John Merkel. Sobriety Breakthrough

Trauma Recovery Anonymous · Aug 6, 2026 · 40m

It was my great pleasure to have John Merkel on my podcast.

John is an advocate for 12-step recovery, and like the early pioneers of AA, hIs calling is to help newcomers get over the threshold of recovery as quickly as possible, that is to say, in one effort.

Like the early pioneers of Alcoholics Anonymous, it was understood that the only way this new approach to recovery from the addiction of alcohol that was responsible for the deaths of millions was to embrace this whole process as quickly as possible.

The founding fathers were made up of 100 men and women who completed these 12 steps in…