sober in god crazy AA for 38 years. If you want recovery writing without the dogma, you’re in the right place.
I also write about fitness, philosophy, and music at JimStalker.com
