Self Made & Sober

Paul Churchill is the host of the podcast “Recovery Elevator” which has been downloaded nearly 3 million times.  He is also the founder of Café RE a group that helps alcoholics and those dealing with drug addiction build a community around recovery.  He has currently been sober since September 7, 2014. 03:21 – Paul walks us through his story of heartbreak and explains how he turned to drinking to soften his inner turmoil 05:55 – Why become an investment banker when you can open a bar in Granada, Spain and blackout every night? 09:54 – Barely surviving his life in Spain, Paul returns to the States ultimately realizing that his excessive drinking was a problem  11:41 – His message he took from his first 12-step meeting was to convince himself he wasn’t an alcoholic and… game on!  He began drinking on and off again until September 7, 2014. 17:59 – Is addiction and alcoholism an illness/disease? 21:51 – Paul reflects on what’s different in his current recovery verses his previous ones – he no longer relies on wil